Leave the machine gun at home! Along with the 9/11 Memorial you know another great place to not bring your loaded weapon? The subway. Especially if your weapon is a loaded Intratec Luger Tec-9 machine gun with extra ammunition—unless, it seems you've decided to try and skip the fare at Times Square. In that case just do make sure you get caught, okay? more ›

On December 22, 39-year-old Tennesseean Meredith Graves brought her loaded .38 pistol in her purse to the 9/11 Memorial and, after she asked a guard if there was a place she could check it, was promptly arrested. She posted bail on Wednesday and yesterday at least one local pol started pushing for lenience (she faces a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years on a single felony weapons-possession charge) since her gun was properly registered in her home state. Also, police say that besides the gun Graves, a fourth-year medical student, had "two envelopes of what they suspected to be cocaine" in her purse. more ›

Yesterday we learned that dog owners are packing heat (okay, knives and billy clubs and hammers) at the Tompkins Square dog run, as a means of protection against possible pit bull attacks (there have been at least 5 on dogs and 2 on humans since September). What do the pit bull owners think of this? DNA Info says they're shrugging it off; pit bull Lily's owner, Dennis, says "Dogs aren't born bad, they're made bad," and his was made sweet! more ›

After a five-week manhunt that resulted in violence and 76 deaths, Jamaican authorities have arrested Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Coke is accused of leading a gang that runs drugs and weapons between New York and Jamaica. The Jamaican chief of police pleaded, "I would like to appeal to the families, friends and sympathizers of Christopher Coke to remain calm and to allow the law to take its course. I also [would] like to assure the citizens of Jamaica that the situation remains normal, there is no need for alarm and they can get about their normal businesses in the usual way." U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, "We look forward to working closely with the Jamaican authorities to bring Coke to justice to face charges pending against him in Manhattan federal court." more ›

After two State Assembly members sponsored a bill that would require NYPD officers to shoot to wound—not kill—perps, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is inviting all City Council members to fire weapons at the NYPD's firing range. City Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens), who heads the Public Safety Committee, said, "I would recommend everyone goes. It's a very eye-opening experience, especially for anyone who thinks police officers should shoot guns out of people's hands... They should fire a gun first and see what it's like and try to avoid shooting the birds from the recoil." The Post notes that Vallone owns a rifle. more ›

If you're traveling with numerous weapons, should you just assume you'll be questioned? The AP reports that an American-Egyptian man who arrived in Cairo from New York was detained "as he tried to pass through customs with a metal box containing two 9 mm handguns, 250 bullets, several swords, daggers and knives. They say customs officials had been alerted after the weapons were discovered when the box was examined upon arrival Wednesday on an Egypt Air flight from New York's JFK International Airport in Cairo." more ›

Yesterday, the NYPD announced that one undercover cop managed to buy 153 guns from various Brooklyn street dealers. Two of the guns have been linked to shooting deaths (including the killing of Brian Scott) and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said, "This undercover officer was particularly skillful and he appeared to have money. And other people tried to undercut the original seller [and] cut their own deals." The undercover cop was offered high-powered rifles, and one dealer sold his 51 guns while another dealer sold 31. The police have arrested 17 people and are looking for other suspects; Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes says none of the suspects will be offered plea deals more ›

According to a tenant arrested alongside a gun-hoarding Brooklyn couple and their adult son, the arsenal in their attic was nothing more than a collection of old family heirlooms. Michael Poole, 29, was released after being charged with criminal weapons possession, and went to court Sunday to defend his friends, Thomas and Kathleen Siano, reports the News. Of the 30 unregistered guns, seven knives (including an umbrella knife and a machete) and two crossbows found in the Gravesend dwelling, Poole explained, "These weapons were left to him by [Thomas Siano's] grandfather and uncle, who he used to go hunting with...He put them up in the attic because he didn't know what else to do with them. He never brought them out. He didn't want anyone to get hurt." According to a longtime neighbor, the Sianos also had a coin collection. more ›

Cops have arrested a plumber and his wife, as well as their unemployed son and his roommate, after finding an impressive weapons arsenal in their Sheepshead Bay home. Confiscated from the apartment—located opposite an elementary school—were 10 handguns, two assault rifles, nine shotguns and nine rifles as well as a two airguns, a machete, three daggers, a hunting knife and an umbrella with a blade in its handle. According to NY1, they were known for being “gun enthusiasts.” more ›

President Obama's been in office just eight months, and already the government is moving in to disarm the citizenry. Why, just the other day they raided Anthony Cortese's house over in Midland Beach, Staten Island, confiscating his weapons and dragging him off in handcuffs, all because he hadn't registered some of his firearms with Obama's thought police! Cortese says he's a big game hunter (he owns property up in the Catskills) and tells the Staten Island Advance, "I think it's absolutely horrible that in America, they would take away a man's hunting rifles. I have to fight to get them back." more ›

Plaxico Burress cried yesterday as his three-year-old son Elijah and pregnant wife Tiffany watched him go off to jail. "I want to apologize to my family, my wife and my son," the superstar wide receiver said. "And my daughter," he added in a whisper. He was presumably referring to the unborn female child his wife is carrying, unless there are others we don't know about. "I thank everybody for their support, and my family for their prayers. We will all get through this." more ›

An unofficial memo is circulating through NYPD precincts warning officers to be on guard against perpetrators who conceal blades in their cell phones and other hand-held devices. The handout shows how you can easily hide a razor blade in the battery compartment of a T-Mobile Sidekick, and also reminds officers about the recent arrest of a suspect in Harlem who converted his cell phone into a stun gun. A police source tells amNY that the improvised weapon "was unlikely to cause much harm, as the jolt was described as low-level." And then there are the hospital meal trays you've got to watch out for! Cops assigned to guard hospitalized prisoners are being warned that meal trays have a vanity mirror that can easily be fashioned into a makeshift shiv. The vanity mirror is in a second-level compartment and that "can pop up for easy use by a patient." Of course, one way to eliminate that threat would be to serve the prisoners' meals on regular trays, but then officers would be forced to guard prisoners with food stuck between their teeth, and we don't pay them enough for that. more ›

Yesterday morning, authorities from NJ and NY raided the Totowa, NJ home of Plaxico Burress and found a "small cache of weapons and ammo." The Post reports, "If the guns are unlicensed, the embattled wide receiver could face additional charges in New Jersey on top of the felony gun-possession charges he was slapped with after shooting himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub last month." more ›

When you're found to be making pipe bombs amidst an apartment arsenal of weapons and then confess to painting swastikas in your Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, expect the book to be thrown at you repeatedly. Ivaylo Ivanov was charged with over 100 criminal counts for his activities. more ›

The story of Ivaylo Ivanov just gets more and more strange. First, he calls the cops saying that he was shot in the hand only to admit that he shot himself. Next, the police investigate the situation only to find a cache of assorted weapons and pipe bombs at Ivanov's residence. Now the 31-year-old ex-con admits to defacing Brooklyn Heights with swastikas last year. more ›

Yesterday we mentioned that a cache of weapons - including a number of pipe bombs - were found in a Remsen Street apartment in Brooklyn Heights. Now it turns out the apartment was shared by an ex-con and a professor at Columbia University! more ›

Thanks to a tip from his girlfriend, a Queens man was arrested after the police discovered an arsenal of weapons, body armor and more in his Flushing home. Here's how Newsday described the scene at Suwei Chuang's house:

Detectives retrieved 40 large combat knives, four bullet-resistant vests, a loaded AR-15 assault rifle with a scope and 18 extra loaded magazines, a Fabrique Nationale PS-90 5.7-caliber automatic machine gun, a 12-gauge shotgun, a 9-mm Glock pistol, a .50-caliber rifle, a .22-caliber rifle, four air rifles, six Motorola police-style radios, and the 20,000 bullets.

Hoboken disbanded its SWAT team this week after another scandal rocked the police department of the tiny New Jersey town across the river. A number of minority officers recently filed a lawsuit accusing a high-ranking co-worker of behaving like a white supremacist, regularly deriding minorities. Now the SWAT team has been disbanded days after photos became public showing the unit's commander and other cops cavorting with waitresses at a Hooters restaurant in Alabama. The Mile... more ›