Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Alabama grandma shoots intruder in bedroom.

A pistol-packing grandmother in Decatur hopes intruders will think twice before messing with her again.
Police say 69-year-old Ethel Jones shot 18-year-old Michael O’Neal Bynum in the abdomen when she said she found him inside her bedroom. Bynum lived less than 200 yards from Jones, but she said she didn’t know him.
“I hope this will make [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority accepts gun group’s poster promoting use of self defense firearms.

Last month, SF Weekly broke the story that Muni forced the guns to be edited out of the poster for The Other Guys — as depicting Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell with handguns would violate the transit agency’s policy against ads that “appear to promote the use of firearms.”
The incredibly litigious gun-rights advocates at the [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Central Arizona College providing opportunities to take Firearms Safety and Proficiency class.

Central Arizona College is offering a pair of Firearms Safety and Proficiency community education classes during the fall semester at the Superstition Mountain Campus in Apache Junction, Ariz.
The first class will take place on Oct. 23 and Oct. 28, while members of the community will have a second opportunity to register for the course on [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer gets currency, wagers, bots and more.

Players will now unlock guns, grenades, equipment, attachments, killstreaks, and everything else through in-game currency, which is earned through playing the game. You will still level-up through experience points, which may unlock the privilege of purchasing some new guns, but everything will be purchased. This means that players can unlock the weapons they want without [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Obama Administration reverses course, forbids sale of 850,000 antique S.Korean M1s.

The South Korean government, in an effort to raise money for its military, wants to sell nearly a million antique M1 rifles that were used by U.S. soldiers in the Korean War to gun collectors in America.
The Obama administration approved the sale of the American-made rifles last year. But it reversed course and banned the [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Military »

Saab Barracuda to produce and deliver “Tactical Parasols:” Solar Shading and Concealment Systems (SOLSCONS).

Saab Barracuda LLC in Lillington North Carolina USA, has received a 850,000 U.S. Dollar contract to produce and deliver Solar Shading and Concealment Systems, SOLSCONS, or Tactical Parasols for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Delivery of the systems will begin in September 2010 and include both desert and woodland variants. These systems will be used on the [...]

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Military »

CNN Video: From one war zone to another.

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel.

Maryland State Police troopers, walk near the Discovery Channel network building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network’s programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company’s headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. (AP [...]

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Law Enforcement »

Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Utility Vehicle.

Ford Motor Company today revealed its newest pursuit-rated vehicle – Ford’s first-ever specially designed Police Interceptor utility built for the rigors of police work.
The new vehicle is designed to complement Ford’s all-new Police Interceptor sedan, which was introduced earlier this year. Combined, the two vehicles provide law enforcement agencies the ultimate in versatility and choice, [...]

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Crimson Trace launches CTC Defense, a separate division of Crimson Trace for the military market.

The newly-formed division will focus on leveraging their existing technology to provide products better tailored to the needs of the modern warfighter.