Cuffed Meth Addict Shoots at Cops with Pistol Hidden in His Butt

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Truth be told, we've already run a story about a woman who secreted a firearm in her vagina. In that case, Jennifer McCarthy was hiding her gat from her boyfriend. In today's tale (so to speak),...

MI Open Carry Encounter: A Police Officer’s Perspective

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TTAG reader BG writes: As a cop, how should I encounter a belligerent possibly intoxicated person open carrying a long gun? After several reports of irrational or possible drunken behavior of an obviously armed person?...

Book Review: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces

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I finally finished reading Radley Balko's book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. RF did a brief preview of the book last year when it came out, but never got...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: [Former] Officer Jeffrey R. Mang

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"As a bowler pocketed his $21 refund just after midnight at the Kenmore Lanes in February, he had to contend with an off-duty Kenmore police officer – moonlighting as a security guard – who...

Open Carry of Long Arms – A Law Enforcement Perspective

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJQKCe1ej1o Sgt Patrick Hayes saw the Jerry Miculek video on open carry protocol. He couldn't agree more: There have been a number of news stories recently concerning folks running around with long guns. Most were from...

Common Sense in Chagrin Falls, Ohio

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"Ohio is a traditional open-carry state," wikipedia.org informs. "The open-carry of firearms by those who legally possess the firearm is a legal activity in Ohio with or without a license. While legal, the practice...

When SWAT Teams Don’t Attack

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"Police said they went to a home on Old Hershey Road after a report that a man was randomly shooting at a tree with a semi-automatic firearm around 3:15 a.m.," abc27.com reports. "When the...

NRA Gun Guru Dom Raso Hearts Police Militarization

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cQDIIRQnQU&feature=youtu.be As his air quotes indicate, NRA gun guru Dom Raso doesn't have much time for people who bemoan "the build-up of law enforcement." He prefers to call police militarization "the evolution of a relationship between...

Common Sense in Unionville Michigan

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"Unionville has its own school system, flower shop, and bar - but a police department is missing in the Tuscola County community," wnem.com reports. No, the cops aren't AWOL. Unionville - the Gateway to...

Denver Cops Whip Out Their Pieces During Swing Party

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Guns and booze don't mix. We all know that, right? Throw some sex into that admixture and you've got yourself a really combustible situation. Sadly, that's a lesson Denver officers Steve Loan and Jeremy Ownbey...

Maybe There’s a Good Reason the ChiComs Didn’t Arm Their Cops Sooner

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"A handgun went off during a police safety talk at a kindergarten in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Thursday, injuring four adults and one child, police said." You may remember that the...

From the Annals of Police Militarization: GA SWAT Burn Toddler With Stun Grenade

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As much as we bemoan the fact that facts don't trump emotion when it comes to public debate about public safety (e.g., the post-Newtown civilian disarmament surge), they don't. Most people make decisions based...