Root, Root, Root for the U.S!

GOC will be proudly watching the U.S. Olympic Shooting Team in the games this year!

We will provide updates on our team throughout the Games, so be sure to check back here to see how our team does in the sports we all know and love!

Olympic Shooting Schedule & Results | London 2012

They need our support more now than ever, as the main stream media questions them on their sport and the shooting in Colorado.  As fellow gun owners and shooters, let's stand behind them as they represent the United States in the Olympic Games!

Friday Life Savers

Costa Mesa homeowner pepper sprayed by burglar, shoots at him with his handgun

By Don Frances

Tip to burglars: Don’t bring pepper spray to a gunfight.

A burglar in Costa Mesa learned this earlier in the week after blasting a homeowner in the face with his pepper spray canister. The homeowner, presumably blinded, nonetheless managed to retrieve his handgun and squeeze off a few rounds in the general direction of the intruder, Costa Mesa police said in a press release.

He missed, but the burglar fled for his life.

The incident took place around 2:40 a.m. Monday morning, police said, when “an unknown suspect pried open the front door to a home in the 2400 block of Elden Street.” The homeowner, awoken by the noise, discovered the intruder in his bedroom -- right before getting pepper sprayed. (Apparently burglars are known to do this.)

But he somehow managed to grab his gun -- perhaps he keeps it by the bed? -- and fired at the burglar.

“The suspect was last seen running eastbound down the driveway,” police said.

Nothing in the home was taken.

Police have no description of the burglar, probably because his intended victim had been blinded. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Det. Rob Hanson of the Costa Mesa Police Department at (714) 754-5162.

New Series: Good News in Gun News

It gets tiring listening to the liberal media crushing the Second Amendment, every time they report on a story where a gun was used to harm.  Yes, it happens, and it's devastating, every time a life is lost or injured ... due to the misuse of firearms.  It's the age-old argument, "guns don't kill people, people kill people".  And it's true.  The gun didn't aim itself at the innocent person.  The trigger didn't pull itself.  There was a brain and a human action behind the gun.

We could go on and on and on, couldn't we?

Well, since the liberal media refuses to report on stories where guns were used properly and where they were used to save a life, we will do our part to spread those good-news stories around.  The people need to hear them.  And the Second Amendment needs the support of smart, law-abiding citizens that effectively use their firearms, when necessary.  

So every Friday, we will post a story or two, about how guns saved a life. This is our "Life Saver: Good News Gun Stories" Series.  So stay tuned, and re-post our good news stories with a link back to our blog!

Today, you get two stories {with one even coming from the Bay Area}:

CA Man With Permit to Carry Stops Restaurant Robbery
2012 JUNE 26

A CA man with a concealed weapons permit stopped an armed robbery at a Subway Sandwich shop. The would be robber ordered a sandwich and after the clerk was done making it the suspect drew a knife and demanded money. Read Full Story

Man holds teen burglary suspect at gunpoint in Santa Rosa

SANTA ROSA -- Police in Santa Rosa arrested a teenaged boy who allegedly broke into a house Sunday night after a man living at the home held the would-be burglar at gunpoint, a police sergeant said.

Read Full Story

Thanks to Keep and Bear Arms for providing nationwide links to articles where guns saved lives

Michigan Court Strikes Down Stun Gun Ban & Says Second Amendment Applied to Open Carry

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Ammoland

Tags:Eugene Volokh|Lawsuits|Open Carry|Second Amendment|Stun Guns

By Eugene Volokh

Eugene Volokh

USA --(Ammoland.com)-  People v. Yanna (Mich. Ct. App. June 26, 2012) holds that Michigan’s stun gun ban violates the Second Amendment.

I filed an amicus brief on behalf of AWARE (Arming Women Against Rape & Endangerment) in this case, and also wrote a law review article on the subject (Nonlethal Self-Defense, (Almost Entirely) Nonlethal Weapons, and the Rights To Keep and Bear Arms and Defend Life, 62 Stanford Law Review 199 (2009)), so I’m especially pleased by the result.

I hope also that this leads to similar results in some of the other places which ban stun guns — D.C., Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virgin Islands, and Wisconsin, as well as the several cities that take a similar view, some of which are in relatively right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-friendly areas.

The court also in the process made three broader statements:

1. The Second Amendment applies not just to firearms but to other weapons as well. “[The state] argues that Heller is strictly a gun control case, but the broad nature of the language used in Heller’s definition of arms clearly covers more than just firearms.”
2. Even weapons that are “far less prevalent than handguns” may still be protected by the Second Amendment. “The prosecution also argues that tasers and stun guns [are] ‘unusual’ or rare weapons. However, they are legal in forty-three states, and in Michigan are routinely used by law enforcement officers. They have been in use for several decades. Though far less prevalent than handguns, we do not think that stun guns or tasers may be fairly labeled as unusual weapons.”
3. The Second Amendment extends to open carrying of at least some weapons — possibly including other “protected arm[s],” such as handguns — in public, and not just to possession in the home. “The next question is whether the protected status of these arms makes unconstitutional a complete ban on carrying them in public. Heller specifically addressed only a full ban of protected weapons inside the home, not in public. Further, the analysis in Heller focused in part on the unmatched popularity of handguns for self-defense, and did not make clear to what extent greater restrictions could be applied to less popular weapons.

“On the other hand, Heller states that concealed weapons may be banned, but makes no such statement regarding openly carried arms. Indeed, Heller cites with approval two state cases that struck down laws prohibiting the public carrying of hand guns. The Second Amendment explicitly protects the right to ‘carry’ as well as the right to ‘keep’ arms. Likewise, the Michigan Constitution specifically allows citizens to ‘bear’ arms for self-defense. We therefore conclude that a total prohibition on the open carrying of a protected arm such as a taser or stun gun is unconstitutional.”

About:
Eugene Volokh is a law professor at UCLA, who specializes in free speech, religious freedom, church-state relations, and gun rights; he is the author of two textbooks, over 70 academic articles, and over 80 op-eds, and is the founder of The Volokh Conspiracy blog.

 Distributed to you by - AmmoLand.com – The Shooting Sports News source.

Read more at Ammoland.com: http://www.ammoland.com/2012/06/28/michigan-court-strikes-down-stun-gun-ban/#ixzz1z6yjBlxW

Is this real?

While checking out other gun blogs and facebook pages, we came across this headline: 

Virginia Police Seek Serial Butt Slasher

Obviously, it peaked some interest.  So we clicked on it and read on: "Fairfax County (Va.) Police believe a man captured on video surveillance footage may be responsible for cutting the buttocks of five women in retail stores while they are shopping."  (read more ...)

Clearly, the ridiculous nature of this man's cruel habit generated conversation in the office.  The only response to this ludicrous story we could come up with: if more women where carrying guns under their shirts, fewer butts would be slashed.  (see yesterday's post for reference)

It's so absurd, it's almost funny.  But in reality, it's disgusting.  There are too many people out there who set out to rape, kill, or bring some other form of harm to women and children ... and to law-abiding peaceful citizens.  If this guy gets caught, he will probably be let off due to some sort of doctor-invented mental disorder.  Unfortunately, it's the world we live in.

It's sad.  Frankly, it's pathetic.  And it's absolutely necessary, that good people stand up and join the fight to save their rights.    

WELCOME!

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