NYPD Saves The World…With An Airsoft Arrest

America’s law enforcement do face risks everyday.  However, it seems a bit far-fetched to suggest that an airsoft gun or two wielded in a non-threatening manner poses a great danger to anyone. Days ago, the New York Police Department’s 77th Precinct posted a photo of what looks like an impressive array of firearms and hardware.  … Read more

Oops! New Jersey’s 10-Round Magazine Limit Applies To Off-Duty Cops, Too

Bernard Kerik, the 40th NYPD Police Commissioner, sounded the alarm about New Jersey’s new magazine ban. The law bans possession of any magazine over 10 rounds after December 10th. Kerik tweeted his opposition to the new law, not because it deprives citizens of the ability to better defend their families. No, he opposed it because … Read more

After More Than 120 Years, The NYPD is Retiring the Last of its Service Revolvers

New York’s finest first began toting revolvers back in 1895. And while the department began transitioning their officers over to SIGs and GLOCKs decades ago, a few long-timers were determined to #resist, holding onto their wheel guns as long as possible. But with the number of those revolver-packing, aging officers down to about four dozen, … Read more

Vedder Holsters Daily Digest: RICO the ATF, Assigning Blame in Washington and the Facts About Suppressors

If they did this with cigarettes, you know they’ve done it with guns, too. Time to RICO the ATF? . . . I Smell Cash’: How the A.T.F. Spent Millions Unchecked When The New York Times revealed the existence of the secret account in February, publicly available documents made it seem like the work of … Read more

Blue Force Gear Quote of the Day: Liquefying the ‘Iron Pipeline’

“The NYPD works very had in getting these guns off the streets and we are going to keep them off the street. And by destroying them there is no chance they will find ever find their way back out onto the street into the public. That is our policy, that we will destroy them, we are … Read more

DA Charges Unarmed Man For Shootings Committed By NYPD.

Bystander injured in police shooting in Times Square (courtesy cbsnews.com)

Click here for video taken by a bystander in September. It shows New York’s [allegedly] finest circling and firing at a deranged man in the middle of Times Square…while many hundreds of other bystanders watch from the sidewalks. The NYPD is no stranger to piss-poor marksmanship, but the Bad Shots In Blue really outdid themselves this time. The cops went zero-for-three when they shot at Glenn Broadnax from short range, but they did manage to shoot two innocent bystanders for an unintentional hit rate of 66%. Broadnax was unarmed, although he may have appeared to be reaching for a weapon instead of reaching for his wallet. Instead of charging the trigger-happy oafs of the NYPD, though, the D.A. convened a grand jury and charged Broadnax with first degree assault, a felony charge that can carry a 25-year sentence . . .

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NYPD Busts Itself In Gun-Smuggling Case

Should any of us be surprised that five NYPD officers have been arrested for illegally schlepping stolen guns into the city from New Jersey?  East Coast, big-city police enjoy a unique and toxic combination of power, privilege, and protection from prosecution that ‘little people’ like us can only dream of. 

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