Here’s Why the U.S. Dept. of Education Needs 27 Remington Shotguns: The Old Guns...
We asked. They answered.
The Office of Inspector General is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of Education and is responsible for the detection of waste, fraud, abuse, and other criminal activity involving...
Was the Pentagon Shooter a Right Wing Loon?
Here's a no-brainer for you: Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell was anti-government. We know this because A) he attacked the government B) he left rambling writings on the Internet stating his hatred for the...
Canada Looks to Ditch Gun Registry
In 1989, Marc Lépine entered Montreal University's École Polytechnique engineering school armed with a Ruger Mini-14 and murdered 14 people. Six years after the École Polytechnique Massacre (a.k.a. The Montreal Massacre), the Canadian parliament...
Pentagon Police: Shooter Acted Alone
Pentagon Force Protection Agency chief Richard Keevil says the gunman who opened fire on his officers yesterday acted alone. "At this time it appears to be a single individual that had issues," Keevil told...
San Franscisco: We Won’t Tase You Bro’
Mercurynews.com reports that the San Francisco Police Commission has just said no to Tasers. After hearing from officers and researchers who wanted to sing the perps' bodies electric, the commission voted 4-3 against arming...
Aussie Schools’ Knickers Twisted by Gun Game Website
The BBC reports that Queensland parents, educators and politicians are outraged---outraged I tell you!---by outings to a laser gun "school," photos of same and a reference to "killing fields" posted on the company's website....
Chicago Mayor Daley: Why Can’t I Bring a Gun to the Supreme Court?
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is staring down the barrel of a Supreme Court decision throwing out The Windy City's gun ban. This does not please Hizzoner, who is not used to people telling him...
Massachusetts Police Screw-Up Gun Licenses
"Those who received licenses improperly would have qualified for licenses if they had listed an accurate local address, taken a firearms training course and paid the required fee, police said." Oh, so that's alright...
Romney: Palin is Armed and Dangerous
Ha! We SO knew that! Well, actually, not exactly. The only gun we can positively identify as belonging to Republican ex-Governor and non-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is the Henry Repeating Arms "Big Boy," which...
Has Russian Teen Cracked the Electric Gun?
The idea of using electricity to fire a projectile (i.e. an electric gun) has been around since, uh, electricity. Back around Christmas '07, IEEE Spectrum writer Paul Wallich had a look at an article...
Violent Videogames “Causal Risk Factor for Increased Aggressive Behavior”
The latest issue of The American Psychological Association's Bulletin is out! As excited as I am at the prospect of reading "Understanding disclosure decision making and postdisclosure outcomes among people living with a concealable...
Starbucks Sticks to It’s Guns. Well, Someone’s . . .
Starbucks has been the focus of a lot of pro- and anti-gun control kerfuffle lately. This after California supporters of "Open Carry" legislation---allowing licensed gun owners to carry weapons without a concealed carry permit---held...