Open Carry Interaction with the Police: A Law Enforcement Perspective

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N30TagPCNE4 Sgt Patrick Hayes writes: YouTube is filled with videos of openly armed citizens interacting with the police. Some open carry advocates make the videos to capture a negative or unlawful police reaction to a legal...

Should CT Police Confiscate Guns If Ordered To Do So? A Law Enforcement Perspective

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Sgt. Patrick Hayes writes: There has been talk that the only way Connecticut can enforce their new gun laws is by confiscation. Of course the State is saying they don't intend to do that -...

Connecticut Confiscation: It Won’t Be Door-to-Door

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Reader John writes... TTAG's post, Connecticut: The Coming Storm was the last straw for me. Many have been discussing the general theme of confiscation for a while, and while I believe that is a good thing...

My First (And Not My Last) Defensive Gun Use

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  By Tom in Oregon As a disclosure, I was a full-time police officer during my first defensive gun use, so I was allowed to carry concealed as long as I had ID with me. I...

Incendiary Image of the Day: Law Enforcement Today Edition

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  Law Enforcement Today Tweeted the image above. It seems the boys in blue are feeling a bit unappreciated. Combative even. The sentiment is more than a little reminiscent of the 60's, when police brutality...

Aftermath of a Defensive Gun Use: A Law Enforcement Perspective

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Sgt. Patrick Hayes writes: A recent TTAG thread dealt with the immediate aftermath of a defensive gun use. The responses ran the gamut from full cooperation with the police to saying nothing at all....

Facebook Buys An Armed Cop

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Gentlemen, I recently came across a story in California. While it may not directly be related to gun issues, as a member of the Armed Intelligentsia I can't help but recognize a slippery slope or...

Connecticut: The Coming Storm

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Written by Mike McDaniel. Republished from statelymcdanielmanor.wordpress.com: Friday, June 27th, 2014, 0-dark-thiry:  The politicians have made their decision.  By a twist of fate–your file simply happened to be on the top of the stack for no particular reason–you’ll be...

Incendiary Image of the Day: British Police Are Unarmed Edition

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U.S. gun control advocates support the Second Amendment, but - they'd like to see all Americans disarmed. America would then becomes as "immune" to gun violence as the U.K. We've debunked that apples-to-oranges idea...

WA Police Officer and IGOTD Winner Derek Carlile Reinstated

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Derek Carlile occupies a prominent place in the IGOTD Hall Of Eternal Infamy. We've been following his case for nearly two years, ever since the off-duty police officer left a loaded handgun in his...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unidentified Chicago Cop

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In yet another example of exemplary gun-handling - not to mention stellar emergency preparedness - an (always) un-named Chicago Police Departemt sarge had a mishap with his service revolver Monday morning. "The gun went...

Small-Handed UK Officers Sue Over Failed Firearms Test

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"TWO 'petite' women police officers failed a firearms test because the guns they were given were too big for them to fire with their small hands," dailyexpress.co.uk reports. And so Victoria Wheatley and...