Walmart Shopper Shot While Handling Air Rifle

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I was wondering why the tale of a rifle-toting man shot in an Ohio Walmart didn't trigger the Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America anti-gun group's hysteria alert system. After all, MDA's only success has...

Quote of the Day: Save Rover! Edition

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"If the U.S. were overrun by dangerous dogs, you would think we’d hear a lot more about a biting epidemic. Yet postal workers, meter readers and pizza deliverymen—among others—all manage to do their jobs...

CA SWAT Team Ends 7-Hour Standoff of Empty Home

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"It started just before 10:00 a.m. when Alameda County Sheriff's deputies went to serve an eviction notice to a tenant," ktvu.com reports. "Hayward police say when deputies entered the home, they found suspicious...

Jury Acquits Man for Firing Warning Shot at Wrong-House Cops

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I know we're a little late in this one, but it's good to see a jury exonerate a citizen for taking ballistic action against Virginia cops investigating the wrong house - even if a "warning...

Shaneen Allen: Discretion and Distaste

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“Earlier this year, a 27-year-old medical professional named Shaneen Allen drove peacefully out of her home state of Pennsylvania and into neighboring New Jersey. Today, she faces the prospect of three years in prison,"...

From the Annals of Police Militarization: Vets Heart MRAPs

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"I've driven them quite a bit," Pocatello, ID PD Officer Nick Edwards tells idahostatejournal.com re: the department's new MRAP. "We had quite a few of them assigned to us in Iraq." That's not the money shot for...

“Anonymous gun tip lines helping police confiscate more illegal weapons.” Or Not.

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I sometimes wonder if the people writing mainstream media headlines bother to read the story beneath their header. Oh sure, they get the general gist of it. But I can't tell you the number of...

MA Police Chiefs Pissed at Lack of Power Over Rifle, Shotgun Licenses

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"Top police officials and activists from Boston and area communities blasted the state Senate Tuesday for watering down gun control legislation by stripping a provision aimed at keeping rifles and shotguns out of the...

Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: While Holstered Edition

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Deputy's firearm discharges while serving a warrant, the headline at northwestgeorgianews.com reports. Damn inconvenient time for a firearm to decide to discharge wouldn't you say? "At approximately 1315 hours this date, Deputies from the...

North Carolina State Highway Patrol Buy SIG SAUER P226 in .357SIG

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsBGfytvZHE The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) are tooling-up with the SIG SAUER P226 in .357SIG. Given that the NCSHP has 1600 sworn officers, the order's probably around 2k guns. SIG's press release (after the...

LAPD Use LAX Shooting To Justify Salary Plea

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http://youtu.be/mLBTUzHAYLc The video above uses the 2013 shooting at LAX to lobby for more funding from the public purse for the City of Angels po-po. According to the union, "department cuts have created unsafe conditions for Angelenos. Because...

Elgin, IL Cops Go All Tactical-Like for Escaped Felon

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TTAG reader MS writes: More of a local story, but a violent felon escaped from the Elgin Mental Health facility. One guy, in handcuffs. Cue the lockdowns. People are freaking out on social media....