Daily Archives: May 5, 2010

Responsible Gun Owner of the Day

Farago already posted the news that unhinged, 34 year-old Layla Trawick attacked other Target shoppers with a butcher knife and a steak knife. Fortunately, Clay Grant, Jr., an off-duty L.A. County sheriff’s deputy happened to be there, too, and based … Continue reading

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Philly Cop Gary Williams Proves Inescapability of Collateral Damage

Gruesome business this. “The fatal shooting of Howard Williams, 22, happened about 6:30 p.m. on a crowded South Philly block,” philly.com reports. “where at least 50 people were engaged in ‘an all-out water fight’ with squirt guns, hoses and balloons, … Continue reading

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Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Michael Shawn Lovett

According to bakersfield.com, local police reckon that a robbery gone bad led to the murder of 32-year-old Campus Park (CA) resident Amber Kelch. Evidence found at the scene suggests that Kelch was doing drugs with Pablo Salas, 25, and Adolf Casica, 29; … Continue reading

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Bobby Kennedy’s Assassination and Gun Control Rhetoric Circa 1968

Back in the day, I read The Village Voice. Hooked on Hunter (Thompson, not Holly or Rachel), I was hungry for journalism with Gonzo-style insight, passion and wit. For the Voice, two out of three wasn’t bad. Their progressive prose … Continue reading

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How to Disarm an Armed Assailant Without Really Trying

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Oklahomans Will Need a Concealed Carry Permit to Open Carry

Someone remind me again why you’d want to carry a firearm in plain view. To publicly (and constantly) declare your Second Amendment rights? As a deterrent to bad guys—who would kill the open carry idiot first, should killing be on … Continue reading

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