Daily Archives: March 27, 2010

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Plots Federal Gun Control

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Robert Farago

The Mayors Against Illegal Guns have released their report A Blueprint for Federal Action on Illegal Guns. The chapter headings sound sensible enough: Improving Gun Background Checks, Policing Problematic Gun Shows (as opposed to non-problematic gun shows), ATF Resources and … Continue reading →

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IRA Smuggled Armalite Rifles on the QE2 (Ocean Liner)

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Robert Farago

The Times reports that the IRA smuggled guns and explosive from the U.S. to the U.K. aboard The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) in the early seventies. “Brendan Hughes, one of the [IRA] provisionals’ first quartermasters, said he boarded Cunard’s flagship … Continue reading →

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What Not to Do in Chula Vista When You Don’t Want to Be Dead

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Robert Farago

“The guns, a Beretta shotgun and a Sig. Sauer 9 mm duty weapon, and ammunition had been locked in the trunk of a 2005 Honda Accord that was reported stolen March 17 while it was parked at a Chula Vista … Continue reading →

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“Put Your Guns Down” by Ben Falealili

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Robert Farago
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Beijing Fires 100 Deodorant Guns on Local Landfills

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Robert Farago

Here at TTAG we’ve shared stories about hot-dog guns, T-shirt guns, football guns, nail guns, handguns, rifles and shotguns—to name just seven. And we’d love to show you what a deodorant gun looks like. But we can’t. Neither theage.com nor … Continue reading →

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Shotgun. No, the OTHER kind…

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Brad Kozak

It’s Saturday. And I, for one, think it’s high time that we let our collective hair down, get funky, and get back up again. And what better way to do that but post something that is only tangentially-related to the … Continue reading →

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Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Bonnie Gochenover

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Robert Farago

I would love to live in a state where you don’t have to transport your guns in a locked container, and can go through a Drive-Thru Starbucks during either the outbound or return journey without facing a jail sentence. (Will, … Continue reading →

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