“In the event we have someone barricaded in a door, we won’t have to wait on the fire department,” Harwood added. “We’ll have those tools to be able to breach that door if needed. I do not want to have to run back out to the car to grab an AR, because that’s time lost.” – Fox News, August 5, 2022

“The commission recommends an armed presence at every campus at all times and a change in the state law that would require all doors and exits remain locked during school hours. Currently the law requires doors and exits to remain unlocked due to the fire code, Hutchinson said.” – The Washington Examiner, August 3, 2022

“’In this case, a lawfully armed member of our community prevented a violent crime and ensured their own safety, while being confronted with multiple armed suspects,’ Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.” – The Daily Caller, August 2, 2022

“The Florida Legislature passed and Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed into law a program that allows military veterans to become teachers while they are completing their bachelor’s degrees. Employing veterans has the added benefit of most of them having already qualified with a firearm.” – The Western Journal, July 30, 2022

“‘Just a real open-minded, creative, warm-hearted, very smart person. He had a real passion for protecting workers, for advancing worker safety.’ His legacy lives on today in the success of many of the nation’s most ambitious construction protects — and in the daily experience of millions of hard-hat workers from coast to coast. Americans purchase about 6 million new construction hard hats each year, according to industry sources.” – Fox News, July 29, 2022

“Despite her belief in gun control, Adkins came to understand that good policy is not just about preventing dangerous individuals from owning firearms. It also should ’empower vulnerable citizens to protect themselves.’ Now, Adkins wants a gun. And she wants to carry it in public.” – The Daily Signal, July 29, 2022

“… Rep. Hudson’s Next Generation 911 legislation will bring 911 into the 21st century by transitioning the nation’s landline-era 911 network to an interoperable, broadband-enabled system. This will not only provide a more secure and faster response from first responders, but allow for 911 telecommunications and first responders to receive text, video, and photo messages.” – North Carolina Representative Richard Hudson, July 28, 2022

“I walked up to the door and I saw him with a knife to her throat. She was emptying out the cash register and I took a step in and peeked my head in to ask if everything was OK,” he told KDSK. I couldn’t see his face but he was saying, ‘yes,’ but I could see her face she was saying, ‘no,’ she was scared,” the customer said.” – The Western Journal, July 20, 2022

“But I’m going to tell you, the real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop this shooter almost as soon as he began.” – CNN, July 17, 2022