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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
Columbine Survivor’s Open Letter to Obama on Gun Control
Mr. President, As a student who was shot and wounded during the Columbine massacre, I have a few thoughts on the current gun debate. In regards to your gun control initiatives . . . Universal Background Checks First, a universal ... Read More
What’s Wrong With This Picture: “The Sleeve” Edition
The NRA’s post-Newtown School Shield Task Force released a comprehensive report on how to improve anti-spree killer security for this nation’s schools. [Click here to read the pdf.] Despite the report’s common sense, comprehensive suggestions, the nation ignored it. And so, while ... Read More
Gun Review: Polish PM-06 SMG
There are some things that the Israeli Uzi SMG did right, but there are a ton of things it did wrong — especially for a gun designed to work in sandy desert environments. When the Polish military was looking for ... Read More
P320 Entry: This Isn’t Working
By: Kevin Van Dam This isn’t working. It’s not you. It’s me. I must be the only one who thinks, despite repelling the barbarian ...
Common Sense in Chagrin Falls, Ohio
“Ohio is a traditional open-carry state,” wikipedia.org informs. “The open-carry of firearms by those who legally possess the firearm is a legal activity in Ohio with or without a license. While legal, the practice is not common in urban areas ... Read More
Quote of the Day: 800k DGUs Can Be Wrong Edition
“Even as we honor Wilcox appropriately, his death should give pause to any who insist that having more armed citizens is the best defense against a would-be killer. Even if one person were to stop a killer in his tracks, ... Read More
Another Gun Control Myth Exploded
Why is there so much “gun violence” in states and cities with America’s “toughest” gun laws (e.g. Chicago)? Because nearby states don’t have tough enough guns laws! That’s the excuse proffered by gun control advocates. It’s nonsense. You know it. ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Cameron Read
There was apparently a bad moon on the rise in Prescott Valley, Arizona last week. That wouldn’t have been a big problem if Cameron Read hadn’t also been one toke over the line. According to the police and kpho.com, Read, ... Read More
Kirsten Joy Weiss Shoots for Her Father
What are you doing for you father this Sunday? Cigars? Hooch? Ammo? It’s hard to really go wrong with alcohol, tobacco or firearms. KJW’s taking a slightly different tack, though. She’s saluting her days as ‘daddy’s little slugger’ by trying ... Read More
A Blanket Approach To School Safety
In the aftermath of the murders of school children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut , many have cried out to “do something,” to prevent future murders.“Doing something” has taken many guises. Sandy Hook Elementary is ... Read More
This Is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: Iraqi Defeat Edition
I don’t know how many times I have to say this before the United States military industrial complex and its political benefactors get it. There’s only way to make a society safe from tyranny/fascism/dictatorial control/whatever: arm the citizens. It worked ... Read More
Jerry Miculek to OC’ers: Keep Your Hands Off Your Gun
Supernatural shooter Jerry Miculek wants gun owners who carry openly to do so politely, responsibly and strategically. After sharing some advice on concealed carry. At 10:00, JM gets to open carry. Forgiving The Great One for calling his standard capacity magazine a ... Read More
P320 Entry: Gear Review – Frog Lube
By Jeremy This spring, I was able to get ahold of a bottle of Frog Lube gun cleaner, and a tube of Frog Lube CLP along with directions on how to properly prep my gun for a first-time application and ... Read More
THIS is What The NRA Should be Doing. Is Doing
As you may know I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the NRA Freestyle show Noir. Must…not…snark. That said, I really like Dom Raso’s Media+Lab Hollywood re-creation show. Although . . . his pro-police militarization video means he is not my friend and ... Read More
Inside the Twisted Mind of A Gun Control Advocate: Mark O’Mara Edition
Back in May, after the Navy Yard spree killing, Mark O’Mara came out for “reasonable restrictions” on gun ownership. The man who successfully defended George Zimmerman against Second Degree murder charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin asserted that the Second Amendment ... Read More