Arizona’s gun laws are as close to a constitutional carry as you can get, according to Sigmund Popko a law professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University. In Arizona, those with firearms are allowed to carry their guns into airports up until the security gate, because the portion of…
A woman recently tried smuggling an 8 1/2-inch knife on an airplane by tucking it inside a big messy enchilada at the Sonoma County Airport in northern California. But that was far from the biggest item on the contraband menu encountered by Transportation Security Administration screeners at the nation’s 450 commercial airports. Even in that…
The recent closing of the University of Arizona American Taekwondo Club has left a void in Tucson’s taekwondo community. And yes, there is a taekwondo community. Taekwondo — a Korean martial art that combines elements of self-defense, combat and fitness — has been around for over a millennium, but the style of taekwondo practiced by…
You might presume that a band that achieves success in a mid-sized city like Tucson would soon be looking to move onto to something bigger, but that’s not necessarily the case. The city has a thriving local music scene, and some musicians say they have no intention of leaving, except on tour. “Tucson is a…
Video rental stores are dead. We hear it all the time. With the increasing popularity of mail-rental and movie-streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, many believe driving to video stores is an unnecessary inconvenience. So what accounts for the success of Casa Video, a large, independent video store near the corner of Speedway Blvd….
