Unrest Reigns in Ferguson– Mike Brown Shooting
Riots and looting continue as the police in Missouri continue to refuse to release the name of the officer involved in the shooting of unarmed teen Mike Brown. It is hard to tell when one watches the...
View ArticleFeds Rethinking Military Surplus Program
In the wake of the heavy-handed handling of the Ferguson shooting, the feds are rethinking the decision to supply law enforcement agencies with surplus military gear. The program has grown...
View ArticleDeclared State of Emergency in Ferguson
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has finally declared a state of emergency for the city of Ferguson. The looting and civil unrest Friday night appears to have been the straw that broke the Governor’s...
View ArticleUsing Deadly Force in Law Enforcement
Any time a police officer uses deadly force, multiple questions and issues are raised. Many of the comments and questions show a high degree of misunderstanding of how deadly force can and should be...
View ArticlePolice Pull Mom and Kids From Car at Gun Point (VIDEO)
FORNEY, TX — Forney Police Department in Texas stopped Kametra Barbour and forced her and her children out at gun point. They had received a call of a car brandishing a gun. Dispatch radio said, “It is...
View Article“I’m a Cop” –An Editorial
Many ways I could have gone with this editorial. There are a lot of issues that are swirling around this great nation of ours. Of course, at the top of the list seems to be the shooting incident in...
View ArticleChicago Gun Violence Skyrockets
CHICAGO, IL — Chicago has once again proved that stricter gun laws and gun-free zones don’t mean a thing to criminals. Over the July 4th weekend, Chicago recorded 14 deaths and 82 others wounded....
View ArticleChris Christie Vetoes Bill to Decrease Max. Magazine Capacity
TRENTON, NJ — In his attempt to get votes and to become the next president of the United States, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a recent attempt to reduce magazine capacity. Currently, New...
View ArticleI Bleed Blue
I bleed blue. This hasn’t always the case. In fact, I would say, most of my career, I looked at this as “just my job.” Something I did. Something I am good at doing. If I was better at the other jobs...
View ArticleThe War Against Police
When I got into law enforcement, the threat against cops seemed easier to see. Easier to discern. Gang bangers and Neo-Nazis wore their colors proudly. We were trained how to read the tattoos, dress...
View ArticleDetroit Finds More Guns, Less Crime
DETROIT, MI— The Chief of Police for the City of Detroit Michigan gets it. Chief James Craig has urged Detroiters to arm themselves in order to fight back against criminals in this city that was once...
View ArticleIt’s Not Always as it Seems
When I started shooting, I found myself enjoying many aspects of the sport — most of which has been training, tactics, concealed carry, and to some degree, the gun debate. Ask my wife, and she’ll tell...
View ArticleFederal Agents Hold Boy Scouts at Gunpoint
President Obama’s border patrol just got tough on immigration. An Iowa Boy Scout troop was in Canada on a three-week camping trip when they attempted to come back into the United States. Troop 111...
View ArticleThieves Demand “Stuff”; Get Buckshot
David Calhoun 31 and Christopher A. Thomas 27 shot their way into an apartment in Pittsburgh and demanded “stuff,” according to a witness. Well, the tenant a 19 year-old unidentified man obliged by...
View ArticleCoroner Rules Eric Garner’s Death a Homicide
Friday, the New York City’s medical examiner’s office officially ruled Eric Garner’s death a homicide due to “compression of neck, compression of chest and prone positioning during physical...
View ArticleUnarmed Teen Shot By Police in Missouri
FERGUSON, MISSOURI — The facts in this case are very murky and witnesses do not agree to all the details of the case. But, here is what we do know: Michael Brown, an 18-year-old man from St. Louis,...
View ArticleForgiving the Foe — The Nanette Wride Story
Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women wake up and get dressed, put on dark blue, khaki, green, black, or gray pants and shirt. They attach a badge — whether star or shield shaped, it...
View ArticleAre Police Body Cameras Really the Answer?
Editor’s Note: We at GunNews.com would like to thank the Provo Police Department for their invaluable contribution to the writing of this article. Body cameras are a natural progression of technology...
View Article3 Cops Behaving Badly on Video
TOM HUDSON To all law enforcement officers, local and federal, smartphones with video capability are not a fad; they are here to stay. And phones are everywhere. Kids in elementary school have them,...
View ArticleWeekend Proves Deadly for Criminals in Utah
TOM HUDSON This past weekend proved to be deadly for bad guys in the State of Utah. Some of you may be aware that Utah has some of the most pro-gun, pro-self-defense laws in the country. I teach...
View ArticleArmed Citizen Saves Police Officer from Violent Criminals
TOM HUDSON An interesting story is coming out of Oklahoma, and it involves a rookie police officer, a burglary suspect and an armed citizen. On the 5th of May, officers Michael Lambert and Adam Eller...
View ArticleRecent Deaths in Chicago Prove That Gun Control is Deadly
TOM HUDSON Everyone knows that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results — well, everyone except Rahm Emanuel. Rahm apparently knows something...
View ArticleEverytown Using Cop Killings To Push For More Background Checks
The left has had their fair share of awful studies aimed at curbing our Second Amendment rights. According to the FBI crime statistics, violent crime has seen a precipitous decline. Between 1993-2011,...
View ArticleAre You Fit to Fight?
There is a reason law enforcement academies and the military employ sick and sadistic men and women who like to see cadets sweat and vomit. It is because, when called upon to act, they have to be ready...
View ArticleDo Cops Want Your Guns?
As calls grow for more gun control, there seem to be concerns that those of us in the law enforcement community are the ones calling for the laws. It was this kind of anti-cop attitude that led to the...
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