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One of the Four Rules of Gun Safety: be sure of your target and what’s behind it. That’s relatively simple if you’re target shooting, especially if there are berms behind and to either side of your target. But in … Read More

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(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.)

By Matt M.

It worked. It just worked. She pointed right and her sights worked like magic, putting a little black dot at their … Read More

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A populist German politician is saying that German citizens should have the right to weapons to protect themselves. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a political party that’s achieved some recent electoral successes. It rejects subservience of Germany to the … Read More

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TTAG often pokes fun at OFWGs. (If you don’t know what that stands for I’m not going to tell you). Truth be told, OFWGs are the gun rights movement’s silent majority — excluding the occasional outburst of GET OFF MY … Read More

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John Boch penned a recent post recommending force-on-force training. I can’t agree enough. FoF is the best real world defensive gun use training money can buy. But it does involve shooting real people with real guns. EXTREME CAUTION ADVISED. … Read More

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When it comes to gun control advocacy, perception is reality. Obviously. Because the facts don’t support gun control. As Louder with Crowder’s Steven Crowder proves with his faux gun control advocacy tent.

That said we have to assume — … Read More

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From dsca.mil:

WASHINGTON, Aug 18, 2016 – The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Afghanistan for individual and crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $60 million. The

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(This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.)

By William Cruz

A police chief in Texas once told me that the 9mm cartridge was the water gun of the firearms world. He … Read More

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About 6:30 p.m. on June 21, 2016, 74-year-old Reginald Blanton discovered a 8.5-9 foot, 300 lb. alligator near his agitated horses. Blanton shot the reptile with a 9mm handgun, reportedly hitting it two or three times. The shots may have … Read More

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Aside from a number of cringe-worthy direct-to-video cinematic appearances, Steve Seagal has made some great good movies. Under Siege is a classic of sorts. Having met Mr. Seagal at SHOT Show a couple of years ago, I can attest to … Read More

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I like to make jabs about other football teams, post about my love for coffee and promote gun rights on my Facebook page. One photo I posted of my Mosin Nagant 91/30 — with the caption “some of us … Read More

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Contemplating the new Valken Battle Machine Airsoft TRG v2.0 provides yet more proof that I was born in the wrong, uh, decade. As a kid I played with cap guns. Cap guns! I would have given my left testicle to … Read More

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If you’re shooting to meet FBI specifications for projectile penetration — 12″ to 18″ in 10% ballistic gelatin — you’ll find that the .32 ACP cartridge is a tough nut to crack. Ball ammo, whether round- or flat-nosed, cast lead … Read More

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By law, the FBI has three days to give a federal firearms licensee (FFL or gun dealer) a yea or nay on a gun purchase. Normally, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System lives up to its name. It’s instant. … Read More

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The Second Amendment protects the First. And the rest. Liberty in general. Any state that respects its residents’ natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms tends to establish and engender a broad spectrum of personal freedoms … Read More

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Some of you have noticed the new guy posting at The Truth About Guns named John Boch. Yep, that’s me. I wanted to take an opportunity to introduce myself to the TTAG family.

Advocacy

My journey into the gun … Read More

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FN sells “the world’s most battle-proven firearms.” To satisfy their military customers, the Belgium-born gunmaker’s rifles and pistols are based on first-class designs, built with strict quality control, delivering rock-solid reliability. FN firearms are firm favorites for competition, hunting and … Read More

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By Louis K. Bonham

As I indicated in my initial review of the TAVOR X95, I tested it using an EOTech holographic sight, and it handled and functioned very well. However, from prone and supported kneeling positions, I was … Read More

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With the recent firestorm of active shooter incidents and brazen acts of terrorism on U.S. soil, America needs law enforcement more than ever before. When a SWAT team is called in to a crisis situation there are typically … Read More

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The antis would have gun muggles believe that gun owners are spoiling for a fight. Especially anyone “crazy” enough to carry a concealed weapon or, Heaven forfend, open carry. I find the opposite to be true: most gun carriers avoid … Read More

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