Gun Nation

Yesterday, I went to Toys R Us. As a regular reader of my own website, I knew that the toy emporium banned guns from their premises out of "an abundance of caution" for "children...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_kyVyyhbQ A crowd is an animal unto itself. Unlike individuals, or small groups of individuals, a crowd moves with unpredictable speed, direction and ferocity. Which is why effective crowd control requires a large block of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDfVWc7Gbkk "Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi yesterday," todayonline.com reports. "A day after snipers and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi...

The Transportation Security Administration's new enhanced-imaging full body scanners are an epic fail. If not the technology itself, then the agents manning the monitors. According to a "high ranking" source at the TSA , an...

"A journalist smuggled a replica handgun into the European Parliament in Brussels as Prince Charles walked past him," mirror.co.uk reports. "Yann-Antony Noghes, reporting for French TV, slipped through an unguarded side door with the...

Wars are cancerous. They grow both rapidly and gradually, achieving malignant milestones along the way. The Mexican government, U.S. officials and the tourist industry would have you believe that the vicious drug-cartel-related violence plaguing...

In a recent post, I interviewed Paul Markel. The Marine gun guru decried the woeful state of police gunfighting skills, berating the majority of forces for failing to embody the warrior spirit. Some commentators took Mr....

Despite sustaining serious injuries in Iraq, which included the loss of part of his right leg, Sgt. Robert Price wanted to stay in the Army. He refused to believe that his disability would prevent him...

The auction house of James D. Julia will be holding a firearms auction on March 11. There are hundreds of primo pieces for purchase. Click here to peruse a vast array of historically significant...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdvVibVR-e4 And what's that about "many helicopters have it"? Like I'm not paranoid enough. Kidding. Unless the helicopters are black. Or marked ATF.

FBI historian Dr. John Fox and I had a nice chin wag this morning. We talked about the Bureau's early history and . . . this and that. For example, contrary to popular belief,...

Pictured above: convicted murderer, Shawna Forde. In the press she's referred to as "Arizona Vigillante Shawna Forde." And that's certainly accurate. But the story goes deeper, and so does how it's been covered in...