Oakland Cops Draw Guns at “Non-Threats” 28 Percent of the Time
"A recent study found that Oakland police officers drew their guns and pointed them at individuals who did not present a threat 28 percent of the time," mercurynews.com reports. "The analysis came from Robert...
New Haven Cops [Not Shown] Deploy Colt M4s in Squad Cars
Some civilians accept cops' contention that they're "out-gunned" by perps. Why not give officers access to a modern home defense black sporting rifle (a.k.a., "assault rifle"). Never mind the fact that police miss their...
Question of the Day: Should Cops Sell Guns?
Cop shops confiscate hundreds of guns a month in their localities as evidence in crime investigations. What happens after that is all over the board. Everything from death by smelter to trading them to...
Corpus Christi Cops Can’t Get to Grip with Glocks
"Six years ago the department used nearly 400-thousand dollars in confiscated drug money to buy 450 new semi-automatic pistols. Now another upgrade appears to be on the way," kiiitv.com reports. "The police department...
Three Taser Deaths Jolt Police Departments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riCu3LJOgmk
The President isn’t the only person who had a bad weekend. The folks who make Tasers are doing some fancy bobbing and weaving too after three people died as a result of being Tasered...
Geek Has a Flare for Surveillance
I'm sure there's some reason why Joshua Marpet's invention won't work. Or if it does work, why hidebound police departments won't adopt it. Whether or not the Flarecam finds commercial success, you've got to admit...
ATF Elite Ammunition Raid Revealed
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and Really Big Fires) is in serious trouble. The scandal surrounding Operation Fast and Furious has revealed a federal law enforcement agency actively engaged in a...
Self-Defense Tip: After a Defensive Gun Use, Sleep on It
In Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light, the hormone-crazed singer's girlfriend won't let him score a home run until and unless he promises to love her forever. His initial response: "Let me sleep on...
Is Elk Grove Anywhere Near Canton, Ohio?
From the Sacramento Bee: An Elk Grove police officer acted lawfully in January when he fired his AR-15 rifle at a handcuffed suspect, seated in the back of a patrol car, who officers thought...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Otis Lockett
We don't look for weird news from Milwaukee. Honest we don't. It just seems to...sort of emanate from there. Is it all the cheese? The beer? The bratwurst? Well you could say that a...
Oz Cops Out To Prevent Another Norway. So They Say.
You can’t put anything over on the cops in Western Australia. They heard about the Norway massacre. They read that Breivik shot at a local gun range (gasp). So using unassailable logic and their...
Common Sense Firearms Policing Is Out There. Somewhere
My parents live in the middle of ten acres of woods in a small community in central Alabama . Since they moved there, houses have sprung up all around them as people who want...