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I’ve concealed carried most every day for about 25 years. The only exception: when I was in uniform. Most of that time I openly carried a firearm or two. In the civilian world, I carry a gun in a leather inside-the-waistband (IWB) holster or in my boot (if I’m suited and booted). I’ve carried the […]

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Where will you be on November 2? Given recent events and efforts to outlaw and confiscate lawfully owned firearms from law-abiding Americans, you need to be in Washington, DC for the Second Amendment Rally on the Capitol lawn. It will be the of one of the biggest pro-gun grassroots gatherings in recent memory. As Rob […]

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By Rachel Malone Currently, any private seller can get a background check on any private transaction. The law already prohibits sales to people who are banned from owning guns. Gun Owners of America opposes any legislative policy move to add additional requirements, incentives or processes to increase background checks on private sales. 1) Background checks […]

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Your attention, please: 7mm-08 Remington is the ideal AR caliber. There are some other suggested chamberings that I’ve covered, but after thinking about it…I was wrong. This is it. Why? Because 7mm-08 can be used for every single thing you use a rifle for. Every. Single. Thing. To date, very few AR-platform rifles are offered […]

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Craig from Rugged Suppressors was in town visiting Silencer Shop last week, and the guys and gals there were cool enough to set us up in their vault with some lights and a couple of cameras. I did my best to interview Craig about Rugged — who they are, how they fit in the market, […]

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Springfield Armory announced earlier this month the arrival of a new gun. And they were quite secretive about it. When they first reached out to me, they wouldn’t give a hint as to what it was. Rumors circulated with the Springfield Fiercely Defend website revealing nothing more than a countdown clock and an ‘H’. Users […]

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This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. The ATF Didn’t Quite Give Up on the Bump Stock Case This week there’s been a huge buzz over the bumpiest stocks of them all. You’ve no doubt seen headlines that the ATF “admitted” it lacked the […]

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Michael Hoskins, who works “protective services” in New Albany, Indiana, sends his EDC today.  Via Everyday Carry. He doesn’t carry much.  In fact, I wonder what sort of protective services guy doesn’t carry a flashlight.  But, his mileage might vary. He does carry an FNS9 without including his carry rig.  Oh well, maybe he thinks […]

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The quote of the day is presented by Guns.com. I don’t say (that America’s relationship to guns has to change) as some sort of anti-gun absolutist. There was a time in my life, about 15 years ago, when I regularly carried a firearm for protection. My friend and client, Brenda Paz, had been murdered for helping […]

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The quote of the day is presented by Guns.com. This bit of analysis is from Chris Cillizza. Of CNN. There’s no more stalwart supporter of Democrat conventional wisdom in the media. Up until very recently, the Democrats-want-to-get-rid-of-the-Second-Amendment talk was, like so much of Trump’s rhetoric, outlandish and without any basis in facts. Obama in 2008 and […]

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If you thought that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would be satisfied with just a “mandatory buyback” of scary-looking semi-automatic firearms after the Christchurch mosque shootings, we have some “President Beto O’Rourke Welcomes You to the White House” t-shirts we’d like to sell you. With Kiwis producing an unsurprisingly low compliance rate for the current confiscation […]

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By Larry Keane It’s tough to stay relevant in a twenty-way race for the Democratic presidential nomination that’s marked by provocative and far-left ideas, especially when enacting constitutionally suspect gun control. But don’t ever say U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) doesn’t give it his best effort. His latest gun control proposal ignores basic constitutional protections […]

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The first duck I ever shot was taken with a 12-gauge over-and-under shotgun; a gun that I’ll never forget. As time passed I made the switch to auto-loaders without regrets. But every time I open my safe and see that first-duck O/U staring back at me, the itch to return to a double-barreled bird gun […]

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By Rob Fox A pit bull and a bullmastiff, each about a hundred pounds in weight, were shot by police as they mauled a random 57-year-old man they had attacked on the streets of Philadelphia at 4:40 a.m. Monday morning. The bullmastiff was killed at the scene but the pit bull, which was also shot, escaped […]

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By Larry Keane It seems that the gun control ideas of former Congressman and Texas Democrat Robert “Beto” O’Rourke don’t travel well. They didn’t even survive a trip across the Texas state line into Arkansas. O’Rourke is pushing a campaign platform that embraces an aggressive gun control agenda. It’s another of O’Rourke’s campaign reboots, this time on […]

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If you haven’t read JWT’s review of the Colt King Cobra, it’s well worth your time. Now Colt’s expanded the King Cobra line with a third model, the new King Cobra Target .357 revolver with a 4.25″ barrel. Here’s their press release . . . WEST HARTFORD, CONN. – Colt continues to develop its re-imagined […]

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A few days after a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart store, a man walked into a Wally World in Springfield, Missouri wearing load bearing equipment and a slung AR. While he reportedly did nothing more than walk around and film himself with his phone, the reaction was pretty much what you’d expect after […]

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By the NSSF: The National Shooting Sports Foundation chose to remain respectful of the victims and their families in the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, communities in the week following the senseless and horrific murders there. We did so because we believe it is right and proper. Both communities deserve time and space to […]

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An Ohio man has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance and making false statements or representations. Ethan Kollie, 24, of Kettering, was arrested Friday night in Beavercreek on suspicion of a firearms violation unrelated to the Oregon District shooting, according to Montgomery County Jail […]

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You may remember that Defense Distributed founder and 3D firearm advocate Cody Wilson ran afoul of the law last September when he was found to have engaged in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. He was arrested and charged with sexual assault. Today, the former DefDist CEO pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of […]

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