Daily Archives: April 13, 2010

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unidentified Gun Sex Guy

NP? The man, 25, told police at the scene that he rubbed the loaded handgun all over his girlfriend’s body before getting intimate after he consumed a six-pack of beer at a party at the couple’s home. The man said … Continue reading

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Pete Eliadis: “It’s Not Time to Arm Students and Teachers”

Pete Eliadis is officer.com‘s Mass Violence Incidents Contributor. Imagine handing that business card to your daughter’s prospective private school headmaster. Still, someone’s got to tackle the issues raised by spree killings and other large-scale horrors, and Eliadis does it better … Continue reading

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Modesto California Sheriff Pledges to Loosen Gun Permit Regs

Two days ago, an Ohio judge told local residents to arm themselves in response to cop cuts. Our own Donal Fagan warned TTAG readers to take his ballistic exhortation with a shaker of salt. (Some people think that there’s a … Continue reading

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The Yin and Yang of Gun Rights/Gun Control

I’m a movie fan. I love off-beat films, films that pay tribute to older films, films that make me laugh out loud. But I especially like films that make me stop and think. Years ago, I saw a couple of … Continue reading

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Get a Grip: Shotguns for Self-Defense

So it looks like I’m in the market for some parts for the venerable 870. No problem…Midway USA to the rescue. But not so fast, buck-o. The Mighty Wingmaster is apparently the shotgun version of a Jeep Wrangler – or what the AR-15 is to carbines – a platform that allows, nay encourages you to modify it in almost any way you can imagine. Continue reading

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Time to Invest in Body Armor?

We see a lot of bulletproof vests on television – and damned if they don’t always stop the bullet perfectly. Well, they have to work on TV because they are plot devices. Oh no! Crockett shot Tubbs! How can this … Continue reading

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U.N. Gun Grab Revealed

Inspired by its success with land mines, various groups within the United Nations are busy creating a Small Arms Treaty. The international body is devising a legislative framework for the international trade in small arms and light weapons that’s not … Continue reading

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