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Gun Stocks Skyrocket As Backgroung Checks Rise

The gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson’s share price reached an all-time high on Monday after it was reported that the background checks for new guns had set a new record for July. Shortly after the FBI announced July’s figures on Monday afternoon, shares in the second largest gun manufacturer hit $30.59 each. Smith & Wesson’s shares closed the day at an all-time high of $30.36, up 3% for the day and beating a previous record high of $29.37 set in March. A total of 2,197,169 firearms background checks were processed last month, according to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That’s up from 1,600,832 background checks processed in July 2015 and 891,224 checks processed in July 2008, months before Barack Obama was elected president.

Texas tower shooting: 50th anniversary of Charles Whitman mass shooting in Austin, Texas

This Monday marks 50 years since sniper Charles Whitman opened fire from the University of Texas bell tower, killing 14 people and wounding 31 others.

As the tower clock ticked towards noon on August 1, 1966, the 25-year-old student and former U.S, Marine Corps sharpshooter began a devastating onslaught that would bring more than 90 minutes of terror to the campus and catch the Austin Police Department completely off-guard.

The massacre ended when police officers shot Whitman dead. Police found an arsenal of weapons in a storage chest next to Whitman, including three rifles, three pistols and a sawn-off shotgun. An autopsy revealed the shooter had a brain tumor, which may have impacted his ability to control his emotions.

At the time, the massacre was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history — an unwelcome record that stood until 1984.

Mass shootings have become a regular occurrence in the United States in the 50 years since the Texas tower shooting.

Man high on meth pulls gun from butt; Man needs 15 cops to stop him from fapping

Burglar shot by homeowner: pregnant woman shoots intruder breaking into home in Alabama

A burglar who was breaking into an Alabama home last Friday was injured when the pregnant homeowner opened fire at him.

Marquita Turner, who is five months pregnant, was reportedly asleep at the time of the intrusion, but was woken up when she heard a noise at 2:20 a.m. last Friday.

Police said the suspect thought Turner was not home because one of her two cars was not in her driveway.

Turner was armed with a pink Millennium 9 pistol when she left her bedroom to investigate, reported WVTM 13. When she saw the the burglar in her hallway, she reportedly fired two or three times, hitting the burglar once and injuring him. He was later taken to hospital.

According to WVTM13, Turner expressed the desire to move to elsewhere, and started a GoFundMe page for donations to help pay for a new home for her and her unborn child.