Do Gun Makers Really Need Revenue From Criminals and Crazies?
Reader dmac writes:
Usually, gun related stories on CNN are aggravating due to their incompleteness and/or use of skewed statistics. This piece, "Why the NRA fights background checks", actually angers me because of the implications Mr. Donohue makes...
This is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: Windy City Retail Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAs1qBOO1s
"Quizhpe said he didn't know he had been shot until his brother-in-law had chased the robbers out of the store with a fire extinguisher and Quizhpe was on the phone calling police. 'I felt...
It Should Have Been a DGU: Operation Dumbo Drop Edition
You'd think that Tupelo, Mississippi, birthplace of The King, would be more accepting of heavy, slow-moving entertainment anachronisms. But you'd be wrong. As washingtonpost.com reports, one of their precious pachyderms was the victim of...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: the Kuwaiti Government
Gun control advocates are pissed that federal law protects firearms manufacturers against civil or criminal prosecution if their products are used in a crime. They are also none too happy with the fact that...
It Should Have Been a DGU: Off-Campus Gang Rape Edition
http://media.nbcphiladelphia.com/designvideo/embeddedPlayer.swf
As and when my daughters are old enough and responsible enough to carry a firearm, I'd like them to do so. Whether or not they carry, they will learn the importance of situational...
Mexican Drug Cartel Photo Op
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9LHmgtvkw
The New Generation Jalisco Cartel says hola! Oh, and those don't look like U.S. gun store guns to me. Just sayin' . . .
Nancy Lanza’s Gun Dealer Loses His FFL
What happens when a woman strolls into your store, fills out the requisite forms, passes her NICS checks and buys some firearms from you? Not too much other than you get to put some...
College Shrink to Campus Cops: Holmes is a “Public Danger”
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1
So campus cops dropped the ball on James Holmes, the failed grad student who shot and killed 12 people and injured 58 others at the Cinemark movie theater in Aurora Colorado. Newly released documents...
Another Georgia Town Mandates Gun Ownership
Back in 1982, the City Council in Kennesaw Georgia didn't like the news from up north. Up in the Land of Lincoln, the Morton Grove Illinois City Council passed an ordinance outlawing firearms within...
It Should Have Been a DGU: Chicago Rampage Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHAGm-E7hDo
CHICAGO, March 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):
The ISRA is once again calling upon Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy...
Self-Defense Tip: Keep It on the Down-Low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nVEV2d1GHk
This is one of those do as I say not as I do deals. Truth be told, I've let national journalists profile me, my stuff and my fam. The resulting publicity has undermined my...
Spree Killer’s Teacher’s Mea Culpa. Or Not.
"I dreaded meeting with Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho in fall 2005," former Virginia Tech prof Lucinda Roy writes at insidehighered.com. "Though he had not made overt threats, his manner and affect seemed to...