Maniac Murders Wife with A Rifle: Hillsborough County Coverup?
Maine's Manchester Union Leader is attempting to hold the Hillsborough County Sheriff Department's feet to the fire for its failure to remove firearms from a man they were ordered to disarm. On October 20,...
New Zealand Moving Towards Arming Police
Once upon a time, England was known for the fact that its police didn't carry firearms. At least by Americans, whose law enforcement officials have been armed and dangerous for well over a hundred...
What Not to Do in Chula Vista When You Don’t Want to Be Dead
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"The guns, a Beretta shotgun and a Sig. Sauer 9 mm duty weapon, and ammunition had been locked in the trunk of a 2005 Honda Accord that was reported stolen March 17...
South Carolina Church Sponsors Gun Buy-Back
Is it me or does this seem like a really bad idea? I mean, sure, removing illegal or broken ass guns from a community is a good thing. But if you reward people for...
“When faced with arrest, he tried to eat the evidence. It killed him”
Not the Taser that officers used to subdue him (Rickey Massey), then. Which is why Taser PR sent me this story. The company vigorously defends itself from lawsuits filed against it by victims or...
The Department of Justice Doth Proclaim Too Much
The feds would like the public to file all their law enforcement efforts under "Your Tax Money Hard at Work." But sometimes you gotta wonder. For example, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is today...
UK Facebooker Gets Five Years for Illegal Handgun
Brits don't have a written constitution. And they sure as hell don't have the right to bear arms. To wit: Sky News reports that a UK court has sentenced Majid Khan, 27, from Handsworth,...
Delaware State Police: Survival Equipment = Guns
On one hand, it's hard to argue with the idea that the Delaware State Police (DSP) considers firearms and ballistic vests "survival equipment." On the other hand, give me a break. Do we really...
azcentral.com Refuses to Re-Write Misleading “Taser Death” Headline
"Autopsy: Taser death caused by heart attack, drugs." That's how azcentral.com reports the fact that a Taser did NOT kill Mark Andrew Morse on February 4. In fact, a just-released autopsy revealed that...
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...
Pewaukee Wisconsin Police Stockpile 58,000 Rounds of Ammo
"Pewaukee" means "land of shells" in Potawatomi. And so it is, what with Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporting that the Wisconsin town has stockpiled 58,000 rounds of ammo. As of the 2000 census, the self-proclaimed "city...
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...