Shot Carring Pellet Gun

An update to a story posted yesterday… The parents of an eighth grader who was fatally shot by police inside his South Texas school are demanding to know why officers took lethal action, but police said the boy was brandishing — and refused to drop — what appeared to be a handgun. The weapon turned…

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Police Kill Armed 8th-Grader In Texas School

Police shot and killed an armed eighth-grader who “engaged” officers in the main hallway of his middle school on Wednesday, the South Texas school district said. Brownsville school district officials said administrators immediately called police after the student brandished a weapon about 8 a.m., shortly after classes started at Cummings Middle School. When police arrived,…

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When You Have To Shoot, Shoot. Don’t Talk.

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk. Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966

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Americans Buy Record Numbers Of Guns For Christmas

According to the FBI, over 1.5 million background checks on customers were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in December. Nearly 500,000 of those were in the six days before Christmas. It was the highest number ever in a single month, surpassing the previous record set in November. On…

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M1 Garand Explosion

From the video comments by the woman holding the rifle while it exploded: The 7th round jammed, which is nothing unusual for this gun. It happens all the time. That is why I didn’t really hesitate to shoot the final round. I was very lucky with the outcome. I have lots of splinters and bruising,…

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