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Smith & Wesson Snubs Police with "Commemorative" Revolver

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Safety, Supreme Court, Law Enforcement, Violence Policy Center, Armor Piercing Bullets, Washington DC, Gun Control, Alan Gottlieb, Smith & Wesson, Second Amendment Foundation, Washington DC Handgun Ban, Heller Decision, Politics News

Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.

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Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Rudolf Giuliani, Police, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Bernard Goetz, Justice, New York City, Living News

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

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Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Police, Rudolf Giuliani, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Justice, Bernard Goetz, New York City, Living News

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

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NRA, Guns On Campus: 0-for-15 in 2008

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Shooting, Law Enforcement, National Rifle Association, Police, Guns in School, Lsu, Virginia Tech, Nra, Guns, Politics News

The gun lobby made "guns-on-campus" bills a big priority across America this year, and what do they have to show for it? A goose egg.

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To Taser Or Not To Taser

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, Law Enforcement, Misuse of Authority, Deadly Force, Guns, Amnesty International, Taser Guns, Home News

The people we entrust to protect us say these weapons save lives. I say those who want them banned are leaving a threatened officer no choice but to react with deadly force. And that would be a shame.

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Government By Lawyers, For Lawyers

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Parking, Law, Lawyers, Law Enforcement, Lawyer Fees, AutoReturn Inc., Car Towing, Lawyer, San Francisco, Politics News

The aggregate efforts of all of the lawyers I have hired have yielded more dishonest behavior than the issues I was hoping to address with their help.

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Mukasey's Defense of Professional Irresponsibility

Kent Greenfield | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Boston College Graduation Speaker, Law Enforcement, Boston College, Michael Mukasey, Waterboarding, John Yoo, Politics News

Att. Gen. Michael Mukasey came to Boston College Law School last Friday and offered a substantive, and deeply troubling, message to our graduates.

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Memorial Day: Remembering All Who Protect And Serve

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Law Enforcement, George H.W. Bush, Memorial Day, Police, Assault Weapons, Indiana, Washington DC, Dallas, Politics News

If you have yet to visit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I encourage you make it part of your plans on your next trip to Washington, D.C.

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Conversation with Philosopher on School Shootings

Jackson Katz | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Violence, Media Coverage, Amok, Virginia Tech, Guns, Spectacle, Columbine, Prevention, Suicide Bombing, New Media, Masculinity, Colleges, School Shootings, Domestic Terrorism, Oklahoma City Bombing, Crisis in Masculinity, Politics News

The following is a conversation between the philosopher Douglas Kellner and cultural critic Jackson Katz about school shootings and the crisis in masc...

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Col. Massengill's Common Sense

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Nics, Law Enforcement, Police, Massengill, Virginia Tech, Illegal Guns, Charles Schumer, Guns, John Warner, Politics News

Another prominent member of the nation's law enforcement community has spoken out for common-sense gun laws. Col. Gerald Massengill, now retired as a ...

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A Victory For Law Enforcement in California

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Microstamping, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Police, Illegal Guns, Guns, California Politics, Politics News

In California now, police will be able to use shell casings that a gun fired, marked with the make, model and serial number of the weapon to trace the gun back to its first purchaser.

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