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A traffic stop led to the arrest of two out-of-state men for alleged possession of a handgun and loaded magazine.
Israel Davis, age 25, and Malick Davis, age 22, both of Hemingway, South Carolina, were arrested by New York State Police around 5:25 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 11 during a traffic stop in Orange County on I-87 in the town of Cornwall, said Trooper Tara McCormick.
According to McCormick, while interviewing the two men a probable cause for a search was established and during the search, troopers found a Springfield Armory XDS-9, 9mm handgun, and a Springfield Armory magazine loaded with 7, 9mm rounds.
Man twice points loaded handgun at Boston police officers in East Boston, authorities say. Five loaded guns recovered.
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated February 10, 2021, 12:50 p.m.
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Boston police recovered five guns in East Boston on Tuesday night.Boston police department
Boston police officers driving through East Boston Tuesday night got some help from nature when an allegedly armed man who had twice pointed a handgun at police slipped on snow and was then taken into custody, Boston police said.
And, police wrote in a posting on bpdnews.com Wednesday, the interaction with the man whose alleged escape was foiled by New England weather also lead to the recovery of four loaded handguns stashed in a snowbank, the arrest of three other men - and juvenile delinquency charges against a 13-year-old East Boston boy.
Streamlight Launches New Laser Models of TLR-6 Light Ammoland Inc. Posted on
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U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Streamlight Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting and weapon light/laser sighting devices, introduced new laser models of its ultra-compact TLR-6 rail mount weapon light to fit best-selling subcompact handguns, including the Springfield Armory Hellcat
and
the GLOCK 43X/48 MOS/RAIL.
The company also launched a Non-Laser version of its TLR-6 for SIG SAUER P365 and P365 XL subcompact handguns. All the new models are designed to securely attach to the rail and trigger guard of subcompact weapons and to maximize visibility and targeting capability in a variety of concealed carry, home defense, and tactical applications.
Fall River Police Make New Bedford Gun and Drug Bust
A New Bedford man was arrested Monday following an investigation by the Fall River Vice and Gang Unit.
On Feb. 1, the vice and gang unit joined the Fall River Major Crimes Division, the Metro Boston Gang Task Force, Massachusetts State Police and the New Bedford Police Department to execute search warrants at 2120 Phillips Road, Apartments 2 and 18 in New Bedford.
Police seized seven pounds of marijuana, $280 in cash, a Springfield Armory XDS-9 9mm firearm, seventeen rounds of 9mm Luger FMG ammunition, and two 9mm magazines, Fall River Police Capt. Jay Huard said in a media release.
Stocked and loaded: Chicago area gun dealers say record sales since Jan. 6 driven by ‘fear, plain and simple’
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Gun dealers say they are selling more firearms than ever in the Chicago area since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and they predict sales will shatter the records set during last year’s civil unrest and in the early days of the coronavirus panic.
And their top salesman is fear.
Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, traces the surge in sales to the Black Lives Matter protests last summer and other civil unrest.
“People are worried about it,” Pearson said. “And so, they are beginning to wonder if the police can protect them. And many of us finally realized that the police have no obligation to protect any individual person. So, they’re looking to protect themselves.”