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Petition to Remove SBRs from NFA
The rifle pictured above is perfectly legal. Take off the stock and the barrel, and replace them with a two-inch shorter barrel and the pistol grip, and it’s completely legal. Leave the stock on, and put on a shorter barrel, ... Read More
FoD Reviews the ARX 100
I’m not entirely sure I like what Des has done with her hair, but what she’s done with her reviews are great. On-camera accuracy testing? Mixing static workbench review components with live fire demonstrations? Keeping the running time under that ... Read More
Gun Thoughts: SIG SAUER P320
Chris and Nick have it bad for the SIG P320. Apparently our readers did as well based on the enormous amount of submissions in our P320 contest. And, based on the number of various P320s SIG brought to our recent ... Read More
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Why I Carry In Hotels Edition
I travel quite a bit for TTAG, and as a result I have spent a good number of nights in hotels. Thanks to budget restrictions, those hotels haven’t always been the nicest, and as a result I have come up ... Read More
TTAG Reader Survey 2014: Results
The Truth About Guns is the most popular firearms blog on the planet. The reason for our popularity is simple: we publish no-holds-barred firearms-flavored news, reviews and editorials, and lots of ‘em. And we listen to our readers. We constantly monitor your comments and ... Read More
Question of the Day: Is This the Best Gunfight Scene in Movie History?
The story goes that Harrison Ford had the flu when he was supposed to shoot a fight scene for The Raiders of the Lost Ark. The result was an on-the-spot script change that will live forever in movie history as the ... Read More
Gun Review: Primary Weapons Systems MK107 Pistol
The National Firearms Act of 1934 is possibly the most outdated body of firearms regulations in the United States. There, I said it. And I stand by it. The improved shooting experience of using a silencer notwithstanding, the rules and ... Read More
Caliber Wars are Stoopid
By Paul McCain “Which caliber is best?” I pity the poor fool who posts this question innocently on any gun forum or blog. Longtime readers of TTAG know that this question, and posts about it, stir up quite a bit ... Read More
NY Times Confuses Opinions With Facts On Illegal Gun Sales
On Friday, the New York Times ran a story highlighting some polling data compiled by well known gun control advocate, Garen J. Wintemute entitled “Real Data on Illegal Gun Sales.” The crux of the story was that *gasp* thousands of ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Guns Are A Big Deal Edition
“Guns are a big deal. They are a big deal to those who have real reasons to hate and fear the evil acts that they can facilitate. And they are a big deal to those who, in a dangerous world, ... Read More
BREAKING: IL Gov. Quinn Calls for State Mag Cap and “Assault Rifle” Ban
“Illinois Governor Quinn is asking for a state law to outlaw assault weapons,” stlouis.cbslocal.com reports. “The governor endorsed what he calls the ‘Illinois Public Safety Act’ during a news conference on Chicago’s south side Sunday. The law would ban the sale ... Read More
Self-Defense Tip: Location, Location, Location
“A Jonesboro store that has been robbed several times in the past hired a security guard to keep the store safe,” liveleak.com reports. “While on watch, the security guard noticed a man approaching the store wearing a mask. When the ... Read More
What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Inspector Zero Uses His Head Edition
A lot of SPEC-OPs guys are high-ready types. But there’s high ready and there’s you-must-be-high ready. I believe this is an example of the latter. But what do I know? I don’t own a single knee-pad. Yet.
I have been in the presence of guns all my life . . .
in kitchen drawers, in barns, in out and pump houses, behind bedroom doors, under beds, in open gun racks, while tagging along with adult hunters, while becoming a junior hunter, on rifle teams, on skeet and trap fields, with muzzleloaders, in ... Read More
An[other] Excellent Reason Why Cops Shouldn’t Shoot Dogs
“Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten confirmed late Thursday night that a 10-year-old boy was shot while investigators stormed the scene where they said the suspect in a shooting traveled to,” walb.com reports. Ending a sentence with a preposition? Up with that ... Read More
Question of the Day: Would You Vote for Ted Cruz for President?
Is America ready for another Texan president? I know what you’re thinking: what about Rick Perry? The current soon-to-be-ex-Governor of Texas’s presidential aspirations came a cropper when he couldn’t remember which federal agencies he’d deep-six. Live. In a televised debate. Word ... Read More
Incendiary Image of the Day: NRA Are Baby Killers Edition
TTAG reader Hollis Fligg IV posted this image on our Facebook page. The two main custom-made bumper stickers read “THE NRA SLAUGHTERS CHILDREN FOR PROFIT” and “Not all mass child killers use guns Most use their vote.” This is our ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Carjacking Conversion Edition
“If I had a gun, I wouldn’t be having this interview.” – Carjacking victim Trisha Lee, quoted in Armed men carjack two women in Fairburn [via wsbvtv.com] [h/t Jeff]
OMG! A GLOCK! On An Airplane! OMG!
Security theater. You gotta love it. ‘Cause I don’t. Then again, I’m still smarting from the time Heathrow security discovered a live – LIVE! – .22 cartridge at the bottom of my carry-on. “You are aware that we consider this part of gun?” ... Read More
Kirsten Joy Weiss’ Gun Thing: Be There or Be Square
We have a good idea what Kirsten Joy Weiss has in mind for November 8 and 9 in Austin, Texas. But we’d have to kill ourselves if we told you (or something like that). Suffice it to say, TTAG will be ... Read More