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Updated: 4 days 16 hours ago
Maybe There’s a Good Reason the ChiComs Didn’t Arm Their Cops Sooner
“A handgun went off during a police safety talk at a kindergarten in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Thursday, injuring four adults and one child, police said.” You may remember that the central committee recently relented, agreeing to ... Read More
Quote of the Day: You Can Do It, We Can Help Edition
“Our feeling is that ultimately, the voters direct the laws on gun carry issues, so we defer to the prevailing ordinances in states and communities. Therefore, customers who are legally permitted to carry firearms are allowed to do so when ... Read More
Daily Digest: I’m A PC Edition
Saturday is gun buy-up day in Los Angeles, so go buy a gun! Even if you don’t live in LA! I suppose that’s not the message that they’re trying to get out, but it’s the one I choose to take ... Read More
Louisiana Supreme Court: Enhanced Penalties for Possession of Guns and Drugs are Constituional
The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that enhanced penalties for the possession of a legal firearm while in possession of illegal drugs do not violate the state’s new protections of the right to keep and bear arms. In 2012, the ... Read More
P320 Entry: Every Clime and Place Where We Could Take a Gun
By Tim F. My whole life, I’ve been a devoted United States citizen, Marine, husband, and father. As a citizen I felt my role was to serve in one way or another to support and even defend my country. I ... Read More
School Shootings: A Model Principle and Policy
By: Mike McDaniel The Sandy Hook Elementary School attack has indeed changed America, but not the way anti-freedom advocates hoped (my three-part series on that attack is available here, here and here). After the abject failure of Mr. Obama’s post ... Read More
P320 Entry: Children, Guns, and a Not-So-Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge
By Kyle in CT Every time I try to talk to some of my anti-gun compatriots, eventually the “for the children” meme comes out. You know the one: “For every instance in which a gun in the home was shot in self-defense, ... Read More
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Bag Carry Edition
“Students who have taken my knife fighting class will likely remember ‘The Bag Trick,’” Greg Ellifritz writes at activeresponsetraining.net. “I demonstrate it in every 2-day class I teach. My students all give me the same feedback after seeing it ‘That’s so ... Read More
Who Is Emma Watson’s Bodyguard, Why Is She Open Carrying and What Does it Say About Anti-Gun Elitism?
Brown University is a “gun-free” zone. Unless you’re an active, sworn police officer you’re not allowed to carry a firearm on campus. Which isn’t a problem here, right? ‘Cause the above graduation day picture shows actress Emma Watson (alias Hermione Jean ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Officer Timothy Huggins
“Edgewater Florida police officer Timothy] Huggins and another officer responded to 1924 Kumquat Drive at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday to check on the well-being of residents at the home after a call received from Hillsborough County,” news-journalonline.com reports. “Authorities there said a ... Read More
P320 Entry: Lessons Learned From My Three DGUs
By Mark Stanovich In my mid-twenties (I’m fast approaching my mid-forties today) I ran a pizza shop in northwest Orlando. A place called Pine Hills, but locally known as Crime Hills. Within the first six months I was robbed twice. ... Read More
Question of the Day: Do You Know Anyone Who’s Shot a Bad Guy?
A reader writes: “Last week one of my co-workers (and friend) said we should get lunch sometime to discuss something that he knew I would be interested in, but didn’t want to discuss around the office (cube farm, no privacy). So we had ... Read More
Gun Review: Ruger New Model Single Six [P320 Entry]
By Renner “Excuse me?” “That’s right, sir. 22 rimfire is the only firearm caliber that is allowed for hunting feral hogs at this time.” As the Game and Fish Commission representative hung up the phone, so began my impossible quest ... Read More
Open Carry Activists Hassle Open Carry Antagonist
“On Memorial Day this week, a former Marine in Texas named James got a couple calls from friends who’d spotted an unusual gathering in downtown Fort Worth,” motherjones.com reports. “Roughly a dozen people, mostly men, were hanging out in the ... Read More
P320 Entry: A Real Man and a Gun
By Sabrewolfe In a recent article, ST described telling his family that he had obtained a concealed handgun carry license. His family was appalled by the notion and wasn’t shy about saying so. In particular, something his uncle said when ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Transformers Edition
“It’s the ready availability of deadly weapons that converts individual pathologies into mass murders. It’s the lax gun laws that convert barroom confrontations or family disputes into individual murders. And it’s the failure to prevent disturbed youngsters like Rodger from ... Read More
One More Day to Get Your P320 Entries In!
If you’ve followed us for a while, you know that we’ve done a few of these content contests in the past. We love them because we get to run great submissions from our talented readers. You love them because you get ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Albany Police Officer Christian M. Mesley
“A loaded handgun was reported missing last month by Albany police Officer Christian M. Mesley, who is a longtime firearms instructor for the department,” timesunion.com reports. “Mesley, formerly president of the Albany Police Officers Union and its umbrella union, Council 82, filed ... Read More
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Neck Holsters Edition
You gotta think that hanging a .22-caliber pistol around your neck with the muzzle pointing under your chin is a bad idea. In their defense, the folks at LIVESAY NORAM aren’t the only ones to whom it seemed acceptable. Make the jump for a ... Read More