First Illinois, now NY: The Albany Police Officers Union wants to keep secret the names of any officers who illicitly purchased machine guns through the department years ago. The union served papers Tuesday seeking to intervene in a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by the Times Union, which is asking a judge to order the […]

A while back, I wrote about some Illinois police officers with illegal guns and how the police were like you and me only better. Well, one of the guys plead guilty: Illinois State Police trooper Gregory Mugge pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing an unregistered machine gun in federal court on Tuesday, according to […]

Via David Hardy, here’s the letter that some police chiefs wrote on behalf of the Illinois police officers who illegally possessed machine guns. Seems their concern is the sentence for the crime is excessive, that I concur with. But it’s excessive for anyone not just police. A snippet: Yes, the troopers are to have allegedly […]

In other news, water is wet. Another article on the Illinois troopers charged with illegal machine gun possession says: Under federal rules, anyone who can pass a background check, pay $200 and file the proper forms can legally purchase one or convert one to automatic fire. Even a ban on “military style” assault weapons lapsed […]

Three Illinois police officers have been charged with illegally possessing machine guns: Three Illinois State Police officers, who could legally handle submachine guns for their jobs, have been charged with violating federal firearms regulations for allegedly having them at home, officials announced Tuesday. The troopers – two assigned to District 11 at Collinsville and one […]

No, wait: A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former assistant prosecutor from northern Michigan to more than five years in prison for abusing his office to purchase for his personal use machine guns and silencers the public can’t buy. Too bad he wasn’t a state trooper in Illinois.

Constitutional rights are apparently tricky and complex, if the defendent is a police officer. A while back, I noted a case where some Illinois police officers were charged with illegal possession of machine guns. Here’s the latest: Charges that an Illinois State Police sergeant illegally possessed a machine gun were dismissed Wednesday by a federal […]

A while back, I mentioned the case of three Illinois police officers and a doctor who were busted for illegal possession of machine guns. Well, here’s the latest: Ten years in prison would be excessive punishment for three state police officers accused on weapons charges, according to a letter issued Tuesday by top police officials […]