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“Illegal weapons have no place in California,” said Bonta. “The settlement we have reached with Walmart makes crystal clear that online retailers are responsible for what they are allowing to be offered for sale in our state.” A Walmart representative provided a statement, saying “We are committed to being the most trusted retailer. While we believe our policies and procedures comply with California law and admit no liability or wrongdoing, we believe this agreement is in the best interest of all parties.” NOW: CA Attorney General @AGRobBonta @RobBonta announces that @Walmart has agreed to pay $500,000 via a settlement. It...

Three Oklahoma teenagers were killed when they broke into a house and were met by a homeowner with an AR-15. Now the grandfather of one of the teenagers is speaking out about his grandson’s death. According to KTUL-TV, Leroy Schumacher, grandfather of 17-year-old Jacob Redfearn, believes the death of Redfearn was unjustified because the homeowner’s AR-15 gave him an unfair advantage over the three burglars. Speaking to KTUL, Schumacher acknowledged that breaking into a house was “stupid,” but death was not the appropriate consequence. “What these three boys did was stupid,” Schumacher said. “They knew they could be punished for...

The man who allegedly tried to stab Republican candidate for New York governor Lee Zeldin with a bladed weapon during a campaign stop on Thursday was released from jail within hours of his arrest on a felony charge — just as Zeldin had predicted. David Jakubonis, 43, from Fairport, New York, was arraigned overnight in Perinton Town Court on a count of second-degree attempted assault stemming from the attack on Rep. Zeldin but was quickly released on his own recognizance. In a tweet after the violent incident in Monroe County, Zeldin, who is running as a tough-on-crime candidate against incumbent...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. (WHEC) — While making a campaign speech Thursday night at a VFW in Fairport, Congressman Lee Zeldin was attacked by a disgruntled man in the crowd. After a brief tussle, members of the audience took matters into their own hands—by disarming and apprehending the attacker with zip-ties pulled from campaign posters...

Self-defense items, including brass knuckles and hard plastic kitty keychains, will be legal for Texans to carry starting September 1. House Bill 446, which overturns the ban on brass knuckles, self-defense keychains, and clubs, was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in May. It passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate. It removed "knuckles" and "clubs" from a group of weapons banned by a previous law that was passed in 1918.

Portland Antifa leftists hurled bottles and bricks at Portland police today at their counter protest against free speech. Police confiscated DYNAMITE, brass knuckles, knives and sticks from the Antifa protesters. The dueling protests in Portland kicked off to an exciting start. Police rushed into the anarchist crowd to start confiscating possible weapons and making arrests. There were reports that the protesters were tossing used tampons and bags of crap at the officers. In one park the Trump supporters gathered for their free speech rally. In the other park and along the sidewalks were the counter protesters, made up of various...

The Texas Legislature has passed significant knife law reform by large margins. The bill is on the way to Governor Abbott, and will likely be signed into law. The bill removes bowie knives, dirks, throwing knives, daggers, swords and spears from the list of “illegal knives”.H.B. 1935 in the House with a vote of 131 to 1. The Senate vote has not yet been reported. In the last legislature a similar bill was approved by the Senate unanimously. The ban on knives was first passed in 1871.In 1871, the reconstruction government in Texas passed the bill to forbid the...

In the early 1900's French gangsters used a weapon called an Apache Revolver that functioned as a revolver, a knife and brass knuckles. The Apache operates on the principle of a pepperbox revolver using a pinfire cartridge and incorporates a fold-over knuckle duster forming the grip and also a rudimentary foldout, dual-edged knife. Due to the lack of a barrel, the revolver’s effective range is very limited, but since all of its component parts can be folded inward towards the cylinder, it was easily concealable inside a pocket. It was common to leave an empty chamber with no cartridge under...

A candidate for West Virginia state senate was brutally attacked over the weekend when a man wielding brass knuckles blind-sided him at a cookout, police say. Retired Major Richard Ojeda, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who's challenging the incumbent Democrat, was attending the political function in the town of Logan when a man reportedly asked him for a bumper sticker. When Ojeda knelt to attach the sticker to the man's car, police say the suspect struck the candidate as many as nine times with brass knuckles, knocking him out. According to West Virginia State Troopers, the suspect--who's been identified as...

"Florida: Muslim man carrying knife, brass knuckles forces way into preschool, shouting "Listen to Allah!"" WESLEY CHAPEL - SNIPPET: "After getting inside, the intruder went into a play room where Singletary and a teacher stood and he started screaming. "Don't listen to God. He is not real. Listen to Allah," the man yelled. He told them not to look at him and he screamed some more, Doll said. "Don't feed those crying babies. Let them die!""

Note: The following text is a quote: May 28, 2010 Charlotte ICE gang operation yields 12 arrests CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents assigned to the Charlotte Gang Unit continue making arrests in North Carolina with its recent weekend effort yielding 12 arrests and the seizure of cocaine, marijuana and brass knuckles. Among the 12 arrests last weekend were four gang members and affiliates: one Asian Boyz gang member, two MS-13 gang members and one MS-13 affiliate. All four are foreign-born nationals from Vietnam, Uruguay and Honduras. One is a naturalized U. S. citizen, one has...

A Luzerne County man charged with assaulting a Secret Service agent - punching him with a set of brass knuckles and smacking him in the head with a chunk of asphalt - has agreed to plead guilty to simple assault and related offenses. Under the terms of a plea agreement signed Tuesday morning, Kenneth Kile, 25, of 64 Penn St., Kingston, also agreed to plead guilty to reckless endangerment and a weapons offense. Mr. Kile was arrested in June on charges he assaulted William Slavoski, 52, resident agent in charge of the Scranton Secret Service office, on the Central Scranton...

A Luzerne County man was jailed Wednesday on charges of assaulting a Secret Service agent - punching him with a set of brass knuckles and smacking him in the head with a chunk of asphalt - in what city police described as a road rage incident. William Slavoski, 52, resident agent in charge of the Scranton Secret Service office, suffered injuries to his face, head and left arm in the incident Tuesday evening on the Central Scranton Expressway, police said. Police charged his alleged assailant, Kenneth Kile, 25, of 64 Penn St., Kingston, with aggravated and simple assault, recklessly endangering...

I know he probably can't stop the two hens and the old coot from giving cover to the Porkulus.

Liliana Duenas Allegedly Struck Another Woman With A Bat After Believing She Was Cut Off At A Drive-Through (CBS) COVINA, Calif. -- In an alleged outbreak of road rage, a woman attacked another woman with a baseball bat in a Covina Taco Bell drive-through. The incident took place on Thursday at 700 W. Arrow Highway around 1:30 p.m., according to Covina police Lt. Tim Doonan. Both women, each driving a sport utility vehicle, arrived at the drive-through entrance at about the same time, Doonan told reporters. Liliana Duenas, 24, of Pomona, became very angry after believing that she had...

Agents Discover Illegal Shipment Of Brass Knuckles POSTED: 10:25 pm EDT April 10, 2006 UPDATED: 12:39 pm EDT April 11, 2006 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Police have not yet issued any charges in connection with the discovery of thousands of illegal weapons meant for distribution in Central Florida. Customs agents alerted Orlando police when they intercepted a shipping container at Orlando International Airport. Inside, they found more than 14,000 brass knuckles. The weapons were hidden in boxes labeled "belt buckles." Authorities said a closer look revealed a little nub that might be used to adjust the size of a belt, but...

Earlier today I was looking at some fancy-pants Rhinestone brass knuckles on boingboing. If people think that's cool, check out Krissy's implanted silicone brass implants by Joe Amato in Florida. You may also remember Joe as one of the gonzo piercers who brought us eyelid piercing. The procedure took a few hours (after which Krissy went back to work the same day) with most of the time being spent laying anchor stitches to reduce shifting. Healing was uneventful with some bruising and swelling for the first week. Mederma treatment is starting soon to minimize the insertion scar.

Fordyce (AP) - Two Fordyce nursing home employees are accused of beating an elderly woman with brass knuckles for -- quote -- ``being disrespectful.'' The nursing assistants, 17-year-old Shermika Rainey and 44-year-old Gayla Wilson, are each charged with a felony count of adult abuse. They work at Dallas County Nursing Home. Both were ordered held on 100-thousand dollars bond today. The pair are accused in the beating of 81-year-old Willie Mae Ryan on July 30th. Ryan is in the critical care unit at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff.If convicted, each suspect faces five to 20 years in prison.In...