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AK-47 vs. MS-13? Cops Arrest Homeowner Instead.

As fellow TTAG scribe Patrick Brown reports, the NY State police have been busy arresting a homeowner for defending his property. But there’s more to the story emerging than what you might expect. To wit: Here’s the setup: A Long … Continue reading

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Discover THIS: The lone gunman was an Eco-Nut.

God, how I love irony. (It’s like goldie or bronzie, but more afforable.) Today, when word went out across the InterWebs that someone had taken hostages at the formerly-credible tree-hugging network known as The Discovery Channel, I shuddered. Not because of … Continue reading

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This One Strikes Too Close to Home.

News Item from the Amarillo Globe News: Authorities confirmed today that Paul David Gillette, driving force behind the troubled Falcon Club housing development in Bushland, has been arrested on a charge of murder in the death of his wife.

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US Special Ops Approves FN SCAR™ for Full Production

Running about like a blue-assed fly this afternoon. Here’s the FN presser: McLean, VA (August 16, 2010). The U.S. Special Operations Command notified FN that the Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) family of weapons—the MK 16 (5.56mm) and … Continue reading

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Harlem Shootout Shoots Down “Stopping Power”

In his column Illegal Gun Ignites Senseless Bloody Shootout in Harlem, Michael Daly describes a scuffle between Luis Soto and Angel Alvarez wherein Alvarez wrested a revolver from Soto. And then . . . “Alvarez is said to have then … Continue reading

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Outraged or Disgruntled? Updated

Like many of us, The Village Voice is wondering, Was Yesterday’s Workplace Shooting in Manchester, CT, Race-Related? Among the victims killed, many seemingly randomly, were Bryan Cirigliano and Victor James, fellow drivers and union representatives who reportedly tried to save … Continue reading

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Death Toll Rises to 8 (or possibly 9) in CT Shooting

As if there wasn’t enough hot buttons pushed with this story already, now we learn that there’s a racial component to it. The perp, Omar Thornton, was a black man, who’d previously complained to his girlfriend about racial discrimination at … Continue reading

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Beer + Guns + Workplace Rage…Don’t Mix.

According to both Fox News and CNN in a still-developing story, a soon-to-be-fired disgruntled worker at a beer distributor has killed at least one person and wounded two. Details are sketchy at best, with various reports of the number of … Continue reading

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AZ Immigration Law, Take Two

Today a federal judge struck down the operative portions of Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law. While it is probably not the end of this law (as it will almost certainly end up in the Supreme Court), this has many people … Continue reading

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DISCLOSE Act Goes Down In Flames. For Now.

You gotta love the Progressives. They never give up. Today, the DISCLOSE Act failed to pass. The Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act would effectively muzzle most political action groups, advocacy organizations, and issue groups (except … Continue reading

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