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[Video] World’s First Fully 3D Printed, Magazine Fed, All Metal, Semi-Automatic Handgun
Solid Concepts, a 3D printing company, sought to show that 3D gun printing technology is ready for the big time. The company makes it clear that this isn’t a low cost, high volume solution for gun manufacturing, but rather proof that 3D printing of firearms and firearms parts is ready for practical applications right now. […]
Marine Veteran Armed With Handgun Arrested After Trying to Help During NJ Mall Incident
A New Milford, NJ man found himself in trouble with the law after trying to help during the incident that occurred at a NJ mall, which initially appeared to be a lone gunman situation, but was later determined to be a suicide situation. Cody Donovan, 22, recently honorably discharged from the Marines where he served […]
Sci-Fi Gun Debate – Star Trek’s Brent Spiner and Firefly’s Adam Baldwin Debate Gun Control on Twitter
I’m not gonna lie, in addition to being a gun nerd, I’m also a bit of a sci-fi nerd. Not to the level of some people, but I am a sucker for television shows set in space. So, when two guys I’ve spent some time watching on television ended up in a gun rights debate […]
BREAKING: Guns and Ammo Magazine Fires Long Time Editor Dick Metcalf Following Gun Control Column
By now you’ve probably heard about the controversy revolving around one of the gun industry’s oldest publications – Guns and Ammo Magazine. In the December 2013 issue of the magazine, long time contributing editor Dick Metcalf made some bold assertions about regulating Second Amendment rights. Grant Cunningham has some good analysis on the column, To […]
BREAKING: Adam Kokesh Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges Resulting From His Armed Protest in Washington DC
Earlier this year, libertarian activist (some would say provocateur), Adam Kokesh, had organized an armed march on Washington, DC, in which participants, with long guns slung, would walk from Virginia into Washington, DC in a massive act of civil disobedience. After numerous concerns about safety were made and the police made it clear they would […]
[Video] Families of Armed Robbery Suspects Who Were Killed by Hero Concealed Carrier “Want Justice”
Here we go again. The story we reported earlier this week, in which a concealed carrying private citizen shot and killed two armed robbers with two shots has taken a typical turn. The concealed carrying citizen, who is being hailed as a hero by local residents and politicians now faces accusations by the suspect’s families […]
Indiana Resident Shoots and Kills 1 of 2 Armed Robbers During Home Invasion
Here we have another example of a home invasion with multiple suspects. It seems that more and more, these types of violent crimes are being committed by groups of people, not a single individual. You can browse our database of self defense stories to clearly see that. In this case, 2 individuals invaded a Fort […]
Chicago Clerk With Real Gun Stops Robber Armed With a Fake One
A couple of general lessons here, don’t bring a fake gun to a gunfight and make sure your defensive firearm is in good working order. According to the Chicago Tribune, a man, identified as Lawrence Bradley, 25, tried to rob a Chicago area electronics store using a fake gun. The robbery was foiled however, when […]
Church Pastor Shoots His Estranged Son-in-Law to Protect His Daughter
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, restraining orders are just pieces of paper that aren’t going to do much good against determined criminals. In this case, a church pastor had to use deadly force in order to protect his daughter from her estranged husband. The pastor’s daughter and her husband had recently […]
Anti-Gun NC Mayor Backed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns DEFEATED Yesterday
Jackie Holcombe, the former mayor of Morrisville, NC who made headlines earlier this year when she asked vendors in her area to stop selling semi-automatic rifles. According to local media reports, Holcombe has drawn the ire of both the National Rifle Association and Grassroots NC for asking Gander Mountain to stop selling semi-automatic rifles at […]
Sadly, Virginia Governor’s Race Will be Seen as a Win for Gun Control
As I’m sitting here mostly upset that the residents of my Democrat controlled city voluntarily voted to increase our local sales tax 1% today in order to give more revenue to an incompetent city government who has wasted millions upon millions of dollars over the last few years, I will now turn my attention to […]
Washington Supreme Court: Guns Are Allowed in Seattle Libraries
The Washington State Supreme Court has issued a ruling that will allow legal gun carriers to bring their firearms into Seattle public libraries. Previously, the city attempted to ban the carry of guns in public libraries. While gun rights groups and gun carriers are happy with the decision, not everyone is. According to KOMO News, […]
BREAKING: Sanford, FL PD Backs Off Plan to Disarm Neighborhood Watch Volunteers
Last week we reported that the police in Sanford, FL, the location of the Zimmerman trial earlier this year, was seeking to make sure that neighborhood watch volunteers could not carry guns while fulfilling neighborhood watch duties. Of course, the city nor the police could legally do that as the state of Florida has preemption […]
[Video] PA Concealed Carrier Shoots and Kills Two Armed Robbers on the Street With 2 Shots
We recently documented our 1000th defensive gun use, but we’re not stopping there. Today we have a story that many anti-gunners like to say never happens. A concealed carrier outnumbered and outgunned, shot and killed 2 masked, armed robbers on the streets of Reading, PA. The 2 suspects had just robbed Krick’s Korner Market, a […]
[Video] Newest NRA News Commentator: Austin Weiss
NRA News has unveiled their newest commentator: Austin Weiss. From his NRA News Bio: Meet the newest NRA News Commentator Austin Weiss, a guy with an affinity for beautifully crafted machines who splits his time between designing custom-built cars and motorcycles and taking a stand for firearms and the Second Amendment. Video Transcript: The ’53 […]
Sunnyvale, CA Voters to Decide on New Gun Control Laws During Ballot Vote This Week
California keeps getting more and more anti-gun, and now it’s happening at the city level. Just a week after San Francisco moved to completely ban magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, even those grandfathered in from the state law, now Sunnyvale, CA residents will vote on several gun control measures on election ballots this […]
Oregon Open Carrier Wins Settlement After Being Illegally Detained
The open carry movement continue to polarize both the general public and even members of the pro-gun community. Some gun rights activists say that it’s important to exercise all rights, including open carry as well as using the opportunity to educate the general public. Others say it attracts unwanted attention and hurts other gun rights […]
[Video] GA Mother Banned From Daughter’s School b/c She Posted Photo of Carry Permit On Facebook
A mother in Augusta, GA has found herself banned from her daughter’s school. The reason? The mother served in the Army and now, as a law abiding citizen, possesses a license to carry a firearm. Apparently these reasons alone were enough for the mother to be banned from the school because the principal there felt […]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein Calls For New Assault Weapons Ban Following LAX Shooting
Never one to miss the opportunity to exploit a tragedy, California Senator Dianne Feinstein has already taken to the airwaves to call for a new “assault weapons” ban following the Friday shooting at LAX. According to POLITICO, Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday, Feinstein paid tribute to fallen TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez, the first […]
Shooting at LAX – Another Shooting in a Gun Free Zone in a Gun Control State
Details are still light on this incident, but we thought we should go ahead and address some of the facts that we do know. We know that a lone gunman (widely reported to have been armed with an AR-15, but we’ll see how that plays out) entered LAX and shot several people, killing one. Los […]