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Freakonomics and Gun “Buybacks”
While doing some research on the academic findings on the futility of gun “buybacks”, I found this statement from the “Freakonomics” web site: “When it comes to gun buybacks, both the theory and the data could not be clearer in ... Read More
P320 Entry: A Scope is Not a Gun…Even at Walmart
By: Michael in GA I bought a scope at Walmart the day my CMMG MK4 RCE arrived at my FFL dealer. It’s a Bushnell AR Optics 223 30mm 1-4x. I have heard that the rule of thumb for mounting a ... Read More
Question of the Day: How Would You Win the Gun Control Debate?
Last week’s post by BlinkyPete discussing how we would re-write the background check process generated a fair amount of commentary. That’s fairly nsurprising as whenever a post appears on this site from someone within the gun community that suggests any ... Read More
P320 Entry: Gun Review – PTR Industries 91F
By JC I’m going to start this review with a few disclaimers. First, I’ve only been shooting about a year. My experience with rifles is relatively limited. I have fired AR15s, a Remington 700 built to full military specifications, and ... Read More
SIG SAUER Enhances their Commemorative Engraving Program
Most people don’t know about SIG SAUER’s commemorative engraving program. Heck, I didn’t know about it until Kevin shoved one of the sample handguns under my nose. The idea behind the scheme is to give back a little bit to ... Read More
Records Show CO Gov. Hickenlooper Lied to Sheriffs About Talking to Bloomberg Before Signing Gun Laws
Colorado was one of the most visible battlegrounds in the fight against gun control following the Newtown shooting. Despite massive public outcry, the Democratic-led legislature, cheered on by Mayors Against Illegal Guns apparatchiks, passed a series of bills further restricting ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Zoned Out Edition
“The right to bear arms does not trump the right of our citizens to live safe lives.” - Councilman Matt Zone, quoted in Cleveland mayor aims for mandatory reporting for unlicensed gun sellers [via cleveland.com]
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Calls Gun Rights Advocates Terrorists
Speaking at CNN’s town hall meeting tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted American gun right advocates. “We cannot let a minority of people — and that’s what it is, it is a minority of people — hold a viewpoint that ... Read More
Daily Digest: Focus! Edition
New York is facing one of those “good problems” right now. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is having to figure out what to do with all the money. Massive gun and ammunition sales over the past couple years (yes, ... Read More
Will ISIS Plan a 9/11-Style Terror Plot Against the U.S.?
The headline above comes to us from cbsnews.com. While I hardly expect the terrorist group known as ISIS to hijack airliners and fly them into buildings, I wouldn’t be surprised if they do something to kill a large number of ... Read More
Gun Control Industrial Complex? Not As Far-Fetched As You’d Think
Last month I had a meeting with two friends of mine who practice criminal defense in our area and we happened upon a strange topic. What’s the benefit to convoluted gun laws? Is there a military industrial complex in the ... Read More
Washington Post Blog Proves Gun Owners Are Ignorant. Or Not.
Wow. It’s been quite the day for bogus “empirical” attacks on Americans’ natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. First slate.com goes all link-crazy in an attempt to prove that adult gun ownership is bad for ... Read More
Hearst Magazines in the Tank for Gun Control
“Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, firmly lamented gun violence as a women’s issue as their political action committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions, gears up to support candidates in the 2014 midterm elections,” thewire.com reports. In ... Read More
Random Thoughts About Being Killed With Your Own Gun
Over at slate.com, they’re running an article called Guns Kill Children; The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong. It’s the usual context-free farrago of cherry-picked studies using highly misleading data parameters (e.g., teenage gang-bangers are considered children). The underlying ... Read More
TTAG Training Event: Force-on-Force, 26 June, 10am – 4pm, Plano, TX
There is no better way to train for real world armed self defense than force-on-force training. No amount of shooting at paper or steel can compare to directly facing a two-legged, thinking, reactive threat. You learn from your mistakes: tactical ... Read More
Gun Control Killing Tens of Thousands the World Over
Reader Gabe writes: I often read your articles in my car at lunch. Every so often I find myself worked up enough to foward an article and write my family a pleading note to stop throwing their freedom away. I’m ... Read More
P320 Entry: A Primer for Effective Open Carry
By Ben H. I’m all for open carry. I enjoy seeing people carrying their guns in public; hell, I’ve done it. It was a pleasant experience, I met some fine people and a few curious folks received some friendly information ... Read More
Question of the Day: What Does “Militia” Mean?
“The situation envisioned by the Second Amendment is, contra the liberals, one where most everyone owns guns,” Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes in his essay Both sides are wrong on the gun debate. Here’s why [via theweek.com]. “But, contra the conservatives, the founders ... Read More
Gun Review: Beretta PX4 Storm Inox 9mm
By E.W.E. Hughes, Jr. I’m a Beretta guy. I love their shotguns, pistols, the Beretta name, history, and legacy. The name Beretta seems to roll off the tongue like Maserati, Ferrari, and Lamborghini. It exudes a sense of quality and ... Read More
How to Use Your Bad Magazines
By Lt. R. Michalik Don’t underestimate the value of a bad ammunition magazine. If you’ve been around guns for any amount of time, you’ve run into them. Whether you purchased a questionable no-name mag at a gun show or one ... Read More