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Review: Massad Ayoob’s latest book “Deadly Force”
I’ve just finished reading Massad Ayoob’s latest book, Deadly Force, an “update” of his In The Gravest Extreme. Deadly Force was not written to replace Gravest, but to augment it from 35 additional years of experience as an expert witness (learning trial tactics), teacher/trainer, student, cop and adviser, including updated sections on Castle Doctrine and SYG laws. THIS IS NOT […]
Mad Genius – video
I’m gonna need another drill motor….
Oh no, guns in gun-free zones!
A man shot a doctor and then committed suicide this week inside the El Paso Veterans Administration clinic near the William Beaumont Army Medical Center on Fort Bliss, at El Paso, TX. Gun free zone. NOT! The incident prompted a “massive law enforcement response” (presumably armed), a lockdown of the facility, and city and military police cordoning off several blocks […]
What happens when you play with your thing
Off-duty police officer accidentally shoots himself. (includes video) And be sure to pick up the donuts…. Happens all the time. Another report indicates that a correctional officer in Fairbanks, AL, negligently shot himself and his 12-year-old daughter this week. The father was carrying a 40-caliber pistol in a holster on his belt when he and his daughter were going to […]
Whites & Hispanics 25X more likely to be shop by police
A new scientific study from Washington State University-Spokane suggests that black offenders are erroneously shot by police officers less often than Hispanics or Whites. According to the study, officers were 25 TIMES less likely to erroneously shoot unarmed black suspects than they were unarmed whites, and officers hesitated significantly longer before shooting armed suspects who were black, compared to armed […]
Protests in Black and White
Did you hear about the protests in San Francisco this week after a cop shot a man who was armed with “only a pellet gun/replica gun?” No? Maybe because the dead guy was white. Protests of defensive wrongdoing don’t hold water when (a), the defenders were justified, and (b) the protesters are bigots.
