West Virginia to New York Gun Show Gumshoes: Piss Off
Even as the revelation that Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell bought one of his weapons from a Las Vegas gun show gives ammo to gun control advocates looking to force private sellers to conduct criminal...
New York Gun Control Crusader [Not Shown] to Head Security Firm
Frederico Gebauer was New York Mayor Bloomberg's go-to guy for gun control. As First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator, Gebauer helped develop the City's Gun Courts. He was also the man behind Mayor Bloomberg's national...
Baltimore Banks $1.1m for Gun Violence Reduction Initiative
Earmarks. You gotta love 'em. Well, the Baltimore police does, 'cause there's $1.1 million headed their way as part of The Baltimore City Gun Violence Reduction Initiative. Which was an earmark on H.R. 2847,...
U.S. Army Drops Bayonet Practice
According to the AP , the U.S. Army has dropped bayonet practice from basic training. "Adapting to battlefield experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army is revamping its basic training regimen for the first...
Open Carry for the UK?
Hell just got a little chillier. Still, the fact that the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) published a piece from the ultra-left wing (just kidding) Adam Smith Institute suggesting that Brits would be better off...
Is This Why the African American Community Doesn’t Carry Guns?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVTs-LzTxRI
I've been putting a lot of time and thought into the racial implications of U.S. gun laws. As you may know, American gun control legislation has its roots in the south, as a method...
University of Florida Students Protest Campus Police Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QtHPcf7u4
Gainesville.com reports that University of Florida (UF) students held a protest over the March 2 shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong by university police. Campus cops shot the delusional doctoral student in the face with...
Texas Starbucks Robbed At Gunpoint
Lost among the hyperbole of Starbucks' policy of allowing local custom/laws to determine their position on conceal carry is the question: "has Starbucks ever been robbed at gunpoint?" To which I can reply without...
U.S. Department of Education: 100 Glocks, 52 Shotguns
The Washington Post received the clarification that TTAG sought re: the number and type of Department of Education's arsenal of firearms. And here it is: "The Office of the Inspector General has 100 special...
U.S. Has Pissed Away $6 Billion on Afghan National Police
Over the last eight years, the United States has "invested" $6 billion in arming and training the Afghan National Police. To no appreciable effect. ProPublica reports that our government estimates that "fewer than 12...
Charles R. Larson: Tea Party Gun Owners “Retarded”
Now that the National Health Care bill has passed, its supporters are magnanimous in victory. As if. Our friend Charles R. Larson over at Counterpunch isn't pulling his, venting major spleenage at the Tea...
Has The Open Carry Campaign Found a Champion in Kurt Kirby?
The so-called Open Carry movement---whose adherents openly wear their weapons to assert their right to own and carry guns---is a cause in search of a champion or two. Or three. Or more. You know;...