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Springfield Armory Daily Digest: Original Meaning, A Temporary Ban, and the Agony of Regret

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 20:00

Clinton’s Missed Opportunity on Guns – “Compared with the rest of the third presidential debate Wednesday night, the opening conversation about the Constitution was practically Lincoln-Douglas-like as the candidates answered questions and...

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Hillary Not Only Hates The Second Amendment, She Lied. The Heller Case Wasn’t About Protecting Toddlers

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 19:00

  By Regis Giles of girlsjustwannahaveguns.com When Hillary Clinton announced last night that she was pro-second amendment, I couldn’t help but laugh and scream ‘BULLSHIT!’ She really thinks the American...

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Pixar Animators’ ‘Borrowed Time’…Anti-Gun?

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 18:00

“Pixar animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj’s brilliant short film has been racking up accolades on the festival circuit,” dailydot.com reports. “Borrowed Time captures a lonely sheriff as he stares...

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Kimber Gun Rights Bulletin: Most Floridians Favor Armed Teachers and Staff in Schools

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 16:00

When I was at the Gun Rights Policy conference in Florida last month, one of the presentations covered the FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training & Emergency Response) program in Ohio. The...

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Housekeeping: Why I Pulled My Post on Switching Off A 1911’s Safety

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 15:00

Mea culpa. I recently posted an article — since banished to the black hole — recommending that 1911 owners switch off their gun’s external safety every time they withdraw the firearm from their...

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Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day – Matt R

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 14:00

As Matt puts it, “Most days these items give me a baseline level of capability, survivability, and self-defense.” Who can argue with that? See what he’s carrying at Everyday Carry...

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AP Fact Check: Clinton Misrepresented Heller Decision

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 13:00

“I disagreed with the way the court applied the Second Amendment [in the District of Columbia vs. Heller decision],” Hillary Clinton declared in last night’s presidential debate. “I was upset...

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DeSantis Gunhide Question of the Day: Are ‘High Capacity’ Magazines Really a Must?

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 12:00

Reader freddy fender writes: It’s probably safe to say that most readers are convinced they must have 30 or more rounds in a magazine for effective self-defense, at home or...

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Zimmerman’s Attempted Assassin Sentenced to 20 Years

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 11:00

Matthew Apperson has been convicted of attempted murder of George Zimmerman, firing a gun into a vehicle, and aggravated assault. The trial occurred in the same courtroom where Zimmerman was...

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Before the Guns: Ruger’s Hand Drill

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 10:00

When you think of Ruger, you immediately think of drills and other hardware tools you would find in your toolbox, right? No? Well, that could have been the path Ruger...

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Sneak Peek: New El Camino Rimfire Silencer from Kevin Brittingham’s “Q”

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 09:00

Post-AAC and SIG SAUER, entrepreneurial wunderkind Kevin Brittingham has set up a brand new venture. With a nod to Bond, James Bond, Kevin’s called his new business “Q”. Mr. Brittingham’s convinced some of the best engineers in the...

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Blue Force Gear Quote of the Day: ‘Smart Gun’ Technology Isn’t Rocket Science

Thu, 10/20/2016 - 08:00

“We’re not talking about electronics that launch men up to the space station or Mars or even in an everyday airplane with a few hundred people on board. We’re talking...

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BREAKING: Gun Control Takes Center Stage at Third Presidential Debate

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 20:32

One of the very first topics in the third and last presidential debate: gun control. As the moderator pointed out, the candidate’s views on gun control was one of the...

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Springfield Armory Daily Digest: Shannon Resurfaces, The Dilemma of ‘Stun Guns’, and Efficacy of Restraining Orders

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 20:00

In a previous post, RF was doing the Where’s Waldo thing for Shannon Watts. Here she is, getting a big wet kiss from Fortune: The Mom Who Started a Gun Control Movement With...

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Clown with Machete: Defensive Gun Use of the Day? [NSFW]

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 19:00

Are we to assume that this video is for shizzle? To do that, we’d have to set aside the mismatched audio and ignore the fact that World Star is to journalism what...

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Kimber Gun Rights Bulletin: Arkansas County Officials Restore Employee Carry Rights

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 18:00

Garland County, Arkansas, has restored the right of county employees to bear arms. Political subdivisions are restoring the rights of their workers to defend themselves. As the right to keep and...

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Hands On With The SilencerCo Maxim 9

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 17:00

Capitol Armory and SilencerCo shared a bay at the end of the expansive (well over half a mile of shooting lanes!) Texas Firearms Festival. It was a very popular destination, but I...

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BREAKING: NYPD Says “We Failed” In Shooting Baseball Bat-Wielding Woman

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 15:56

“Authorities in New York were sharply critical Wednesday of a police sergeant responding to a call about an ’emotionally disturbed person’ on Tuesday night who officials said fatally shot a 66-year-old woman wielding...

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Maryland Gun Grabbers Change Their Name: The Vocal Majority

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 15:00

Back in the day, TTAG contributor Dan Baum chided me for using the term “gun grabber.” The Gun Guys author considered it downmarket and incendiary. Since then I’ve referred to gun grabbers as gun control...

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Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day – JS Leonard

Wed, 10/19/2016 - 14:00

JS is a consultant and writes, “Throughout the day this all ended up on me and in my pockets. Not shown; Droid Turbo II.” Check out all of his gear...

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