Why Americans are Buying Guns: Cops are Getting Sick, Departments are Stretched Thin
By Jake Bleiberg and Corey Williams, Associated Press
More than a fifth of Detroit's police force is quarantined; two officers have died from coronavirus and at least 39 have tested positive, including the chief of...
LA County Sheriff Closes Gun Sellers, Then Backs Down Under Blowback, Cities Reopening Stores
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva saw an opportunity yesterday and took it. Governor Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order shutting down most businesses in the state didn't mention gun stores. Villanueva said he didn't like...
Philadelphia Police, Other Pennsylvania Counties Stop Issuing Concealed Carry Permits
We talked to someone in Illinois -- someone who's in a good position to know -- who told us that despite the huge backlog of gun sales background checks due to the current gun...
Attorney Says Man Was Sleeping When Maryland SWAT Team Opened Fire on His House,...
By Michael Kunzelman, AP
A Maryland man was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house, killing him and wounding his girlfriend, an attorney for the 21-year-old man’s family said Friday.
The...
Metaphor Alert: Detroit Cop Accidentally Shoots Herself at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters
As is so often the case in these situations, there is very little information available about a Detroit Police Department officer who shot herself while at....Detroit Public Safety headquarters on Friday.
A remarkably brief Detroit...
‘Disturbing’ Video Shows Chicago Cop Shoot Suspect After Failing to Subdue Him
There's a lot going on in the videos that captured a police-involved shooting that took place yesterday in Chicago. According to the local NBC station, the altercation took place yesterday at about 4:00 p.m....
NM Governor: Sheriffs Should Enforce Red Flag Confiscations or Quit
Flanked by advocates for stricter gun control and supportive law enforcement officials at a signing ceremony, Lujan Grisham said the legislation provides law enforcement authorities with an urgently needed tool to deter...
What Will Your County Sheriff Do Under a Second Amendment Sanctuary Declaration?
By Alex Ooley
Many states around the country, like Virginia, have been making a push to implement stringent gun control measures that include, among other things, universal background checks, magazine capacity limits, and so-called “assault weapons”...
Video Shows Louisville Restaurant Robbery Stopped by Two Off Duty Cops
Justin Carter figured he'd knock over a virtually empty chicken joint in Louisville Saturday night. How hard could it be? It was late -- about 10 p.m. -- probably near closing and the store...
Bloomberg on ‘Stop and Frisk’: ‘I think we disproportionately stop whites too much,...
Michael Bloomberg has already spent over $300 million in his race for the Democrat nomination for President. So far. But he can't outrun his past advocating race-based policing, something that doesn't play will with...
Florida Carry: We Will Sue Any Cop Who Violates a Member’s Rights
By Florida Carry
Florida Carry, Inc. has put Florida’s top cops on notice: Stop violating the rights of law abiding gun owners or you will get sued.
In a letter sent to every sheriff and police...
Nashville Officer Charged With Murder Was Criticized Earlier for Not Shooting a Suspect
By Associated Press
Newly revealed police records show a white Nashville police officer charged with fatally shooting an armed black man who was running away had been reprimanded by supervisors months earlier for not shooting...