Of concern to readers in the U.S.: ATF to Require Multiple Sales Reports for Long Guns. Perhaps the Feds ought to police their own ranks, first. They seem to have some bad apples, some of whom have gone into “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges” (WDNNSB) mode. For example, take John Thomas Shipley, a rogue FBI agent in El Paso, Texas. Here is a quote: “A federal judge in August hit him with a two-year prison term for selling guns illegally. ATF agents had traced back to him a .50-caliber rifle that was used in a drug cartel shootout in Chihuahua, Mexico. Court records show that between 2005 and 2008, he posted at least 280 firearms for sale on just one web site alone” [GunBroker.com].
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Scott H. sent this: A Dangerous Gap in Our Defenses? An EMP attack is a terrible threat, but countering it is affordable.
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Yishai and RevWojo both sent this: The Harrowing Tale of an Amtrak Train Stuck on the Rails for 10 Hours
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Almost a dozen readers mentioned this news story and subsequent commentary: Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S.
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F.G. flagged this: Dog attacks jogger, 7-year-old son; jogger kills dog with bare hands. Of course it would have been quicker and more certain to dispatch the dog with a pistol. It is too bad that Florida is not an open carry state, and that the city of Port Lucie’s Democrat mayor would likely oppose allowing it, anyway. (Since she was duped into joining a civilian disarmament group that gives lip service to “defending the Second Amendment”.)
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Tim R. mentioned some dramatic moments preserved in pixels: Petrol Bomb Riots In Greece