Thirty-Three Pistols, Machine Guns Stolen From LA SWAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CynvMlFyo
The twenty-one MP5s and twelve .45s had been stored overnight in a "locked box" in a building that was considered, um, secure in downtown LA where the SWATties train. Notice the conspicuous lack of the...
Three Off-Duty LA Deputies in Fraternal Shootout
"Three Los Angeles County deputies were relieved of duty, and two of them were arrested following an off-duty shooting incident near La Mirada Regional Park," latimes.co reports. "Deputy Pete Gomez of the sheriff's media bureau said he could...
Post-Brevik, Most Norway Cops Want to Stay Unarmed
Most police officers in Norway have traditionally been unarmed. And the Anders Brevik massacre doesn't seem to have changed that, at least for a majority of officers responding in a recent survey of the...
What’s Wrong With This Picture: The Buddy System Edition
In the motor racing game they call it "the red mist." It descends upon a driver when he's so enervated by the competition that he loses that final measure of control that keeps the...
DEA Agent Lee Paige Still Won’t Go Away [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/h-ZZ6pynGLM
Everyone's favorite gun-handling expert, DEA agent Lee Paige of the agency's Orlando office, has provided gunnies with years of YouTube guffaws and keyboard-fouling coffeespits as we've relived the, er, "professional" demonstrating gun safety for...
Self-Defense Tip: Defend AND Attack
"The police sergeant who saved himself from being shot by jamming his finger in a goon's gun said Sunday that he felt lucky to be alive," nydailynews.com reports. Roger that. " Miller and his partner were patting down...
Waite for It . . . Council Votes to Sell Confiscated Guns
"The Waite Park (MN) City Council has voted to sell some guns confiscated by police. By a 4-1 vote, the council decided Monday night to sell any otherwise legal shotguns and rifles. But the guns can...
Why Cops Can’t Shoot Straight
I'm pretty good at spotting cops. I see enough law enforcement types down at the range to ID the serve-and-protect-types in a New York minute, regardless of dress. These guys were different. They were...
What’s Wrong with This Picture: Law Enforcement Edition
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1
livingstonedaily.com: "More than 150 of the area's finest law enforcement officers, sponsors and spouses came together and tested their skills at the Livingston Police Combat Pistol Shoot."
What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Police Machine Pistol Edition
The Greenwood, Indiana PD has a gun problem. As in too many of them. Or too many of the wrong kind, to be more accurate. And by the wrong kind, we mean six Glock...
The Death of a Four-Legged Friend Inspires Police Introspection
A good friend of mine posted about his dog on Facebook. He claimed police shot his best friend without provocation . According to my pal, he and his wife were out on a Saturday afternoon....
MA Firefighter Cleared of Being Hydrated While Carrying
It took a six-person jury just 19 minutes Wednesday to clear a Brockton, MA firefighter of being hydrated while carrying a gun last year. The firefighter, Jaime Barbosa, drew his .40 cal Glock twice...