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Larry Pratt is Responsible for the Waco Siege. Or Not.
Rolling Stone Magazine’s latest anti-gun polemic is a tome-length effort at taking down Gun Owners of America’s Larry Pratt. In ‘The Zealot: Larry Pratt Is the Gun Lobby’s Secret Weapon‘, Alexander Zaitchik recounts – in mind-numbing detail – Pratt’s career, highlighting his ... Read More
Quote of the Day: By Any Means Necessary Edition
“So much for another hard workweek in the Senate. The one accomplishment was the unintended protection of the E.P.A.’s authority over lead. Now the agency should protect the nation’s wildlife by finally banning lead ammunition and sinkers from the land.” ... Read More
Revolving Shotgun Concept Suited for 3D Hybrid Gun
This homemade revolving shotgun design seems well suited for a 3D printed/hybrid metal manufacture. While the version pictured uses cut off chambers from cast off 12 gauge barrels, the same effect could be accomplished by using sections of the appropriately ... Read More
Trouble In the House of SIG?
From the outside, things seem hunky dory at SIG SAUER. They just announced that they’ll be making all of their guns in the US by the end of next year. Chris and Nick are big fans of their new modular ... Read More
Arlington, TX Cop Saves Dog’s Life
You have to hand it to officer Gary Carter. He stepped up and adopted Jeffery (now Chance) the pit bull before he could be euthanized in a local shelter. Why is this such a (you should excuse the expression) man ... Read More
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