The Truth About Guns

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Rifle Fires at Gun Show; Olympia Man Cited for Reckless Endangerment the chronline.com story proclaims. “A vendor (not pictured above) who attended a gun show at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds this weekend now faces reckless endangerment charges after a rifle he purchased from another seller accidentally discharged, causing a bullet to ricochet off the concrete floor and go into a display case. Though the gun fired in a room full of people, no one was hurt, said Linda Bailey of the Chehalis Police Department.” If I were the buyer, I’d ask for my money back. And my gun rights. On bended knee.

Newtown cyclists say gun control campaign now a movement ctmirror.org‘s headline proclaims. Hello? Look at the picture. How much of a “movement” do you see? Reporter Ana Radelat forgot to mention how many people showed up. But she was quick to assert that “The National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups have exerted enormous pressure on members of Congress, threatening to back the political rivals of those who vote for gun control with the help of massive war chests. With the impasse in Congress, the gun control movement has accepted the likelihood that federal g

The most creative caption entered in the comment section by midnight Sunday will win their very own Ban Bossy! bumper sticker. Start writing!

When last we saw ShootingTheBull410 testing 9mm Federal Premium HST 124-grain ammo, he was slobbering like a rabid dog over the round’s exquisite awesomeness.  So what happens when we let him near the heftier, 147-grain version of the same stuff? More slobbering.  Check the video for a review of what looks to be a superb load for short-barrel 9mm pistols.

You remember Katie Couric, right? She’s the failed nightly news anchor and failed daytime talkshow host who’s fallen out the bottom of the media machine and now has a “show” on yahoo.com. Her most recent guest is the diminutive former mayor of New York, bilious billionaire Michael Bloomberg. And as marketwatch.com is reporting, he’s flaunting his prodigious cash pile. “’I will support individual senators and congressmen that vote to make my kids safer and your kids safer.’ ‘You think you can really outspend the NRA and the gun manufacturers?’ Couric asked. ‘Oh sure,&#82

MG Industries has been peddling their Hydra system for a couple years now, an AR-15 based rifle that can be reconfigured to a completely different caliber in just a few seconds. Can’t decide between a 5.56 rifle and a 7.62×39 gun? Why not both? Anyway, they’ve announced that they are finally shipping the guns as a complete kit in the 5.56 NATO flavor, and the price is actually downright reasonable. Make the jump for the presser . . .

Make the jump for the autoplay video in question. Kristen Anderson’s set up is worth the price of admission – in that Reefer Madness kinda way. “How would YOU feel, you’re out here shopping you see this young man walking down the road with an assault rifle,” she asks, “you’re concerned so you call the police but when they show up there’s not much they can do.” You know; because it’s legal. The police trainer claiming the open carrier was “just looking for a payday” displays considerable Constitutional contempt. When the Commander says cops have a right to stop someone open carrying to check if they’re a convicted felon, he reveals his ignorance. Anyway, it’s good to see gun normalization in the news, n’est-ce-pas?

By now you’ve surely heard of the latest campaign to boost girls’ self esteem. Facebook’s COO and the head den mother at the Girl Scouts think too many girls are being labeled as “bossy” and this somehow stunts their psychological development. Or something. Anyway they want to ban “bossy” and we’re on board with the whole program. No one is more sick and tired of bossy behavior than are America’s gun owners. Why should law abiding individuals who choose to avail themselves of their Second Amendment rights be told what guns they can and can’t own by people who know nothing about firearms? What CHL holder wants to be harangued by shrill, uninformed self-appointed nannies about where they can and can’t carry their guns? Don’t be bullied

One of the questions I occasionally get during the day at the class-3 FFL where I work is, “can I buy a machine gun?” I usually respond with the whole spiel of how “the registry” was closed and how much that tends to stink for anyone of average means who desires a full-auto weapon. Quite simply, if you don’t have a fat wallet, you don’t get to go rat-a-tat-tat. I really hate that . . .

It’s not that I’m jealous of those who can afford machine guns. It doesn’t bother me that their disposable income is much greater than mine. What bothers me is that I should be able to afford a machine gun, but I can’t because of artificial inflation caused by a “do-good” representative from New Jersey circa 1986. I don’t want to offend those of you who own them, but to be quite frank, MAC-10s are $300 guns at best. And Stens should be a cash purchase you make from your cha

Connecticut gun owners who chose not to comply with the Constitution State’s post-Newtown firearms and ammunition magazine laws are getting ready for possible confiscation and arrest. The video above from Dave Acton’s Urban Survival YouTube channel recommends that CT gun owners download the “I’m Getting Arrested” Android app. Developed by the Occupy folks, the one-click free app automatically notifies contacts when the cops come calling. (No iPhone equivalent yet.) A supplier of products designed to hide firearms told TTAG today that they’ve noticed an increase in sales to Connecticut. The Sipsey Street Irregulars reckons CT militias are already forming. Or strengthening. Or something. In any case, I wonder how the police are preparing for an order to yank the chains of otherwise law-abiding citizens turned into Class D felons by the stroke of

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The first rule of gunfighting is — we all know this, right? — have a gun. Once you have a gun, conventional wisdom suggests your choice of caliber is not of primary importance. There are, of course, limits to this conventional wisdom. A 23-year-old Georgia man discovered that no legitimate defensive caliber begins with “point one seven seven” . . .

Let’s head to Channel 11-Atlanta for the details:

Ryan Jones was shot at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday outside a house in the 9900 block of Bells Ferry Road near Holly Street in Canton.

Witnesses told Cherokee County Sheriff’s investigators that Jones arrived at the house with a BB gun and demanded to be paid for a debt he claimed he was owed.

A person inside the house, 43-year-old Brian Turner of Woodstock, shot Jones with a shotgun. Turner was a guest at the house, according to Cherokee County S