Guns Save Lives

---

• Superintendent Resigns After Admitting He Brought a Gun to School Following a Threat From a Student
• Family of Home Invader Killed by Homeowner Says He Was “No Criminal, Just Trying to Make Ends Meet”
• 82-Year-Old Oregon Man Defends Himself, His Wife and His Home by Shooting Home Invader
• Idaho School District Debates Placing Guns in Schools and Training Staff to Use Them
• Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar Receives NRA-ILA Defender of Freedom Award

Superintendent Resigns After Admitting He Brought a Gun to School Following a Threat From a Student Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT Tioga, ND Superintendent D’Wayne Johnston hasn’t publicly released what was said during a confrontation with a high school student who was ultimately expelled, but he has said there was a threat from the student which kept him awake that night. The following day, when Johnston entered the high school, he was armed, carrying a handgun […]

Family of Home Invader Killed by Homeowner Says He Was “No Criminal, Just Trying to Make Ends Meet” Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:55 AM PDT Let’s add it to the list of things not to bring to a gunfight – brass knuckles. The family of 44-year-old Christopher Dennison is speaking out after he was killed by a homeowner whose home he broke into. According to WGME, “He didn’t deserve to die,” said his wife Cherie Thibault. “I know he shouldn’t […]

82-Year-Old Oregon Man Defends Himself, His Wife and His Home by Shooting Home Invader Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:48 AM PDT This story continues a week of numerous self defense stories involving the elderly leveling the playing field against much young, much more violent assailants. In this case an 82 year old man from Salem, OR used a handgun to protect himself and his elderly wife from a home invader. John and Mamie Rose, both in […]

Idaho School District Debates Placing Guns in Schools and Training Staff to Use Them Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:16 AM PDT Several school districts across the nation have already taken steps to make sure their town isn’t the site of the next school shooting by either placing additional armed officers in schools or giving teachers and staff the ability to carry concealed firearms. Now Sandpoint Schools in Northern Idaho may be taking similar measures. A proposal […]

Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar Receives NRA-ILA Defender of Freedom Award Posted: 10 Oct 2013 07:34 AM PDT Congratulations Senator! From the NRA-ILA: Fairfax, Va. – Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar (R – Katy) received the Defender of Freedom Award from the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action in recognition of his outstanding legislative accomplishments in support of the Second Amendment. He was presented the award at the Houston Gun Collectors Association […]