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In California, where I live and work, there has been an increasing movement among a segment of legally-armed citizens to carry unloaded sidearms in plain view. This trend is happening elsewhere, but there seems to just be more “activity” around the movement here in the Golden State perhaps because it seems so much more difficult to get a CCW here than in most other states. In my humble estimation, the video of Officer Matthew Lyons of the Oceanside (Calif.) PD could be a training video for any agency that has to deal with “open carry citizens.” In fact, the video...

California police shot dead on Tuesday morning (Manila time) a Filipino linked to the deaths of four people, three of them reportedly Filipinos. Associated Press reported that Efren Valdemoro, 38, was killed by members of the California Highway Patrol after a high-speed car chase that ended in a Richmond market. The AP report said Valdemoro was shot after he refused to drop the meat cleaver he was threatening the officers with when they cornered him. Officers found inside Valdemoro’s car the body of 46-year-old Cindy Tran, believed to be his girlfriend, who suffered severe head and neck injuries. Tran was...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has issued a warning to employees in Gaza who belong to Fatah, Hamas and other terrorist groups, according to Haaretz. Employees' open political affiliation with terrorist groups is “worrisome” and must stop, said UNRWA's Gaza director, John Ging.