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Los Angeles Moves to Ban Standard Capacity Magazines, Even Grandfathered Mags
Los Angeles is looking to become the third California city to institute its own gun control laws. The city is looking to institute a ban on owning standard capacity magazines. Currently, California already has a magazine capacity limit in place, but the law addresses the sale and transfer of those magazines, not necessarily possession. The […]
Analysis Shows Gun Websites of All Kinds Get Far, Far More Traffic Than Gun Control Websites
I’ve said it before and I’ve said it again, if you want to know how the public feels about something, do it in the way a marketer would do it, not in the same way a politician would. Polls work great for talking points on the campaign trail. However, if we really want to know […]
[Video] Moms Demand Action Kicked Off Target Property During Anti-Gun Protest
Whether you personally support open carry or not, we should all agree that the agenda of Moms Demand Action is not good for gun owners in general and anytime they fail to change gun policies it’s a good thing. In this case, a group of the anti-gun activists in San Antonio, TX was asked to […]
Another Chicago Gun Control Activist Arrested, This Time for Rape
The gun control camp seems to be a lot less law abiding than the pro-gun activists based on stories over the last couple of years. In the most recent transgression from anti-gun activists, a member of Ceasefire, an anti-gun group in Chicago, has been arrested – for rape. According to the Chicago Sun Times, On […]
[Video] Dom Raso’s Media Lab – Episode 8: “Fight Like A Girl”
The latest episode of Dom Raso’s Media Lab is out and it’s entitled “Fight Like a Girl”. Here is the video description, Self-defense expert Tamra joins Dom on Media Lab Episode 8 “Fight Like A Girl” to break down a scene from “Enough” and explain how training, minimal effort movements and re-directing energy help women […]
PolitiFact Catches Brady Campaign Lying About Child Gun Death Numbers
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, one of the older anti-gun groups in the country, is apparently taking their cues from Everytown for Gun Safety (a newer anti-gun group) and is now just resorting to making up statistics. The group claimed that nine children die in the USA everyday due to gunshot wounds (both […]
Servers at Shooters Grill in Rifle, CO Open Carry Loaded Six Shooters While Working
While the debate about openly carried guns in eateries continues in many parts of the country, in Rifle, CO (yes, that is the actual town name) one restaurant already has the whole thing figured out. At Shooters Grill even the waitstaff carries loaded firearms, most often six shooters, on their hips for the duration of […]
House of Rep. Committee Passes Bill to Delay Funding UN Arms Trade Treaty
The House of Representatives has made a move that will delay any funding to implement any part of the UN Arms Trade Treaty. According to the NRA-ILA, On Tuesday, June 24, 2014, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee passed the State Foreign Operations bill, containing language prohibiting funds to be used for the U.N. Arms Trade […]
[Video] Apparently, This is How Cross Eye Dominant Police Shoot in South Africa
So cross eye dominance is a real problem in the shooting world. This occurs when your dominant eye is opposite your dominant hand. According to a US Concealed Carry article, It is believed that 85-90 percent of the world’s population is right handed. However, about 2/3 of the population is right eye dominant, and 1/3 […]
[Video] See What Happens When Phil Robertson Shows Up to Shoot Skeet With Jerry Miculek
What do you get when you put two lifelong shooters and Louisiana natives together in a Youtube video? Some good times skeet shooting of course. In this video Jerry Miculek, accomplished competition shooter and one of the fastest shots in the world meets up with Phil Robertson, founder of the now multi-million dollar company Duck […]
Gun Registration is Officially Dead in North Carolina
Durham County, NC has had one of the oldest registration laws in the country on the books since 1935. The measure was originally a Jim Crow law passed at the local level. The way the law was written even unsuspecting gun owners from other parts of the states, who legally owned their guns, could be […]
[Video] New Mexico: 600+ Guns Purchased in “Buyback” Buried in Landfill
Who knew that properly disposing of hundreds of metal objects made to withstand small, controlled explosions would be so difficult? Apparently not the Santa Fe, NM Police Department. Last year the city hosted its first gun buyback program in hopes of reducing violent crime (yeah right). The program did net over 600 firearms including pistols, […]
[Video] Town Outraged After Police Officer Photographed Selling Rifle From Squad Car
A town in Bradford County, PA is currently in an uproar after one of its two police officers was photographed selling an AK variant rifle to a person out of the trunk of his patrol car. The officer has been suspended and a public meeting was held on Friday, but the city council took no […]
Florida Governor Signs Bill to Expand Stand Your Ground Law in the Sunshine State
The media coverage given to the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case, and the attention paid to Florida’s “stand your ground” law, resulted in the legislature considering flaws in the law. They passed a reform bill that was signed by Governor Rick Scott yesterday, 20 June, 2014. From tallahassee.com: The legislation, which marks one of the most […]
Cosmo Slams Reality TV Star For Putting Guns on Wedding Registry, Readers Slam Cosmo in Comments
Cosmopolitan Magazine (Cosmo) ran an online article slamming one of the stars of the reality television show 19 Kids and Counting for the contents of her wedding registry. If you’re not familiar with the show, here is a summary from Wikipedia, 19 Kids and Counting (formerly 17 Kids and Counting and 18 Kids and Counting), […]
Author Stephen King Calls for Additional Gun Control Laws
Horror author Stephen King took to Twitter yesterday to call for additional gun control laws. The multiple time best selling author said the following in tweet, “Multiple gunshot wounds last night at Red Rocks. We regulator booze and tobacco; it’s time to regulate firearms.” I’ll be nice and won’t even point out the irony of […]
[Video] WHY I CARRY: Suspect Brutally Beats Pregnant Clerk During Robbery
Many of the crime stories we document here result in a defensive gun use by a law abiding gun owner, but sometimes we have to look at other crime to remind ourselves why it’s so important to protect ourselves and our families. In this case, we have surveillance video from a cell phone store in […]
Gun Store Famous for Political Signs Faces Backlash From Their Bank That Could Shut Them Down
You’ve probably seen one of Tactical Firearms sign floating around on social media. The Texas gun store is famous for their snarky political signs. Here are a few examples. Now, it seems like the shop may be facing some blowback, and the shop is wondering if it’s political in nature. The shop’s bank has called […]
Daily Kos Compares Open Carry Texas With Terror Group ISIS
Look, I know the post at the Daily Kos that compares Open Carry Texas to the terror group ISIS (also known as ISIL) is meant to be tongue in cheek and snarky, but even so, it’s in completely horrible taste. First of all, yes, I have not been the biggest proponent of OCT’s *PAST* tactics, […]
[Video] Dom Raso’s Media Lab: Using Everyday Objects for Self Defense
Dom proves with the right mind set, there’s always a way to use your environment. In Media Lab Episode 7 “There’s Always A Way,” Dom breaks down scenes from Killer Elite and Bourne Supremacy to show how everyday objects can become tools for defense. The Media Lab show is one of my favorite NRA Freestyle […]