Latest Right of self-defense Stories
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today defended the legal concept of Stand-Your-Ground, which is the law in 24 states, during a public hearing in Florida, where a movement is underway to change that state's statute. CCRKBA Legislative Director Joe Waldron told the committee examining Florida's law that the state should not change a law that has been working for seven years. Florida Gov. Rick Scott...
BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Second Amendment Foundation today reminded the United Nations that "if women have the right to be protected against violence, then they have the right to protect themselves against violence." So spoke SAF's Director of Operations Julianne Versnel, whose remarks to the U.N. Programme of Action conference were unlike anything many delegates had ever heard before. The conference is seen as the first step toward rekindling...
Entrepreneur Alan Jones and business partner Philip Gift’s site, http://www.BuzzedEagle.com, provides non-lethal solutions for self-defense and personal protection. Cocoa, FL (PRWEB) October 13, 2011 Through expertise and knowledge, http://www.BuzzedEagle.com is becoming well-known in the personal protection and self-defense industry. “Our first concern is protecting families.†explains co-founder Alan Jones. “With crime rates from the Uniform Crime Reporting...
With the threats of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare looming over our hyper-connected world, the best defense for the U.S. might be a good offense, says new research by a University of Illinois expert in technology and legal issues.Law professor Jay P. Kesan warns that an active self-defense regime, which he terms "mitigative counterstriking," is a necessity in cyberspace, especially to protect critical infrastructure such as banking, utilities and emergency...
NACOGDOCHES, Texas, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Implementing his experience as having been a parole and probation officer, author Calvin Bowden weaves a suspenseful story about a victim who has to confront her rapist again in order to survive in his novel "Showdown on the Frio: The Good and the Evil" (published by iUniverse). Having learned about the different levels and types of criminal behavior while witnessing the shortcomings of state and federal criminal justice systems, Bowden took...
DUXBURY - The police department is offering a rape aggression defense program for women and girls ages 13 and older, beginning Monday, Sept. 15. The course provides risk reduction through avoidance in addition to defense tactics. The classes emphasize awareness and address threats from a stranger or an acquaintance. The fee is $25. Classes are 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays, for three weeks, at the Student Union, 147 St. George St. For more information, call 781-934-5656, Ext. 25. (c) 2008 Patriot...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China warned the West on Monday against any attempt to abuse a newly agreed international right to intervene to protect civilians threatened by genocide, war crimes or ethnic cleansing. A United Nations summit last week approved the principle that the international community has a "responsibility to protect" civilians where governments are unable or unwilling to do so. The aim was to prevent any repetition of the massacres in Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo in the...
