Daily Archives: May 21, 2010

“Suge Knight is a businessman. He is not a person who would carry a gun or flash a gun at anybody”

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Robert Farago

Police released former Suge Knight on $65,000 bail after charging the former Death Row Record Label CEO with assault with a deadly weapon. The arrest came after LAPD received a tip that Suge flashed his gat during what the cops … Continue reading →

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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Retracts Gun Sodomy Remark. A Bit.

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Robert Farago

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley today semi-retracted his offer to shove a gun up a reporter’s anus and squeeze off a round to prove that it’s OK to subvert the the U.S. Supreme Court, should it rule to strike down the … Continue reading →

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Ming Dynasty Shotguns [Not Shown] Recovered from Ship Wreck

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Robert Farago

“Archeologists on Thursday began to retrieve and clean relics from a second cabin of the sunken merchant vessel Nan’ao No 1 in South China’s Guangdong province,” xinhuanet.com reports. “Tin ware, iron shotguns and canons were also retrieved. ‘This indicates Chinese … Continue reading →

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Susan Estrich: Guns and Drugs

Posted on May 21, 2010 by William C. Montgomery

Susan Estrich and I walk paths on opposite sides of the great political divide. Although I disagree with some of her assumptions, I find her ideas are often logical and her columns insightful. Her thoughts on guns and drugs are … Continue reading →

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Chicago Cops Take 20 Minutes to Respond to Armed Robbery 5 Minutes Away

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Robert Farago

As you may know (even if you haven’t seen the video above), the government is under no obligation to protect you. None. Of course, that doesn’t stop private citizens from suing the government when they fail to serve and protect, … Continue reading →

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Gun Review: Century Arms WASR-10 (Romanian AK)

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Don Gammill Jr.

“Loose is good.” I think. Since that’s really just a hunch, I did the easiest most journalistically-thorough thing and Googled the phrase. My results? Well, let’s just say they stuck a collective finger in my gut: nearly every hit involved … Continue reading →

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U.S. Taxpayers Buy 13 Bulletproof Suburbans and 4 Bullet Tracers for Mexican Police

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Robert Farago

The AP has been doing a little digging re: the $1 billion in U.S. taxes supposedly funneled to Mexico to help our neighbor to the south combat drug-related crime. So how’s that going, then? Calderon told reporters this week: “We … Continue reading →

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