By Sim Evans

The furor over the Dick Cheney/Harry Whittington shoot-out in South Texas seems to be dying down, but don’t be fooled. There is more to this than meets the eye, and the ever vigilant news media will, sooner or later, get it all sorted out. Here is what they have garnered from the event so far.

In a rare exhibition of good sleuthing, the media have already uncovered a possible motive for the shooting. You see, Harry Whittington owns, amongst other things, a city block in Austin, and the government wants it.

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In yet another example of how firearms are a great tool to stop criminals, WKYC reports how a Summit County great-grandmother used her new firearm to ward off teenage criminals.

Many studies show that guns are used to stop or prevent a crime 2,500,000 times each year in our country. 95% of the time, no shots are ever fired. Would-be victim Eleanor Lynn describes the encounter, “Somebody was breaking into my house so I took the gun out and went to the door. They flew.” So typical it happens 6,500 times every day.

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