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My good friend and a strong defender of the Second Amendment is throwing his hat into the ring for a third time. Adam Kraut has announced that he’s running again for an NRA Board of Directors seat. For those who don’t know him, Adam is a lawyer and former gun store manager who deals exclusively with firearms-related cases. He’s has […]

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“If (God forbid) you ever get into a situation where you have to use your firearm in self-defense, you need to know the issue you’re facing: one or more people of unknown skill level and undetermined will have placed you and your loved ones at deadly peril. They’re actively trying to kill you and they […]

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Google’s App Store Removes ‘Gunbroker’ Another one bites the dust . . . Google informed GunBroker.com on September 3 that its mobile app would be blocked from the app store Google Play. Google explained the decision to block the app in an email obtained by Breitbart News. Psychiatrists and Trainers Voiced Concerns Over Charged Officer […]

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This submission is a bit grainy but still worth a look. Gun owner with the user name of Deangelo Jeremitrius Vickers says he carries his Taurus PT111 Millenium G2 9mm in an Alien Gear Cloak OWB. The Millenium G2 is a fairly recent addition to the Taurus line; I ran this model a few weeks […]

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[The claim of an individual’s right to own firearms] is “one of the greatest pieces of fraud — I repeat the word ‘fraud’ — on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime.” –  the late Warren Burger, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court  

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WA State CO NWPrepped is carrying a brand-new Glock 43 and an Olight M2T Warrior Tactical Flashlight. Nice to see he’s carrying a tourniquet, too. What do you guys thinks of the R.A.T.S. (Rapid Application Tourniquet System)?

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The EDC du jour of a systems architect in Georgia includes a Ruger LCR in .357 Magnum and a CRKT M16-13T. It always warms my heart to see a revolver as part of someone’s EDC.      

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State corrections officer CR Moore has a unique pocket dump. He has current trends covered with the carry optic on his SIG P320 and classics with his North American Arms .22 Magnum mini revolver.

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Over the weekend, South African Deputy Minister of Police, Bongani Mkongi spoke to SABC about the government’s intent to make South Africa a gun-free society. He went on about how civilians should be completely disarmed, and that those who dared “take them to court” are part of the problem. See the interview here. Mkongi is referencing gun […]

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M Bear, who identifies himself as a “political operative” states this is “a small update to my prior carry. Everything is the same other than having swapped the grip module on my P320 X-Carry to a standard Compact version. This makes the pistol concealable enough to be able to carry it every day, even under […]

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Concealed carrier Marcus Warren said he chose these items to carry because they’re “the best and lightest tools for the job.” This Steyr M9-A1’s 4-inch barrel adds to its concealability while its 17 +1 capacity greatly reduces the need for reloads.

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Gun owner FlyingFish says his main carry is this CZ Shadow 2. The Glock 43 in this IWB Kydex holster makes a solid backup gun – BUG – don’t you think?  

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Southpaw Andrew Thomas uses the Ruger American as his everyday carry because it has an ambidextrous slide stop and magazine release. The Ruger American 9mm also features a low bore axis and MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail for lights and lasers.  

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The Judge in the Latest 3D-Printed Gun Case Got 3D Printing Totally Wrong No. Really? . . . The law that supposedly prohibits the posting of the schematic is an export control law, the Arms Export Control Act, so nothing stops Wilson from distributing the schematic inside the United States. But posting the gun schematic online necessarily […]

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Some say the .40 S&W is done, but many of us disagree. Dysfunctional vet thReaper carries a Glock 22 loaded with Federal .40 S&W 180 grain HST JHPs. After all, GLOCKs are nothing if not reliable and .40 has its benefits.

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Here’s US Navy sailor Richard’s EDC gear. We’ve always thought the Ruger LCR (this one in .327 Federal) has one of the best revolver triggers around. And those aftermarket G10 grips are a nice touch, too.

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By Brent T. Wheat One of the coolest things about the Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR), built on the well-known AR-15 platform originally designed by Eugene Stoner, is the fact that the system is largely modular and can be assembled and modified by anyone possessing some basic tools and a bit of mechanical aptitude. Happily, for […]

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We’ll do our best to contain our glee, but we have German blood in our veins and schadenfreude is very a real thing. We apologize in advance. All of that said, Dicks Sporting Goods today reported a larger-than-expected drop in same store sales and their stock has taken a dive as a result. What’s more, analysts […]

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Florida’s primary elections were held today and the results — some surprising — have significant potential impacts for gun owners. So let’s look at the results. First, lets looks at the Republican side. Ron DeSantis winning the nomination for governor is a big win for Florida gun owners. He has the congressional background and pedigree to […]

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When he’s not on the job, Deangelo Jeremitrius Vickers, who works in public safety, packs a Taurus PT-111 G2 Millennium in a an OWB hybrid holster.  

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