ERROR IN VICTIM SELECTION: Ja’Braelyn & Kimani pick wrong store to stick up
Two 17-year-old hoodlums tried to hold up a convenience store, thinking they would profit from other people's hard work. It didn't work out so well for them as the clerk, unbeknownst to them, had a concealed carry license and knew how to use his gun to perforate the rifle-wielding half…
SHARPE: Are you listening? Don’t be desensitized to violent crime…
by Frank Sharpe Are you listening? Two weeks ago, a mile from where I grew up, an 85-year-old man was brutally murdered in his home. Rumor has it he was beaten and strangled; the official cause of death has yet to be announced. Signs are the bedroom was ransacked…
DOMESTIC TERROR: Manson on spree killers
Mark Manson writes a piece on the latest spree killer. He offers up some interesting points, but the best paragraph, hands down, is this one: For a country that is so single-mindedly obsessed with terrorism, it’s jaw-dropping that almost nobody recognizes that school shooters use the exact same strategies to…
HARD TO BELIEVE, RIGHT? Criminals ignoring “NO GUNS” signs
That's a dead body. Right underneath a "NO GUNS" sign over the door. Criminals apparently didn't care if their was a "NO GUNS" sign around or not. It's not like a felon committing a felony carrying a gun is going to care about some silly sign, right? Just in case…
Smith & Wesson reportedly discontinuing support of 3rd generation guns
[caption id="attachment_12337" align="alignnone" width="614"] Photo by Miami JBT. Our apologies for not offering proper credit initially.[/caption] Hope you have all the spare parts you anticipate needing... forever... for the Smith & Wesson 3rd generation guns, according to what folks are writing over at AR15.com and the Smith & Wesson…
NO GUNS Signage: Dealing with them. Challenging them. Getting rid of them.
NO GUNS Signage Dealing with them. Challenging them. Getting rid of them. (Guns Save Life) - “NO GUNS” signs have popped up like spring mushrooms across Illinois, both at public buildings and at a handful of private, commercial locations. While we know that the signs do nothing to stop…
WARNING: “Urban youth” wilding, stealing in downtown Chicago
From Second City Cop: Wilding Popping Up Again The media has embargoed this stuff, but our readers strive to keep everyone aware: If anyone listened to zone 4 last night they would have heard that the boyfriend of a young couple was hospitalized after getting the shit beat out of…
MASS MURDERERS AGREE: Good guys with guns deter attacks
Last week's mass murderer from the University of California Santa Barbara penned a diary/journal of sorts, detailing his scheming to exact retribution on his enemies. In it, he acknowledged the deterrence value of the presence of good guys with guns. Check out this nugget from CNN's reporting on the contents…
KaBoom! Tannerite turns old barn into matchsticks…
The guys here shot about 164 pounds of Tannerite, in a big plastic tub from 100 yards. They've got much larger cajones than I do, because shooting large quantities of Tannerite can be dangerous. I shot a two-liter bottle (maybe four or five pounds?) from about 20 yards or so…
BOOM! HEADSHOT: NYC carjacking plan goes awry for perps
Two young thugs took a liking to a man's Mercedes and thought they would expropriate it - and the owner's wallet - for their own amusement. Their plans went badly awry when they suffered a sudden and profound error in their victim selection process in that their victim was an…