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Why your doctor wants to talk about guns It’s none of their damned business. Get another doctor . . . Your doctor already talks to you about sex, drugs and alcohol, but should they talk to you about guns, too? A newly-formed coalition of healthcare providers thinks so — and patient intervention is just one […]

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Tyler, a bike mechanic, says he rotates his carry knives out on a daily basis. I find myself wondering just how many knives Tyler has (I know how many I have…well, not an exact number, just a guesstimate). It appears his GLOCK is unmodified which is a practice suggested by quite a few legal experts […]

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Recently we announced the launch of a 2A-friendly ecommerce site, Uinta Trading Co. Things have apparently been going well at Unita, and to promote the site they’ve put together an awesome giveaway. At the center of the giveaway is a custom rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor from Alamo Precision. If you want a chance to win, click […]

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One of the criteria that some in the gun media as well as end users judge a pistol by is whether it digests a diverse array of ammunition. Brass case, steel case, multiple brands of FMJ, JHP maybe even flat-tops, JSP, hard cast and so on. It’s a decent predictor of reliability, as a gun […]

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College student Jacob says he carried these items “today” which makes me wonder…does he mean he carried on campus? And if so, is it one of those “gun-free zone” places (yeah it probably is)? Considering how gun-free zones are soft targets, it’s a Good Thing that he has his GLOCK 42 loaded with Underwood ammo.

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Paul is a small business owner in Seattle, a city currently going through some rather negative growth and spikes in crime. He carries a CZ P-01 Omega, a double-stack 9mm CZ reports as having passed the Army MRBF – Mean Rounds Between Failure – drill. CZ says the Omega has a .05% failure rate (7 […]

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Smith & Wesson Loses Duel with Nuns Over Gun Safety It’s all politics . . . In a showdown between nuns and guns, the sisters won. Prodded by Catholic nuns, shareholders of Smith & Wesson’s parent company passed a resolution calling for the gun manufacturer to report on what progress it has made toward making […]

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Greg in Alabama says this Gen 4 Glock 26 is his EDC. He also lists his job as “hospital administrator,” which means I’m wondering if he actually carries on a daily basis. Hospitals are almost always gun-free zones (which tends to make them one of the places you really need a gun). How do you […]

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Evan in Ohio carries a Kimber Micro 9mm TLE, a Vaporesso, and a Yaesu Hand-Held Transceiver. He says, “A lot of items have changed recently for me, as I’ve upgraded my iPad, and retired my XDs and bulky holster in favor of a Kimber Micro and a leather OWB holster from versacarry. This allows me […]

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Black Hills Ammunition is an interesting ammo maker. They have had the honor of producing and developing the famous MK 262 Mod 1 5.56x45mm load for the Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle as well as supplying civilians with top-quality self-defense, sporting, and hunting ammo. I recently reviewed their excellent 9mm 100gr +P HoneyBadger on these […]

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This illustrated guide to gun control is sheer brilliance. Created jointly by LawDogFiles (text) and HSGCA.

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Ruger’s Mark rimfire pistols have been around in one form or another since 1949. A great number of people don’t know the fascinating history or this gun, which began life as what was only called the Standard Model. In this review we will be taking a look at the Mark IV Target variant and what […]

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When the Singer Sewing Machine Company Built the Best .45 Pistol Ever Made Rock Island sold one in 2010 for $80,500 . . . In 1939, the U.S. War Department contracted the Singer Sewing Machine Company to build 500 1911A1s. The contract, Educational Order W-ORD-396, was a test to see if Singer could produce 100 […]

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This corrections officer from Washington State says this is his “brunch carry.” I couldn’t help but notice his gear is staged on a tree stump and his Treehut watch has a wooden band. There’s an Evergreen State joke in there somewhere. His GLOCK 43 – yes, another GLOCK 43 – is carried in a CYA […]

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SIG SAUER, as everyone should know by now, has been and is continuing to release a variety of ammunition types, which include everything from pistol to rifle and practice ball to advanced copper hunting bullets. In this article we will be looking at the excellent .38 Special +P 125gr +P Elite V-Crown. General Background The […]

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Threeper’s submitted pocket dumps before and does like to keep the black theme going. This time he has a new Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 chambered in .40 S&W. He says it’s so new he doesn’t even have a holster for it yet. Full disclosure? Many years ago my first carry gun was a .40 […]

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For most people out there, the .44 Remington Magnum is the ‘most powerful handgun in the world’, even if it never really held that title at the time Clint Eastwood uttered those now famous words. The .44 Mag has a special place in Americana and it stands among other immortal cartridges in our ballistic pantheon […]

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Richie, a USAF reservist, says he carries his Smith & Wesson M&P9C in a Crossbreed Modular Bellyband. He’d also like a new flashlight because “the lip is really sharp” and he doesn’t “like it sharing a pocket with my knife or keys.” Are you pro-bellyband carry or against? If you’re for it, do you advocate […]

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“The Second Amendment has a preamble about the need for a militia. Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. The states required men to have certain weapons and they specified in the law what weapons these people had to keep in their home […]

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K9 Handler Matt Burnett is the director of training at Freedog USA so his EDC is a bit varied. He says they’re “all items that I don’t go a day without. Having multiple knife options and a high-performance dog training gear allows me to bring my service dog with me off leash to alert me […]

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