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Elderly Couple Lives, 1 Home Invader in Critical Condition
The facts of an incident in Cathedral City, California, sound more like what you would find in a Hollywood movie. The incident is a perfect illustration of the castle doctrine. A legal principle existing in every state, in some form. Yes, even in a state like California with many restrictive gun laws, castle doctrine reigns.…
Read MoreBurglar Shot by El Cerrito Homeowner
El Cerrito California, — A burglar was shot trying to enter a home on Cutting Blvd early Saturday morning. According to a news release by El Cerrito Police Captain Robert De La Campa, officers were dispatched to the scene after 911 dispatchers received a call from a homeowner at around 1:00 a.m. that someone was…
Read MoreOff-duty Officer Attacked by Man with a Rock
El Cerrito, California – A man was shot after attacking an off-duty police officer late Sunday night. El Cerrito Police Department (ECPD) reports officers were dispatched to a call of gunfire outside a six-unit building located at Moeser Ln. and Kearney St. at around 10:00 p.m. When officers arrived, they found 44-year-old Tom Vincent Whalen…
Read MoreArmored Guard Attacked with Knife
Santa Monica, California—A man was arrested after robbing a security guard near 3rd St. Promenade Friday afternoon. According to Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) a man approached a Brinks Armored Security guard at around 11:15 a.m. and attempted to stab the guard for the money he was carrying. The guard pulled his gun and fired…
Read MoreSan Diego to Gun Owners: Lock Up Your Guns, or Go to Jail
San Diego, California – In a 6-2 vote, the San Diego City Council approved an ordinance that requires firearms not under direct physical control to be locked up or gun owners could face jail time. The Safe Storage of Firearms Ordinance was introduced to the council last month by San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot,…
Read MoreMan Shoots Would Be Robber While Wife in Labor
A man is dead Wednesday of last week after attempting to rob a restaurant in Ukiah, a small town in Northern California. When Subway restaurant store manager Alejandro Melo was approached by a man asking to use his business’s restroom, he didn’t think anything of it. When the man came back however, he walked…
Read MoreGun Show Ban for One Year, Maybe Longer in Del Mar
Crossroads of the West Gun Show held its last event at the Delmar Fair Grounds near San Diego this year. The show had been held in the fair grounds for 30 years, but the board in charge of the event center voted in September to stop allowing gun shows to operate at the venue next…
Read MoreGov. Brown Vetoes Three Anti-Gun Laws, but Signs Two Others
Wins and losses for the 2nd amendment out of California on Sept 28, when Governor Jerry Brown vetoed three anti-gun bills but signed two others.
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules California Law Unconstitutional
On September 11th, 2018 Federal Judge Troy Nunley determined a California law prohibiting gun store owners from putting up handgun related signs unconstitutional and in violation of First Amendment rights. The law (California Penal Code 26820) first enacted in 1923, kept gun store owners from displaying signs advertising the sale of pistols, but did not…
Read MoreCalifornia to Add EVEN MORE Restrictions to Ammo Starting January 1
Sadly it shouldn’t be a surprise at this point that any gun news out of California is going to be bad news for anyone except gun-grabbers and as we enter a new year that unfortunately the case once again.
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