We’re all guilty of being forgetful at times. We get distracted by something or preoccupied with some task and inadvertently leave something behind. Usually, it’s nothing more than an inconvenience. Sometimes we have to spend money to replace what we just lost. A Wisconsin Rapids woman earlier this month left something behind that will more than inconvenience her. She left…
A 39-year-old West Virginia man is facing second-degree murder charges over an incident that occurred last May. The incident happened at a Milton GoMart at about 5:00 PM. Quoting a police summary of the incident: “The defendant walked to where the active domestic [sic] was happening and pointed a handgun at the victim. The victim disengaged from his wife and…
Another week, another road rage incident… This time it involved two Texas men along the Eastex Freeway in Harris County, TX. According to police reports, a man cut another man off on the freeway. It is unclear what exactly happened after that, but it seems as if the two men pulled over. The man who was cut off by the…
Florida Representative Anthony Sabatini, Dist. 32, has introduced a new bill that would make open carry in public without a permit legal in 2022. Unless open carrying a gun while fishing, range shooting, hunting, or camping, you cannot do so otherwise in Florida. You can even be charged with a crime for accidentally revealing your gun while carrying concealed. John…
The Sumter Police Department does not expect to charge a woman after fatally shooting a man who entered her home through an unlocked door. According to an initial investigation, Eugene Rhinehart III, 31, entered the unlocked home around 4 A.M. and confronted Samantha Funchess, 43, before beginning to assault her. The investigation also revealed an unnamed 28-year-old man was in…
A man shot his daughter’s boyfriend after the couple had an altercation that turned violent and could not be halted when the father tried intervening. Cory Merchant, 55, shot his daughter’s boyfriend, Justin Rachal, 26, in the abdomen. Deputies from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office rendered aid to Rachal until he was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. The woman…
The Covington County Sheriff’s Office arrested Timothy Ray Jordan, 40, after being forced out of the home of an armed 95-year-old homeowner. Jordan broke into the Alabama home by shattering the back door’s glass, which woke up the homeowner. The senior citizen armed himself and caught the suspect ransacking his kitchen. He then ordered him out of his home. The…
A resident at an apartment complex in Gahanna, Ohio, shot and killed a suspected intruder who tried forcing his way into the apartment while armed with a gun. The resident called 911 around 8:30 P.M. to report the shooting. He said initially that the suspect knocked on his door and when answering it, the suspect tried pushing his way in…
North Carolina’s Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office has become the first sheriff’s office in the state to introduce a durable permit card for licensed CCW holders. On top of receiving the paper permit, new applicants will receive a durable permit card made from a plastic, laminated material. The FCSO distributes about 6,000 CCW permits annually. “We continue to bring 21st century…
According to Gov. Phil Murphy and acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck, people in New Jersey do not need to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. The legislation will head to the Supreme Court after filing an amicus brief to defend their laws stating citizens must demonstrate a particularized need to carry a firearm for self-defense. “We will always defend…