Police Attitudes on Armed Self-Defense are Changing
It was not very many years ago that the common refrain echoed by the media after any self defense shooting was that the police advise against "taking the law into your own hands" along...
Note to New York Mayor Bill De Blasio: Fire Some Policemen STAT
Many TTAG readers think I'm anti-cop. Not true. I'm anti bad cop. For the sake of argument, I'd also like to point out that I'm anti-politician. Not bad politician. Politician. I consider all politicians inherently...
Are MD Cops Targeting Out-of-State Gun Owners for Traffic Stop Searches?
"A year ago this New Year’s Eve, John Filippidis of Florida was driving south with his family on Interstate 95 when the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) Police pulled over his black Ford Expedition and proceeded to...
NYPD On ‘Virtual Work Stoppage,’ Citizens Still Disarmed
By Johannes P.
Offices of the New York Police Department are reportedly on a "virtual work stoppage" because they "feel betrayed by and fear for their own safety," reports the New York Post. As a result, "traffic...
What’s Wrong With This Picture: Sydney SWAT Edition
http://youtu.be/cEnKUjk_owM
I'm not a SWAT team member nor do I play one on the Internet. But that did not look like a smooth, well-coordinated operation to me. Especially the part where one of the cops who...
WA Deputy Sheriff: MRAP Protects Against “Constitutionalists”
http://youtu.be/LvDzuE2DZH8
Regular readers know that TTAG is wary about linking to anything coming from infowars.com - especially as we just asked you if we should delete Loony Tunes conspiracy theory comments from our comments section. The...
Guns of the Australian Terrorist Attack
The seige at the Lindt cafe in Sydney Australia is over. Here are some firearms images from the incident, many of which are from Russia's dofiga.net, which, by the way, is definitely not a work or...
Grand Rapids Police Trading .40 Handguns for 9mm
"Grand Rapids police expect to move to a 9mm handgun next year and trade in the department's .40 caliber guns," mlive.com. "Police say the decision was made, in part, because many of the existing...
Police Firearms: What and Why – A Law Enforcement Perspective
Seargant Patrick Hayes writes:
TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia is familiar with firearms in general, police firearms in specific and the discrepancies between police and non-police firearms. As this site gets plenty of Google hits from less well-informed readers, RF asked...
Bad Guys Pretending to be Police. Kobayashi Maru?
"Law enforcement officers are searching for two assault suspects who hid in bushes, posed as police officers and chased a man and his girlfriend down an apartment hallway," q13.com reports. Jack Permison read this...
Santa Cruz Cops Trial .9mm Smart Gun
"One procedure that failed in Ferguson was Officer Wilson’s attempt to call for backup. His radio was switched to the wrong channel," sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com reveals. "But a remarkable technology in California sets help in motion...
Beloit Police Chief: Let Us Search Your Homes for Guns
Beloit, Wisconsin Police Chief Norm Jacobs is serious about preventing crime in his town and has obviously taken the gun grabbers' gun-violence-as-a-public-health-issue approach to heart. "Gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus is...