Iowa Considers Campus Carry Cop Carve Out
Should off-duty officers be allowed to carry guns in schools? That's the question desmoinesregister.com asks its readers, as a bill creating a campus carry cop carve-out winds its way through the Iowa legislature. What an odd...
Chicago PD Bounces Just 3% of Recruits (Could YOU Pass Chicago Police Department Shooting...
Chicago police recruits rarely flunk out, raising concerns about training the headline at chicagotribune.com proclaims. Copy that. Just three percent of Windy City cops bounce out of the academy. As our resident math maven...
Report: Dearborn Cops Tracked Open Carriers Via Social Media Before Police Station Arrests
Reader John Dingell III writes:
There has been an interesting development in the case of two individuals who were arrested for open carry in the anteroom of the Dearborn, Michigan Police Department headquarters. Two men...
Pennsylvania Police Department Destroys $25,000 of Legal Guns
In Pennsylvania, Abington police destroyed 185 guns they had been collecting since 1998.
From abingtonpd.org:
In January, 2017 Abington Police disposed of 185 guns that had accumulated in secure evidence storage since 1998. The guns were...
New from Centinel Solutions: Shield Police Gun Camera
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"Our tamper-proof suite of devices ensures that all officer-involved shootings are accurately recorded and secured," Centinel Solutions' website proclaims. As seen in the news report above, the Shield Police Gun Camera fits on a semi's...
Man Carrying Pool Cue Case Shuts Down Idaho University
American universities are hotbeds of anti-gun animus. No uniform? No gun on campus! Because criminals, crazies and terrorists obey gun laws. Or all gun owners are potential criminals, crazies or terrorists. Or something. This "logic" leads...
New from TASER: AXON Holster System That Turns On Police Body and Cruiser Cams
In the aftermath of the Ferguson riots police body cams went from desirable to mission critical. Their nationwide adoption hasn't doused the ire of knee-jerk anti-cop agitators -- especially when the cameras somehow fail to record...
Anaheim Police Officer ‘Get Off My Lawn’ Shooting a Negligent Discharge?
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Protests broke out overnight in southern California after a cell phone video emerged showing an off duty LAPD officer drawing and discharging his firearm while trying to forcibly remove a teenager from his private...
Domestic Violence: More Guns, Less Injury
A new study shows that only 17 of 35,413 domestic violence incidents resulted in a gunshot wound. The study was based on police reports collected in Philadelphia in 2013. From psychcentral.com:
A new study shows that...
Pew Research: White Male Pro-Gun Veteran Police Officers More Likely to Fire Weapon
Most Americans believe that the typical officer fires their weapon "on the streets" at least once in their life. According to a Pew Research Center self-reporting study, only 27 percent of police officers report that...
Georgia Sheriff Offers Armed Defender a Gun, Gun Shop Gives Him a .38
On Friday, 3 February, 2017, 66-year-old Billy Harrell was being robbed in the parking lot of the restaurant he manages, the Ole Times Country Buffet in Dublin, Georgia. It was about 9:30 p.m.; he...
California Correctional Officers Sue Sheriff Over On- and Off-the-Job Carry Rights
"Lake County correctional officers are once more suing their sheriff and county, this time claiming breach of contract in connection with their ability to carry guns. The December lawsuit alleges current Sheriff Brian Martin has...