Law and Order

I've asked for permission to reprint this entire guest editorial from attorney and Oakton (MI) sociology and criminal justice teaching adjunct Chester Kulis, published in Wilmette Life. Nope. So I'm presenting the...

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Back in the day (2007), rapper Lupe Fiasco's business partner was convicted of possessing six kilos of heroin with intent to distribute and sentenced to 44 years in prison. Part of the penalty was...

The NRA reports that the huge influx of federal census workers will delay the FBI's background checks for citizens applying for a concealed carry permit. We learn this because "Certain fingerprint based criminal history...

On a daily basis, I carry a tactical flashlight (the ever-popular SureFire E2 Executive), a tactical knife (A Kershaw Blur, if you must know) and a pen sturdy enough to be used as a handheld tactical weapon, should I lose the other two. When I travel any great distance by car, I invariably travel armed, with my trusty 1911-M1A .45 semi-auto within arms' reach. When I reach the parking garage, the fun begins. I secure the handgun to prevent theft. I remove the tactical knife and tactical flashlight and secure them as well. Then I remove my miniature Swiss Army knife (with it's positively lethal 1.5" blade!) and hide it, then head for the concourse. Now you'd think with all that, the TSA would be satisfied that I'm no threat. But you'd be wrong.

And there you were thinking no friggin' way I'm going to get busted for gun possession at an airport like Cleveland Browns DT Shaun Rogers. Yes way. Imagine this : "Gregg C. Revell was...

Belgium makes some first-class firearms. The City of Liege has been at it since 1350ish. Thanks to Europe's pervasive anti-gun culture (just sayin'), the country's firearms industry is a shadow of its former self....

Anyone remember the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat? Aside from the title, Neurologist Oliver Sacks' tome was virtually unreadable, suffused as it was with enough medical terminology to pad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHVSCribt3U Like many young, geeky boys who grew up in the 60's and 70's, Robert Heinlein sci fi novels were a staple of my personal library. I occasionally delve into my dog-eared copy of The...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZfHukR7sI While researching for my book How to Defend Your Home with a Shotgun, I've come to a fork in the road. As Yogi Berra recommended, I'm taking it. More specifically, there are two schools...

In a recent article on this blog, Brad Kozak claimed that, in an effort to discourage gun ownership, President Obama directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to stop the sale of spent military casings...

Is it me or does this seem like a really bad idea? I mean, sure, removing illegal or broken ass guns from a community is a good thing. But if you reward people for...