Store manager shoots man charging at him with knife in downtown Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A store manager shot a man who allegedly charged at him with a knife at a store in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday.

Just before 6 p.m. Sunday, police responded to a shooting at the convenience store located at E. 11th Street and Grand Boulevard.

When officers arrived, they located the suspect, Marcus Webb, on the ground suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to an area hospital.

Webb was charged in the incident.

Officers spoke with the manager, who told them he shot Webb in self-defense after Webb jumped over the counter and charged at him with what was later identified as a brisket knife, according to court documents.

The owner of the store showed officers surveillance video that confirmed the manager’s account of the incident.

A customer who was inside the store with his 8-year-old son also spoke with police and said he saw the commotion unfold, including Webb jumping over the counter.

He told police that the store manager, “saved his life and his son’s life, and he would be willing to testify to it being self-defense.”

In an interview with detectives, the manager said Webb had entered the store earlier in the day and was escorted out after going behind the counter.

When Webb returned, he was armed with a knife and jumped onto the counter.

The manager said he managed to get from behind the counter and Webb began chasing him.

He told police he managed to get some distance between Webb and that’s when he shot him.

A witness told police he heard Webb say, “You shot me, I’m dying.” The cashier responded, “I didn’t want to shoot you, you were trying to stab me,” to which Webb replied, “I didn’t want to stab you, I wanted to kill you.”

Gun Owners Still Waiting on Pro-2A Executive Orders

President Trump must act on the Second Amendment

President Trump promised gun-owning voters that Biden’s unconstitutional anti-gun disasters would “get ripped up and torn out” during the first week of his Administration.

We just officially passed that milestone in the Trump-Vance Administration – and Biden’s anti-gun policies are still in effect.

Look, we all know there’s quite a lot to fix after four disastrous years of Joe and Kamala, but defending the Second Amendment of the Constitution MUST be a TOP priority for the President of the United States.

That’s why GOA is mobilizing gun owners like YOU to remind the President that we are still waiting on him to deliver on his promises to roll back the Biden-era anti-gun policies and revive the Second Amendment.

Please add your name to our pre-written letter reminding President Trump to deliver on the promises he made to gun owners like YOU.

On the campaign trail, President Trump specifically promised to take the following actions to roll back Joe and Kamala’s anti-gun record:

  • Stopping the Biden Pistol Brace Ban
  • Revoking the Universal Background Check Rule
  • Ending the “Zero Tolerance” policy on gun stores

Not only does out letter remind the President of these three explicit promises, but we are also urging him to withdraw the frame and receiver rule immediately and eliminate the ATF’s illegal gun registry.

President Trump makes it a point of saying how much he listens directly to the American people.

That’s why it’s critical that gun owners – a key voting bloc that helped give him the presidency – to speak up right now and ensure our voices are heard in the White House.

BLUF:
There’s a lot of legalese to the order, but let’s boil it down to its core meaning: we’re sick of the hate, the intolerance, and the violence on our campuses, and if you’re part of it, time to find a different country where you can peddle your extremism.

Trump to Pro-Hamas Students Here on Visas: Get Out

Remember all the violence and hate that pro-Hamas students and outside agitators brought to a number of our nation’s universities in their twisted response to Hamas’ savage Oct 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel that left over 1,200 brutally murdered? When Israel retaliated for the atrocity and started a just war with the terrorist organization in Gaza, the activist class went nuts at Columbia University, Harvard, Cornell, UCLA, and so many other institutions.

It was an embarrassment to our country.

Donald Trump noticed, and now that he is back as president, he’s taking action:

President Donald Trump ordered a law enforcement crackdown on antisemitism on college campuses, including removing pro-Hamas activists with student visas from the country, Fox News has learned.

Trump’s directive gives all federal agencies a 60-day window to identify civil and criminal authorities available to combat antisemitism and deport anti-Jewish activists who broke any laws.

In other words, radical extremists—mess around, find out.

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Missouri Republican Launches Second Attempt at Second Amendment Preservation Act

The first version of Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act remains on hold thanks to a court challenge launched by Merrick Garland and the Biden administration, but a Show Me State Republican is hoping that a revised SAPA bill will soon take its place.

The original Second Amendment Preservation Act took effect in 2021, and in addition to prohibiting state and local law enforcement from cooperating with the feds on enforcing federal gun control statutes, essentially nullified those federal gun laws across Missouri.

After DOJ filed suit, a U.S. District Court judge struck down the statute, arguing that it was unconstitutional ‘interposit[ion]’ on the federal goverment by essentially trying to nullify federal law in Missouri. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes’s decision last August, holding that SAPA violated the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

“Because the (Second Amendment Preservation) Act purports to invalidate federal law in violation of the Supremacy Clause, we affirm the (district court’s) judgment,” Chief Judge Steven Colloton, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote in the unanimous opinion.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed the lawsuit challenging the law arguing it has undermined federal drug and weapons investigations. Late last year, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by Attorney General Andrew Bailey to allow Missouri to enforce the Second Amendment Preservation Act while its appeal is ongoing.

Bailey has since appealed the Eighth Circuit decision to the Supreme Court, and a response from Donald Trump’s DOJ is due in about a month. There’s a good chance that the DOJ won’t continue litigating against SAPA, but in the meantime state Sen. Rick Brattin has introduced a revised SAPA bill that he believes can withstand a court challenge.

Brattin told the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee at Monday’s hearing on the bill that the new version is a “reshuffling” of the bill to put it in accordance with the parameters of the Eighth Court’s ruling. The new version presents updated language in the bill’s statement of purpose and removes explicit references to federal agencies, centering the bill instead on state and local offices.

“This isn’t coming and reinventing the wheel,” Brattin said. “This is just clarifying and making it in line with what the Eighth Courts have done.”
Aaron Dorr, a member of the Missouri Firearms Coalition and staunch advocate of the original law, emphasized that the bill was still necessary under the Trump administration regardless of its pro-gun platform.

Dorr also emphasized that the new version had been updated to reflect the concerns of police.
Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish rebutted Dorr’s claim: “This type of legislation will create major obstacles for our officers and deputies throughout the state.”

Columbia resident Kristin Bowen testified in opposition backed by the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
She cited Missouri’s ranking as one of the states with the highest rate of firearm-related deaths. She also referenced the growing rate of suicide via firearm and gun-related homicides in the state.

“It’s a priority for me,” said Sen. Travis Fitzwater, a Republican from Holts Summit and chairman of The Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety. “This committee will probably take action on (the bill) quickly.”

If Brattin’s bill attempts to nullify federal law, then it’s going to run into the same constitutional issues as the original Second Amendment Preservation Act. If, on the other hand, the bill merely prohibits local and state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun laws it’s going to be on firmer constitutional grounds.

Even if that is the case, expect a lot of resistance to SAPA from law enforcement and officials in Missouri’s largest cities, who argue that the law would hinder interagency task forces and exacerbate violent crime.

So long as the bill passes constitutional muster I don’t have an issue with it, though I do think there are bigger priorities for Missouri lawmakers when it comes to our Second Amendment rights, like repealing the state’s ban on lawful carry on public transportation. That, to me anyway, would have a more immediate and positive impact on gun owners than a revised SAPA statute.

Armed homeowner kills suspect who kicked in door

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RIO RANCHO, N.M. —
An attempted home invasion around midnight Saturday was thwarted when the owner shot and killed a man who broke down the front door, a Rio Rancho Police Department social media post said.

Two adults and three children were sleeping in a house on the 1500 block of 12th Street Southeast when the sound of the man entering the house woke up the owner, who had a gun and shot the intruder. The intruder was taken to a hospital, where he died, police said.

The Rio Rancho Police Department responded to the incident. The results of its investigation will be sent to the district attorney. The owner of the house has not been charged.