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Sometimes life leads us to a tool or person we never thought we would have cared for. For many years I’ve carried a 1911 pistol, beginning with the Colt, custom upgrades to the Colt, and later Springfield, Wilson Combat, Dan Wesson and others. The commander-size SIG 1911 Fastback Emperor Scorpion Carry (there’s a government size […]

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The Firearms Policy Coalition, along with a trio of private citizens, is suing Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which includes the city of Pittsburgh, for shutting down their firearms division, which processes concealed carry permit applications, in response to COVID-19. The Post-Gazette reports: A gun rights group and three individuals have sued the Allegheny County sheriff, the […]

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Well that didn’t take long. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has been busy crunching the FBI’s NICS background check numbers for last month and they’re already out with their estimate of how many gun sales took place in November. The answer: a lot. Almost 2 million, an increase of more than 45% over November, 2019. […]

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It’s something we’ve repeated time and time again: you are on your own. You are your own first responder. No one is coming to save you. (No, not even the police. They tend to function as more of a clean-up crew than a rescue squad.) Recently a disabled man in Florida found out just how […]

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Yawn. It’s no longer considered news that Americans continue to buy guns at a never-seen-before pace. We’ve been beating down the doors of gun stores since March due to the pandemic and then civil unrest (not to mention prisoner releases and the defund-the-police movement). Throw in the usual Presidential election season bump in sales and […]

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  Apparently suffering from a late evening craving for chicken wings, a 27-year-old Philadelphia man walked into a local WingStop restaurant just after 10:00 pm Sunday night, only to find a robbery in progress. An unidentified 53-year-old had pulled a gun and demanded all of the money in the joint. From abc6.com: “(He) walked in, […]

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We already know 2020 is the unofficial National Year of Gun Sales, but it’s still awesome to see even gun-friendly states like Missouri stepping up their ballistic game. According to the Riverfront Times, Missourians have spent their COVID-19 days buying guns…lots of guns: The FBI had already conducted more [than] 576,000 background checks [in Missouri] […]

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In Florida, you can’t legally own or have a firearm if you’ve been convicted of a felony, if you’re under a domestic violence restraining order, or if you’re deemed a “violent career criminal.” You also can’t legally own or have a firearm if you’re the subject of an extreme risk protection order under the state’s […]

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The Virginia Citizens Defense League, who hosted more than 25,000 firearm-toting citizens last January at the Richmond Statehouse — an event that electrified the 2A nation — has come up with an even more dynamic plan for their 2021 Lobby Day scheduled for January 18.. VCDL leaders are detouring away from a 17-year tradition of […]

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The CGS Group Hyperion has lead the industry in .30 cal sound suppression prowess for years thanks to its unique, patented internal structure. Now, with the advent of metal 3D printing (called DMLS, or direct metal laser sintering), CGS has been untethered to create internal geometries that are impossible to machine. Upgraded and quieter than […]

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Maybe this one shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it does. A group of New York Assembly Democrats – Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, and co-sponsored by Jeffrey Dinowitz, Fred Abinanti, Richard Gottfried, Assemblywoman Fahy, Rebecca Seawright, Assemblyman Englebright and Assemblyman Dickens – have proposed legislation that would make it possible for New Yorkers to voluntarily waive […]

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I hear these are the scope mounts the Space Force will be getting on their modified HK G11s. Earlier this year, Black Collar Arms, partially owned by TTAG’s own Jeremy S, released their ultra-premium one piece forged carbon fiber scope mounts. These mounts are made for Black Collar by McVick manufacturing out of Oklahoma. It’s […]

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The Fars News report said [Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen] Fakhrizadeh was traveling with his wife in a bulletproof car, alongside three security personnel vehicles, when he heard what sounded like bullets hitting a vehicle, and he exited the car to determine what had happened. When he got out, a remote-controlled machine gun opened fire from […]

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According to the Weirton Daily Times a West Virginia judge has ruled that an anti-gun-rights lawsuit may proceed: A federal judge said Wednesday a lawsuit brought by an organization representing domestic violence victims challenging a 2018 law prohibiting businesses from banning guns from parking lots can move forward. This is all about House Bill 4187, […]

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I have a weird love for K model submachine guns, and since I can’t easily acquire one, the world of PCCs and big pistols has to satisfy me. As a CZ Scorpion fan, when the EVO 3 S2 Pistol Micro (yes, that’s a mouth full) premiered, I knew I had to have it, and I […]

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This Week in Gun Rights is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal, legislative and other news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. The truth behind ATF’s pistol brace letters If you have been following the dumpster fire that is the ATF this year, you’re probably well aware of their sporadic weirdness with pistol […]

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A trauma surgeon in New York City, where shootings and murders have skyrocketed in the last eight months, believes it is the job of politicians to stop criminals from behaving criminally. The Daily News reports: As he watches the surge in gunshot victims across New York City, veteran trauma surgeon Dr. Ronald Simon is baffled […]

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Brownells customers can get their hands on new BRN-180S uppers along with several hard-to-find items starting 9:00 am CST, Friday, November 27, with the kickoff of the annual Brownells Black Rifle Friday event. Now available with a handguard Cerakoted Flat Dark Earth, BRN-180S uppers in both 223 Wylde and 300 AAC Blackout chamberings will go live on Brownells.com on […]

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We’re thinking she’ll be toting a GLOCK 43 or 43X. What do you think? A firearms-toting congresswoman-elect who owns a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, has already asked Capitol Police about carrying her weapon on Capitol grounds, her office has acknowledged. If she does so, she apparently won’t be alone. The practice is allowed for […]

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