Car Crashes Kill More Cops Than Bullets
I suppose it's a pretty obvious fact: car crashes claim more cops' lives than felons' firearms. I imagine that donuts (a.k.a. heart disease) kill more police than bullets as well. Here are the stats...
Chicago Cops Don’t Know Who Has A Gun. Still.
Chicago Pubic Radio offers listeners a post-Heller profile of the Windy City's firearms environment. As you might imagine, WBEZ reporter Robert Wildeboer isn't exactly what you'd call fair and balanced on the subject, a fact...
Armed Students Offer A Piercing Glimpse Into the Obvious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-iFnNDRLqg
"This is meant to be an educational video which will hopefully address some common fears and misconceptions about concealed carry, as well as establish a basis of understanding for those who may not know...
Feds Finger GunPal as Possible Ponzi Scheme
GunPal (now GPal) was launched on November 3, 2009 as an alternative to the firearms-unfriendly PalPal service. Not 2004, as CEO Benjamin Phillip Canon claimed. That would be the same Benjamin Phillip Canon who was...
Dutch Brothers in Arms
A swing-shift barista (that's a 'coffee chef' to those who don't live in...
Gun Control – The Refrigerator Gap
“I don’t want to talk about numbers because they mean so little,” Atlanta Police Chief George Turner told ajc.com. “When I go to a meeting, folks don’t want to hear about that.” So...
“It’s not that complicated,” said Fields, 44. “Lots of guns and drugs equals a...
Fields is a Brooklyn barber, quoted by nydailynews.com regarding New York's recent crime stats. I'm not sure if Mr. Fields was being sarcastic about the difficulty of reducing New York City's murder rate, but...
The Bad Guys Are Out There, “Gaffling”
In yesterday's post More Thoughts About Home Carry and Fanny Packs, scribe Stephen P. Wenger states "as soon as I’m out of the shower, my normal complement of revolvers is riding in holsters on...
Baltimore Gun Laws: Right Question, Wrong Answer
And there I was reading an editorial at weblogs.baltimoresun.com thinking halle-frickin'-lujah! Finally! A gun control piece that attacks the "revolving door" problem that leads to firearms-related violence. Here, read this. Just prepare yourself for...
Straw Purchasers, Straw Men And Mexican Gunrunners
The gun control crowd constantly crow about guns purchased by friends of felons for gun crimes. In fact, the Department of Justice reckons that only 8.5 percent of traced crime guns are the result...
Sometimes It’s OK to Bring A Spatula to a Gun Fight
A great many gun owners suffer from what I call totemgunopia (totem + gun + myopia). OK, I just made that up. But I've met plenty of gun guys and gals who've come to...
Ward Bird Brandishing Case Has NH Gun Owners Up In Arms
New Hampshire home owner Ward Bird is sitting in prison thanks to a three-year sentence for "felony criminal threatening." According to the official court records , a woman named Christine Harris was looking at...