Captain Downey's Dilemma

Why Rapists and Robbers Love Australia's Gun-Control Laws

Do Stun Guns Really Work?

Stun guns use a high voltage electric shock in order to stop any attack and just by touching someone with the prongs on it will quickly immobilize them. Yet as they only use a very low amperage in most cases they cause no serious or permanent injury to the person who has been immobilized with one.

Stun Gun - Physiological Effects

Have ever watched the TV show Star Trek and heard of the Romulan disruptor stun weapon? Have you ever thought about what it disrupts? Does it disrupt all the molecules in the person on the receiving end of the ray gun? What about a real stun gun? What does a real stun gun disrupt?

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - Airport Security Is Watching You But Who Is Watching Them?

Only a small handful of the 459 federalized commercial airports under the TSA jurisdiction utilize any type of video surveillance systems in secured baggage areas, leaving screeners and handlers free to open any piece of luggage, largely undetected.

More Sting Operations Needed to Entrap Crooked Bureaucrats on the Take

Everyone knows or should have known that the bureaucracy is not the savior of our civilization that has been widely reported and purported over the last century. This does not mean that the United States is not the greatest nation in the world because it certainly is. Rather it is time to demand accountability and transparency in our government.

From Safety Cognizance to Self Defense

How do you know when you are assaulted? What exactly defines an assault situation? When do you switch from being safety cognizant and careful to being defensive and bringing the stun gun or defense pepper spray out?

Timing - Key to Effective Use of Pepper Spray

One of the keys to effective use of defense pepper spray is timing. Exactly when to bring pepper spray out on an attacker can be critical to the result of the situation.

How To Prevent Identity Theft

One of the most prevalent crimes in America right now is identity theft. The victims of this crime can attest that taking the time to prevent the thieves from stealing your identity is far better than trying to clean up the mess after the fact.

Is The Virginia Tech Massacre A Harbinger Of Things To Come?

Our educational systems may be contributing to the rearing of kids with almost monster-like personality traits. Are metal detectors and gun control the answer? Or are we missing the real dangers?

Mobile Neighborhood Watch Patrols - Do They Work?

About 15 years ago someone developed the Mobile Neighborhood Watch Patrol in Thousand Oaks. Is the program still producing results? Not sure if the program in Thousand Oaks is still going, they had done such a good job cleaning up the crime, I would speculate that at some point they stopped the program, as it would no longer be needed.

Is a Citizen's Arrest Legal?

If you have ever watched Arts & Entertainment's Dog - The Bounty Hunter on cable TV and wondered how is it that the Dog, Duane Chapman, is allowed to make an arrest? Exactly what is he doing to force an arrest? Under what authority is he making an arrest? How is he allowed to wear a badge if he himself is a convicted felon?

The Rise In Popularity Of Free Street Fights On Home Video

The onset of technology is such that many simply use the high tech gadgets to video tape everything and anything that fancies their imagination. In fact young kids as young as eleven and twelve years are quite an expert in handling these equipments and the scary thing is they have such an assortment of street fight footages starting from silly and fun filled tussles to real, ugly fights and they keep stock of these fight tapes and CD's as one would collect stamps as a hobby.

Virginia Tech Killings - Was Seung-Hui Cho Depraved or Deprived?

Seung-Hui Cho is a Korean involved in the Virginia Tech Killings. Before condemning him, we should examine his case and determine his guilt and innocence impartially.

Zodiac Killer, An Unsolved Case

America's most dreaded killer remains elusive even today. It is still not known who this Zodiac Killer was. Though the police suspected it to be Arthur Leigh Allen, there was no concrete evidence to support the claim. Since he has been an enigma to the cops, little is known about his early days and what prompted him to become a serial killer. Till date the case is open and world's top investigators are foxed by the complexity of this case. Allen was the only one who came close to the killer's description. But his DNA doesn't match with any of the samples found at the site of crime. The San Francisco Police Department marked this case closed in April 2004 but has reopened it now.