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DGU mistakes: Teen shot by brother, murder charges after killing fleeing burglar

12-Jun-2015 / 1 minute of reading

Teen mistaken for home invader, shot by brother: Make sure everyone in your house knows not to sneak in, including your kids’ friends. Make sure you identify your threat anyway. Lights are good. KY man faces capital murder charge after killing fleeing burglar. Note that in Jackson, MS, no charges were filed against the shooter in a very similar […]

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Student of the Gun University prerequisite change

12-Jun-2015 / 1 minute of reading

Student of the Gun University on the Mississippi gulf coast has announced a policy change for all SOTG training courses. As of July 1, 2015, the Beyond the Band Aid traumatic lifesaving course ($550) will be a prerequisite to all SOTGU firearms and fighting courses. Darn good idea. But that’s a steep price and I’d like to see them offer

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Boondocks Firearms Training Academy – clarification

12-Jun-2015 / 2 minutes of reading

I was taken to task by a couple of readers and a Boondocks Firearms Training Academy (Raymond, MS) representative regarding my report of BFTA’s media-reported instruction of a rule to keep your gun unloaded until “ready to use.” Our commenters correctly stated that this is one of the NRA rules for gun safety that is taught in NRA classes and

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MS Attorney General Jim Hood releases finance report

12-Jun-2015 / 1 minute of reading

MS Attorney General Jim Hood (D), who mostly straddles the fence on guns, is very creative with finding non-statutory ways to restrict guns, and doesn’t pursue others in government who are breaking gun laws (sometimes even coaching them how to to so), has released his latest campaign finance report indicating support from the Democratic Attorneys General Association (which has been

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Geraldo Rivera’s armed guard v. Geraldo Rivera

12-Jun-2015 / 1 minute of reading

The armed guard who protected reporter Geraldo Rivera as he covered the Baltimore riots for Fox News has been under arrest since May 1. According to the The Baltimore Sun, the guard “has been in jail since May 1 for carrying guns around Baltimore protest w/o an MD carry permit.” vs.

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TSA update: failure even worse than we thought

12-Jun-2015 / 1 minute of reading

We have a report that the investigators who were able to smuggle mock explosives and guns through TSA nearly 96% of the time were auditors who did not have specialized training in this type of work, rather than the previously reported specialized “Red Teams,” which know all the ins and outs of TSA security. This of course makes the abysmal

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The Only Ones (in Texas)

12-Jun-2015 / 1 minute of reading

McKinney, TX (Dallas-area) Police Corporal David Eric Casebolt, 41, who is white, was placed on administrative leave and then resigned after throwing a bathing-suit clad 14-year-old black girl to the ground and drawing a gun on another at a pool party disturbance. The department reportedly did not pressure him to resign. No word on criminal charges. Casebolt is a former

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June 4 Independence Day? Brady Bunch. Toby Keith. More.

12-Jun-2015 / 2 minutes of reading

The US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia celebrated our sacred Independence Day holiday on June 4, so as to avoid any conflict with the month-long Islamic Ramadan celebration. I am not making this up. It looks to me like it’s about time to refresh the tree of liberty. On June 6, “Reverend” Michael Pfleger (one of those left-wing liberal nuts), joined

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