Friday, April 30th, 2010

62-year-old off-duty security guard with CCW halts Palm Bay bank robbery with 9mm.

A 62-year-old off-duty security guard is being credited with thwarting an attempted bank robbery in Palm Bay this afternoon.
The attempted robbery occurred just before 2 p.m. at the Space Coast Credit Union at 150 Malabar Rd., not far from the Palm Bay Police Department headquarters.
“The robber was apprehended by a customer with a concealed weapons [...]

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Friday, April 30th, 2010

German pigs find World War II anti-tank weapon.

German police say a couple of hungry pigs digging for food came nose-to-nose with a long-buried World War II anti-tank weapon.
Police said Friday the two pigs found the single-shot “panzerfaust” on private land southwest of Dresden.
The pigs’ owner secured the animals in their stall then called police who were able to remove the weapon and [...]

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Friday, April 30th, 2010

ATF releases 2009 N.Y. State crime gun data.

Ronald B. Turk, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) New York Field Division, announces the release of aggregate trace data for crime guns recovered in New York State and submitted to ATF for tracing for calendar year 2009.
A review of the trace data compiled from January 1 [...]

Friday, April 30th, 2010

New Call of Duty: Black Ops set for Nov. 9, 2010 release date.

It seems Treyarch’s next adventure in the Call of Duty universe will take them out of World War II for the first time.
A new website from the studio and Activision lifts the veil on the franchise’s next title: Call of Duty: Black Ops. The site lists a release date of November 9.
Platforms have yet to [...]

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Tennessee town gets $10,000 grant, money from sales of confiscated weapons to buy body armor.

The city of London has been awarded $10,080 from the state Law Enforcement Protection Program (LEPP) to purchase body armor, Gov. Steve Beshear announced today.
Under the LEPP, administered by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS), appropriate agencies can seek financial help for certain defensive items essential in the course of their duties.
“Through [...]

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Friday, April 30th, 2010

CNN Video: Arizona police officer sues over immigration law.

A police officer in Tucson, Arizona, asks that local law enforcement be exempt from enforcing the state’s new immigration law in a lawsuit filed in federal court on Thursday.
Officer Martin H. Escobar claims in the suit that the law will “seriously impede law enforcement investigations and facilitate the successful commission of crimes.”
He also says there [...]

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Video: Failing grade sparks battle between Indiana and Brady Campaign.

Indiana’s Governor and one of Fort Wayne’s former mayors see eye-to-eye on many issues. Gun control is not one of them.
On February 23, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence released its annual report card on gun control laws. Indiana failed.
“Every year we look at all 50 states and give them a score in terms [...]

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Friday, April 30th, 2010

As drug-war death toll rises, Mexicans short of facts, trust.

As the death toll has climbed from drug-related violence in Mexico , it’s fallen largely to newspapers to keep the count.
Two weeks ago, a government report that legislators leaked spoke of 22,700 deaths over little more than a three-year period, a far higher body count than the 18,000 or so given by El Universal, [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Iowa governor signs standardized concealed weapons law.

Members of the National Rifle Association and a handful of sheriffs were on hand this morning as Governor Culver signed a bill into law which sets a statewide standard for issuing permits to Iowans who want to carry a concealed weapon.
The Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association had opposed the bill, but Cedar County Sheriff Warren [...]

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Thursday, April 29th, 2010

LaserLyte Rear Sight Laser for 1911 Pistols

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