ATF Lacks Staff to Chase NICS Denials
The left gets its panties in a bunch whenever the right uses the term "jack-booted thugs." They think the expression reveals right-wing paranoia against an inherently beneficent government. Insurrectionism, domestic terrorism, etc. But seriously, the ATF are a bunch...
Housekeeping: Is TTAG [Still] Picking on Cops?
Once again, TTAG's taken some heat for featuring more than a few police officers in our Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day feature. Some commentators feel that law enforcement officers are over-represented, indicating an anti-cop bias. I've...
IGOTD Winner May Cost NYC Taxpayers $90 Million
By Pascal
In the past decade, civil suits against the NYPD have more than doubled, hitting a record high of 9,500 in 2012. They've cost taxpayers $1 billion and tend to result from such outstanding police work as making...
Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: ‘Nuff Said? Edition
"An off-duty Kansas City police officer suffered a slight foot wound Wednesday when his service weapon inadvertently discharged," kansascity.com reports. "Kansas City police said the officer had stopped by a credit union in the...
From the Annals of Police Militarization: EPA Shuts Down MRAP Transfers
Not exactly gun but . . . TTAG reader RS writes:
You may be interested to know that about two weeks ago the EPA notified DOD that ALL engine powered equipment transfers to ANYONE ANYWHERE was...
OMG! Pizza-Eating Feds! With Guns! In Our Neighborhood! OMG!
Janet Yellen happens to be the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. That means, as a high-ranking government official, she gets a ride to work and a fair amount of security around her Georgetown home....
Cops Don’t Want Your Help, Apparently
"Police were searching the area of Sixth Street after a reported burglary when they spotted the suspect, Charles Cole," officer.com reports. "Officials said that Cole became verbally aggressive and then assaulted an officer during...
NRA Commentator Dom Raso Hearts Police Militarization. Again. Still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dImvLn4Kiog&feature=youtu.be
TTAG reader JF writes:
It seems NRA commentator Dom Raso just doesn't get the pitfalls of up-arming every cop in America to the point where they could fight the Decepticons. He's made a new video...
Armed EPA Agents Raid Idaho Plumbing Service
"Armed personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency raided The Rooter Guys on Tracey Road Thursday morning," cdapress.com reports. "EPA spokesman Mark MacIntyre the EPA's Criminal Enforcement Unit was armed . . . Jared Jasper,...
Salt Lake PD Enter Owners’ Property, Shoot Dog [Strong Language]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fmdAS_Z6CY
“We were looking for a lost child,” an Salt Lake City police officer tells dog owner Sean Kendall. “He entered the yard looking for a lost child. He was threatened by the dog and shot the dog....
Obscure Object of Desire: $50k Handheld Min-Z X-Ray Gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcaBK7vLOl8
We're getting there! Those X-ray glasses coveted by comic book-reading kids -- see nekkid women! -- are almost here. As the video above points out, the Mini-Z X-ray gun uses the same backscatter technology that outraged Americans who...
VIDEO: El Paso Cop Shoots And Kills Handcuffed Bodybuilder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7lpcdScqHs
TTAG reader Vhyrus writes:
I am from this area so this hits close to home. A prisoner was being transported by police when he became aggressive and began struggling. At one point he was on...