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...
Honesty is Not Always the Policy
necn.com:
Prosecutors say 26-year-old James Lombardi was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison as well as three years of probation on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lombardi pleaded...
Never Bring a Stick to a Gunfight
chicagotribune.com
Illinois State Police are investigating the shooting death of a 40-year-old eastern Illinois man by a Vermilion County sheriff's deputy. Police say Michael J. Brandel was shot three times Saturday night by an unnamed...
“Weapons cache may be linked to Hells Angels” Ya Think?
canada.com:
Mounties made a major weapons haul after stopping a car for speeding on the Trans Canada Highway. A search turned up a sawed-off shotgun, three shotguns and a large quantity of ammunition, a bulletproof vest,...
A Report From the Cartel Corridor
TTAG has chronicled the rise of the citizen's militia movement along America's southern border. On one hand, the idea of using armed civilians to defend against a vast, well-funded criminal conspiracy seems the very...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Adam Jones [Not Shown]
People who live in nice neighborhoods and work in nice buildings with nice people and send their kids to nice schools and never go to places where the word "meth" is spoken will probably...
Indianapolis Open Carry Demonstrators Called “Flashers”
"Flashing" is the slang term for indecent exposure: showing one's genitalia to an unsuspecting stranger. It's a serious sexual crime. In firearms terms, "flashing your gun" is known legally as" brandishing." Unless the gun...
iPhone Buyers Put Guns to the Head of Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnQ72sPZAI
"A young woman buys the latest iPhone. At the same time, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a 14-year-old girl is forced at gunpoint to work in a pit where coltan, a mineral used...
Probable Cause? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Probable Cause!
A quick shout out to TTAG contributor and legal eagle Chris Dumm. If Mr. Dumm has a moment, I'd appreciate it if he'd cast his eyes on this story from staho.com. "Marco’s Pizza employees...
SC Woman Leaves .45 Cobray on Grave. Should’ve Buried It?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNKT1B4zrnw
"A deputy responded to a call about the recovery of a gun at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens on Highway 9," goupstate.com reports. "The officer found a box containing a gun on a grave site....