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Frustrated Anti-Gun Physician’s Study Tells Only Part of the Story on ‘Gun Violence’
By Lee Williams
More than 1 million Americans were killed by firearms from 1990 to 2021, and firearm deaths increased markedly during the pandemic, according to a study published Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association network titled: “Trends and Disparities in Firearm Fatalities in the United States, 1990-2021.”
Firearm deaths reached their lowest point in 2004, and then increased more than 45% by 2021 – a 28-year high – the study claims.
Lunatic Caught on Video Shooting Philadelphia Parking Enforcement Officer Point Blank
There’s a lot in the war zone that Philadelphia has become that makes people sick, including a whole YouTube channel dedicated to videos of strung-out addicts littering Philly’s streets. But the video that’s going viral of a parking enforcement officer being shot in the head as he did his job on Black Friday looks more like something we see from the Third World crap holes, and not on the streets of America.
It happened in the City of Brotherly Love, not far from where many of those addicts hang out.
Gear Review: Safariland Schema IWB Holster
When the new Safariland Schema holster arrived at TTAG HQ it definitely caught our eye. Skeletonized and minimalist, it was unlike other holsters. Luckily, the sample that had arrived for testing was designed for a SIG SAUER P365XL, which meant I was the easy choice for putting it through its paces.
Though I wasn’t a fan for the longest time, I’ve been almost exclusively carrying in the appendix position (AIWB) since early spring.
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Like Good Neighbors, Armed Citizens Are There: Michigan Home Invasion Stopped By a Pair of Armed Neighbors
Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts claims that defensive gun uses don’t happen. They’re just an urban myth. A fantasy perpetrated by crazed gun nuts. Then again, “gaslighting” is the 2022 word of the year.
Bright and early last Friday morning, two separate neighbors with concealed carry guns in Michigan, seeing a “disturbance” turn into a home invasion of a nearby residence with a mom and two children inside, acted quickly to stop the mayhem before police eventually arrived and tok the suspect into custody.
Concealed Carry Tip: Carry a Nice Gun, You’re Worth It
I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard people spout the common “wisdom” of carrying an inexpensive gun that you don’t care about. They’ll argue that if you’re ever involved in a shooting the police are going to confiscate your pistol and, if you ever see it again, it won’t be until years later.
Well…let’s play this out a little.
First, the oft-heard assertion that your firearm will be confiscated isn’t always accurate.
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The Truth About Stopping School Shootings in America
By Lee Williams
My heart sinks every time I see breaking-news graphics announce another school shooting. It’s like a gut-punch…the lost lives, the suffering of the wounded, the horrors the first responders must encounter, and the families that will never again be whole.
The blame and blood-dancing usually start before the bodies are even recovered. The talking heads call to ban or further regulate firearms, magazines or accessories in common usage, as if the contents of my gun safe located thousands of miles from the crime scene somehow played a role in the killings.
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NRA Spends Big Bucks on Hershel Walker in Georgia Senate Run-Off Election
The left’s eternal bogeyman on gun rights, the National Rifle Association, had made a $1.5 million push to help get Hershel Walker over the finish line in the Georgia run-off election for US Senate. The former Heisman Trophy winner and 12-year NFL veteran gives Georgia residents a viable alternative to the so-called reverend, slumlord, and gun control supporter Raphael Warnock.
The election spending, above and beyond for the financially-strapped NRA, may make the difference in the very tight race.
Democrat Rep. James Clyburn: Purchasing Guns Is Like Owning Slaves
Even as Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy is lamenting the fact that Joe Biden does not have the votes needed in a lame-duck Congress to outlaw assault weapons, Lefties should take heart. All is not lost. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) has deployed the most potent weapon in the Left’s arsenal to defeat the shadowy, all-powerful gun lobby. Not to mention, millions of Americans who would just like to be left alone and able to defend themselves and their families against a world that looks ever more like the apocalyptic landscape of the Mad Max franchise.
Gun Meme of the Day: That One Stings Edition
Ouch. That one left a mark.
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Media Horrified as San Francisco Board of Supervisors Considers Arming Bomb Disposal Robots
Police remote-controlled robots have been around for years now. In addition to cameras, most police robots have tools used to disable explosive devices, improvised or otherwise, from a safe distance away. And some have more lethal features that go boom.
San Francisco Police Department has provoked a hysterical reaction (go figure) in recent days. They’ve sought formal approval for the use of 12 gauge shotgun shells in one of those “disruption” tools used against barricaded violent bad guys.
Oregon’s Firearm Industry Firms Try to Navigate Measure 114 as the State Tries to Figure Out How it Will Work
Oregon’s recently passed gun control Measure 114 is set to go into effect on December 8. As the days tick by, Oregon gun stores have been deluged with buyers and the state police can’t keep up with the demand for background checks.
Never mind the fact that no one has really drawn up specifics of what the citizen-initiated law will actually look like, how it will work or be implemented, or who’s going to pay for it.
Smith & Wesson’s New Performance Center M&P9 M2.0 Competitor 9mm Pistol
From Smith & Wesson . . .
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), a leader in firearm manufacturing and design is excited to introduce a new member of the M&P metal-framed series, the Performance Center M&P9 M2.0 Competitor.
Built for competition right out of the box, this metal-framed 9mm pistol is designed to give competitive shooters the edge. The Competitor comes with a 5-inch barrel, has an enhanced sear for lighter, crisper trigger let-off, and includes a flared magazine well for fast and efficient reloads.
Barnett: We Need to Challenge the Idea of Gun Ownership in America
Second Amendment zealots say that people, not guns, kill people. But when a nation has more guns than people – 393 million guns and 326 million people – the prevalence of guns is going to lead to the demise of people through intentional shootings, accidents or suicides. The toll is more than 110 people every day, including five deaths per day in North Carolina.
How it got this way is a complicated story about muskets, militias, the National Rifle Association and members of Congress who value campaign contributions over their constituents’ lives.
Gun Meme of the Day: Oh My Heavens Edition
You’re dry shaving me. I never! How very dare they. Bless their hearts.
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What Recession? Americans Bought Over 700,000 Guns During Black Friday Week
From the National Shooting Sports Foundation . . .
NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) completed 711,372 background checks for the purchase of a firearm at retail during the week leading up to and including Black Friday. FBI’s NICS recorded 192,749 background checks on Black Friday alone, ranking it third in the Top 10 Highest Days for NICS checks and a 2.8 percent increase from Black Friday 2021, when 187,585 background checks were completed.
Gun Review: Palmetto State Armory AK-V 9mm Braced Pistol
I probably shouldn’t be the person to review the Palmetto State Armory AK-V 9mm braced pistol. I don’t really like semi-auto PCCs. And I don’t like pistol braces. AKs should be chambered in 7.62×39 and the best ones have only been dropped once.
And yet here I am, having an absolute friggin’ ball with this gun.
I don’t know what it is about the AK platform in general, but they’re all a hoot to shoot.
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Seattle City Council Set to Make Mayor’s New ‘Defund the Police’ Cuts Permanent
Seattle’s mayor, along with a gaggle of dedicated radicals on the Seattle city council, are busying themselves with another round of defunding the city’s police department. Because the last round of cuts didn’t do enough wonderful things for the Emerald City.
That’s right, they’re proposing to cut another $11 million from the already beleaguered department’s proposed budget, including slashing the number of hires by nearly 50% to 120.
Gosh, it’s almost like Seattle’s elected government is trying to promote still more crime and violence.
Why Don’t Either of the Guns on Elon Musk’s Nightstand Actually Work?
My bedside table pic.twitter.com/sIdRYJcLTK
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
Elon Musk must not get much sleep. He posted that tweet last night at 3:48am. When you run as many enterprises as he does, that doesn’t leave much time for shut-eye. On the plus side, he appears to be minimizing his caffeine and sugar intake to make it easier to nod off when he gets an opportunity to put head to pillow (although we’d like to suggest the use of a good coaster).
John Pavlovitz Wishes Gun Owners Had More Empathy Than Gun Lust
Gun lover, I so wish you were as tired of this as I am.
I wish thousands and thousands of deaths every year could move you enough to move.
I wish you could tap into an empathy to eclipse your gun lust.
Maybe you don’t watch the videos and you don’t look at the pictures and you don’t listen to the terrible sounds.
Gear Review: Ultradyne Apollo Max Muzzle Brake
Ultradyne is a sleek company that makes some excellent products. They make some of the best AR-15 sights ever designed. I love their sights and have been tooling around with their muzzle devices. Specifically, the Apollo Max in 5.56 and .30 caliber. I have both, but as ammo prices go, I’ve been shooting the 5.56 variant a fair bit more. Like most Ultradyne products, this isn’t a cheap item, and at $129 dollars, it’s a relatively pricey muzzle device.
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