Police Knew Robert Card’s Mental Health Was Deteriorating, But Didn’t Feel Safe Confronting Him
Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to...
The Lewiston Shooting: Numerous Failures By Multiple Individuals in a Flawed System
By David Trahan
As a Mainer, a law-abiding citizen and compassionate human, I know I speak for my Board and members when I say how sorry and sad, we are for those killed and wounded...
Making the GLOCK 45 9mm Pistol the Perfect LE Gun
“When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” So said my Grandma and yours, on down through the generations. When GLOCK, Inc. submitted their Model 19X in coyote tan color for the U.S. Army modular...
Why Are Federal Law Enforcement Agencies So Reluctant to Use Body Cameras and Release...
Congress and a string of presidents for nearly 30 years have been pushing federal law enforcement to reform and become more transparent. But those four agencies overseen by the Justice Department, among the most...
Anti-Gunners Paint Themselves Into a Corner Refusing 3D-Printed Guns at ‘Buyback’
A gun control group in New Mexico recently announced yet another gun "buyback" event. This time, though, there's a twist: no 3D-printed guns are allowed. We've seen this before, but this time the group managed...
How a Florida Sheriff’s Office and Prosecutors Botched a Murder Prosecution,
By Lee Williams
Despite what the media wants you to believe, not all murders are committed with firearms. Knives and what the FBI considers “cutting instruments” are used in roughly 10-percent of all killings. And...
Contra Costa County Sheriff Won’t Allow CCL Holders to Carry With Red Dots, Lasers,...
Months ago, the California Rifle & Pistol Association heard from a member that Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston has some rather unique restrictions on the guns that his office will qualify for carry...
Sheriff Wayne Ivey: There’s No Reason Florida Shouldn’t Be an Open Carry State
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said he would “love to see” Florida be an open carry state. ...
Ivey said the U.S. Constitution is “the foundation and the fabric of our great nation.”
“It says...
We Will Not Comply: Only .1% of Illinois Gun Owners Have Registered Their Newly...
According to Illinois State Police data, 2,415,481 gun owners call the Land o' Lincoln home. Earlier this year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the so-called Protect Illinois Communities Act into law which banned the most...
National Guard Tipped Maine Police That Robert Card Could ‘Snap and Commit a Mass...
We've seen all of this play out before. An individual who police had previously investigated after reports of disturbing behavior goes on to commit a horrible crime. Before the bodies cold, the Civilian Disarmament...
Michigan Cops Not So Sure About Red Flag Confiscations Now That They May Have...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a red flag confiscation bill into law back in May. As a Whitmer press release issued at the time proclaimed, "At the bill signing, Governor Whitmer was joined by...
California Legislature Passes an Anti-Gun Bill That’s Too Extreme Even for Gavin Newsom
The left coast is where gun rights go to die -- at least until they can be challenged and overturned in the courts -- and California is its epicenter. It's the Mordor of civilian...