Chicago Residents Arming Themselves Despite Gun Ban
The evidence that Chicago residens are tooling up---in defiance of the city's ban on handguns---is anecdotal. But according to cbs2chicago.com, the killing of African American Chicago cop Thomas Wortham IV was the final straw...
Philippine Police Look to “Extend” Gun Ban
Back in March, TTAG pinged readers re: Philippine's pre-election gun ban. We warned that the country's gun ban---an order created and enforced without parliamentary approval or oversight---was a prelude to an complete and outright ban on...
“It’s Like an Apple Store . . . WITH GUNS!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyq90LEZe4k&feature=player_embedded
Sorry, but I could not improve on Gizmodo's headline. I was thinking "It's Like an Apple Store . . . ONLY CLEANER!" But then the second you hear the voice-over, you know this gun...
If Guns Are Barred in Bars, Only Criminals Will Carry In Bars. And These...
Joseph D. Schwenz Sr., commentator over at Tennessee's theleafchronicle.com, sounds off on the state's pending "guns in bars" legislation:
Ever since the expansion of right to carry into restaurants came up, the media have consistently headlined every...
TTAG Tactical Analysis: Why Didn’t This Cashier Pull The Trigger?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbGobqCjt2I
The guy at my local convenience store isn't armed. He doesn't have a baseball bat either. Nothing. This despite the fact that armed robbers attacked the bank next door. He says he doesn't want...
Die Tree! Die!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Xf3ceQuOc
YouTube offers a number of ballistic woody plant trimming videos with which to mortify tree huggers. Search: "shooting down a tree."
Saturday Evening Post: AC/DC “Shoot to Thrill” (Iron Man 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kD8sxIjVuc
You're in luck, campers...this week's SEP features the trailer from the top flick in the nation, Iron Man 2, with the dinosaurs of rock AC/DC and the movie's theme - Shoot to Thrill. Enjoy.
“Suge Knight is a businessman. He is not a person who would carry a...
Police released former Suge Knight on $65,000 bail after charging the former Death Row Record Label CEO with assault with a deadly weapon. The arrest came after LAPD received a tip that Suge flashed...
Illinois Semi-Automatic Pistol / .50 Caliber Weapons Ban Not Dead Yet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjVJaXfTSwc&feature=player_embedded
Arthur Steadman over at ArmaLite gave us the heads-up on Illinois bill HB5751. State rep Edward "Go F--- Yourself" Acevedo is the author of this little-known edict. Once thought dead 'n buried, the legislation...
Minnesota Firearms Accident: “Deadly force under control is almost impossible for humans”
I was going to blog today's startribune.com's story "Kids shooting kids" and call it good. I'll pass the parse sauce in a mo, highlighting some pretty egregious statistical manipulation. But first, here's a comment...
Arlen Specter Under the Gun
Back home in PA, Senator Arlen Specter is running neck and neck with Joe Sestak in the Democratic primary. According to Washington Post reporter Greg Sargent, the Kansas-born Specter, "is highlighting his vote against...
NRA Keynote: Sarah Palin
At any other venue, ex-U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, Iran-Contra-schemer-turned-conservative-commentator Oliver North and conservative gadfly Michael Reagan would be headliners. At the National Rifle Association (NRA) Charlotte confab, they're the support act. But not the...