Dashcam Video: Shooting in Oaklandistan

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I could make the usual points about the non-link between gun control and reducing violent crime. Or I could wonder, as TTAG reader Pascal did, why the kid with the backpack seems non-plussed. But...

It Should Have Been a DGU: One Punch Edition

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  An altercation outside a Dublin bar at 4:30am that goes bad? Who could have seen that coming? Journalist Eugene Maloney sure didn't and was killed by a single punch. "While he didn’t die because...

LA County Sheriffs Dept. Fined $3.8m for Excessive Force. And?

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  "On Tuesday afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown, Fitzgerald awarded $3.8 million to Angel Mendez , and $222,000 to his wife, Jennifer, for damages resulting from Fourth Amendment violations by two L.A. County Sheriff's...

Question of the Day: Do You Know The Criminal Mind?

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As armed Americans, it behooves us to know our enemies, too. So, do you understand the criminal mind? To my mind it's pretty simple: criminals want what someone else has and they don't fancy...

It Should Have Been A DGU: Panic 911

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6UC1dMPwL0?list=PLcviVtB85dLxVfQoBC570phvgbl3HC6px] Robert: If you haven't seen it, Discovery Channel has a show called Panic 911.  The wife and I watched an episode the other day and every one of the segments could have been ended...

Denver Broncos Von Miller Arrested at CO Gun Range—For Traffic Violations

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"Denver Broncos star linebacker Von Miller was arrested Sunday at a gun club in Colorado ... but his arrest has NOTHING to do with firearms, TMZ has learned." Unfortunately, TMZ doesn't seem to have learned anything about...

Operation S.N.U.G. Sucks-Up Taxpayer Cash. Again. Still.

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  Bronx secures funding for Operation SNUG, a proven anti-gun inititiative, nydailynews.com's spelling-challenged headline proclaims. Also fact deficient. As we reported when this coalition of ex-(?) gang bangers and ruthless pols "Community, Government & Corporate Partnership" first...

Quote of the Day: Joe Biden, Please Call Your Office

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“There are about half-a-dozen crimes where a person can be charged if they simply display or discharge their weapon. You don’t have to shoot someone to get in trouble.” - Edwin Walker in Zimmerman...

Incendiary Image of the Day: George Zimmerman Psycho Killer Edition

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"The message of the 100-foot mural, created by Miami artist Huong, is 'We are all Trayvon Martin.'" patdollard.com opines. "The mural shows a man who looks similar to George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch leader...

BREAKING: NY Town in “Lockdown”

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"Update, 9:20: The Watershed Post has confirmed that the armed man took two Bovina residents hostage earlier today. A local official confirmed that both hostages were held at gunpoint, but later escaped unhurt. As...

It Should Have Been a DGU: Fort Hood Spree Killing

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"Witnesses said that after wounding soldiers once or twice, he shot them again as they lay on the floor or crouched behind partitions," nytimes.com reports from the trial of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. "Some he...

Defensive Minivan Use of the Day: Aliquippa Altercation Edition

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“'She had no duty to retreat,' said Beaver County District Attorney Anthony Berosh. 'You don’t have to wait to find out whether or not this is a real gun or not, and she was...