British Woman Heading to Prison for Saying “Bang Bang”
What has happened to Britain? Sticks and stones can break my bones, but pointing your finger at me and saying 'bang bang' will send you to prison? Roger that. "A woman has admitted saying...
Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Unholster Your Gun for the Cops
"Investigators say Crawley rushed to Rugby Street in Cedarbrook last Friday after his sister got into a fight with her boyfriend," abclocal.go.com reports. "Crawley was wearing a holstered gun. 'They tell the male not...
Pittsburgh Family Sues FBI Over Wrong Address SWAT Raid
We've documented the proliferation of no-knock SWAT raids and the militarization of what used to be everyday police work. It's even worse when the paramilitaries get their information wrong and knock down the wrong...
Question of the Day: Under What Conditions Would You Surrender Your Guns?
The video above concerns a controversy in Cedar Falls. The City Council is on the brink of mandating that owners of commercial buildings and apartment dwellings maintain a lock box so police, fire or...
If He Wasn’t Paranoid Before . . .
From eastoregonian.com:
A Pendleton man at 3:43 a.m. called 9-1-1, whispering he is in a house across from an upholstery shop on Southwest Court Avenue and some guys are trying to break in. The caller...
Miami Beach Memorial Day Shooting May 30th 2011
Here it is. Ish. The video of the Miami shooting---minus the shooting, wherein more than 100 shots were fired at the perp. This op is so wrong in so many ways that I'll leave...
Baltimore Police Issue Concealed Carry Heads-Up Stickers
Here's the press release from legallyconcealed.org:
On May 29, 2011, the Baltimore Police Criminal Intelligence Section issued an “Intelligence Bulletin” warning officers about persons displaying the 2nd Amendment decal pictured here . The bulletin contains the...
Are Police Cutbacks Leading to Increased Gun Ownership?
There are two political explanations for the country's economic malaise, and the resulting cutbacks in police officers: Government Gone Wild and It's All George Bush's fault. To help get your blood flowing, let's Bush...
Miami Beach Police Don’t Like Cell Phone Video Cameras. Really.
After the worst of the mayhem that took place in Miami Beach over the Memorial Day weekend, what concerned local cops the most? Was it the four innocent bystanders who'd been shot (possibly as...
What Could Possibly Go Wrong: I Am Stun Gun Edition
popsci.com: "A robber is cornered in a dead-end alley. He turns to face the police officer pursuing him, ready to fight. He pauses. The officer’s left forearm is encased in ballistic nylon, and half...
Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega: “I find it insulting that the only thing...
"Video shot from a nearby fifth-floor apartment and posted on YouTube shows the car speeding down Collins Avenue amid gunfire and skidding to a stop after four shots rang out," miamiherald.com reports. "Officers surrounded...
Potato Guns Are Illegal in California. Who Knew?
redding.com reports:
A 35-year-old Red Bluff man faces possible criminal charges for firing a homemade "potato gun" near his neighbor's home . . .
At 9:05 p.m. on Sunday, one of William Puffenbarger's neighbors called the...