Seattle Police Blame Guns for Gang Shootings
You may recall that I blogged the Memorial Day shootings in Chicago. During the same time span, Seattle had an outbreak of gun violence, including your basic drive-by collateral damage disaster. I focused on...
Quote of the Day: Common Sense Squirt Gun Control
"Throughout the summer months, Shipley said Maryland State Police troopers and other law enforcement officers will likely use common sense to assess the level of danger associated with water guns. 'If you see a...
Self-Defense Tip: Low Ready MEANS Low Ready
In this drill at the SIG SAUER Active Shooter Response Instructor course, a pair of responding officers enter a room with roughly thirty potential targets. Their job: ID and shoot the bad guys without shooting...
SIG SAUER Active Shooter Response Instructor Course School Shooting Simulation
"Controlled chaos." That's how SIG SAUER Senior Instructor Scott Reidy describes police response to an active shooter at a school. At best. And no wonder. Officers entering the scene of a school shooting don't...
What I Learned About Active Shooter Shooting at SIG SAUER. So Far . ....
Day one of SIG SAUER's three day Active Shooter course was dedicated to introducing me to me. Specifically what I can and can not do with a pistol and a rifle. After a brief...
Self-Defense Tip: Training vs. Experience
Written by Greg Ellifritz. Republished with permission from activeresponsetraining.net
Most people “know” that criminal attackers don’t take formal training classes and they assume that if an honest citizen has a couple of good training classes under his...
Why You Will Always Have to Take Your Shoes Off at Airports
There are so many things wrong with the security theater performed at airports it's hard to know where to focus one's ire. You could zoom in on granny molestation, or zoom out and wonder...
So Much for Unarmed British Bobbies
TTAG reader Jonathan Miller writes from France:
"Remember the old story about the sweet British bobby? Armed only with a truncheon and a helmet out of the keystone cops. Englishmen of a certain age will...
Quote of the Day: Gaping Maw Edition
"When you get out of a car with (a shotgun) and you hear the sound of the racking action, everyone knows the next thing you're going to hear is an exceptionally large bang. It's...
OMG OMG! It’s a Hunk of Blue Metal! OMG!
AI member Tyler relays a tale of wanton death and destruction that was only narrowly averted by the vigilance of our friends who work for the Transportation Safety Administration. We're not sure what Tyler...
ATF to Predict Gun Crime in US, UK and Canada
This just in from our ATF info wars guy Ike:
"The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms bureau wants to use technology to help predict where gun crime may unfold, and eventually work to prevent it...
Liquid Body Armor?
"A company called BAE Systems is using a liquid technology that, theoretically, would make any Kevlar vest stronger," kpho.com reports, following-up on a story about a Phoenix police officer whose Custom Armor Technologies model...