Long Gun Registry Stigmatizing Canadian Gun Owners
Those of us who have called for an end to the long-gun registry have often focussed on its cost — at least $2-billion — and its uselessness in stopping crime. But the greatest damage...
Self-Defense Tip for Hand Loaders: Write it Down!
In a recent post, TTAG scribe Benjamin T Shotzberger admitted to carrying hand loads in his self-defense gun. When the topic of roll-your-own for self-defense comes up, the most obvious concern: chances of being...
UK Cops Confiscate Farmer’s Shotgun “Just in Case”
"Tracy St Clair Pearce, 50, was confronted by four men carrying a chainsaw and a knife, who warned her they would kill her cattle at her farm in Colchester, Essex," dailymail.co.uk reports. "She...
Cop Loses Gun, Loses Right to Carry. Not.
As any Golden State gun owner will tell you, California gun laws are very specific. Anyone transporting a firearm in a vehicle must have the gun unloaded in the trunk or a locked container---other...
ATF Federalizes Jackson, MS Police Dept. Sort of.
Imagine Harvey Johnson Jr.’s surprise. On Tuesday, Jackson Mississippi's mayor announced that crime in the southern city had fallen 6.7 percent year over year. Violent crime fell a whopping 27.3 percent. Good news, right?...
NJ Cops Shoot 33 Rounds to Kill a Pit Bull
This story may not sound unfamiliar to those of you who love dogs, hear of cops shooting canines and think WTF. And now there's a website dedicated to documenting cop-on-dog shooting: dogmurderers.com. One wonders what...
Detroit Cops Admit Nothing About Cop Shop Invasion Fail
If men are from Mars (solution-seekers) and women are from Venus (empathy junkies), the news media is from Venus. Click to clickondetroit.com to watch a TV-led kumbaya klatsch of police officers who survived the...
Naked Man Shoots Fla. Police Robot With Assault Rifle
Once again, I'm forced to scrape a headline in its entirety. I mean, how do you improve on that? To paraphrase a famous British TV ad, the story does exactly what it says on...
Conroe Texas Police Officer Shotgun Fail
If someone's aiming a gun at you, you are in deep, deep trouble. You have exactly three options, attack (shooting first might work), retreat (dive for cover if cover be had) or face the...
Self-Defense Tip: STFU
Here's another subject we've covered before: the necessity of saying absolutely niente to the police after a self-defense shooting. Other than something general like "My life was in danger. I'll give you a statement...
“Open Carry Guns Impacting Law Enforcement”
So before the law, the cops weren't on alert. Makes sense to me.
MI Cops Treat Taser-Seeking Citizens Like Children
I don't carry a Taser. It's one too many weapons systems for me. But if someone wants to carry a stun gun instead of gun, or in addition to a gun, why not? More...