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Felony Weapons Charge Guy’s Mugshot Goes Viral
I’m not gay, but I get it. A good-looking man – like a good-looking woman – enjoys certain advantages in life. Why not? We all have our pros and cons. In this case, the man whose Facebook-posted mug shot has ... Read More
OMG! Dick Heller! Talking to College Students! OMG!
The notorious rabble rousers who make up the Boise State University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty recently invited well-known agitator and rhetorical bomb-thrower Dick Heller to the Idaho campus to speak on, you guessed it, gun rights. The prospect ... Read More
Question of the Day: Can You Train Too Much?
The video above suggest an obvious answer to the question in the headline: yes. If you die during training it’s pretty clear you were training too much. Pulling back from that a bit, if you seriously injure yourself during training that’s also ... Read More
Gun Review: Nesika Tactical Rifle
One of the higher end acquisitions by the Freedom Group in recent years is the rifle maker Nesika. Purchased in 2009, the rifle maker has continued to churn out guns with some pretty great specs and a price to match. New for ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Ode to Gun Control Edition
“America is adrift on a sea of preventable misery caused by gunfire. It is the poisoned water that surrounds all of us. Though occasionally tossed by the wave of a mass shooting, the Sirens of the gun lobby sing in ... Read More
VIDEO: El Paso Cop Shoots And Kills Handcuffed Bodybuilder
TTAG Vhyrus writes: I am from this area so this hits close to home. A prisoner was being transported by police when he became aggressive and began struggling. At one point he was on the ground fighting with two cops ... Read More
Puerto Rico Gun Licenses Soar Despite Cost and Delay
TTAG reader AJB writes: In Puerto Rico, you need a license to own, buy or sell a gun. The license costs $240. There’s a six-month wait. Last year, Puerto Rico expedited 19,555 gun licenses. According to elneuvodia.com, the government has expedited 10,948 licenses ... Read More
Gear Review: Telos Tactical T-Fit Ankle Holster
I like having options in general and I especially like options when it comes to carrying my firearms. My preferred mode of concealed carry is simply a paddle holster under an untucked, button-down shirt. Weather and fashion don’t always agree and so ... Read More
U.N. Advertises for NY-Based Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Officer
Although useful for pro-gun fundraising, the idea that blue-helmeted United Nations’ forces would, indeed could disarm Americans is beyond laughable. But make no mistake: the UN is deeply committed to enabling genocide by disarming populations around the world. Sure, they ... Read More
CO Gov. Hickenlooper on Mag Cap Bill: I Kept My Promise…To A Staffer
TTAG’s reported on some of the revelations emerging from Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s recent remarks to a Centennial State sheriffs’ group regarding the magazine capacity bill the Gvernor supported and signed into law late last year. (Records Show CO Gov. Hickenlooper Lied to Sheriffs ... Read More
Remember the bus driver that was attacked and supposedly shot but his bible saved him? Yeah, he made the whole thing up.
TTAG reader Vhyrus provided the mothership with the above update on our story of the Dayton, OH bus driver saved from gangland execution by the Good Book. Or not. Yup, not. “Investigators now believe the Dayton driver staged the attack by ... Read More
Michael Bloomberg Donates $250,000 to MS Sen. Thad Cochran
Yesterday, RF wondered how mini-mogul Michael Bloomberg intended to spend the $50 million in pocket change he ostentatiously announced that he would dedicate to the cause of gun safety disarming law abiding Americans. After all, how much could he possibly be ... Read More
FX Hummel is FN Funny
TTAG’s organizing a reliability showdown between the GLOCK 19, FNS-9, and Smith & Wesson M&P. Ten thousand rounds per gun. Even if we get an ammo company to help with the gun food expense and readers to do the trigger and reloading work, ... Read More
Meth Addict Shoots at Cops from Pistol Hidden in His Butt
Truth be told, we’ve already run a story about a woman who secreted a firearm in her vagina. In that case, Jennifer McCarthy was hiding her gat from her boyfriend. In today’s tale (so to speak), a meth addict hid a gun ... Read More
Question of the Day: Short Range or Long Range?
My job here at TTAG is the head honcho of gun testing, and that requires me to test all sorts of crazy gunpowder-fueled contraptions. Some are purely short range toys, like the JP enterprises 9mm rifle (above). Others are long range ... Read More
Gun Review: Marlin Model 60 [P320 Entry]
By Ing In his 2010 review of the Ruger 10/22, TTAG’s Brad Kozak called the .22 long rifle the Rodney Dangerfield of cartridges (it gets no respect). If that’s true, then the Marlin Model 60 is the Rodney Dangerfield of ... Read More
Lasers, Stupidity and Bad Decisions
By BK In the summer of 1996, when I was going into eighth grade, a buddy who was a few years older showed me his newest toy. It was amazing, it was brand new to the market and it was ... Read More
ShootingTheBull410 on Winchester’s PDX1 Defender .45 Colt
Choosing ammo should involve a little more than just asking the guy behind the gun counter what his favorite brand is. Sometimes you have to match your gun food to the gun you’ll be shooting, and this is perhaps most ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Bizarro World Edition
“…new gun regulations are necessary for many reasons, including the long-term preservation of our Constitution. The widespread availability of high-powered military-grade weaponry does not keep us secure from tyranny — in fact, it increases the probability that one day, our ... Read More