Penny Dean and Your Rights

The city of San Bernardino is feeling the effects of California’s restrictive gun laws. The 50% increase in crime compared to last year is being blamed on a dwindling police force that’s being subjected to cuts because of the city’s bankruptcy. That may be part of it because people have perhaps grown dependent on the police to provide protection. But California’s gun control laws are some of the worst in the nation.

<img src="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/graphics/senatepics/bedford_r.jpeg" align="right">An Alabama lawmaker is again pushing legislation that would let employees take handguns to work.

The Montgomery Advertiser reported Friday that state Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, said the bill is aimed at increasing personal safety.

“I think it’s necessary so people will have peace of mind when they’re traveling to and from work,” he said.

The Business Council of Alabama opposes the measure, said President Bill Canary.

<img src="http://static.news-gazette.com/sites/all/files/imagecache/300x300_width_... align="right">Kathy Saathoff is most anxious to find out why a Champaign police officer felt the need to break up a dog fight Saturday with a gun.

Police Chief Anthony Cobb said members of his department are working to find out the same thing.

Most notably from SNL, and now involved in conservative politics and advocacy, here is Victoria Jackson with video of her friend's first time at the range... and her second!

This video starts out a little corny, we will admit, but since she is a comedian, we should expect some of that. But please stick with it -- it gets interesting really fast (including all the bullet holes around the bulls eye), and the interview with the shop owner -- an attorney, no less -- is worth waiting for.

You’re a mom on an evening walk with your 6-year-old son and you are suddenly approached “aggressively” by a man who exposes himself and then suggests that you stand there and watch what’s next, so what do you do?

In Longview, a Clark County community near Vancouver along the I-5 corridor, you reach into your pocket, pull out your Ruger .380 ACP semiautomatic, and tell the fellow rather bluntly, “You need to leave or I’ll shoot you. I’m going to blow your brains out.”

<img src="http://rt.com/files/usa/news/police-internet-home-evansville-237/officer... width="200" align="left">Evansville, Illinois police are backtracking after learning that a recent botched raid that ended with the home of an innocent grandmother being ransacked by the SWAT team could have been prevented if the authorities had actually done their homework.

<img src="http://images.wjla.com/communities/fbishooting_296.jpg" align="right">An early morning FBI raid has a District Heights family in fear. The agents came into the house and drew their guns at the family’s daughter, but she wasn’t armed.

“They almost hit my daughter, man,” says Emory Hughley. “If I hadn’t told her to go back in her room they probably would have shot her.”

<img src="http://freedomoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Girl_Buying_gun-220... align="right">At the end of October, the fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas rejected the National Rifle Association’s argument that 18-20 year olds had a right to buy guns under the Second Amendment. It also rejected the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment. The U.S. may ban federally licensed firearms dealers from selling guns to anyone under the age of 21.

Why do we care about non-residents…because it provides an example for the police to day…well…..non residents have these restrictions, why shouldn’t residents?

On a busy Friday morning in Manhattan, nine pedestrians suffered bullet or fragment wounds after police unleashed a hail of gunfire at a man wielding a .45 caliber pistol who had just killed a former co-worker.

The officers unloaded 16 rounds in the shadow of the Empire State Building at a disgruntled former apparel designer, killing him after he engaged in a gunbattle with police, authorities said.