Bloomberg News reported Friday that gun store robberies have increased by an alarming 227 percent since 2013 and burglaries have spiked 71 percent during the same period, raising the question whether so-called “universal background check” laws are a feel-good exercise in futility. The Bloomberg story comes two weeks to the day after American Handgunner’s “Insider […]
Does AP Analysis of Police Gun Sales Exaggerate a Problem?
An Associated Press analysis showing that “more than a dozen guns” sold by police agencies in Washington State since 2010 have turned up in subsequent investigations, but a bit of work with a pocket calculator suggests that this is the case with a relative handful of guns. The AP story quoted Aberdeen Police Lt. Kevin […]
Suspect in WA Deputy Slaying has ‘Long Criminal History’
There was not much surprise when various news agencies reported that the surviving suspect in the slaying of Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel McCartney has a long criminal history, according to the Tacoma News Tribune, underscored by the fact that an image of the suspect used by various news outlets is a Department of Corrections […]
It’s Over: Suspect in Deputy Slaying in Custody
UPDATED: 1/9/18, 6:20 a.m. Pierce County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Det. Ed Troyer confirmed Monday afternoon that a second suspect in the late-night fatal shooting of a Pierce County deputy is in custody. Pierce County sheriff’s deputy Daniel McCartney was fatally wounded in a middle-of-the-night exchange of gunfire, and already the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial […]
Armed Citizens Making a Difference
The number of justifiable homicides by armed citizens has been creeping upward over the past several years, and according to an article at the Crime Prevention Research Center website, 2017 closed out with nearly two dozen incidents in which gun-toting private citizens stopped attacks. Contrary to how this might be portrayed by gun prohibitionists and […]
Bloody Baltimore: Another Example of Gun Control Failure
The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday morning that the city has recorded 343 homicides so far this year, and with a few days still to go, that number just might creep up. What the newspaper didn’t acknowledge is that the number of deaths from gunfire – 300 this year as opposed to 275 in 2016 – […]
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