Why Do The Philadelphia Police Have 1,356 Full-Auto M-16s?
"An automatic M-16 rifle is missing from one of the Philadelphia Police Department's main gun-storage units and Commissioner Charles Ramsey has called in federal authorities to investigate," philly.com reports. "Obviously, this is very, very serious," Ramsey...
Texas CHL Holder Arrested for “Rudely Diplaying” a Rifle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8r4MK3R4PI
There's no way to know what exactly went down before this video starts (at least until the dashcam video is released), but at minimum, the Temple, Texas PD -- including the responding sergeant on...
Question of the Day: Do You Know When Not to Draw?
A number of readers have sent this picture in to TTAG central, obviously taken in the immediate aftermath of one of the explosions in Boston today. As one reader comments, "Although not related to...
Schumer: Senate Gun Bill Would Turn Times Square Into OK Corral
While gun rights advocates are waking-up to some of the positives offered by the Manchin-Toomey compromise "universal background check" bill, so are the gun grabbers. "Times Square could become a new 'OK Corral' if...
Sgt. Ron King Tells His Side of the Trayvon Martin Target Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oonckYOhhy4
Sgt. Ron King was fired last week from the Port Canaveral, Florida police force for bringing two Trayvon Martin-style hoodie targets to a department training session. As Port Canaveral interim CEO John Walsh told...
Ban Umbrellas!
"A man carrying an umbrella at N.C. A&T on Friday morning may have triggered a nearly three-hour lockdown at the campus and eight nearby public schools," news-record.com reports. "Campus police made that determination...
Pittsburgh Cops: .40 Caliber Ammo Doesn’t Have Enough Stopping Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01yg4-S8kEQ
"Pittsburgh police are reviewing the ammunition used by the department because officers raised fears that the bullets do not have enough stopping power," the Pittsburgh Tribune reports. "The officers say that twice in recent weeks...
UPDATE: NY Police Claim Gun Grab A Case of Mistaken Identity
You may recall that TTAG took a circumspect view of the incident involving New York pistol permit holder David Lewis. Mr. Lewis' lawyer claimed the Empire State Police had trolled his client's HIPAA-protected medical...
DHS Developing Gun Detecting Drones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2w0yGYbVw&list=UUSwnc9zoWWrpYFPh4-PV_fw&index=4
Is it me or is life imitating InfoWars a lot recently? In other words, just because Alex Jones is crazy paranoid doesn't mean the government isn't really out to take your guns. And if...
Cops: Gun Control Won’t Work
We've asked policeone.com for permission to republish their survey of cops on gun control. While we await their reply, here's the NRA's press release on the eye-opening stats. With a bit of luck, this...
Question of the Day: Should Cops Who Shoot Innocents Lose their Guns?
Cops have a problem. Sure, they get their fair share -- OK, maybe a little more than that -- of criticism around here for a lot of conspicuously bad marksmanship. But bitching about it...
CBP Email to Agents: Qual Ammo Only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8nvVRc2q68
Here's an email that's surfaced from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to its agents:
Enforcement Personnel,
Due to budget concerns and ammunition availability, we will not be getting issued any proficiency ammunition for next quarter. In...