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AR Pistol Braces Get Even More Confusing Following Latest ATF Letter

Sat, 12/20/2014 - 14:16
2014 could easily be called the year of the AR-15 pistol brace. The Sig SB15 was one of the biggest innovations to hit the AR pistol market probably, well, ever. When the braces first came out, it was generally believed by most people that it was legal to fire these arm braces from the shoulder. […]

BREAKING: Court Rules It’s Unconstitutional to Ban Former Mental Patients From Gun Ownership

Fri, 12/19/2014 - 09:48
A federal appeals court seems to have ruled that people who have been committed to mental institutions in the past, even involuntarily, can still own firearms. According to Fox News: The three-judge panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a federal ban on gun ownership for those who have been […]

WHY I CARRY: Two Men Charged in “Appalling” Murder of 2nd Grade Teacher in PA

Fri, 12/19/2014 - 09:22
Here is another one of our “Why I Carry” stories. These stories, unlike our defensive gun use stories, take a look at situations that may have turned out very differently if the victim(s) had been armed. These stories are the “other side of the coin” so to speak and serve as an important reminder as […]

CT Supreme Court Rules 2nd Amendment Covers, Knives and Batons

Thu, 12/18/2014 - 18:23
It looks like the Connecticut Supreme Court made a ruling this week which should firm up Second Amendment rights in state that gravely needs all the firming it can get. In a decision that has most people saying “Duh,” the court ruled that knives, dirks, daggers and batons are all protected by the 2nd Amendment […]

BREAKING: US Special Forces Engage ISIS for First Time, Inflict Heavy Casualties

Thu, 12/18/2014 - 11:28
Reports out of Iraq indicate that American Special Forces “advisers” have engaged ISIS in ground combat for the first time. ISIS forces attacked an Iraqi Army outpost occupied by more than 100 Americans around 1a.m. local time. The American forces responded “equipped with light and medium weapons, supported by F-18″ fighter jets according to sources […]

PBS Gun Control Poll Results – You Have to See These Numbers

Wed, 12/17/2014 - 13:48
PBS probably wasn’t expecting the poll numbers they got when they ran a recent poll on gun control. The question asked was: Would you support more restrictions on guns in your state? The choices were: Yes. Increased regulations on firearms are necessary to prevent another tragedy like the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary. No. Laws […]

[Video] 14 Year Old Uses Grandfather’s Gun to Shoot and Kill 1 of 2 Home Invaders

Wed, 12/17/2014 - 07:33
A 14 year old boy in Charlotte, NC has killed one home invader and a second was captured following the incident. “They heard some noises, saw an individual at the back of the residence trying to come into their house,” said Lt. Eric Brady of Charlotte Mecklenburg Police according to WBTV. A 14 year old […]

Smoke Shop Employee Shoots Robber Armed With a Shotgun in the Head

Tue, 12/16/2014 - 14:54
A New Mexico smoke shop employee turned the tables on an armed robber earlier this week. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old Luciano Acuna. According to KVIA: Las Cruces Police say that shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, Acuna had his face partially covered with a mask and was armed with a shotgun when […]

[VIDEO] Armed Family Captures Christmas Present Thieves at Gunpoint on Live Television

Tue, 12/16/2014 - 02:31
A family from aptly named Warrior, Alabama had the opportunity to exact a little Southern justice against a group of home burglars who pressed their luck one too many times – and it happened during a live television interview. Friday afternoon, a trio of burglars struck the Wyatt family’s rural home. A recently installed security […]

[Video] Beretta Makes Beautiful Video Highlighting 500 Years of Innovation

Tue, 12/16/2014 - 02:28
Beretta is the oldest running firearms manufacturer in the world. In a recent video released by the company the company shows how modern technology combined with old school “human technology” is used in their manufacturing process. Here is the video description from Youtube: Human Technology is an artistic short movie celebrating the uniqueness and the […]

BREAKING: Senate Confirms Anti-Gun Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 17:27
The Senate this evening confirmed Barack Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murphy in a 51-43 vote. The NRA has previously said that it would be scoring the confirmation vote for Murphy, which means the NRA grades for many senators will soon be dropping. However, given that many of those senators […]

[Video] The Department of Defense’s New .50 Caliber Bullet That Can Change Direction Mid-Flight

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 16:42
US military sniper’s might soon get a valuable new addition to their arsenal in the form of a specially engineered bullet that can actually change direction mid-flight. As you can see from the above video, the round is actually capable of making minor flight changes after being fired in order to hit the desire target.

BREAKING: Parents of Sandy Hook Victims Officially File Lawsuit Against Bushmaster

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 11:37
Last week we reported that numerous families of Sandy Hook victims had taken the first steps required to sue Bushmaster, the maker of the rifle used in the attack on Sandy Hook by Adam Lanza. This morning a wrongful-death lawsuit was officially filed against several defendants. According to Reuters: The suit named gunmaker Bushmaster, a […]

[Video] Couple Uses “Recreational” Shotgun to Fight Off Intruder

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 11:20
An Alabama man was glad to have a shotgun in his home when an intruder attacked his wife last week. The shotgun was said to have been kept for recreational purposes such as skeet shooting, but it apparently worked just fine in a defensive role as well. According to local media, when the woman went […]

BREAKING: LIVE FEED – Islamic Terrorist Holding Hostages at Cafe in Australia

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 03:16
Please Note, this written feed is being updated in real time using multiple resources. This is a rapidly changing situation and information may change with it. UPDATE 4:02AM ET: The lights in the cafe have just gone out per Chris Reason. UPDATE 3:46AM ET: Per Chris Reason at News7 the remaining hostages are all huddled […]

Ohio Clerk Shoots 2nd Robber in Three Years

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 03:13
Grayson Matthews, above, has bad luck. He has had to defend the family convenience store twice. Once, back in 2011, he shot a robber who was pretending to have a shotgun. That guy was wearing a plastic bag over his head with eye holes cut in it. It must have been hard to see out […]

Democrats Try to Squeeze in Anti-Gun Surgeon General Vote Before GOP Takes Control of Senate

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 03:05
Current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pledged to give President Obama’s choice for Surgeon General a vote prior to the new GOP controlled senate convening in 2015 according to The Hill. Vivek Murphy, the nominee, has previously made anti-gun statements. According to the Washington Times, Dr. Murthy is the 36-year-old president and co-founder of […]

WE’RE WINNING: Poll Shows Support for Gun Rights at All Time High, Gun Control at All Time Low

Sat, 12/13/2014 - 15:22
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – we’re winning. Despite the anti-gun slant of the national media and despite the fact that Democrats had a stranglehold on the federal government from 2008-2012, gun rights have held their own in most places in the country and have actually expanded in many other places […]

Former Ohio Law Enforcement Officer Convicted of Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun

Sat, 12/13/2014 - 15:01
A former sheriff’s deputy from Greene County, Ohio has been found guilty of knowingly acquiring and possessing an illegal machine gun. Maj. Eric Spicer was arrested in April and accused of using forged documents to obtain a post-1986 manufactured machine gun from a firearms dealer in New York state. The gun in question was a […]

Kansas Student Facing 186 Day Suspension For Bringing Spent Brass Casing to School

Sat, 12/13/2014 - 11:47
Here we go again, more anti-gun hysteria in our schools. An elementary school student is facing a school suspension which could be up to 186 days in length due to bringing an inert piece of metal to school with him. The boy was sighting in a hunting rifle the day before school and picked up […]

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