Daily Archives: March 4, 2010

Ha! Connecticut Considers Legalizing Tasers for Concealed Carry

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

I’m not shilling for Taser, I swear. It was the AP who made TTAG’s stun gun coverage a trifecta. To wit: the news org reports that The Nutmeg State is considering a bill that would make it legal for its … Continue reading →

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Taser to SF: We’ll Be Here When You Figure It Out

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

Yesterday, the San Francisco Police Commission rejected the Chief’s request to arm his force with Tasers. The Commission was worried about the lethality of the world’s most famous non-lethal weapon. While ambulance chasers lawyers have shadowed Taser International since the … Continue reading →

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TWHN BS: Nice Shootin’ Edition

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

I’ve been studying for my Rhode Island handgun permit. It’s all basic stuff—provided you know a crashing bore from a dog muzzle (or something like that). As a long gun guy and recent convert to gun-nutitudeosityhood, I never contemplated my … Continue reading →

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Louisiana’s Operation Exodus “Ahead of the Curve When It Comes to Fighting Islamic Extremism”

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago
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School Suspends 6-Year-Old for Playing Guns With His Fingers. Amongst Other Things. Allegedly.

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

C’mon, really? [Note: I don't mean Mr. C'mon.] The idea that a six-year-old was suspended from a Michigan kindergarten for playing guns with his fingers is just Rush Limbaugh having a laugh at the driveby media, right? Not according to … Continue reading →

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San Franscisco: We Won’t Tase You Bro’

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

Mercurynews.com reports that the San Francisco Police Commission has just said no to Tasers. After hearing from officers and researchers who wanted to sing the perps’ bodies electric, the commission voted 4-3 against arming the po-po with stun guns. Apparently, … Continue reading →

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Band of Brothers, Lego Style

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago
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Aussie Schools’ Knickers Twisted by Gun Game Website

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

The BBC reports that Queensland parents, educators and politicians are outraged—outraged I tell you!—by outings to a laser gun “school,” photos of same and a reference to “killing fields” posted on the company’s website. “Urban Assault [Skirmish] advertises on its … Continue reading →

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Live Aid Money Went to Guns and Terrorists

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

Who’d a thunk it, eh? All those well-meaning celebrities raising money for starving Africans and millions went to buying guns. Reporting on BBC Radio 4′s program “From Our Own Correspondent,” Martin Plaut reveals that Ethiopians diverted a big chunk of … Continue reading →

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UK Rapper Plays the “Gun Crime Sucks” Card

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Robert Farago

Don’t get me wrong. A rapper who says guns are bad is better than a rapper who glamorizes them. But a rapper who says guns are bad and glamorizes himself for surviving guns is all kinds of NSFWed-up. It is, … Continue reading →

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