Kentucky: Nra

The residents of an apartment complex say their typically safe
neighborhood had fallen victim to a rash of break-ins. Crime reached
its zenith when someone broke into an apartment occupied by a woman and
her children. The woman retreated to her bedroom with the children,
locked the door and armed herself with a handgun. According to police,
when the suspect approached the bedroom door, the woman fired a single
shot. The suspect was found outside the complex suffering from a
gunshot wound. He was placed under armed guard at the hospital. (Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler, TX, 02/03/09)

Reprinted with the encouragement of the NRA

(crossposted at DailyKos, go recommend it!)

I'm thrilled to report that the next Senator from the state of Kentucky has just announced his candidacy this morning. Our state's 11-year nightmare of Jim Bunning is about to end in November 2010, and here is the man that will end it.

Meet KY Attorney General Jack Conway.

As you can see in his announcement video on his site, Conway will have his official in-person rally to kick off his campaign Monday in Louisville. I can't go into all of the details now, but let's just say that Ben Chandler, Crit Luallen, John Yarmuth, and about every big KY Democrat past and present whose name isn't Steve Beshear will be there.

LOUISVILLE -- Amid a day of ceaseless criticism at the National Rifle Association's Leadership Forum in Louisville, the Kentucky campaign of presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) released a statement particularly focused on comments made by his potential Republican opponent.

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LOUISVILLE -- Kentucky's senior U.S. senator, Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville), was honored by the National Rifle Association at Friday afternoon's NRA Leadership forum in Louisville with the annual "Defender of the Constitution" award from the organization. After receiving the award, McConnell's speech went a long way toward showing why he was in the group's good graces.