Stupid People Tricks: McVey Edition
A well-equipped moron was unceremoniously apprehended over the weekend, at the Asheville, NC airport, where he was apparently ready, willing and able to go President-hunting. He was equipped with a sedan sporting Ohio plates,...
“I would like the firing squad, please.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQqE3Kws_Ms&feature=player_embedded
LA Outbids Phoenix for Stolen Guns
Azcentral.com reports that today's the day that the city will pay its criminals $50 gift cards for each and any stolen gun they turn into the authorities. Anyone with an ounce of common sense...
Accused Shot Victim 29 Times with an SKS Rifle . . . in Self-Defense
I know. That doesn't sound right. That's bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: DeWayne Williams
There are two views of what happened the night that DeWayne Williams shot and killed a man. According to Assistant Oakland County prosecutor Jason Pernick, Williams is a cold-blooded murder, "a man with...
U.N Considers Banning Small Arms Sales to Iranian National Guard
The United Nations is adopting harsh sanctions against Iran in a concerted, coordinated and resolute effort force the Islamic nation to suspend its nuclear weapons development program. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the...
Would You Have Shot These Home Invaders?
Fox43.com reports:
Three teenagers are arrested charged with a violent home invasion in New Holland, Lancaster County . Police say they entered an apartment at 361 East Main Street with guns and...
Littleton, CO man arrested on Machine Gun, Bomb charges
Once again my erstwhile hometown makes the news, and not in a good way:
DENVER -- It began when a Denver patrol officer stopped a young man who had just left Shotgun Willie's strip club driving...
Editorial: Will the Canadian Long Gun Registry Die Another Day?
This week, Michael Ignatieff threw an unregistered hand grenade into the Canadian gun registry issue. The Liberal leader of the Official Opposition jettisoned the tradition of members voting their conscience during a third reading...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Placer County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Skogen
Placer County Sheriff's Deputy Ken Skogen's three-year-old daughter is dead after accidentally shooting herself with her father's gun. Investigators declined to provide specifics, save the fact that the gun involved was not Skogen's...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of 2004
This is going back a ways, but the Barnes story reminded me of a case from 2004. I somehow read or heard a report that an off-duty officer had shot someone in a road-rage...
Home Invasions On The Rise?
Home Invasion is the stuff of nightmares, and red meat for TV shows like Criminal Minds and Numb3rs. The Sun reports that, "residential robberies" have recently spiked in Baltimore, even as other types of...