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This New York Criminal Brought Pepper Spray to a Gun Battle

A thief dressed as a construction worker smashes display case.

So let's see...do you think the conversation with this brilliant would-be thief went something like this? . . . "Hey, friend, let's rob a gun store." Friend says, "Hey, good idea. I'll bring my pepper spray!" Yeah. A Brooklyn gun shop owner, Frank Taormina, owner of…

Posted 7 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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16 Shotguns Stolen From Cleaned-Out Gun Safe in Ohio

We can learn some lessons from this.

This news brief made us stop to think...The headline from The Marietta Times in Marietta, Ohio, read, "16 shotguns stolen from Newport Township home." We got to wondering how this could happen. Were all 16 shotguns just lying around? The news report raises more questions than…

Posted 8 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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Protect Yourself From Car Break-Ins

How to not lose your gun.

We heard about a case in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where a rash of car break-ins have been happening over the past two weeks. Two vehicles were broken into and in one, a Sig Sauer MPX, SIG Sauer P320C and backpack full of 9mm ammunition were stolen out…

Posted 8 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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California Governor Signs Bill to Regulate Gun Storage in Vehicles

There's an increase in guns being stolen from unattended cars.

Over the last five years, there has been an increase in guns being stolen from unattended cars. Eyewitness News in Bakersfield, California, reports that there have been 32 firearms stolen from the sheriff’s department in the last nine years, and 11 of them were stolen…

Posted 8 years ago

By Jack Hardy

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ATF Offers Reward Following Indianapolis Gun Theft

ATF Offers Reward for Info About Indianapolis Gun Theft

19 guns were taken.

A theft from a gun store called the Indy Trading Post on South Madison Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana, has led to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) offering a reward for information. Surveillance video shows two people entering the business around 3 am…

Posted 8 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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