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Seen in the Wild: Magpul Glock Mags…

$16 at Cabelas. Alternate Headline: “What are we going to do with all of these $39 OEM Glock mags” They seemed very solid, and noticeably lighter in weight than OEM Glock mags. Also, They had no holes in the back for round count. Not sure how I feel about that, especially if the 30+ rounders […]

If you don’t read anything else today…

Go read this.

Problem Solved: Can’t we all just ‘Coexist’…

I’ll just leave this right here…

5 Gun Control Arguments We Are Tired Of Hearing

Gun control advocates recycle the same talking points when arguing why the federal government should curtail people’s Second Amendment rights. The anti-gun lobby deploys a range of straw-man arguments, like the Founding Fathers considered “arms” to mean single-loader muskets, and the “militia” to be the only legitimate custodnian of these arms. In more recent years, […]

The fall of California

My family has been on the front lines battling the dangerous hoax called “gun control” for half a century. In that time, we’ve seen just about everything – repeatedly. The single most important thing we’ve learned over those 50 years is that gun control zealots are never satisfied. They keep coming back again and again, […]

Survey: 76% of Police Chiefs Say Armed Citizens ‘REDUCE’ Violent Crime

While liberals call for more gun control to stop violence, three-fourths (76%) of the nation’s police chiefs and sheriffs say armed citizens actually “reduce violent criminal activity,” the 28th Annual Survey by the National Association of Chiefs of Police shows. Asked, “Can qualified, law-abiding armed citizens help law enforcement reduce violent criminal activity?” while under […]

Gun Grabbers’ “Do you have a restraining order” video plays out in real life…

Hey, do you remember that “Do you have a restraining order?” video that the gun grabbers gave us a while back? Well, it looks like it has now just played out in real life… BUT! It played out exactly like the pro-gun side’s rebuttal suggested would be a better outcome…   In Maine of all […]

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Seen on the Social Media Nets…

‘Breakfast & Bullets’ Teaches Women What They Need to Know

Breakfast and Bullets, WTAJ (screen grab) Breakfast & Bullets is all women by design. Except for instructors, there are no men at Outdoor City Guns and Altoona Indoor Range. It’s bonding time and learn-to-shoot time. And it’s taking off! For the folks who deny that women are embracing the shooting sports and self-defense, there’s plenty […]

Kenya’s 680,000 guns in civilian hands the largest in East Africa

Kenya has the largest number of guns in civilian hands in eastern Africa amid rising gun attacks while Rwanda has the least, a global survey shows. Data from Sidney-based GunPolicy.org, a website backed by the United Nations, puts the estimated number of guns possessed by Kenyan civilians at about 680,000, comprising licit and illicit firearms. […]

“Shall not be unreasonably infringed.”

If you dont read anything else today, go read this. Yet, notice the pertinent language of the Second Amendment: “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” In stark contrast to the Fourth Amendment, the Second Amendment does not say gun rights “shall not be unreasonably infringed.” Reasonableness has […]

GAMO® Outdoors Acquires Daisy®

Gamo® Outdoor SL, an affiliate of New York-based private equity investment firm BRS, along with its US subsidiary, Gamo® Outdoor USA, announced today the acquisition of Daisy Outdoor Products. Daisy is one of the most recognized brands of airguns and accessories in the world. Since 1886, the Company has been producing quality products and introducing […]

Would-Be Terrorist Turned Down By a Virginia Gun Shop

A Virginia resident and former member of the Army National Guard just got picked up Sunday by the FBI and charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, after which he reportedly told authorities he had “often thought about conducting an attack” on U.S. soil. The Justice Department stated in a press release that […]

4 ways to misuse gun statistics

By Daniel Bier / FEE There’s a lot of false, misleading, or irrelevant numbers being thrown around about guns and crime, so here’s a brief guide to four potentially misleading types of statistics. 1. “The United States has a gun for every person.” It’s practically a rule that every report about guns has to mention […]

How much has the gun lobby given to N.J. lawmakers this year?

Supporters of gun rights, led by the National Rifle Association, so far have bypassed New Jersey when it come to funding their campaigns this year. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, none of the 14 members of the state’s congressional delegation, neither the eight Democrats nor six Republicans, have received any 2016 campaign contributions […]

Amy Schumer’s Gun Control Sketch Was Banned From Comedy Central For Being Too Dark

Amy Schumer’s sketch comedy show doesn’t normally make headlines, but it did this week after releasing a gun control-focused sketch which Comedy Central had banned from their network for going too far and being too dark. The “Inside Amy Schumer” sketch begins with an imitation law firm ad starring H John Benjamin, which starts off […]

Pro Tip: Open carry at the beach…

I have talked about concealed carry at the pool/beach in the past on this here gun blog, but this year it dawned on me…… with all this surf fishing gear that I have laying around our beach umbrella, why not just strap on my bait knife and carry it around all day? Nobody even bats […]

Australian crime stats since their holy-grail gun ban…

Here… I will note that assaults are up, sexual assaults are up, homicide is flat, and “The overall trend has been upward.. with an increase of 55% between 1996 and 2007.” The only thing that changes is the tool… gun to knife. If we threw all guns on planet earth into the ocean you would […]

Homeland floats ‘national security’ as excuse to take guns

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson The Obama administration has tried repeatedly to push more gun control through Congress, unsuccessfully. It still is trying its hand at a strategy of simply depriving people of their Second Amendment rights. Now it is signaling a new method, claiming that “gun control” is “part and parcel” of the federal […]

Mike Thompson: Votes are there to pass gun background check, no-fly list legislation

A Democratic congressman and leading gun-control advocate said on Tuesday that bills to tighten gun-purchase background checks and ban suspected terrorists from acquiring firearms would pass the House if Republican leaders brought them to the floor. “If you brought up the ‘no fly, no buy’ legislation, or if you brought up the background check legislation […]