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Texas isn’t home to America’s best gun laws. The Lone Star State still requires residents to take a four-hour course, submit to a background check and provide fingerprints to exercise their natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and … Read More

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This year’s NRAAM featured 500,000 square feet of exhibit hall floor and apparently saw over 80,000 attendees. Dan, Nick, and I took many hundreds of photos while open carrying on the conference floor. Looking through my phone I found some … Read More

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“Fans of Christina Grimmie have begun calling for guns to be banned in wake of her death,” themirror.co.uk reports. “The Voice star was tragically shot dead as she signed autographs at a concert in Florida on Friday. In the US, … Read More

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That’s former retail executive, “progressive philanthropist” and Democratic Platform Committee member Bonnie Schaefer. I think it’s safe to say Ms. Schaefer isn’t alone in her view that no American — save law enforcement and members of the military — should … Read More

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The new TTAG website has been up for more than 24 hours. We’re aware that some of our regular readers aren’t happy about it. The main complaint is simple enough: without text under the headline on the home page, you … Read More

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Burlington, North Carolina Police Chief Chief Michael Kent is mad as hell about his town’s “gun violence” and he doesn’t want parents to take it anymore. The Chief recommends that they give prot0- and actual criminals under their care a … Read More

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Jacob Sullum at reason.com writes, “Contrary to what Clinton claims, an understanding of the Second Amendment that lets politicians impose whatever gun restrictions strike their fancy, including outright bans, is anything but ‘a nuanced reading.’ Clinton’s deliberately evasive approach to … Read More

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There is a great deal of repetitiousness to gun blogging. I spend a lot of time fisking the same old arguments.No biggie. It keeps me amused and stops anti-gun agitprop from going unchallenged. In this case, I don’t feel the … Read More

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Not too long ago, I entered into a conversation with a notorious local gentleman of little knowledge and many opinions. To keep a grating and irritating story short, the man in question opined that not only was there no way … Read More

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This is a clip from The Lip TV’s interview with Stephanie Soechtig, the director of the now discredited video, ‘Under the Gun’. You know, the deceptively edited production that she and failed network personality Katie Couric threw together. The errors … Read More

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Canada’s RCMP is investigating this “incident,” after a picture of a toddler handling a non-functional BB gun went viral. The reporter points out that the RCMP’s hands are tied because “there;s nothing illegal about a child holding a gun.” Yet.… Read More

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I’ve got nothing to add to the common sense commentary provided by The War In Chiraq, save this: Facebook is a boon to law enforcement. For good and ill.… Read More

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Freshly-minted TTAG reader Kirsten Meisner writes:

I’m a native resident of Connecticut, an often hippie-minded individual, sheltered from the realities of violence that are pervasive even in an increasingly educated world, turned off by violent video games and boyfriends who … Read More

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IWI makes the Tavor, the bullpup rifle carried by the Israeli Defense Force. Stateside, legislators have deemed the full-auto version of the Tavor (and any other modern machine pistol or gun) arma non gratis for the common folk. … Read More

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Gun control advocates talk a lot about feelings. They use emotion-based rhetoric to appeal to voters’ desire for peace and security. Gun rights advocates counter this anti-gun agitprop by marshaling an array of facts and common sense arguments; correctly arguing … Read More

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This is a test of two legendary rounds, the 9mm Winchester 127-grain +P+ Ranger-T, and the famous “Illinois State Police load”, the Federal 9BPLE 115-grain +P+. These are pretty much the rounds that made 9mm not suck; the 9BPLE in … Read More

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“Gavin Newsom’s dangerous ballot measure threatens to criminalize law-abiding Californians without taking one weapon out of the hands of criminals and terrorists,” the caption under this just released Coalition for Civil Liberties’ YouTube video asserts. “Thousands of sheriffs, officers and … Read More

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Nine thousand licensed gun owners in Kenya out of a population of 44 million? The African nation has a long way to go before its citizens’ natural right to keep and bear arms is restored. Still, this report is positive … Read More

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The whole Liston – Cassius Clay gun incident was a publicity stunt. Clearly, Liston was in cahoots with the eventual Muhammed Ali during all the pre-fight taunting, to gin-up ratings. As for Ali’s decision to run like hell when Sonny … Read More

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