When the National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP) published the results of its annual survey of “command-level” police and sheriffs earlier this week, the results may have caught the gun prohibition lobby off guard. The 28th annual NACOP survey was mailed to more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies around the country. The survey results […]
Buried in Calif. Burglary Story Is A Stunning Admission
Buried in a Wednesday story about a California gun store burglary is a stunning admission by law enforcement authorities that tends to add more meaninglessness to new gun control laws. Recent gun store burglaries in the Sacramento area, said one source quoted by the Sacramento Bee, are part of a “growing trend.” More than 200 […]
‘Jaw-dropping’: N.Y. Post Writer Rips Obama For Gun Remark
The New York Post’s John Podhoretz just ripped President Barack Obama’s departure from reality during his Tuesday oratory at the memorial service for five fallen police officers for asserting that it was easier “for a poor kid in a struggling neighborhood to get a Glock than a book.” Podhoretz called the assertion “jaw-dropping.” And he […]
Are ‘Armor Piercing Bullets’ Taking Rap For Dallas Gunman’s Carnage?
Last night, CBS News challenged Vice President Joe Biden to explain why the Obama administration has not banned so-called “armor piercing” bullets, which are apparently now taking the rap for last week’s police fatalities in Dallas. Biden’s reaction was that “We’ve been trying to do that for a long time.” What he didn’t explain, however, […]
Study: Police Show No Racial Bias In Shootings
By Dave Workman, Senior Editor A Harvard Economics professor has released a new study that seems to deflate a popular opinion that racial bias is a factor in police shootings. The New York Times broke the story, noting that the study by Prof. Roland G. Fryer Jr. “confirms that black men and women are treated differently in the hands of […]
Gun Control Refuted by what Didn’t Happen In Dallas
What didn’t happen in Dallas last week when a sniper opened fire on police during a protest march is more proof that the gun prohibition lobby’s rhetoric is simply nonsense, as evident by a report Sunday from the Associated Press. According to that story, the parade through downtown Dallas included several visibly armed “gun rights […]