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Of Arms and the Law
New 4th Amendment/qualified immunity case
Messerschmidt v. Millender, handed down today, by the U.S Supreme Court. Girlfriend is moving out of place where she lived with boyfriend, a Crips member with a very long rap sheet. He attacks her, tries to throw her from a second floor landing. She s... »
Miranda followup issue
Miranda v. Arizona generally requires that certain warnings be given before questioning a person who is in police custody. But how about a prisoner who is serving a sentence, and thus in custody 24/7, who taken into a room and questioned? Are Miranda ... »
Canada’s long gun registry fades out
$2.5 billion spent to no effect. "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Chiefs of Police have not yet provided a single example in which tracing was of more than peripheral importance in solving a case. The problem isn’t just with the long-gun re... »
AK-12
Kalashnikov has produced a new variant of the venerable AK. It's said to be accurate (some American versions of the AK, I've read, can shoot to an MOA -- all a matter of quality control in barrel-making), and as reliable as the original. From the vid... »
Fast and Furious: Holder and Napolitano have never spoken about it
What we have here is a problem with communication: ""I have not," Napolitano answered when asked during a House hearing if she had talked about Operation Fast and Furious with Holder. To explain their lack of communication, she observed that "it's bee... »
More on Waco
Mike McNulty's Waco blog has been expanding. His most recent addition is infrared video showing how a gunshot can ignite methylene chloride spray (meth chloride being the solvent used to dissolve the "tear gas" powder before it was show into the David... »
"Media Matters" gets hit hard
Ouch! The founding chief of the quite antigun MM turns out to be quite paranoid, convinced right-wing assassins were stalking him, and required his assistant to pack a Glock whenever escorting him, including to events in DC. »
SAF collects another check
Story here. It's 16K from Omaha, over its ban on gun acquisition by legal aliens, not so impressive as its earlier collection of nearly 400K from Chicago. But sufficient to start sending a message: irrational gun control can hurt a city's bottom line. »
If a robber uses a gun, his victim will just take it away and use it on him
Another case of that occurring. I cannot recall reading of a robbery victim being disarmed by the aggressor, but have read of several cases where the robber was disarmed by the victim. I attribute this disparity to (1) robbery victims are more intellig... »
Justice Breyer robbed by machete-wielding perp
At his vacation home on the island of Nevis. »

