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Question of the Day: What The Hell’s Wrong With California?
A TTAG reader writes: “As the California Legislature prepares for its final stretch of the session, key anti-gun legislation is on the move again. Specifically, SB 53 (new bans on ammo sales, licensing, registration), SB 808 (criminalizes home-built firearms without ... Read More
Gun Review: NAA .22LR Mini Revolver
By ShootingTheBull410 I’m a big fan of revolvers. I know the common wisdom is that they’re outdated, they’re ancient, they’re old, they’ve been surpassed… but … there’s something about the craftsmanship, the functioning, the mythos and the history of the ... Read More
P320 Entry: Peace of Mind in Chicago
By RJ I live in Chicago, and despite all the press the city gets for the ongoing gang killings, there are some very nice neighborhoods that are relatively safe for a big city. For the people who live in nicer ... Read More
Even CNN Can Only Find 15 “Valid” School Shootings in Bloomberg’s List of 74
Earlier we reported on the list of 74 purported “school shooting” incidents published by Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety, and how one journalist was able to show with a few quick Google searches that the vast majority of these incidents ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Vigilance Edition
“We do not speculate on why travelers bring firearms, loaded or unloaded, to airport security checkpoints. The fact that more firearms are being detected at the security checkpoints affirms T.S.A.’s continued vigilance in intercepting prohibited items.” – TSA spokesman David A. ... Read More
Daily Digest: Bookends Edition
Remember the R.I.P. round? It’s the jagged-edge handgun round that’s designed to fragment on impact. Richard Ryan got his hands on a new product from those guys, the 300 RIPOUT, which as you might imagine, is a similar idea in ... Read More
What’s Wrong With This Picture: I Got Nothing Edition
For once, I’m speechless.
Incendiary Image of the Day: American Legion Chattahoochee Post 251 Edition
TTAG reader LG writes: “Since you like to post about places that want to deny the right to carry, I thought I’d send you a new one: The American Legion has this sign posted on it’s clubhouse door. (See: attached picture) ... Read More
Could The President’s Data on Australian Gun Crime Be Wrong?
By Casey Slaughter I recently moved to Melbourne Australia to finish up a graduate degree in mining engineering. Since starting my degree in Missouri I have started a small collection of firearms and started keeping track of the politics regarding ... Read More
Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge of the Day: Flashlight Edition
As Matt in FL reported in Monday’s Daily Digest, there are mounting suspicions (so to speak) that guns owners wielding flashlight-equipped firearms are more likely to discharge their gun negligently than gun owners handling firearms without on-board illumination. Maybe so; any mechanical function, physical task or mental ... Read More
This is What Happens To A Disarmed Populace: UK Doublespeak Edition
Wikipedia tells us that “Doublespeak is language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., ‘downsizing’ for layoffs, ‘servicing the target’ for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant ... Read More
Bloomberg-Funded Gun Control Group Releases List of “School Shootings” since Newtown, Immediately Debunked
Trying to capitalize on the recent high profile shooting incidents in the news, the Bloomberg funded gun control group Everytown fro Gun Safety released a list of 70+ “school shootings” that they claim happened since the Newtown tragedy. The implication ... Read More
Book Review: Civilian Warriors by Erik Prince
I just finished listening to the Audiobook version of Civilian Warriors, The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror. Most people by now have heard of Blackwater, usually in connection with the private military ... Read More
BREAKING: Oregon School Shooter Hid Handgun, AR-15 in Guitar Case
“A 15-year-old gunman at an Oregon high school had an assault rifle, handgun and several magazines of ammunition hidden in a guitar case and duffel bag when he rode a school bus to the campus,” the AP reports. “The attacker, identified ... Read More
3-Gun Tip: Don’t Use Your Sights
Match directors for 3-gun competitions are always trying to dream up ways to exploit the weaknesses of the shooters. For shotguns, stages will force the shooter to reload over and over again since keeping the scattergun full is the hardest ... Read More
P320 Entry: Hollywood’s Gun Problem
By NYC2AZ Hollywood has a problem. First, some context. I am not claiming, as some have, that Hollywood movies are somehow responsible for violence. What I am going to attempt to convey is how many outspoken anti-gun proponents among the ... Read More
Question of the Day: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Former TTAG commenter Karina writes: I sincerely wish the other people that also visit this website and comment on it weren’t so unfriendly and chest-thumping. Don’t think I will post comments on this website anymore, despite being pretty sure I ... Read More
P320 Entry: Range Report – 25th Annual Saddle Butte Machine Gun Shoot
By Alex C. I woke up a couple of Saturdays ago to an unwelcome alarm. As someone who rarely gets enough sleep during the week, I was not happy. I picked up my phone to shut off the beeping and read ... Read More
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Parental Protection Edition
Shannon Watts, please call your office. An incident took place on St. Louis’s south side late Monday evening that (once again) puts the lie to your laughable ‘defensive gun uses don’t happen’ claim. A teenage girl was retrieving something from ... Read More
Brady Campaign on Las Vegas Cop Killer’s Facebook Rifle Request
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence statement on Las Vegas cop and CCW killer Jerad Miller’s Facebook request for a rifle: “In March, we said Facebook’s new gun policy didn’t go far enough, and we are sickened to learn that ... Read More