Daily Digest

OMG! A pic of a celebrity! Holding a gun! OMG! Conor McGregor causes controversy as UFC star poses with shotgun - "Conor McGregor may be used to making headlines but he has caused controversy with...

Everybody wants to be an operator: Granbury man sentenced for taking rifle while impersonating Navy SEAL - "Luna-Gonzalez, who claimed he was wounded in combat in Africa and earned a Purple Heart as a Navy SEAL,...

The Right Way With Guns: The National Rifle Association Comic Book From 1956 - "Grim and absurdly funny, here’s a rare item from 1956 titled THE RIGHT WAY WITH GUNS! by Capt. Frank Moss...

Interesting times in the city of angels: LAX returning to normal after panic due to unfounded shooter report - "Operations restarted Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport after terminals were cleared while police investigated reports...

9 injured after balloons cause Orlando mall shooting scare - "Two months after a gunman killed dozens inside an Orlando nightclub, the sound of popping balloons prompted shoppers to frantically flee an Orlando mall,...

  Buy Guns Tax-Free in These States - "Gun buyers in two states will soon get a reprieve from sales taxes. Mississippi and Louisiana will host “Second Amendment Weekend” sales tax holidays over the next two...

Never mind: United Way Reverses Course: Raffle for AR-15, Other Firearms Resume - "The United Way of Otero County New Mexico was told to halt its raffle of firearms after a board member of another United Way...

Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas: Gabby Giffords Endorses Pat Toomey, Mark Kirk for Caving on Gun Control - "On August 22 Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly praised Senators Pat...

2016 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced - "This year’s awards reflect a deeper consideration of how newsrooms engage their audiences, focusing on the emerging prevalence of new digital tools, distribution channels and content platforms."...

Washington State’s New Gun Laws Are Working - "This November, Washingtonians will get to vote on a ballot measure to place extreme-risk-protection orders into law. If that passes, it would be a second big...

This is TD's "after dinner" pocket dump. We like being prepared, but wonder how many self-defense situations will allow time for inserting ear plugs. Still, better to have and not need than need and...

CBS: Mexico Murder Rate 5X Higher than U.S. Despite Strict Gun Control - "Mexico has 'restrictive' gun control — including comprehensive background checks — and a homicide rate over five times higher than the...