“When faced with arrest, he tried to eat the evidence. It killed him”
Not the Taser that officers used to subdue him (Rickey Massey), then. Which is why Taser PR sent me this story. The company vigorously defends itself from lawsuits filed against it by victims or...
The Department of Justice Doth Proclaim Too Much
The feds would like the public to file all their law enforcement efforts under "Your Tax Money Hard at Work." But sometimes you gotta wonder. For example, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is today...
UK Facebooker Gets Five Years for Illegal Handgun
Brits don't have a written constitution. And they sure as hell don't have the right to bear arms. To wit: Sky News reports that a UK court has sentenced Majid Khan, 27, from Handsworth,...
Delaware State Police: Survival Equipment = Guns
On one hand, it's hard to argue with the idea that the Delaware State Police (DSP) considers firearms and ballistic vests "survival equipment." On the other hand, give me a break. Do we really...
azcentral.com Refuses to Re-Write Misleading “Taser Death” Headline
"Autopsy: Taser death caused by heart attack, drugs." That's how azcentral.com reports the fact that a Taser did NOT kill Mark Andrew Morse on February 4. In fact, a just-released autopsy revealed that...
U.S. Department of Education: 100 Glocks, 52 Shotguns
The Washington Post received the clarification that TTAG sought re: the number and type of Department of Education's arsenal of firearms. And here it is: "The Office of the Inspector General has 100 special...
Pewaukee Wisconsin Police Stockpile 58,000 Rounds of Ammo
"Pewaukee" means "land of shells" in Potawatomi. And so it is, what with Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporting that the Wisconsin town has stockpiled 58,000 rounds of ammo. As of the 2000 census, the self-proclaimed "city...
Update: Pentagon Shooter’s Guns: Memphis Police and Las Vegas Gun Show
The AP reports that investigators have traced the Taurus 9mm handgun used by John Patrick Bedell in the attack on the U.S. Pentagon to the Memphis, Tennessee police. The Memphis police had seized Bededell's...
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean Barack Obama Doesn’t Want Your Guns. Does It?
The American Thinker has been thinking about guns. And while the mainstream media has been reporting that the Obamacrats have been silent on gun control, the Supremes are on the verge of "liberating"...
Police Don’t Kill People. Police Guns Kill People
I don't hold cops to any higher standard than I hold my dry cleaner. Shirts gets starched that shouldn't have been starched and police kill people by mistake. It's sad, it sucks, but there...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Dayton Officer James Hardin
Pity the poor policeman. No really. Not only do they have to respond to a huge variety of potentially dangerous situations, they have do so "by the book." The tome in question is thicker...
Ocean City Maryland City Council: Off-Duty Cops Can’t Drink and Carry
Things to do when you're an off-duty cop in Ocean City, Maryland: visit theĀ Life-Saving Station Museum (again), hit the boardwalk (again), check out Assateague Island's wild ponies (again) or . . . eat...