This Is What Happens to A Disarmed Populace: Hinkley Park Beating Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRGV7HLVuKQ
"Police say the man was looking for his son when someone threw a lit firework near him," chicago.cbslocal.com reports. "When he tried to find out who threw it, he was attacked and suffered a concussion...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Why I Carry In Hotels Edition
I travel quite a bit for TTAG, and as a result I have spent a good number of nights in hotels. Thanks to budget restrictions, those hotels haven't always been the nicest, and as...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Killer Tortoise Edition
"Charles Onegiu, who is attached to Ndew Police Post in Ndew sub-county, says he was in his grass-thatched hut sipping away on a cup of tea when the incident happened," newvision.co.ug reports. "The tortoise crept...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Licensed Concealed Carrier Stops Shooting in Chicago. Yes,...
Quick, will someone please remove all of the sharp objects from Mayor Rahm's office? He's probably just getting what passes for very disturbing news in the City of Big Shoulders. And while they're at...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Pro Forma Edition
"Sharon Duvernay, who now wants to move, said she plans to buy guard dogs and update her security system as well as install cameras on all sides of her home. 'We're putting better lighting...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Twofer Edition
"According to the police, the licensed firearm holder had gone to a garage at the intersection of Love Lane and Bryant Crescent to effect repairs to his motor car when he was attacked...
Just Another Defensive Gun Use (of the Day)
Crime report via arlnow.com
ROBBERY BY FORCE, 140602055, 2700 block of S. Adams Street. On May 30 at 11:30 pm, a 27 year old victim was allegedly forced into his apartment by four subjects and...
Question of the Day: Do You Know Anyone Who’s Shot a Bad Guy?
A reader writes:
"Last week one of my co-workers (and friend) said we should get lunch sometime to discuss something that he knew I would be interested in, but didn't want to discuss around the office (cube...
It Should’ve Been A Defensive Gun Use: Crashing Boar Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldz7928_mJg
Russia hearts gun control. D'uh. How could ruling Mother Russia's oligarchs and government tyrants maintain their stranglehold on power if the citizenry were armed? So, really, this video about a wild boar attacking Russian "peasants" and their...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: “Not A Perfect Tale” Edition
TTAG reader DH emailed a link to The New York Daily News story Texas mom high on pot, PCP tried to drown kids before saved by armed son with a simple statement: "Not a perfect tale,...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Responding Cops Don’t Shoot Two Concealed Carriers Who...
One of the arguments against "allowing" Americans to exercise their natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms: if they use their guns for self-defense the police - and other armed...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Worst Possible Tragedy Edition. Well, Almost
"A Vermont prosecutor says no charges will be filed in the shooting of a troubled Army veteran by one of his teenage children," foxnews.com reports, "because the man was armed and threatening to kill...