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"No American Should Own an AR-15 Michael YonNo American should own an AR-15. Reasons are obvious.Let’s walk through it.American children should not be exposed to guns until they are old enough to run and climb on and off a couch without assistance. Running and the couch maneuver is proof of dexterity. This is required to begin teaching shooting stance and martial arts. Plastic guns only until age six.On sixth birthday, present with Red Rider BB gun. Lever action only. None of that hyper-velocity machine gun scuba-tank stuff. That will put an eye out. BB gun marksmanship should be practiced while...

LAREDO, Texas — An 18-year-old illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to transport illegal aliens from China and Brazil within the United States. Samuel Vasquez-Morales, from Mexico, entered a guilty plea June 10 before U. S District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo. Judge Marmolejo set Vasquez-Morales’ sentencing for Oct. 16. At that time, Vazquez-Morales faces up to 10 years in federal prison. According to court documents, on April 1, 2019, Vazquez-Morales was apprehended after guiding six illegal aliens through the brush near Laredo. Five were from the People's Republic of China; one was a Brazilian national. Vazquez-Morales was...

Full headline: "Southwest Houston man pleads guilty to sex trafficking 3 women throughout more than 7 states" HOUSTON — A southwest Houston man pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to sex traffic three adult women by means of force and violence in Houston and other locations across the country. Marquis Holmes, 28, from Katy, Texas, pleaded guilty June 13 to one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by means of force, fraud and coercion; two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution; and two counts of enticing and coercing another to travel in interstate commerce for prostitution. (snip) On...

Police and federal agents raided homes in Dallas, Fort Worth and Lancaster on Tuesday as part of a major human trafficking investigation, authorities said. One man and two women were accused of operating a prostitution operation. Police said they encountered 11 women when they raided a home in Fort Worth and four others in Dallas. They will be treated as victims and offered counseling, police said.

3-6 police shot in downtown Dallas during a protest in support of the recent shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Dallas police currently negotiating with a suspect.

The mastermind of the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack that killed 19 Americans has been captured, U.S. and Saudi officials said on Aug. 26. The arrest of Ahmed al-Mughassil, who was described by the FBI in 2001 as the leader of the armed wing of the Saudi Hizbullah group, was one of the FBI’s most-wanted terrorists. The arrest concluded a nearly two-decade manhunt.

SOUTHLAKE (CBSDFW.COM) - A North Texas man is being heralded a hero after police said he held a man at gunpoint who was assaulting a woman. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/12/26/good-samaritan-gunman-stops-assault-in-progress/

I'm sure you've seen Sarah McKinley in the national news recently, she's the young woman who had the misfortune of having two bad guys break into her house less than a week after her husband died. She was forced to shoot one of them. What hasn't made national news? What an Illinois/Indiana gun club has done to help her out. Read on.... Originally Published in GunsNews by John Boch (snip) McKinley’s primary home defense gun, the shotgun, was taken for evidence. “We’ll probably have it for at least a couple of months,” the detective said. Mr. Boch and some friends...

Saginaw [TX] police are investigating a fatal shooting Monday afternoon in the 200 block of Straw Road. Investigators said the homeowner, firefighter David Wilson, opened fire around 2:30 p.m. after interrupting a burglary in progress. The gunshot victim was not identified.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. policy banning women from serving on submarines passed quietly into history Thursday morning.

"When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss told her another supervisor had found her flag offensive. "I was just totally speechless. I was like, 'You're kidding me,'" McLucas said." (snip) "Wednesday morning, however, our story received nationwide attention. We have received hundreds of emails and comments from people who had something to say about it. Among the supporters was a combat medic in Iraq: Debbie McLucas' daughter, Lillian McLucas Dressig. "My mom is a true hero in my book," she said."

DALLAS - A [disabled Vietnam] veteran who defended his country says he is now defending his right to support the military. The battle is with his homeowners association. Displaying 7 decals supporting the Marine Corps. Video Only at this time.

[Click to zoom.] Click to enlarge CBS 1 of 1 Close numSlides of totalImages Related Slideshows Memorial Day Nation Pauses To Remember Vets America's Soldiers Around The World Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office? For one Arlington woman, the answer was "no" after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend. Debbie McLucas is one of four hospital supervisors at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield. Last week, she hung a three-by-five foot American flag in the office she shares with the other supervisors. When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss...

From the Executive Summary: "This paper presents the first-ever comprehensive ranking of the American states on their public policies affecting individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres. (snip) ...defining individual freedom as the ability to dispose of one’s own life, liberty, and justly acquired property however one sees fit, so long as one does not coercively infringe on another individual’s ability to do the same." Freedom in the 50 States

The following was forwarded to me [Phil] by a contact with the Plaintiffs, Mr. Ankeny and Mr. Kruse, of Ankeny v. Daniels; it’s a fascinating “fly on the wall” account of the latest hearing in the eligibility saga: Thursday, February 26, the Elector Suit in the State of Indiana came up for a motions hearing. Counsel for the Governor had filed a motion to dismiss on the basis of mootness (all statutory requirements had been completed, too late for remedy), lack of subject-matter jurisdiction (failure to state a claim upon which the Court or Governor could grant relief) and laches...