The Truth About Guns
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Facebook Commentator Paul William Lander: I Don’t Get No Respect
Commentator Paul William Lander saw our Facebook post quoting President Obama [above]: “Most members of Congress — and to some degree this is bipartisan — are terrified of the NRA.” He penned the following screed. I’m seeing a lot of hate ... Read More
Tennessee Arms Company Tests Clear AR Lower
Tennessee Arms Company can see clearly now the metal’s gone. They can see all obstacles in their way. Well, most of them. Here’s the company come-on via Reddit: “To those prospective builders who always wondered ‘why bother with polymer lowers when ... Read More
Question of the Day: How Do We Make Guns Normal?
Reader Dan S. writes: The recent article P320 Entry: This Isn’t Working brought up some good points about re-framing the discussion about gun issues in a way to appeal to a wider range of people, which got me thinking. I don’t ... Read More
CT Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Foley: RINO or Realist?
“There are an awful lot of things in [Connecticut's post-Newtown gun control package] that inconvenience law abiding citizens who believe they have a right under the second amendment to own and use firearms,” Constitution State gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley told wnpr.org, ... Read More
How Many Moms Marched Over Brooklyn Bridge?
“Nearly 1,000 [anti-gun protestors] marched across the Brooklyn Bridge,” the New York Daily News proclaimed, “100 of them residents of Newtown, Conn., where the 2012 massacre occurred. They waved signs. They held their heads high. And they chanted.” Sure they did. ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Father’s Day Edition
“We know that Father’s Day is meant to be a day when fathers sit back on their couches, watch sports and take it easy. But this Father’s Day, we ask you to do one thing differently. Look at your children, ... Read More
Self-Defense Tip: Attack!
“They were both leaving the gun range, which was open for business at the time of the shooting, when a man and a woman, both armed with handguns, approached them in the parking lot and demanded their firearms, wallets and ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Roger Gransee
Holster selection is a tricky business. You need to carefully consider comfort, caliber and covertnessosityittude. You also need to make sure your holster has a proper grip on your gun: loose enough to allow efficient presentation (ta-da!) and tight enough to keep your gun from ... Read More
Songs about Guns and Quickdraw Holsters
I’ve been spending a bit more time listening to bluegrass music during my commute and while I mow the grass. I genuinely enjoy it (the mowing too), especially the covers of famous non-bluegrass songs. While I was mowing away earlier ... Read More
Coming Soon: Police Militarization-The Video Game!
Announced this week at E3, the latest incarnation of the Battlefield series of video games (typically set in sandy environments and pitting heavily armed military units against each other) will instead feature heavily armed police and other law enforcement agencies against ... Read More
Teacher at Oregon Active Shooter School: We Need More Gun Control!
Facebook posting by Reynolds High School science teacher Seth Needler: Today I endured the nightmare I had feared for the past fourteen years, since I started teaching public school – a school shooting. I guess in some ways I’m lucky, or ... Read More
P320 Entry: On Love and Shotguns
By Stewart F. You know you live in Louisiana when your wife offers to go in halvsies on a new shotgun for Valentine’s Day. That or you’re just one lucky dude. Brace yourself, this will be equal parts gun review, ... Read More
Quote of the Day: What Goes Up… Edition
“Clearly the biggest reason for the slowdown in demand is that previous years’ sales were driven by fear of reform, and consumers are starting to realize this is most likely not going to be the case. But also a lot ... Read More
Las Vegas Shooting Story Changes, Prompts More Skepticism
Mass shooting situations trigger a tsunami of public emotion, so there are enormous incentives for politically correct reporters to “interpret” them in certain ways for political purposes. But they are often complex events that take time and careful investigation to ... Read More
ISIS Video Reminds Us: All Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun
As the Islamic force known as ISIS captures large swaths of Iraq, it’s worth noting that they’ve done so through telegenic terrorism. Though vastly outnumbered by U.S.-supplied and supported troops, ISIS’s reputation for brutality is so fearsome and so widely ... Read More
P320 Entry: My Background Check Bill
By Padraig Sea In the highly unlikely event I win one of the P320’s in this contest, I won’t be able to accept it. I’d probably ask them to donate it to the NRA or 2nd Amendment Foundation for an ... Read More
Random Thoughts About Tornados and Guns
I was sitting at this desk at 9:42 pm last night when the iPhone alert came through. “Tornado Warning in this area til 10:15 CDT. Take shelter now.” I woke my daughter, corralled the schnauzers and decamped team Farago into a ... Read More
Open Carry of Long Arms – A Law Enforcement Perspective
Sgt Patrick Hayes saw the Jerry Miculek video on open carry protocol. He couldn’t agree more: There have been a number of news stories recently concerning folks running around with long guns. Most were from Texas where such carry is ... Read More
A Tale of Two School Shootings
After every school shooting incident that makes the national news, the question that each talking head asks repeatedly and incessantly is, what can be done to prevent these events? What can we as a nation do to make our children ... Read More