Mississippi Cops Kill Man While Serving Arrest Warrant at Wrong House
"One officer fired shots at the pit bull that hurtled out of the mobile home in Southaven, Miss.," washingtonpost.com reports. "The other officer fired at the person pointing a gun from behind the cracked...
UK Cops to Carry Guns?
"All police officers in England and Wales are to be asked if they want to routinely carry a gun," telegraph.co.uk reports. "The survey by the Police Federation, which represents 123,000 officers, will begin next...
Government Accountability Office “Stings” Pentagon for Ex-Mil Equipment
"The Pentagon nearly gave over $1 million worth of rifles, pipe bombs and other military hardware to a fake police department," foxnews.com reports, "set up as part of a government watchdog's sting operation, a new report reveals."...
Cicero Cop Plants “Buyback” Gun on Shot Perp. Allegedly.
"The police recover thousands of guns every year," chicago.suntimes.com reports, "many of them through buyback programs, as well as by confiscating weapons seized during arrests — more than 5,000 guns so far this year...
Scalise Shooting: Capitol Police CERT Team Initially Deployed to Nancy Pelosi’s House
"Instead of responding directly to the Virginia field where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and several others were shot," bloomberg.com reports, "members of the Capitol Police Containment and Emergency Response Team were signaled instead to...
Bogus Police Survey: 3 out of 5 Officers ‘Interested’ in ‘Smart Guns’
"A new online survey of over 400 law enforcement professionals from coast to coast showed a surprisingly high level of interest in firearms that can only be operated by the authorized user (i.e. smart...
VIDEO: Las Vegas Cops Apply Tourniquet to Save Suspect They Just Shot
Las Vegas police released video of two of their officers engaged in their 13th gun battle of the year on July 24th. In the dramatic video, the officers trade shots with William Alfredo Chafoya,...
Connecticut Police Officer Sues SIG SAUER for Injuries Suffered When Dropped P320 Discharged
The SIG P320 story just got more complicated. According to a suit filed in US District Court on Friday, a Stamford Connecticut police officer was injured when a SIG P320 pistol he dropped discharged when it...
Police Departments Pulling SIG P320 from Service
"Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant obtained a copy of an emergency order by Morrow’s (Alabama) Chief of Police pulling his department's new Sig Sauer pistols off the streets immediately," wsbtv.com reports.
While the gun...
VA Gov. McAuliffe: Militia Had Better Guns Than the Police! And . . .
VA governor defends Charlottesville response: Militia members had 'better' guns than police blares the Business Inser headline. BI's firearms-related coverage is usually neutral-ish. Not this time . . .
Reading that, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Virginia...
AZ Supreme Court Upholds Statute Forbidding Destruction of Confiscated Guns by Cities
In 2005, the Tucson City Council passed an ordinance requiring that unclaimed or forfeited firearms, that were not used by the Tucson Police Department, or transferred to other police agencies, be destroyed. Destruction of firearms...
San Antonio Pulls the Plug on ShotSpotter Gunfire Detection System, Hartford, CT Next?
"A program intended to help police officers identify where a shooting happens, get there quicker and ultimately cut down on crime has been stripped from the proposed city budget because city leaders said it's...