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AK-47 Assault Rifle

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    'We Need to Take That Frickin' Hill': Sgt. Tavis Delaney Awarded Silver Star for Afghanistan Ambush Heroics (VIDEO)

    With his unit ambushed by more than 200 Taliban fighters and trapped in a firefight that lasted more than 13 hours, Sgt. Tavis Delaney went into hero mode. After coordinating a series of airstrikes, the Washington Air National Guardsman rallied his fellow soldiers for an uphill charge that was caugh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Army Bazooka, Assault Rifles, Grenade Launchers, and Other Weapons You Might Find in Tacoma

    Five soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord are reportedly under investigation for smuggling an anti-tank weapon off the base last fall, and a bust earlier this year by the ATF targeted a group of alleged meth dealers who also peddled assault rifles and grenade launchers. Welcome to the arms bazaar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Bananas For Banana Kush

    The Banana Kush was simply one of the best strains I've had in 2012. Its onset is quick and spectacular, with a pulse-pounding, euphoric come-on bespeaking its sativa heritage and solid pain-relieving characteristics presumably from the indica side of the family. Not only did it hit fast, it was lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Family of Cockfighters Nabbed in Federal Sting

    Image Source​The Huerta family does not sound like a particularly wholesome bunch. According to federal prosecutors, father Hector and his sons Octavio and Jason hosted cockfights at a rural property in Auburn, dealt illegal firearms -- including an AK-47 and grenades -- and sold large quantit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Feds Seize Guns and Drugs in White Center -- Is Area's Unincorporated Status Causing Crime?

    ​Over the past three months, local and federal law-enforcement agencies arrested 53 people, confiscated 68 firearms, and seized a combined 63 pounds of meth, cocaine, and crack in White Center. The operation was capped by a press conference Friday morning at which the authorities showed off th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    A Losing G.A.M.E.: Dispensary Shows How Not to Treat Customers

    ​I'm not looking for a buddy when I visit a dispensary. But it still sucks to be treated like a nuisance rather than a paying customer.   The dispensary in question here is G.A.M.E. in West Seattle (the acronym stands for Green Piece Alternative Medicine and Education). And after my visi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Dockside: Listening to Marijuana Patients, Learning What Works

    L.A. Confidential, a renowned full indica known for couch-locking even experienced users, is powerful weed, and is great for relieving pain and insomnia. Its nutmeg flavor and body high are defining characteristics, as is its sit-your-ass-down intensity.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Used to Be a Hemp Clothing Company

    Fweedom Collective is evolving. It was founded in 2008 as a hemp-based clothing company, bringing hemp awareness to consumers and offering an alternative to traditional cotton. The outfit became a medical-marijuana collective last year, and now helps patients throughout northwest Washington get thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Toke Signals: E-Triple-C Means Relief To Me

    Emerald City Compassion Center wants to know what you like - and once they know, they'll remember. The north Seattle medical marijuana dispensary just started a new system in which they send text messages letting patients know when their favorite strains or products are in stock.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    With Four Dead, America Asks: How Do We Stop Somali Pirates?

    Image via Flickr​In the wake of yesterday's tragic news that four Americans had been executed after being kidnapped by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman, many are asking: Is there any way to end the hijackings in the seas east of Africa? History suggests swift and harsh punishment for the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Toke Signals: Cannabis Farmers Market Coming To Seattle

    ​There are two kinds of medical marijuana patients. Those who want to get as close to the clinical experience as possible when getting their cannabis, and those who prefer a funkier, more communal vibe.

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Pinalcchio

    Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Tristan Appleberry Sentenced to 20 Years for Murder of Aaron Sullivan

    ​The P-I reports that Tristan Appleberry, the 20-year-old Lechi man who last month plead guilty to what county prosecutors have called the "unjustified execution" of Aaron Sullivan will be spending the next 20 years in prison. As Nina Shapiro reported in her in her 2009 feature, "Black, White ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Kenneth Kimbley Arrested for Throwing Make-Your-Own Grenade Party

    ​Kenneth Kimbley's Fourth of July plans weren't that different than those made by families all across the country. The 58-year-old (pictured at right) from Spirit Lake, Idaho, not too far from Spokane, wanted to blow something up. It's just what he wanted to watch explode, and how he intended ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    A Mystery of Violence

    As the FBI investigates the possibility of a terrorism “recruitment network” in Seattle, the local Somali community struggles to understand why young men would return to a country they never knew.

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    Cover Story: Barack & Load

    Alan Gottlieb’s challenge to a gun ban in the President’s adopted hometown has made it all the way to the Supreme Court, and fattened the ex-con’s wallet in the process.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Comment of the Day: Why Single Out the Good Guys When Banning Guns?

    ​Reader "Cassie" responds to Guns in Parks: Nickels Bans 'em, Suits Threatened, Candidates Stand Where on the Issue? "Look, bad guys don't care what the law is. This isn't rocket science. Remember that crazy guy with an AK-47 or whatever it was shooting things up around North Seattle Communit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Best Discount Gun Shop for Kids: Carkeek Park

    Violet Laucirica in Haymaker & SallyWith summer fast approaching, Seattle Weekly invites you to vote for Seattle's best in a number of categories--like Best TV Weather Forecaster, Best Piece of Public Art, and Best Happy Hour. But with apologies to Carkeek Park--and to kids--we neglected to include ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Is That Your AK-47 in the Bushes? Police Report a Doozy of a DUI Arrest

    From the SPD's Blotter: A 17-year-old driver who police believe was under the influence of alcohol crashed his sedan into two parked cars, yesterday. But here's the crazy part: "According to witnesses the driver got out of the car armed with a rifle, then hid it in some nearby foliage. The driver ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2008

    Ex-Ranger Gets Twice as Much Time as His Cohorts

    Prosecutors call the Tacoma heist one of the most dangerous robberies in state history.

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Let’s Roll Play

    “Soldiers” clamor to get in on the act of war. Some even know what they’re doing.

  • News

    June 25, 2008

    MySpace Train to Juvie

    Law enforcement flexes its Web-snooping muscle as a quartet of teen rapists is brought to justice.

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    The RZA’s Edge

    Wu-Tang’s ayatollah once again drops his sword for some digital bullets.

  • Film

    May 28, 2008

    SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    May 21, 2008

    Week 1 Picks & Pans

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • Film

    November 7, 2007

    Darfur Now: Don Cheadle Wants Your Guilt, Charitable Donations

    What to see, or not, this week.

  • News

    July 25, 2007

    Real Stories of Metro Transit's Meanest, Weirdest, Cheapest, Horniest, and Smelliest Passengers

    Protect yourself by learning to differentiate the dangerous from the merely sketchy, as well as when and on what route they tend to prowl.

  • Film

    December 27, 2006

    The 10 Best Films of 2006

    Wherein fact and fiction fight to a tie.

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Soldiers of Fortune

    An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

  • Arts

    August 23, 2006

    This Week's Critics' Picks

    Uzodinma Iweala, The Kingsmen, and Lake Union Lakefest get our vote.

  • Film

    May 3, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickMountain Patrol: Kekexili

    Showing at Varsity, Fri., May 5–Thurs., May 11. Not rated. 89 minutes.

  • News

    June 22, 2005

    Closet Raider

    Mike Rogers wants politicians to come out, come out, wherever they are.

  • Music

    September 5, 2001

    CD Reviews

    Mike Rogers wants politicians to come out, come out, wherever they are.

  • Diversions

    June 14, 2000

    The NRA Café reaches Seattle.

    Mike Rogers wants politicians to come out, come out, wherever they are.

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