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Military update: No guns for USMC recruiters
USMC Recruiting Commanding Lt. General Mark Brilakis (apparently supported by USMC Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Chairman-elect of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) is the one who said Marine recruiters couldn’t carry guns because that might make some other liberal bed-wetters “uncomfortable.” I have news for you General: some folks are uncomfortable with uniforms, with cops, with males, with females, […] Read More
Headline of the week
“Your Right To Feel Safe Doesn’t Trump My Real Rights“
Read MoreNICS – Sales up again
The August 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,031,959 is the second-highest August on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 4.3% compared to the August 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 989,337. For comparison, the unadjusted August 2015 NICS figure of 1,735,911 reflects a 12.8% increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,538,347 […] Read More
‘The Only Ones’ allowed certain rights + cop leg
A note about this section: A lot of people, including a lot of police brass, say that sworn police officers are “the only ones” who should be allowed certain rights, such as carrying guns or protecting themselves. We report stories here about cops’ irresponsible use of guns or force that illustrate that cops are people too, and that being one […] Read More
Attacks on cops
A Las Vegas, NV police officer was shot in the hand while sitting in his patrol car with a partner on Sunday after being ambushed by a man with a handgun. Also last weekend, the Aurora, CO Police Dept. received an anonymous 911 call over the weekend, when the caller threatened to shoot any officer found alone in the streets. […] Read More
Self-defense. Church defense. Journalist defense. Boys with sticks.
Self defense A St. Petersburg, FL man, 18, was forced to kill a masked intruder wearing a “SWAT getup” and threatening the teen and his mother with a pistol. Later he learned that the man he had shot was his father, who was not a resident of the home and who the mother had a restraining order against. The defender […] Read More
Gun-free zones – myth
Officials say a man with a machete injured two people during an attack in a wooded area of the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville last week. No one involved is believed to be a student. One of the victims was in critical condition and the suspect was also injured in the incident. Officials say the attack happened in the […] Read More
GOA endorses Cruz for President
Gun Owners of America has endorsed US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the office of President of the United States. We are also reminded that “Republicans” Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina do not even own a gun. But I bet they have bodyguards, and I bet you don’t. Bush’s “The Late Show” gun control question segment was omitted […] Read More
Military intelligence. Military update.
Military intelligence More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the US military’s Central Command have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch in Syria were being inappropriately altered by senior officials, who are turning their reports into “happy talk.” Sounds like treason to me. Military update The Pentagon has decided against arming recruiters in the […] Read More
