Self-Defense Tip: Embrace the Suck
Writing for officer.com, Val Van Brocklin reckons a cop's life sucks. I'm not saying Brocklin's supporting bullet points would convince a cop to put a bullet in his brain, but they sure don't sound...
Toronto Officer Can Protect Herself Against Stalker. No One Else.
Good news for one unidentified Toronto police officer. She's received clearance from Toronto police chief Bill Blair to carry her service gun off duty. It seems her former supervisor, Steve Izzet (above) has (allegedly)...
Philly Open Carry Confrontation Follow-Up
Remember the YouTube video (well, audio really) of a guy open carrying in Philadelphia? RF wrote about it. The one where what sounds like half a precinct held the guy at gunpoint, telling...
NM Police: FN P90 = Submachine Gun
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Man holds up store with submachine gun: krqe.com
Chicago Area Cop Steals Turn-In Program Guns
Ever wonder what happens to all the guns collected in those highly publicized gun buy-back and turn-in programs? Me too. The usual party line is that they’re destroyed. You know, for the safety of...
Long Gun Registry Stigmatizing Canadian Gun Owners
Those of us who have called for an end to the long-gun registry have often focussed on its cost — at least $2-billion — and its uselessness in stopping crime. But the greatest damage...
Self-Defense Tip for Hand Loaders: Write it Down!
In a recent post, TTAG scribe Benjamin T Shotzberger admitted to carrying hand loads in his self-defense gun. When the topic of roll-your-own for self-defense comes up, the most obvious concern: chances of being...
UK Cops Confiscate Farmer’s Shotgun “Just in Case”
"Tracy St Clair Pearce, 50, was confronted by four men carrying a chainsaw and a knife, who warned her they would kill her cattle at her farm in Colchester, Essex," dailymail.co.uk reports. "She...
Cop Loses Gun, Loses Right to Carry. Not.
As any Golden State gun owner will tell you, California gun laws are very specific. Anyone transporting a firearm in a vehicle must have the gun unloaded in the trunk or a locked container---other...
ATF Federalizes Jackson, MS Police Dept. Sort of.
Imagine Harvey Johnson Jr.’s surprise. On Tuesday, Jackson Mississippi's mayor announced that crime in the southern city had fallen 6.7 percent year over year. Violent crime fell a whopping 27.3 percent. Good news, right?...
NJ Cops Shoot 33 Rounds to Kill a Pit Bull
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This story may not sound unfamiliar to those of you who love dogs, hear of cops shooting canines and think WTF. And now there's a website dedicated to documenting cop-on-dog shooting: dogmurderers.com. One wonders what...