The Truth About Guns

The New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial columnist for the old Gray Lady, has noticed that the nation’s oldest gun maker is about to emerge from bankruptcy. Remington executed a pre-packaged filing in March and is about to emerge from the process, free of both hundreds of millions of dollars of debt and […]

The post The New York Times Wants to Turn Remington Into ‘The Most Advanced And Responsible Gun Manufacturer in the Country’ appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Do we really need to say it? “A man was clobbered by a stranger during a robbery on a Bronx sidewalk — as at least six passersby watched but did nothing to help, surveillance video released by police Tuesday shows.” The surveillance footage, released by authorities Tuesday morning, shows the individual boisterously yelling at his […]

The post Man Beats Victim On New York Street While Witnesses Do Nothing appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Last week, we ran a post by Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownerhip’s Victor Chen, MD, on why the right to keep and bear arms is important to the bay area psychiatrist. Here is part two of Dr. Chen’s essay on why the RKBA is important for all Americans.  By Victor Chen, MD What we should […]

The post Dr. Victor Chen: Why the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Should Matter to All Americans appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Why do gun control advocates care so little about the welfare of women? That’s a fair question given the fact that women are most often the victims of domestic violence and abusive current and ex-boyfriends and husbands. Combine that with the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex’s perpetual efforts make it as difficult as possible for Americans, […]

The post Kidnapped Woman Shoots, Kills Ex-Boyfriend – Defensive Gun Use of the Day appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Lots of us go easy on the weekends as far as our EDC gear goes. Even though we’re free to dress as we want, which may mean carrying a bigger gat, with all the errands, chores, soccer games and whatnot, plenty of carriers choose to keep things as light and non-restrictive as they can. That […]

The post Minimalist Weekend Concealed Carry – Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

The outlaw John Wesley Hardin used this revolver to kill Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in a gunfight outside of Jack Wright’s saloon in Comanche, Texas, on May 26, 1874. Webb was attempting to arrest Hardin, whom he had wounded, but Hardin got off a fatal shot. Sheriff John Carnes arrested Hardin and took […]

The post John Wesley Hardin’s Smith & Wesson First Model Russian Revolver appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Illinois voters probably consider themselves ahead of the game whenever a governor manages to make it through an entire term without being indicted. That said, current Republican Governor Bruce Rauner isn’t terribly popular in the Land o’ Lincoln. While the election is still six months away, he trails the Democrat nominee by double digits. He’s […]

The post Behind In Reelection Fight, IL Gov. Rauner Offers Up Gun Control Proposal appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

With no prior military service and an affinity for wing shooting, it took a while for USGI builds to reach the top of my list. In fact, I was planning to build a new snow goose shotgun when the opportunity to start on an A2 build landed in my lap. Of course, I couldn’t pass it […]

The post Gun Review: Fulton Armory FAR-15 USGI A2 Upper Receiver Assembly appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

“Perhaps a total ban on guns would reduce America’s homicide rate, in the same way that a total ban on cars would reduce traffic accidents. But, in the real world, it is far from clear that Britain has any lessons to offer either side of the American gun debate. The two countries are starting from […]

The post What Britain Can (Or Can’t) Teach Us About Gun Control – Quote of the Day appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

How The Congressional Baseball Shooting Didn’t Become The Deadliest Political Assassination In American History A lot of luck and a couple of Capitol police officers . . . There’s been a lot of discussion the past year about where this broader moment fits in American history, which past era it might resemble. Are we living […]

The post TTAG Daily Digest: The Forgotten Shooting, Red Flags on the March and a Message for Texas appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Based on the Lorenzoni system from the 18th century, this miniature pistol was made by Peter Dyson. In an era of single-shot muzzleloaders, which required a great deal of time and effort to reload, the Lorenzoni system performed all of the reloading actions by manipulating a crank on the left side of the gun. By moving […]

The post Miniature Masterpiece: 1/3rd-Scale Wilson Flintlock Pistol appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

After a psycho — there’s really no more accurate way to describe him — shot 40 people, killing 21 of them in San Ysidro, California McDonald’s in 1984, Assemblyman Art Agnos had this to say: “The only use for assault weapons is to shoot people,” Agnos told the Assembly Public Safety Committee in June 1985. […]

The post The Long, Sordid History of “Assault Weapons” appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Dick’s Sporting Goods and their subsidiary Field & Stream stores look like ghost towns these days in America’s heartland. After reading stories about gun companies ending sales to Dick’s, and the company’s hiring of gun control lobbyists in Washington, I decided to visit the Champaign, Illinois Dick’s and Field & Stream locations. Yes, it’s anecdotal, […]

The post Dick’s, Field & Stream Store Traffic Slumps appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

In a recent post I detailed some elements of the 9x19mm cartridge and why it’s a good choice for beginners. I received a great deal of positive feedback on this and requests to do the other side of the ‘caliber war.’ So today, it’s  .45 ACP. I was surprised with the comments in my 9mm […]

The post Calibers for Beginners: What You Need to Know About .45 ACP appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

You can’t get around to everyone at NRA, no matter how hard you try. One of the exhibitors we managed to miss was Krytos Industries who there showing off their new titanium slides for GLOCKs. Why a titanium slide? How about because it gives you a 40+% reduction in weight? Hold on, though. Doesn’t that […]

The post Krytos Industries’ New Titanium Slides for GLOCK 17, 19 appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

There’s no law that says you have to equip yourself with the latest and greatest (not to mention most expensive) EDC gear. In fact, there are lots of good arguments for making your daily carry compliment a collection of reasonably priced, easily replaceable items. If you’re going to be carrying it around all day, every […]

The post Value Carry in California – Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

The reigning title-holder for the dumbest “I shot an ‘assault rifle’ and OMG!” story by a journalist is held by the New York Daily News’ Gersh Kuntzman. It’s a title he probably won’t give up any time soon. To Matthew Albright’s credit, unlike his laughably sissified New York colleague, he wasn’t moved to near-tears by […]

The post Delaware Journalist Shoots an AR Pattern Rifle and Actually Learns Something appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

The comment section regulars have accused me of being a “Fudd” in my taste for firearms because I didn’t say the nicest things about their black guns. Or something like that. Admittedly, I like classic things a bit more. Old Smith & Wesson autos, C3 Corvettes, Les Paul guitars and Marshall amplifiers. But there are […]

The post This Fudd’s For You: When You Find You Love A Gun You Thought You’d Hate appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

Long, long ago, I watched as a 5th Special Forces Group sergeant boarded a Chinook helicopter in southern Afghanistan. As he walked through the rotor wash and turbine exhaust to the ramp of the helicopter, a young Afghan man emerged from a household alcove with an AK47 and began firing. He didn’t get many shots […]

The post Gun Review: Heckler & Koch USC45 to UMP45 Conversion appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

“(S)uccess will hinge on Stoneman Douglas’s own never-give-up philosophy. It’s what got both the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban passed, in 1993 and ’94 respectively. When the latter came up for renewal in 2004, we lost that fight–and then gave up. For all its strengths, not even Moms Demand Action pursues a ban […]

The post Parkland Activists Are Key To An Assault Weapons Ban – Quote of the Day appeared first on The Truth About Guns.