If You Say You Miss 9/12, You’re a Shortsighted A--hole by John Chandler I always forget about September 11, 2001 until September 11, 2001. The specifics I mean. There’s always reminders and stories on social media and something goes viral and makes the rounds on social media. This year it was iPhone alarms for the planes hitting, which I thought was clever. Some images … [Read more...]
Plastic “Bullets”: Isn’t That a Really Bad Idea?
Plastic "Bullets": Isn't That a Really Bad Idea? by Scott Faith I read with interest a recent headline touting a revolutionary "plastic bullet." Could such a thing actually be done? Given the marvels of modern science, I supposed it was a possibility. After all, people have experimented with a number of different types of bullets, including ice. But given the extreme heat … [Read more...]
Under Red Flag Law, Veteran’s Threat against “Basket of Adorables” Results in FBI Gun Seizure
Under Red Flag Law, Veteran’s Threat against “Basket of Adorables” Results in FBI Gun Seizure by Kevin Wilson I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that if you’re reading this, you’re not a fan of Antifa. If you don’t what Antifa is, for starters, congratulations on making it out from under that rock you’ve been trapped under for the last few years. We’ve missed … [Read more...]
Self-Destructive Ideologies Clash in Portland, Everyone Loses
Self-Destructive Ideologies Clash in Portland, Everyone Loses by Wade Garrett It’s a sad day for America whenever civil discourse becomes so uncivil it must be arbitrated by a police presence so massive it essentially shuts down all discourse. That’s what happened in Portland, Oregon, on August 17, 2019. The cops prevented violence from erupting between far-right and … [Read more...]
Veterans Treatment Courts: Ensuring Justice is Served While Vets Get The Help They Need
Veterans Treatment Courts: Ensuring Justice is Served While Vets Get The Help They Need by Chad H. Lennon, Esq. The veteran population in the United States continues to grow each year. Soon the country will have service members retiring who have known only wartime service. In an era that is about to see 20 consecutive years of war, we have also seen a time in the increase … [Read more...]
Don’t Tell Me How To Do My Job: A Law Enforcement Officer’s Perspective
Don’t Tell Me How To Do My Job: A Law Enforcement Officer's Perspective by Nick Perna I don’t know anything about cars. When something goes wrong with mine or it needs service I take it to a mechanic. Like most people, when I get the oil changed and the service technician comes out and asks me if I want a new air filter for my flux capacitor I flip a coin in my head and … [Read more...]
Peterson is a Coward, Not a Criminal.
I remember the headlines of many of the websites and papers after they discovered a resource office, Scot Peterson, stayed outside while 17 people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on a February morning in 2018. Last week, Scot Peterson was charged with multiple counts of child neglect. Is Peterson a coward? Yes. Should he ever be a police officer again? … [Read more...]
Tactical Regret
“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once”. William Shakespeare I’ve had a lot of interesting jobs in the tactical world. The common denominators for these gigs were the fact that they were hard, dangerous and the pay sucked. So, when a guy offered me $30 an hour to babysit some rich dude who wanted a hired gun in … [Read more...]
Alarm Fatigue: Correlative Applications to Gun-Related Self Defense
Alarm Fatigue: Correlative Applications to Gun-Related Self Defense by Kjell Rosenberg MD, Rangemaster and NRA Instructor People often ask me if doing anesthesia is dangerous. The answer is, “yes, but also very safe.” How are both of those things true? Because we know the dangers are there and we set monitors up to watch our patients very closely. Our constant vigilance … [Read more...]
Identity Theft – Americans Overwhelmingly Concerned About Credit Card Fraud
Identity Theft - Americans Overwhelmingly Concerned About Credit Card Fraud by: Special Guest Research conducted recently by the Unisys Corporation reveals that identity theft when it comes to credit card scams is Americans' number one issue. Can identity theft be scarier than terrorism? When people ask me, "How do I protect myself from credit card scams?" I tell … [Read more...]
