The Truth About Guns

This image comes to us from the Facebook page of Congressman Steve Stockman, Republican of Texas, where the tenor of the ensuing debate makes our own dear mikeb2000 look positively collegial by comparison. Laughs aside, using salt water as a lubricant is strongly not recommended. Regardless of its source.

Not even for an AK.

Thanks to the nice folks at Helicopter Tours of Texas, I can now scratch “shoot guns out of a helicopter” off my bucket list. And in two weeks I’ll be scratching off the next item, “shoot machine guns out of a helicopter” as well, thanks to HeliBacon out near Houston. So as I’m preparing for my second go-round poking the muzzle of a gun out of a Robinson, I figured I’d review my notes and share the three most important tips that helped me actually hit targets on the ground from a moving chopper . . .

1. Get your ass outside

The interior of a helicopter, especially the smaller ones, is extremely cramped. There’s barely enough room for you and

[h/t DrVino]

(Clicking on photo will take you to NSFW site)

After the hash made by the Florida judiciary in the Zimmerman case, you could be forgiven if you’re a bit cynical about Florida courts and self defense cases. On paper, Florida law – especially its commonly misunderstood “Stand Your Ground” law – is very favorable to self defense.  As the Zimmerman case starkly demonstrated, however, judges and prosecutors will not always follow the law, especially if there are political points to be scored.  Today yields one of those decisions that show how the law is supposed to work, albeit somewhat belatedly: Mobley v. State of Florida. Here are the facts as presented . . .

Gabriel Mobley had joined a friend for drinks and food af

Before publishing Why The Rabbi Carries Three Guns, And I Carry One, I sent the copy to the rabbi for his comments. He added the following:

Having spoken to Robert of the subject of being a child of a holocaust survivor a few times, I both agree and disagree with Robert’s assessment and how it relates to my defensive readiness. Basically, I agree with most of his conclusions. We disagree as to the extent of its manifestation within my lifestyle. Robert believes that it is of greater influence than I. Honestly, I don’t know who’s right. Either way, the reason that I carry three guns is based on practicality, not psychology. I don’t consider myself an optimist, nor a pessimist, I consider myself a realist . . .

Realistically, most people, even TTAG readers, don’t truly comprehend the amount of violent crime in this country. As a police officer and police trainer, I have more exposure to it and a better comprehension of the veracity of t

A few months ago we reviewed CZ’s excellent P-09 Duty, the younger but bigger brother of the P-07 Duty. In it I mentioned that the P-09 got some new, updated features that the P-07 didn’t have. Namely, interchangeable backstraps, a comfortable new trigger shape, a new hammer, and front cocking serrations. Well, CZ has updated the P-07 for 2014 and it now has all of these things and more. Not to be outdone, the P-09 has some new offerings as well . . .

First some housekeeping: it appears that CZ has dropped the “Duty” moniker. These pistols are now just the P-07 and the P-09.

Matt in FL recently emailed me a question: “If we admit (and we have to admit) that, unless you’re involved in certain lifestyles, a self-defense scenario where you fire even one shot is statistically unlikely, then that puts a scenario where you need three guns somewhere in the realm between ‘really damn unlikely’ and ‘me in a three way with Doutzen Kroes and Kelly Brook,’ doesn’t it?  What exactly is he planning for? I know, the flippant answer is, ‘I don’t know, but I mean to survive it,’ but seriously, he doesn’t seem like the guy to do things on a whim, so that leads me to believe he put some thought into this. What course of rational thought ends with him fe

“The Obama administration on Friday proposed two new executive actions to make it easier for states to provide mental health information to the national background check system, wading back into the gun control debate after a months-long hiatus,” foxnews.com reports. “One proposal would formally give permission to states to submit ‘the limited information necessary to help keep guns out of potentially dangerous hands,’ without having to worry about the privacy provisions in a law known as HIPAA. “The other proposal would clarify that those who are involuntarily committed to a mental institution — both inpatient and outpatient — count under the law as ‘committed to a m

We weren’t in on the big R51 announcement from Remington for some reason. Go figure. It’s too bad, too, because Remmy’s new 7+1 single stack looks like an awfully compelling carry gun. Especially with an MSRP of only $389. In fact, it’s pretty much what you’d hope the new GLOCK 42 (if there really is such a thing) will be. We’ll get our hands on one somehow. Don’t you worry . . .

This is part two of my review on the KG Coating system. The first part was a custom camouflage job they put together for me. I loved it, but I wanted to see what they could do with something a bit more “beat up.” And boy, did I have just the gun. See below for the “before” pictures . . .

Few names have the privilege of being mentioned at the pinnacle of exhibition and quick draw shooting. “Little Sure Shot” Annie Oakley is sure to be on the list, along with Bob Munden, Ed McGivern, the Fabulous Topperweins, D.A. “Jelly” Bryce, Herb Parsons, Dr. W.F. Carver, Howard Darby, Arvo Ojala, A.H. Bogardus, and more modern shooters such as Jerry Miculek and even YouTube sensation Kirsten Joy Weiss. However today’s article will be on a shooter whose infectious positive attitude, unmatched ambassadorship, and uncanny marksmanship made him a favorite of many a sportsman and collector: Mr. Tom Knapp . . .

You do NOT want to hide guns around the house. Even if you don’t have children, unauthorized persons can find them (e.g., cleaners, friends’ kids). If cops searching your house (for some reason or another) find an “unsecured firearm” they can make your life miserable. I’m also not a fan of this magnet-activated Tactical Walls solution for reasons that readers will delineate below. [Make sure you watch the "out-take" at the end.] Suffice it to say, home carry people. Home carry.

You remember Dick Metcalf, right? How could you forget? Dick was the Guns & Ammo editor who’s now a former editor as a result of the stance he took on Second Amendment infringement in his now infamous December column (below). And no, we didn’t get Dick fired. G&A cut bait when some (OK, a lot of) advertisers threatened to pull out. Anyway, Dick’s also a founder and president of PASA, one of the great shooting venues in the country. It seems that in the wake of the controversy, some of his fellow members feel the same way those G&A advertisers did. In response, Dick sent the following letter to PASA’s membership. Thanks to one of them for passing it along to us . . .

This is going to be a long letter.

The week before Christmas the PASA club office received t

“If I walk into a gun store with an Obama T-shirt – which I wouldn’t wear, because he’s too conservative – I don’t fit.” – Liberal Gun Club board member Eric Wooten, Liberals find comfort level in ‘NPR of gun clubs’ [at sfgate.com]

You may remember that James Grant’s video entry won K-VAR’s monthly contest for the best customer promo of their commie guns. Yeah, well his better half didn’t take that sitting down. She produced her own short and it’s apparently taken the title for November. Enjoy.

As some of you may remember, TrackingPoint went on a bit of a firing spree about a month back and kicked the CEO (Jason Schauble) out the door along with the CFO and 30 other employees. TrackingPoint wasn’t Jason’s first gun company — he had worked at Remington Defense previously, which explains how the Remington 20/20 project came about. Now it looks like Jason is making the jump into silencer manufacturing, as he has taken a slot on the board for Silencerco.

Press release from Silencerco:

http://youtu.be/PxhmpNfg-M4

Between The Blaze, ARFCOM and various gun enthusiast and gun rights forums Connecticut gun owners have been beaten down by their own for “not doing enough” and “falling down to the man for registering” (not knowing, our guns are de facto registered with a DPS-3 or DPS-3-C at purchase and this new registration is simply a registration of a registration). There’s been no shortage of criticism towards CT gun owners by their own kind. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) has been actively getting people involved. With all the media coverage going on you’d think that ALL gun owners would know what is going on. Well you would be wrong. [See video above.] To those who say Constitution State gun owners aren’t fighting a few points to consider . . .

1.  Connecticut gun owners are pounding the pavement and getting the word out. They are organized and fully committed to replacing anti-gun politicians.

2. For everyone who believes it is so easy, you should try it sometime

3. Not everyone is as informed as you believe they are. Even with TTAG with

Since I started writing for TTAG I’ve been traveling more and more each year covering gun-related goings-on in the world, and as a result I’ve needed to figure out how to best carry the gear I need to get the job done. For the last year I’ve been using Optics Planet’s OPMOD PAC, and while it worked great for a while, it just didn’t have the capacity I needed to carry all of my day-to-day gear. Then I saw 5.11′s Rush Delivery Messenger Bag, and it looked like a home run in terms of organizing and carrying all of the things I need . . .

On the outside, the bag has all the trappings of the modern military chic look. There’s enough Velcro straps to slather on all

Henry Clay Aalders made this observation, re: Connecticut gun owners lining-up to register their “assault rifles” and “high capacity magazines” ahead of the deadline. Harsh. But fair? Would YOU register your rifle and mag if you lived in the Con

“The gunmaker Mossberg has teamed with Duck Commander, the company owned by ‘Duck Dynasty’s’ Robertson clan, to release nine different shotguns, as well as two semiautomatic rifles and a semiautomatic pistol,” cnn.com reports. “Mossberg has begun shipping some of the shotguns to distributors, according to spokeswoman Linda Powell. She declined to name specific retailers that will carry them.” So what makes these guns different than all the others? Mossie’s Duck Commander guns will all be paint