CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY IN ILLINOIS
For some time now, Illinois has been the last state in the union with no provision in law for the ordinary citizen to carry a loaded gun in public to protect self and loved...
THE SMELL OF JUSTICE IS IN THE AIR
I heard that the prosecutor’s office in New Jersey, after some gentle guidance from the NJ State Attorney General’s Office, has decided to put Shaneen Allen into a diversion program instead of taking her...
Part II: Where PERF Was PERF-ect
As I said in the last entry (found immediately below this one), the Police Executive Research Forum had a lot of things right in its recent controversial 30-point list of suggest use of force...
REFLECTIONS ON FORT HOOD REDUX
I’ve waited this long to comment on the latest atrocity at Fort Hood, to allow the investigation to play out. A few days prior to the incident, my friend and colleague John Farnam had...
CHICAGOLAND MADNESS STRIKES AGAIN
We see this from the Chicago Sun-Times, sent to me by a retired big-city police official whose career taught him to carry his gun always. He still does, and recommends that other good people...