July 18, 2024
Women Defends Herself Leaving Home Intruder Dead
Early one April morning in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, a woman used her legal right of self-defense to protect herself. She was awakened by the sound of breaking glass. Armed with her 9mm handgun she came face to face with the intruder in her basement. In that terrifying moment she fired her weapon 3x, killing the perpetrator who forcibly entered her home.
The homeowner acted within her legal rights under Pennsylvania’s “castle doctrine.” This law permits the use of deadly force to protect oneself against an intruder within their home. Many of our 50 states have a law such as this.
Local authorities are still investigating the incident, but no charges are expected to be filed against the homeowner. They emphasized the importance of self-defense, reminding us that when someone forcibly enters your house, they are there to steal from you, or hurt you in other ways.
Consider owning a large dog to alert you, but always be prepared to protect yourself, and use deadly force when your life is threatened while you are in your home. Take a class in self-defense. Stay familiar with your firearm(s). Practice, practice, practice!
Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Minnesota’s Young Adult Carry Ban
A three-judge panel in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a unanimous ruling that Minnesota’s ban on concealed carry by young adults is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, giving a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners.
The lawsuit is known as Worth v. Jacobson. SAF is joined in the lawsuit, by the Firearms Policy Coalition, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus and four private citizens. Judge Benton explains that the Second Amendment’s plain text does not have an age limit. Law-abiding 18 to 20-year-old Minnesota residents are clearly members of the state. Therefore, they are presumptively constitutionally protected. Bans preventing young adults from concealed carry are not consistent with everyone’s right to keep and bear arms. We have a similar case in Illinois, the Reece vs Raoul lawsuit.
June 2024 Sixth Highest Year for Gun Sales & Background Checks
Sales continue at over one million a month. The National Shooting Sports Foundation reports that this is the 59th month of over one million sales a month. If July sales continue at that rate, it will be 5 years of over a million firearm sales a month.
Specific events can increase firearms sales. The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, which came so close to ending his life, is such an event. New owners of firearms are expected. Threats for more restrictions on firearms sales and use, are likely to increase sales.
Great deals and low entry prices on popular models, coupled with political insecurity is another sales driver. Several 9mm models are available for under $300, with .22 revolvers and .22 semi-auto pistols for less than that. Also, you can find decent .22 rifles on sale for $100. Now is a good time to buy.
LITIGATION UPDATE
In the Schoenthal v Raoul lawsuit, which deals with Concealed Carry on public transportation, we have filed for a summary judgment in our favor. The judge is now reviewing our documents.
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The ATA’s Grand American Trapshooting Championships will begin next week in Sparta, Illinois at the World Shooting & Recreational Complex, and is the largest shooting event of its kind.
The event kicks off on Thursday July 25th with the A.I.M. Shooting Championship which is for young shooters.
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Because History Matters
July 19, 1799 – Napoleon’s Army Finds the Rosetta Stone in Egypt
A black, basalt stone, the Rosetta Stone, had the same inscription in three different languages: Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Demotic. The stone turned out to be the means as to how scholars were able to read the ancient Greek Hieroglyphics, a “dead” language for more than 2,000 years.
July 19, 1848 – Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Organize the Seneca Convention. The two women were ardent abolitionists, but were barred from the World Anti-Slavery Convention, in 1840. The Seneca Convention demanded equal rights for women, and the right to vote, and founded the women’s rights movement in the United States.
July 20, 1969 – Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins Lunar Landing
Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. In addition to the American flag the astronauts Armstrong & Aldrin planted on the surface of the moon, they left a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon–July 1969 A.D–We came in peace for all mankind.” Four days later, Apollo 11 with all 3 astronauts safely returned to Earth.
Neil Armstrong passed away in 2012. Buzz Aldrin is 94 years old. Both men were born in 1930.
July 21, 1861 – The First Battle of Bull Run
The battle took place near Manassas, Virginia. This was the first major land battle of the Civil War. The Union Commander was General Irvin McDowell, and the Confederate commander was General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. Washingtonians came out to watch the Union Troops rout the Confederate soldiers, but it didn’t turn out that way. The Washingtonians fled for their life back to the city. Everyone thought the Southern insurrection would be over quickly, but after this battle everyone realized it would be a long and bloody war. Just for the record: A run is a creek.
July 21, 1899 – Famous American Author
Ernest Hemingway is born in Oak Park Illinois.
July 22, 1933 – First American Solo Flight Around the World.
Famed American pilot Wiley Post completes the flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. He was the first pilot to do this. In 1935, Wiley Post was killed along with Will Rogers in a plane crash while trying to fly across the North Pole. The crash site was near Point Barrow, Alaska.
July 22, 1934 – America’s Public Enemy Number One
John Dillinger is gunned down in front of Chicago’s Biograph Theater. Dillinger had killed seven police officers and three federal agents.
July 24, 1915 – Steamer Capsizes in Chicago River
The lake steamer Eastland, capsizes in the Chicago River, killing more than 800 people and entirely wiping out 22 families. The steamer was originally designed to carry 650 people, went through a series of upgrades and was supposed to be able to carry 2500 people. Engineers warned the steamship company that there might be a serious accident.
On this day in 1915, the Western Electric Company was taking all its employees out for its annual company picnic. Several lifts were required for carrying the 7300 employees out to the site of five steamers. About 2500 employees boarded the Eastland. A photograph was supposed to be taken of all the happy employees on the ship. When the employees rushed to one side of the ship to pose, the Eastland rolled over trapping hundreds of people.
After the tragedy, the Eastland was rebuilt and renamed the Willimette and converted into a naval vessel. It was scrapped after World War II.
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