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Category Archives: “Low Threat” Areas

Armed Citizen Shootings: the Chris Bird Collection

From full article at findarticles.com: Remember the officers’ appreciation of Rory Vertigan’s actions the next time you hear some anti-gunner saying, “The cops don’t want private citizens to carry guns.”

“How a Gun Could Have Saved My Parents’ Lives”

From full article at GOA: Texas state Rep. Suzanna Gratia-Hupp is recognized worldwide as one of the leading advocates for an individual’s right to carry a concealed firearm. Several years ago, while testifying in opposition to additional gun control legislation, she related the emotional account of how she lost both of her parents to a [...]

Michael Woolson

From full article at Seattle Times: A 17-year-old Kirkland resident who prosecutors say stabbed a man to steal his iPod “apparently for the fun of it” was charged Wednesday as an adult. Michael J. McMahill-Dearmond, who lives in the 13000 block of 105th Avenue Northeast with his mother, was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree [...]

Meredith Emerson

From full article at WSB TV: Authorities have said they believe Emerson was kidnapped in Union County and killed in Dawson County. Her body was found nearly 50 miles from where she vanished during a New Year’s Day hike near Blood Mountain in Union County. An autopsy report says Emerson was beaten to death and [...]

Mary Cooper and Susanna Stodden

From full article at Seattle PI: A mother and daughter slain this week while hiking a popular trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest were shot, a Snohomish County Sheriff’s spokesman said Thursday. Deputy Rich Niebusch provided few other details about the killings of Mary Cooper, 56, a librarian at Decatur AEII Elementary School, and [...]