Police agencies beg, borrow and slash training because of ammo woes
Cops nationwide are struggling to maintain duty ammunition. Training ammunition? Only the most prepared departments have any of that left... How bad is it? Front-page news at the Drudge Report. Police Departments Beg And Barter For Ammo While DHS Buys Up 1.6 Billion Rounds In Past Year (CNS News)…
Hater Dan Hull is back; says we missed some stories.
Received this morning. It's from Dan Hull, the guy who sent us an angry missive a while back that was a big hit with our readers. We thought he waved the white flag about a week afterwards. He's baaaaack... Hello Mr. Boch, I never thought I would be sending…
Want to have some fun? Firemission for northern IL gun owners Tuesday, Mar 26 in Glendale Heights, IL
[caption id="attachment_6624" align="alignnone" width="360"] Rep. Deb Conroy.[/caption] Our friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association are putting out a call to gun owners and our supporters to do a little direct action with Democrat Rep. Deb Conroy. She's a new state representative and she needs to hear from gun…
Anti-gun “Protest” at Thompson Center in Chicago turns out… 12.
What a farce. CHICAGO (CBS) – Activists staged a protest Thursday over Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s decision to wait until the legislature follows a court order and passes a new concealed carry law, rather than appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports a…
Serbu Firearms tells NYPD to pound sand
From the Serbu Firearms, Inc. Facebook page: I feel bad because I'd love to get my rifle into as many police departments as possible...who doesn't want their law enforcement agencies armed with the best possible tools to take out the bad guys? I heard a rumor that the only…
Cuomo walks back part of his arbitrary unSAFE Act…
New York's too-smart-by-half governor Cuomo says there is no such thing as 7-round magazines. This guy really can't open his mouth without being wrong. Ace of Spades quotes the governor from January as saying - smugly - "Common sense can win. You can overpower the extremists with intelligence and…
HAPPY ENDING: Homeowner battles duo of armed fugitives, survives
A Texas homeowner gets into a gun battle with a pair of home invading fugitives. Homeowner suffers minor wounds. Bad guys off themselves after ingesting some hot lead supplements. The duo, wanted in Oklahoma, were a two-man crime wave. No longer, thanks to an armed homeowner. Ellis County…
MEGASPORTS: With friends like these, who needs the Brady campaign
We found this post today at Second City Cop, where one of their readers wrote in about a very unpleasant experience they had, which is on par with others we've read about of late: I was just at Mega Sports in Plainfield. I live just inside the Cook County…
ONLY IN GUN-FREE ZONES: Celebration in Chicago turns bloody
A party at a private club in Chicago turns into a bloodbath as seven people are shot, including a 19-year-old woman shot multiple times. Stories like this don't happen elsewhere in Illinois where guns aren't effectively banned to the common person. In fact, just a half-hour west of Chicago, in…