The Truth About Guns

“Police are investigating what they believe to be an accidental shooting Friday evening when a man in the Cove shot his right hand while dismantling a semiautomatic hand gun,” stamfordadvocate,com reports. “[Lt. Diedrich] Hohn said the man explained that he was dismantling his .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun when the gun went off. Hohn said the man said he did not realize that one bullet was in the chamber when he was taking the gun apart. The slug was fired into the man’s right palm and traveled under the skin, exiting through his pinky finger. The slug then went through a wall and lodged in a bedroom bureau, where it was recovered by police. No one else was injured du

Every time I see someone getting it badly wrong with a gun I feel the need to correct them. But I don’t. Back in the day, I’d intervene. I’d start by asking the shooter what gun they’re firing (as if I didn’t know). Then it’s “I’m an NRA Pistol Instructor. Do you mind if I show you something about your stance/grip/trigger finger/trigger squeeze/sight alignment/breathing/pacing?” When one of my involuntary students—a prison guard—complained to management I learned to mind my own business. The gun range guy put it this way: “A lot of people come here just to have fun. What’s wrong with that?” So, do you correct other shooter’s mistakes or leave poor enough alone?

The H&K MP7A1 is, unquestionably, a lethal weapon. It’s killed many a terrorist. It has killed the career of Jerry Tsai. And it nearly killed Recoil Magazine. But the lethality of this gun isn’t what makes it so cool — it’s the design. Whether or not you’re a fan of Heckler & Koch, you can’t say that they make ugly guns. They are to the gun world what Lamborghini is to the car world, producing overpriced supercars guns, the pictures of which are frequently pinned up on the walls of prepubescent boys. But is the gun functional as well as aesthetically pleasing? We just had to find out . . .

The MP7A1 falls into the category of a personal defense weapon or PDW. The idea is that you produce a firearm that’s as compact as possible, capable of being fired either single-handed or with a stock and has a massive magazine. The resulting PDW is ideally still capable of putting down the bad guys, but has t

Todd Rexford’s custom knife designs will usually set you back a couple of thousand bucks. They’re damned fine knives, but handmade collectibles crafted from Unobtanium aren’t the ideal EDC for CCW knives. A well-designed and well-made blade that’s affordable (and replaceable) is generally the more practical choice. The $30 Kershaw Injection 3.0 could be just such a knife. We can’t give it our official seal of approval without testing it (hint to Kershaw: send us one!) but if it holds up as well as other budget Kershaws, it could be a sleeper hit.

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Eddie Vedder sounds like a sailor with a bad head cold complaining about the forecast. Apparently not. Eddie Vedder is a singer/songwriter/guitarist for Pearl Jam. As you might expect from an alt rock icon, Mr. Vedder has some pretty strong political opinions which he shared with professional surfer Mark Richards in a HuffPo-enabled interview (no I didn’t make that up). To use a musical term, sample this . . .

“The fact that we’re living in a country where 90 percent of the people want further gun laws — to maybe somehow put a dent in some of this insanity that’s happening — and yet there’s no further legislation taking place, it’s very frustrating and upsetting. If I didn’t have music to kind of at least get some of the aggression out or take the edge