The Truth About Guns
Exploring the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns
Updated: 6 days 11 hours ago
Daily Digest: Flash Of Inspiration Edition
Do you have a gun on your flashlight? A recent report by the Denver Post finds that gun-mounted flashlights are increasingly being linked to accidental shootings and negligent discharges by police. Record-keeping is spotty, but the paper found that over ... Read More
NRA Gun Guru Dom Raso Hearts Police Militarization
As his air quotes indicate, NRA gun guru Dom Raso doesn’t have much time for people who bemoan “the build-up of law enforcement.” He prefers to call police militarization “the evolution of a relationship between military and law enforcement.” Raso reckons people ... Read More
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Twofer Edition
“According to the police, the licensed firearm holder had gone to a garage at the intersection of Love Lane and Bryant Crescent [on the island of Jamaica] to effect repairs to his motor car when he was attacked by the ... Read More
New from CarniK Con: Operator Nutrition Facts Shirt
I enjoy the videos coming out of CarniK Con. Entertaining and often educational, they’re the thinking man’s FPSRussia. And now they’re making their own T-Shirts. The man behind the channel was showing off some of their latest creations at SOFIC ... Read More
The Ammunition Bubble: Substitute 12 guage for .22?
The price of 12 gauge hunting ammunition has dropped back to near pre-ammunition bubble levels. Walmart had 100 rounds of birdshot loads priced at $19.97 a couple of days ago. That’s 20 cents per round or $5 per box of ... Read More
Daily Beast: Gun Control Activists are Losing, Time to Go for Broke
The Daily Beast‘s Dean Obeidallah is freaking out. Despite all of the coverage that the latest firearms-related murders are getting, the gun control crowd is still making as much headway as a Reliant Robin in an oil-covered roundabout. The usual suspects ... Read More
P320 Entry: Scenes From America’s Mental Health System
By Jonathan The phone rings and the familiar voice on the other end of the phone tells me I need to call for assistance and get back to the room where our new “friend” is being held. I run back ... Read More
BREAKING: Concealed Carry Holder Stopped Las Vegas Shooters from Continuing Killing Spree
Shannon Watts believes that a good guy with a gun has never stopped a bad guy with a gun, but it looks like the events this weekend in Las Vegas have proven her wrong. After killing two police officers in ... Read More
US AG Launches Domestic Terrorist Task Force. Pro-Gun Groups Beware?
“Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. announced the creation of a task force within the Justice Department to combat an ‘escalating danger’ from ‘homegrown’ terrorists within the United States,” latimes.com reported last week. Yup. We missed it – despite the fact ... Read More
This is What Happens to a Disarmed Gender
“Let’s hope Nevada uses her media tour to reiterate that teaching girls self defense is NOT the best way to protect against assault.” Wait, what? That’s the text of a tweet last night by someone named Mandy Velez as reported ... Read More
Question of the Day: Are You An Insurrectionist?
Judging from Elliott Fineman’s tweet (above), Lisa Bloom appeared on MSNBC to declare that America armed the Las Vegas cop killers. That’s pretty rich for a civil rights attorney – given that the natural and Constitutionally protected right to keep and ... Read More
Random Thoughts About Personal Responsibility and Guns
When my alarm went off at 2:30am a single deputy arrived in about 20 minutes. During a similar episode in Providence, Rhode Island, a brace of cops arrived inside of five minutes. And? I’d rather live in a low-tax, high-freedom state with a long ... Read More
BREAKING: Las Vegas Cop Killer Jared Miller’s Manifesto
Facebook hasn’t removed Las Vegas cop killer Jared Miller’s page yet. While news reports suggest he and his wife may have left behind a manifesto, this Facebook posting is one. I republish it here without apologies. We need to know ... Read More
BREAKING: Las Vegas Shooters ID’ed as “Right Wing Gun Nuts”
“A man who gunned down two police officers and a woman Sunday in Las Vegas left behind social media postings that show his concerns over Benghazi, chemtrails, gun control laws, and the government’s treatment of rancher Cliven Bundy,” rawstory.com. “Neighbors ... Read More
Gun Review: SAR 21
The eternal debate rages on about just how useful the bullpup design is in modern firearms. Some people really like it, especially those who need a compact firearm for close quarters fighting. Some people also really hate it, usually those ... Read More
“Terroristic” Dress-code Violations and Other Threats to Gun Ownership
By Claire Wolf, republished from jpfo.org with permission: If Thursday’s news reports are accurate, hysterical fear of “terrorism” has just reached a new low. Two dozen middle schoolers were suspended because they commented on or shared a Facebook post urging ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Shannon Watts on Good Guys with Guns Stopping Bad Guys
“This has never happened. Data shows it doesn’t happen.” - Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense of America, via cnn.com.
Common Sense at MIT
A TTAG reader writes: “I’m attending a small private gathering and the head of MIT’s fab lab (3d printing, molecular machines, etc) replied to a comment about whether it will affect guns on the black market. He said no, because ... Read More
People Magazine: Shannon Watts “One of 15 Women Changing the World Right Now”
Well, c’mon now, People. Ms. Watts did not persuade Starbucks and others to “ban guns” from their locations. Starbucks wrote an open letter “requesting” that its customers leave their guns at home. Same deal for Sonic and Chipotle. As for ... Read More
P320 Entry: Why the Remington 700 is Still the Best Bolt Gun
By Lance Strahl Let’s face the facts; Remington has fallen on hard times. From the R51 debacle to the rumored closing of several of its Freedom Group counterparts, Remington is not looking particularly sturdy. Of its many recent boondoggles, few ... Read More