Why Did the N.C. Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement Buy 150 Kimber 1911s?
This story pushes so many of TTAG's buttons it makes Lt. Sulu look chronically under-employed. More than a few members of our Armed Intelligentsia sent me the link to this morning's newsobserver.com, wherein we...
Discovery Channel “Kidnap and Rescue” Tomorrow, 9pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cimi_pk4SIQ
Scientific American: Socialism Stops Gun Deaths
It's not very scientific and it sure ain't American. But John Horgan at scientificamerican.com just up and goes for it in a rant entitled A modest proposal for curbing homicides: Socialism. Well, not at first....
“We don’t have any data, but there seems to be a type of criminal...
Whoa! A criminal with an authority problem? Whatever happened to those cheeky lads who used to say "Oh dear! Looks like I've been nicked! Oh well, it's a fair cop." msnbc.com is, once again,...
SHOT Show: StressVest Tests Police Perseverance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5m5t1oa9A
At the risk or suggesting that early encounters with corporal punishment left me scarred (and glad of it), there's something slightly kinky about this product. "The StressVest has an adjustable pain penalty," the brochure...
SHOT Show: Baker Ballistics Shields Shield Active Shooter Shooters
As you might imagine, as school administrators should imagine, confronting a potential active shooter inside a school is about as dicey a proposition as you can get without sleeping on a craps table. Tactically,...
New Study: Police Firearms Training Sucks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1S02FmFIuo
Just got an email blast from forcescience.org. A new study by Dr. Gregory Morrison finds law enforcement training woefully inadequate. The former officer and firearms instructor, now an associate CJ professor at Indiana's Ball State...
Keep Those Hands in Plain Sight at All Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRN-m8sppls
This info from the Force Science Institute's email blast tells us two things. First, if you become a person of interest to the police, keep your hands in plain sight at all times. And...
“If you pull a gun, or point a gun, at an Orlando police officer,...
"The Orlando Police Department's year-end review of success and challenges came with a warning from Chief Val Demings for potential cop-killers," orlandosentinel.com reports. "If you pull a gun, or point a gun, at an Orlando police...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Frees Brian Aitken [Left]
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has commuted the seven-year prison sentence of Brian Aitken, freeing the Garden State native in time for Christmas. Aitken was convicted of various weapons charges relating to a trio...
ATF to Gun Dealers: Don’t Sell Guns to Non-Immigrant Aliens. Generally Speaking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdDmLXORQAY
Can Australian Gun Rights be Saved?
Short answer: no. The reason that I say this is not because of how the Australian police reacted to a 12-year-old playing with a toy rifle in his own backyard. Reading the news.com.au report...