A metal leg band carries an eight- or nine-digit sequence that records the bird’s age, sex, and where it was banded. Report one, and you receive a certificate telling you when and where the bird was banded. Since the U.S. government’s program began in 1920, the federal effort has tagg...
A Lytle, TX homeowner shot and killed a hallucinating intruder who broke in at random and cornered him in a bedroom with his family home. Read the original story: Texas Homeowner Shoots and Kills Hallucinating Blood-Covered Intruder Who Broke In at Random and Cornered Him in His Bedroom With Wife...
In a high-stakes trial before Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John M. Durkin, a jury returned a verdict of not guilty Friday afternoon, acquitting 23-year-old Darius Smith on a single count of murder with an attached firearm specification.Smith, who faced a potential sentence of 18 years...
Pampa police say a man who forced his way into a home late Friday was shot by an occupant fearing for their safety. He later died. Read the original story: Pampa Resident Grabs Handgun and Shoots 33-Year-Old Man Who Forced His Way Into Home at 11:30 P.M.
A 73-year-old Vietnam veteran shot a masked intruder in the buttocks after the man drilled through his door and knocked him down in his San Francisco home at 5 a.m. Read the original story: 73-Year-Old San Francisco Vietnam Veteran Shoots Masked Intruder in the Buttocks After He Drilled Through H...
A Philadelphia resident fought off a man who cased the block for ten minutes, then forced through the front door at 6:20 a.m. Read the original story: Philadelphia Resident Fights Off Suspect Who Cased the Block for 10 Minutes, Then Forced Through the Front Door at 6:20 A.M.
A Sacramento deputy shot and killed a knife attacker who was stabbing a 63-year-old mother and her daughter in a Diablo Drive garage. Read the original story: Good Guy With a Gun: Sacramento Deputy Shoots and Kills Knife Attacker Who Was Actively Stabbing 26-Year-Old Daughter After She Pulled Him...
A Memphis man beaten by two intruders in a Frayser apartment wrestled a gun away from one of them and shot him. The other is now charged. Read the original story: Memphis Man Attacked at Home By Two Men Wrestles Gun Away From Intruder Who Said ‘Watch This,’ Then Shoots Him
Two Warren, Michigan CPL holders shot and killed men during separate domestic violence attacks. Prosecutors filed no charges. Read the original story: 70 Minutes Apart in Michigan: A Brother and a Boyfriend, Cleared in Two Fatal Domestic Violence Shootings
Five people were wounded at Virginia State University, but police were still determining who fired and why. Sandy Hook Promise nevertheless invoked the familiar “gun violence” narrative and the same disputed logic used to promote additional restrictions on lawful gun owners.