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• 9mm vs. .40 Caliber

  22-01-2016 19:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At the end of October, the FBI announced that it was planning to swap out the .40 S&W pistols and ammunition now used by its agents and replace them with 9mm pistols and ammo. This was a widely discussed decision, given that the Bureau once partially blamed the performance of 9mm cartridges for the deaths of two agents in the 1986 Miami shootout and subsequently transitioned to 10mm and then to .40 caliber sidearms. This is also a widely followed decision because the FBI's choice of duty pis
  
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• Guardians and Warriors

  22-01-2016 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last month I wrote an editorial that mentioned the need for law enforcement having armored rescue vehicles (ARVs) in active shooter operations and terror attacks and how President Obama's restrictions on the 1033 program that provides law enforcement agencies with military surplus vehicles could cost lives.Less than a week after I wrote that piece, everyone in America saw how armored rescue vehicles saved lives during the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood attack. Lenco BearCats were used durin
  
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• What Are Our Priorities?

  22-01-2016 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As the White House commits to providing funding for 10,000 Syrian refugees to settle in the United States, the bill that funds the 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program for first responders has expired. The current federal budget proposal allocates $1.1 billion to fund the intake of 70,000 refugees this fiscal year. The 9/11 bill, first signed into law in January 2011, cost $4.2 billion over five years. The current 9/11 reauthorization bill, H.R. 1786, continues to be debated in Congress while
  
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• Video: Officer Stabbed in Face at Miami Casino

  22-01-2016 00:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Officer Stabbed in Face at Miami CasinoAt the Magic City Casino in Miami, a gambler who had been drinking was shot by an officer after refusing to leave, throwing money at the officer, and wrestling him to the ground, then cutting his face, reports the Miami Herald.The officer, who received stitches, was released from the hospital Thursday morning. The gambler — who hasn't been named — was at Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital undergoing surgery."He was fighting
  
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