Links to obits, to keep the record straight: Bob Guccione, Tom Bosley, and Johnny “Boy” Sheffield.
The University of North Texas has fired football coach Todd Dodge.
(Thanks to A.T. for the tip on this.)
And our old friend Art Acevedo has made his decision; the Austin Police Department is standardizing on the Smith and Wesson M&P in .40 as their issue weapon.
I pretty much come down on the side of letting officers carry whatever they can qualify with, subject to minimum power requirements. And I find the argument that it’ll make it easier for officers to share ammo in a shootout somewhat specious; if officers are in a high volume firefight like that, they should be fighting their way to their patrol rifles. Or calling in SWAT. Or the National Guard.
On the other hand, I’m not an expert in police tactics, and I’m willing to acknowledge I could be wrong about this. On the gripping hand, it puts more money in S&W’s pocket (which, as an S&W fanboy, I appreciate), and it may lead to more high-quality former police weapons showing up at the gun shop.