Paradise Valley, AZ —In this tranquil and upscale community crime is rare. The people here generally have wealth and in our faltering economy burglaries and home invasions are bound to increase. As bank robber Willie Sutton once answered a reporter asking him why he robbed banks, “It’s where the money is!” Today gold, gems and a simple set of silver flatware will fetch record prices. Most people use banks and credit cards and don’t keep much cash on hand. The police department here is comprised of 25 sworn and certified officers. This department has a history of incompetence and became a place for otherwise unemployable cops fired from other agencies. This was the case in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I don’t want to leave anyone with that impression today because the troubled officers for the most part have faded off into the sunset with their substandard supervisors and chiefs. Commander Alan Laitsch has been around a long time and has proven himself to be contentious and...

Los Angeles, CA —I have been telling anyone who’d listen that Social Media is a huge game changer in the criminal justice system. The lawyers especially those older warhorses that are not so computer savvy are incredibly ignorant. They don’t see the major influence that bloggers, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube has on prosecutors, judges and jurors. In the real world judges controlling the reading and television habits was a losing battle. Jurors lie about what and when they read especially when they are admonished. Human nature requires people touch the wall when they see the wet paint sign. The Internet is a powerful magnet that has put millions of us in front of computer screens. We get instant information on anything we want and love that empowerment. Many experts agree that the Internet becomes an addiction that can’t be overcome, certainly by some judge that can’t view what jurors do at home. People probing search engines can quickly compromise any case involving someone wh...

Joliet, IL —I have written some two-dozen articles on the Drew Peterson case. I have lamented the fact that our Bill of Rights that guarantee speedy and fair trials along with the right to confront accusers has been tossed out the window. They don’t have the evidence needed try Peterson so they’re simply got him in indefinite detention. He’s been locked for 3 ½ years with out a trial or even a date when one will begin. The made for TV film, Untouchable has been fictionalized to the fantasy of its author. It has little basis in reality but it was broadcast as a “true” story. The viewers see the film's scenes as truthful recreations of actual events. My Peterson articles were well read all along. However upon television’s release of the film Google being searched by film viewers has sent my blog into record-breaking viewership. I have gotten massive comments from these Television viewers that are abusive, frightening and hateful. Not one comment from the new Peterson film fan...

Germany —People involved in the law, courts and justice need so see what’s not taught in law school. They need to see how the law can quickly go wrong even in a sophisticated and civilized society. Under National Socialism , justice was perverted into a filmed spectator sport where capital punishment for even minor resistance to government became acceptable and frequent. I’ve spent decades inside the criminal justice system. I have always wondered where the line is drawn for determining just when justice becomes Judicial Tyranny . Trust me it’s not easy to figure out unless of course you’re the victim justice gone wrong. My visits to Germany have taken me to some very infamous places deep inside Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Nuremberg . It is shocking and indeed moving to stand where the authorities were criminals dispensing their justice under color of law. To say these visits were life changing is an understatement. For lawyers, judges and those working in and around or cour...

Los Angeles, CA —It’s appropriate that I write about this in jurisdiction with crappy gun laws, where they have unlocked the prison doors. Politicians here hate gun rights and have chosen for you to die rather than be able to fend off a killer. That’s the ugly truth. I’m not very religious but this is a way to keep a seemingly complicated issue simple. Our creator made man. Man was born into this world with some very necessary gifts. 1. Man was given the gift of fear. Without this we’d not have survived childhood. 2. Additionally man was given the basic instinct for survival and that with fear tells us exactly what to do in order to survive. 3. Last we were given the ability to make, or acquire tools/weapons that we need to survive. We also know evolution has refined our gifts throughout time. Everyday in America stronger, armed and better armed people commit atrocities against smaller, weaker or poorly armed victims. You either have means and ability to survive or you don’t....

Chicago, IL —Some seven years ago on February 21, 2005, Howard Morgan wound up in a gunfight with several cops that he lost in a big way. When it was over Morgan was shot 25 times. What’s amazing is that he lived. Three of the patrol officers were also wounded, presumably by Morgan who was a lawfully armed off duty railroad cop. Morgan previously served asa Chicago cop. I really have no problem with the amount of times Morgan was shot considering the ineffectiveness of the 9MM round the patrol officers were using. The incident reportedly began when Morgan was observed driving without headlights around 1:00 AM in an area known for drugs and vice activities. The big mystery here to me was a motive for Morgan to start shooting. I’m still waiting to hear one. Perhaps we will never know. The Howard Morgan gunfight was followed with all kinds of racial profiling accusations. This seems to be a case of Morgan being the only clear defense witness being outnumbered by at least four patro...

Washington, DC —These days I pity the agents of the U.S. Secret Service. They are working overtime trying to separate free speech from actual threats against Barack Obama. That has to be an impossible task. Frankly Obama has earned all the venom and anger of anyone who values the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the American way of life. Millions of Americans like me were trained by our own country to kill Communists and frankly Obama is considered by many to be a Communist. Seeing one in the Whitehouse is freakish to say the least and is likely to cause violence by any number of veterans. In Nazi Germany it was a death penalty offense to show any disrespect to Adolph Hitler. We have rejected the notion that mere loathing of an American President is punishable. Hate speech against Obama is still not a crime. It’s simply a sad state of affairs to have a president that is so un-American and has attacked our basic liberty at every turn. Yes, I loathe Obama totally and I don’t wish ...

Joliet, IL --The mentally challenged step-brother of retired police sergeant Drew Peterson, Thomas Morphey had claimed that around the time of Stacy Peterson’s disappearance he helped Peterson move a plastic blue barrel that was, “warm to the touch”. Aside from a massive and failed police search for the barrel in the area indicated Morphey never contacted the police on his own accord. Was this just a case of some insignificant fool trying to become part of a story getting nationwide publicity? Among the huge problems of the blue barrel story is that it’s not tied to the death of Kathleen Savio . That’s of course is aside from the question if the blue barrel story is true. No matter what anyone wants to believe there is zero evidence of what the contents of the barrel may have been. We still don’t know where Stacy Peterson is today. Is she is dead or did she just follow up on her spoken plan to disappear to a place where her older husband would never find her? The blue barrel was...

Los Angeles, CA —In the area of the United States that embraces Barack Obama and his band of committed Communists our military are learning how to make urban war on Americans. The LAPD and Special Forces have taken to our skies to plan urban assaults on civilians. This should send cold chills down you back. Okay I understand our schools have longs ago abandoned teaching anyone about their rights or our Constitution. You can't begin to protect rights you don’t know about. At the end of our own Civil War we enacted the Posse Comitatus Act . The purpose was to end any military organizations functioning as civilian law enforcement. Habeas Corpus is about our rights to never being imprisoned without, probable cause, the right to a lawyer, bail and due process of law. Obama has signed into law a provision that simply eliminates this important liberty. Obama has recently signed measures into law that eliminates Habeas Corpus and the Posse Comitatus Act. The motivation for this ...

Chicago, IL —Corrupt politicians love throwing tax money at contributors that provide unneeded good and services. To qualify for the free money you just need to make those kickbacks. The people responsible for burying the indigent, forgotten and unwanted human remains forgot to pay up so their services went unfunded. The result was an unimaginable crisis at the morgue. Illinois and virtually every agency controlled by Leftist Democrats are virtually bankrupt because of total corruption. There’s nobody available to remove and bury the unwanted dead. Let’s blame the Medical Examiner Nancy Jones ! Now they want to create a scapegoat out of anyone but the people responsible for the mess. What’s needed is ending the costly burials and save a bundle through simple cremation. When remains are not removed within ten days by a funeral home cremation is both reasonable and cost effective. Families can be given the ashes of their impoverished loved ones. Or they can be buried easier and che...

Washington, DC —Americans being taxed and bullied to death by the IRS are taking their earning power elsewhere more than ever before. The Communists and Socialists in our government have found every way possible to punish excellence and productivity. Communism has never worked anywhere and won’t work here either. Punishing productivity kills jobs, wealth and most importantly the human spirit. Voting with their feet is always an option for the people we need most in our nation. If we allow this punishment to continue we will have no employers at all. When the Soviet tyrants of Eastern Europe had that problem they resolved it with endless miles of barbed wire, concrete, dogs, guns, mine fields and soldiers. Rather than become a refugee perhaps it’s time to take up arms against the internal Communists that violate our Constitution. Running is taking the coward’s way out. I refuse to become a refugee in the nation I was born in, served in it’s military where I have my friends and fami...

Chicago, IL —The Illinois Supreme Court announced that they intend to allow cameras inside courtrooms bringing live trials for television entertainment. Entertainment is exactly what they are creating. Turning courtrooms into media circus venues began inside The Peoples Court of Nazi Germany. The Show trials of Hitler’s courts were played in every neighborhood theater along with the regular films. The Nazis learned from the Romans who dispensed “justice” at the Coliseum. People have an appetite to see the process of punishment utilized against their fellow man. Make no mistake standing trial for a crime in any forum is punishment. The man pictured above is the father of televised trials. He’s Judge Roland Frisler who sent thousands of German citizens and at least one American woman to their deaths. Their crimes were that they resisted Nazi tyranny. Another huge problem with televised trials is that it allows witnesses to see and hear each other give testimony. It’s the c...

Las Vegas, NV —I’ve never been a fan of polymer frame guns. It’s more because of the sensitive triggers and my fear of an unintended discharge. Springfield Armory just released their XDS compact .45 ACP pistol. It has an additional grip safety that makes me feel somewhat better. The size, feel and quality of this little self-defense gun are wonderful. Sit back and let delightful Dawn present this to you.

Los Angeles, CA —This case should have been a winner but Oakland CA. lawyer Darrell Stallworth apparently was not up to the task. Of course Stallworth had to deal with his client, Tomieka Jones Lemons Johnson’s statements made to police investigators when she killed her husband, Marcus Lavar Lemons with a single shot from a tiny Browning .25 automatic pistol. There was a history of domestic violence and a disparity of force involved. Stallworth just did not overcome the prosecutor’s lame suggestion that Johnson was somehow a superior combatant because of police training. The case was winnable because it took some two years for prosecutors to indict Johnson. Their case was week but the courtroom defense was even weaker. The defense needed a solid investigation and qualified expert witnesses. It had neither. Johnson is now facing the rest of her life in prison.

Las Vegas, NV—Erin Simpson is also a big gun Tucson lawyer! I met this interesting lady in Pittsburgh at last year’s NRA convention. Erin is one to watch as she forces open even more doors to the gun rights community for yet more women. We have, “Right to Carry” laws in all but a handful of states thanks to some dedicated women like Marion Hammer, Sandi Frohman , actress Lee Purcell and a handful of others. It was a plea from the weaker sex that changed the direction of American gun laws. The NRA was slow to recruit women perhaps because the good old boys thought only men understood the value of guns as a lifesaver. Women broke down the membership doors of the NRA when they should have been aggressively invited. Thankfully the women are here to stay. Another sign of hostility that has made women feel unwelcome is some of the thoughtless marketing campaigns exploiting scantly clad ladies using sex to get the attention of men. Erin pointed this out to me in a recent conversat...

Joliet, IL —Putting someone in a jail cell for more than three years without even a trial date is incredible and un-American. This is all because Will County Prosecutor James Glasgow wants to introduce the worst kind of hearsay evidence into an American courtroom. The trial judge refused to allow the hearsay and Glasgow is appealing his loss until he reaches the court of last resort. In the meantime Peterson is being held in jail on a $20 million bail bond requirement. Most Americans don’t have a clue just what hearsay is or how grossly unfair it is. When we formed America we created protections for people charged with crimes. The simple and foremost right is the one that gives the accused the right to face, confront anyone or anything used against him in court. In the case of testimony that means the right to cross-examine what’s being said. Let’s begin with hearsay being a simple quote being repeated by an honest person. Remembering and repeating exactly what someone has told...

Las Vegas, NV —The Sig Sauer Exhibit at this year’s SHOT Show had another compact surprise! One of my blog visitors wanted me to do a piece on yet another gun being released. I foolishly passed on taking a second look that the gun because of a personal bias against most polymer frame guns. This all black gun had that familiar look from the distance. Boy was I wrong! The P224 is simply a cut down larger frame P229, making yet another terrific hideout gun. This can be obtained on .40 S&W or .357 Sig. This is small enough to look like a mouse gun but looks are deceiving. This gun packs a real punch. I thank my visitor for making me take a second look. Sit back and watch Scott introduce you to the P224:

Las Vegas, NV —The SHOT Show always has a few surprises and I found a good one at the Sig Sauer exhibit. It’s the P 938 sub-compact 9 MM pistol. It’s based somewhat on the venerable 1911 design but in miniature! This is a 9MM that will take the title of the ultimate backup or hideout gun. Sit back and Adam will show you this gem that’s available right now.

Las Vegas, NV --I will have LIVE video up and running during the SHOT Show in Sin City. The show runs 17-20 January. On 16 Jan they will have Media Day at the Range... Read more: http://www.outdoorhub.com/poma-media-center/#ixzz1izvLlZ7M Video from the Las Vegas Strip I shot last night:

Chicago, IL —In this city law-abiding people are routinely placed into unnecessary danger and abject fear by their own government. Is being placed in fear somehow more tolerable than hunger or being denied medical care? For too many politicians, forcing people to live in fear is a desirable goal. Is it perhaps because these oblivious politicians live in safe well-protected neighborhoods, drive reliable cars and work in government buildings where everyone is searched before they enter? Is there a more sinister motive to their gun prohibition agenda? Every night in places like Chicago, New York and Newark young mothers must put their children to bed in abject fear. Working mothers must take public transportation to various night jobs throughout these cities that have stripped them of their human right to self-defense. The vicious predators roaming around in these cities all depend on government to keep the people they rob, rape and murder unarmed. The cities that deny the right to mea...