The Truth About Guns

Does a crappy tattoo of a GLOCK on your forehead constitute probable cause? Even if it doesn’t, that’s really pushing it. Especially if you’re already a prohibited person. And you’re carrying a gun (a real one). A man with a forehead tattoo of a pistol was arrested for having a real one in his possession […]

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Josh Wayner didn’t get a lot of argument yesterday when he pronounced the .357 Magnum one of the most effective and versatile rounds ever invented. And while there are plenty of great Ruger and Smith & Wesson revolvers out there chambered for the .357 (I have a couple of K and N frame examples that […]

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What does a Texas rancher carry when he’s out riding fences or doing whatever else it is ranchers that do on a daily basis? How about a Smith & Wesson Model 686? That’s Kevin Kreutzer’s choice along with another certified classic, a Buck 110 Folding Hunter pocket knife. Carried in a Galco Dual Action Outdoorsman holster […]

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The late 19th century saw the beginning of the semi-automatic era. Countless makers came up with untold designs, all striving to create a more perfect pistol. In 1898, Austrian Ferdinand Mannlicher had designed a new 7.65mm semi-automatic pistol that utilized a wrap-around cover plate to protect its lockworks. By 1899, the design included a large […]

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We did it! According to a decade-long survey of gun ownership around the world, the United States now has more firearms than people, about 1.2 guns for every man, woman and child. It’s always appalled civilian disarmament types and their media stenographers that Americans love their guns so much, so expect this news – that America […]

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Our friends in the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex are fond of telling women that owning a gun increases the danger that it will eventually be used against them. They preach that owning a firearm will only allow an abusive husband or attacker to take it away and use it against them. Try telling that to […]

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“Accessing accurate data for small arms is always a difficult task. In the arms trade, small arms are considered the cancer of any society, as they facilitate human rights abuses, criminality, insurrection as well as murder, particularly in developing countries or countries subject to war.” – British arms trade expert Martin Drew in Civilians own 85% […]

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The Mass Shooting Nobody Will March Against Almost no white people, no photogenic kids, shooters were gang members, one a convicted murderer…just another Saturday night in Trenton . . . In the pre-dawn hours yesterday, the nation experienced yet another mass shooting. One dead, 22 injured, including a 13-year-old boy. It took place at the […]

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Maybe you saw our post over the weekend about a Florida man who attempted two carjackings last week outside a Jacksonville Walmart he’d just robbed, only to be confronted by two drivers who were carrying guns. Yesterday, a continent away, another similar situation took place. The facts are fuzzy as to whether the suspect in […]

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First it was PERF, the Police Executives Research Forum…a gaggle of mostly big city chiefs of police announcing that their cities desperately need more gun control laws. Then came the American Medical Association — the group that considers “gun violence” a public health crisis — letting it be known that they too are in favor […]

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The .357 Magnum is a relatively misunderstood cartridge in today’s shooting world. It’s powerful, wonderfully effective, and probably one of the best all-around calibers ever made. But it’s both a great and a terrible beginner’s cartridge, depending on the load and the gun that it’s used in. On the plus side, a novice has the […]

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Happy Monday, friends. This gem of a defensive gun use happened Sunday evening in Pennsylvania. Around 6:00pm, as the 57-year-old homeowner was working at home, an unknown white male intruder walked into his garage, picked up a can of gasoline, entered the living area of the house and began to pour gas all over the floor. […]

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Reader John Dingell III writes: As you may have heard, the US Army’s product manager for individual weapons (PM IW) issued a Request for Information (RFI) from the firearms industry regarding Compact Weapons (SCW) on May 2nd. It appears that they are considering adopting an off the shelf submachine gun for limited issue to conventional […]

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Enthusiasts of firearms and photography often use similar terms and equipment. Both “shoot” the “target.” Both employ the use of a tripod to steady their aim. Both utilize a trigger (of sorts) to take their shots. Because of this, it should come as no surprise that a 19th century inventor sought to combine the best […]

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Reader Ken Whitmore writes: ACME Machine is a relatively new entrant in the firearm parts, accessories, and optics business. They’ve been around for a couple of year now, while their parent company, Global Precision Parts (originally known as ACME Machine Automatics), is over 30 years old. I have gotten a chance to review some items […]

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“After every shooting, we talk about motive, mental illness and every other distraction from the real problem — guns. New Jersey has some of the strongest gun safety legislation in the country. That should make it very clear that this is a problem we can only solve at the national level, with Congress leading the […]

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World Cup fans can buy machine guns ‘no question asked’ in Russian shops if over 18 That’s almost enough to turn us into soccer fans . . . Pop into this Moscow shopping centre and you can leave with a machine gun in your carrier bag. If you are over 18, you can snap up […]

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TechSmith MFG. is really on a roll. They’re releasing new brace adapters for pistols faster than some obscure and amusing analogy I can’t come up with right now. Our resident analogist, Foghorn, is as missing as .308 is from Jeremy’s ammo stash, so click here if you still love .308. Anyway, TechSmith’s newest creation is […]

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“Perhaps the most pernicious aspect of the “liberal gun reform doesn’t work” ideology that comes after a shooting in a state like California is the idea that a singular method of preventing gun violence exists. In reality, there is no panacea to prevent gun violence in America: Its prevention requires a massive commitment to various […]

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Jim Carrey’s New Blood-Dripping Portrait Takes Aim At ‘National Disgrace’ NRA We’re so old, we remember when he used to be funny . . . “Someday they’ll say we turned a blind eye to the suffering and slaughter of our own children and gave ourselves over to scoundrels and sadists,” Carrey captioned the artwork. Carrey […]

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