Connecticut Confiscation: It Won’t Be Door-to-Door

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Reader John writes... TTAG's post, Connecticut: The Coming Storm was the last straw for me. Many have been discussing the general theme of confiscation for a while, and while I believe that is a good thing...

My First (And Not My Last) Defensive Gun Use

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  By Tom in Oregon As a disclosure, I was a full-time police officer during my first defensive gun use, so I was allowed to carry concealed as long as I had ID with me. I...

Incendiary Image of the Day: Law Enforcement Today Edition

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  Law Enforcement Today Tweeted the image above. It seems the boys in blue are feeling a bit unappreciated. Combative even. The sentiment is more than a little reminiscent of the 60's, when police brutality...

Aftermath of a Defensive Gun Use: A Law Enforcement Perspective

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Sgt. Patrick Hayes writes: A recent TTAG thread dealt with the immediate aftermath of a defensive gun use. The responses ran the gamut from full cooperation with the police to saying nothing at all....

Facebook Buys An Armed Cop

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Gentlemen, I recently came across a story in California. While it may not directly be related to gun issues, as a member of the Armed Intelligentsia I can't help but recognize a slippery slope or...

Connecticut: The Coming Storm

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Written by Mike McDaniel. Republished from statelymcdanielmanor.wordpress.com: Friday, June 27th, 2014, 0-dark-thiry:  The politicians have made their decision.  By a twist of fate–your file simply happened to be on the top of the stack for no particular reason–you’ll be...

Incendiary Image of the Day: British Police Are Unarmed Edition

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U.S. gun control advocates support the Second Amendment, but - they'd like to see all Americans disarmed. America would then becomes as "immune" to gun violence as the U.K. We've debunked that apples-to-oranges idea...

WA Police Officer and IGOTD Winner Derek Carlile Reinstated

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Derek Carlile occupies a prominent place in the IGOTD Hall Of Eternal Infamy. We've been following his case for nearly two years, ever since the off-duty police officer left a loaded handgun in his...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unidentified Chicago Cop

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In yet another example of exemplary gun-handling - not to mention stellar emergency preparedness - an (always) un-named Chicago Police Departemt sarge had a mishap with his service revolver Monday morning. "The gun went...

Small-Handed UK Officers Sue Over Failed Firearms Test

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"TWO 'petite' women police officers failed a firearms test because the guns they were given were too big for them to fire with their small hands," dailyexpress.co.uk reports. And so Victoria Wheatley and...

Reason TV Highlights Police Shooting of 80-year-old CA Engineer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZFlIK-zAO8 The War on Drugs and police militarization remind me of the scene where Batman says to the Joker "I made you - you made me first." In other words, America's anti-drug laws and our...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Seconds Counted Edition

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We may never know what drove Earl Edward Clague Jr. to ram his car into the Perry, Florida car dealership where he worked and open fire with a shotgun last week. What we do know...