Concealed Handguns are going to lead to grizzly bear poaching?
Guns, U.S. Parks: A Deadly Mix Crime rates in the national parks are down significantly. Yet the international trade in animal organs may be pushing poaching to new heights. The National Parks...
View ArticleCriminals murder other criminals
Orlando police chief’s top goal for 2009 is to take guns away from criminals The article doesn’t explain how the police chief is going to go about accomplishing this, and I am sure the devil is in the...
View ArticleFear mongering from the AP
Headline: “Gun Dealer Sold Guns to Various Shooters” From the first sentence “An online weapons dealer who sold a gun or accessories…” (emphasis mine.) And from reading the whole article I find the...
View ArticleOpen carry at political protests
Open Carry at a protest where Obama is going to be. I am not sure how I feel about this one. It’s good that the police aren’t overreacting, but this has a lot of potential for going sideways in a...
View ArticleThreats and Political Protest
From the associated press Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate. Clearly the AP feels that the level of rhetoric (and attending protests armed) is “hate” and goes on to raise concerns about...
View ArticlePolice testing non-crime guns
Snowflakes points to a case where the police insist on testing a gun that the owner handed over after a traffic accident. I think it is a waste of time and resources for the police to run a ballistics...
View ArticleStupidity vs. Gun Rights
Ironically this is not going to be commentary on crime, but rather on the gun rights movement. I found this little rant in a Seattle alternative weekly. All of the emphasis is mine. … It scared me to...
View ArticleOpen carry guy is not the best poster boy after all.
So after the debate regarding open carry at political protests, via Confederate Yankee I come to learn that the guy carrying the AR15 has made statements about hoping for the presidents death: When...
View ArticleBaltimore County Tasers
Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson says that Tasers are too dangerous for private citizens. I think this is a terrible idea, not because Tasers are useful for private citizens, but because they...
View ArticleNo pocket knives for UK Boy Scouts
According to this article they are discouraging Boy Scouts from carrying pocket knives. Apparently the criminal “knife culture” of Britain trumps the “Scout Culture.” A Boy Scout without a pocket knife...
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