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Much to Diane Feinstein’s chagrin, the AR-15 is America’s favorite rifle. And for good reason. It’s the adult Barbie of guns, letting you easily add, swap out and otherwise dress up your AR to fit your fancy and your individual needs. The AR’s modularity lets you add anything from flip up iron sights to lights […]

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Jonathan M. Metzl is the mainstream media’s go-to guy for sound bites about psycho-killers. Back in 2015, the professor of sociology and psychiatry and the Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University wrote Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and the Politics of American Firearms. Rehashed ever since, most recently in a Politico polemic, […]

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As Will says, “Provided I’m not precluded from #CCW, this is my basic setup, supported by first aid items in my travel bag. When #CCW is not allowed, I utilize a Liberty HD-100 safe cable locked inside my vehicle.” See all of his gear at Everyday Carry . . .

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There’s a strong correlation between gun owners and Republican voters. As we can see in The Washington Post-prepared graphic above based on exit poll data from the Virginia governor’s race. “Voters were about evenly split between those who live in households with and without a gun,” the WaPo reveals. “[Democratic candidate Ralph] Northam won voters […]

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I’m not sure what country singer Faith Hill (above) wants the National Rifle Association to tell the The Truth About Guns. Stop hectoring us for not reaching out to minority communities? Don’t slate us for legitimizing and empowering ATF bureaucrats? Shut up about our support for the NFA? Not gonna happen…the NRA’s PR flacks blacklisted TTAG […]

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Hudson Mfg’s H9 pistol was the belle of the SHOT Show 2017 ball. And why not? Hudson was a brand-new company making a brand-new pistol — a truly unique pistol, at that. Today, the first production H9s are hitting distributors. It’s time to see if it lives up to all that hype attention. The H9 is […]

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The text of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault rifle ban bill is now available on her website and, contra Nick’s expectations, it isn’t simply a copy-and-paste re-run of the failed Clinton era assault rifle ban language. It’s worse. Much worse. How bad is it? In the first four pages, it bans the popular GLOCK 17 9mm pistol, a […]

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“Everybody should carry a gun ’cause no matter what, a criminal’s going to carry a gun if you don’t. And if you’ve got a gun on you, you can at least protect yourself or your family.”  – Retired oilfield hand and Sutherland Springs resident Ethan Campbell [not shown] quoted in In Texas, Many Believe Carrying Guns With […]

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The Giffords Center to Prevent Gun Violence — the artist formerly known as Americans for Responsible Solutions — has sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. They claim the ATF has been dragging its feet in meeting FOIA requests for documents Giffords says show the NRA’s influence on the feds’ firearms regulatory practices. Giffords’ […]

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Yes, well we’ve been saying this for years . . . Texas shooting: Gun laws aren’t the problem, government incompetence is It should not matter if these incidences are occurring because of a political correctness stigma around mental health, or just dumb laziness. If federal employees cannot perform the simplest of tasks of enforcing laws already […]

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Where does TAOFLEDERMAUS get all these crazy experimental ammo ideas? His latest: electrode shotgun slugs… “Strange” doesn’t fully describe the TAOFLEDERMAUS technique when it comes to testing ammo. He finds, is sent, and concocts the wildest, weirdest, most out-there shotgun slugs possibly ever thought of. This time he’s shooting slugs made of spot-welder tips. Pretty […]

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Reader David H. writes: How will the Supreme Court rule on the right to carry firearms they’re presented with a case? They already have, of course. Twice. In case you’ve forgotten . . . In 2008, The SCOTUS ruled in Heller v. DC that the right to own weapons for personal defense was protected under […]

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Hey gun stores!  I’ve talked to dozens of new gun owners or soon-to be-new gun owners about their first purchase. One thing’s clear: they didn’t like gun store employees telling them what to buy. Thanks to the internet and the increasing professionalism of gun ranges, the average firearm consumer is far more educated than his […]

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Patrick likes brass. We assume that also extents to the ammo in his Smith & Wesson M&P9 Shield, but he doesn’t really specify. See all of his gear at Everyday Carry . . .

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Rob Morse writes [via ammoland.com]: A Muslim terrorist killed eight innocent civilians in New York as he ran over them with a rented truck. The murder wasn’t stopped by civilians or police. The murderer chose to stop by ramming his truck into a loaded school bus. This “truck violence” is the latest shock headline that […]

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In the video below, comedienne and unapologetic gun owner Whoopi Goldberg invites the feds to “come and check all my stuff.” They can “come and find out what I’m doing, where I bought stuff, because I want you to know that I’m not trying to do anything odd with my guns.” Odd? What does that […]

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While browsing the discount section of a local gun store I stumbled upon a Howa 1500 in .300 Winchester Magnum. I had been wanting to add a .300 Win Mag to my collection, and 40% off an already-low MSRP was too good a deal to pass up. Howa-bout a little history? Howa is a Japanese […]

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“These are the people securing our borders and playing an integral part in our national security directives. And yet they’re leaving guns in unattended backpacks and leaving badges behind in restaurants and amusement parks. And the DHS doesn’t consider this to be enough of a problem to handle with meaningful punishments or consistent policies and […]

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This kind of thing seems to be happening more often . . . This Liberal Reconsidered Gun Control. He Found It’s A Lot More Complicated Than ‘More Guns, More Crime’ I have always looked at the gun problem and assumed that there is a “commonsense” solution if the gun lobby would just get out of […]

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