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Month: March 2024

Firearms and Ammunition/Law Enforcement/Police

Inspect your holsters!

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Holsters serve two important purposes: they carry your firearm and, more importantly, they retain your firearm. The retention mechanisms in holsters are extreme...

Fifth Amendment

Sidestepping Miranda

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Several years ago I wrote an article going after an appellate court decision out of Washington that, in short, allowed police (in that State, at least) to sides...

Trial by jury

When “unanimous” isn’t

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

When a jury in a criminal trial returns a unanimous verdict of “guilty”, we generally presume they are in 100% agreement on that verdict. But are th...

Nasira

Check your mainboard battery

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

So let’s talk for a moment about a small part on your mainboard that might have a lot more influence over your system’s stability and even performan...

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