Violent Videogames “Causal Risk Factor for Increased Aggressive Behavior”
The latest issue of The American Psychological Association's Bulletin is out! As excited as I am at the prospect of reading "Understanding disclosure decision making and postdisclosure outcomes among people living with a concealable...
Has Russian Teen Cracked the Electric Gun?
The idea of using electricity to fire a projectile (i.e. an electric gun) has been around since, uh, electricity. Back around Christmas '07, IEEE Spectrum writer Paul Wallich had a look at an article...
Romney: Palin is Armed and Dangerous
Ha! We SO knew that! Well, actually, not exactly. The only gun we can positively identify as belonging to Republican ex-Governor and non-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is the Henry Repeating Arms "Big Boy," which...
Massachusetts Police Screw-Up Gun Licenses
"Those who received licenses improperly would have qualified for licenses if they had listed an accurate local address, taken a firearms training course and paid the required fee, police said." Oh, so that's alright...
Chicago Mayor Daley: Why Can’t I Bring a Gun to the Supreme Court?
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is staring down the barrel of a Supreme Court decision throwing out The Windy City's gun ban. This does not please Hizzoner, who is not used to people telling him...
Aussie Schools’ Knickers Twisted by Gun Game Website
The BBC reports that Queensland parents, educators and politicians are outraged---outraged I tell you!---by outings to a laser gun "school," photos of same and a reference to "killing fields" posted on the company's website....
San Franscisco: We Won’t Tase You Bro’
Mercurynews.com reports that the San Francisco Police Commission has just said no to Tasers. After hearing from officers and researchers who wanted to sing the perps' bodies electric, the commission voted 4-3 against arming...
Pentagon Police: Shooter Acted Alone
Pentagon Force Protection Agency chief Richard Keevil says the gunman who opened fire on his officers yesterday acted alone. "At this time it appears to be a single individual that had issues," Keevil told...
Canada Looks to Ditch Gun Registry
In 1989, Marc Lépine entered Montreal University's École Polytechnique engineering school armed with a Ruger Mini-14 and murdered 14 people. Six years after the École Polytechnique Massacre (a.k.a. The Montreal Massacre), the Canadian parliament...
Was the Pentagon Shooter a Right Wing Loon?
Here's a no-brainer for you: Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell was anti-government. We know this because A) he attacked the government B) he left rambling writings on the Internet stating his hatred for the...
Here’s Why the U.S. Dept. of Education Needs 27 Remington Shotguns: The Old Guns...
We asked. They answered.
The Office of Inspector General is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of Education and is responsible for the detection of waste, fraud, abuse, and other criminal activity involving...
Update: Pentagon Shooter’s Guns: Memphis Police and Las Vegas Gun Show
The AP reports that investigators have traced the Taurus 9mm handgun used by John Patrick Bedell in the attack on the U.S. Pentagon to the Memphis, Tennessee police. The Memphis police had seized Bededell's...