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The apple apparently doesn’t fall far from the corner-cutting tree in this family. According to the Reno Gazette Journal, a father and son from Wisconsin are in a White Pine County, Nevada jail and their hunting guide has been suspended for illegally taking an elk. The three men were sentenced this week in District Court […]

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No one knows exactly how many gun owners there are in the United States (many maintain operational security). Bemoaning the lack of gun registration, cnn.com tackled the gun ownership question back in February, and came up with the following stats . . . High quality telephone polls from Gallup and the Pew Research Center in 2017 found that 42% […]

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“The court heard how, in September last year, [Chanze Nolan and Devonte Harris] were driven to Wellingborough in a rented white Golf to pick up a friend,” northamptonchron.co.uk reports, “and brought the loaded shotgun ‘for no specific purpose.’ But while driving in Burns Road, they spotted someone they thought was a rival gang member and ordered […]

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There are few things more frustrating than being set up on the firing line and discovering you forgot the one screwdriver or drive bit you need to complete the days’ primary objective. I’ve been there more than once; a bad habit of stuffing all my shop tools into my range bag is the scar I […]

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Never let it be said that Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel doesn’t take swift and decisive action when events or individuals under his command challenge the illusion of the “amazing leadership” he paints of the bumbling incompetence that characterizes his department. A long-troubled student who was well-known to your department shoots up the local high […]

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“We don’t judge whether the police are doing a good job by the numbers of criminals they kill each year, but rather by how well they stop crime. The same should be true in judging the effectiveness of civilian DGUs.” – Paul Hsieh in Any Study Of ‘Gun Violence’ Should Include How Guns Save Lives [via […]

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Anti-Gun Group Tweets a Photo of a Gun…That’s Loaded Backwards – No, smart ass, it wasn’t an HK . . . Everytown For Gun Safety, an anti-gun activist group known for posting all kinds of false stats about gun violence in an effort to strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights, tweeted a Newsweek article […]

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I am not now nor have I ever been a Marvel comic geek. Fan? Whatever. The whole superhero thing leaves me cold, especially when every movie ends with an epic (read interminable) fight scene where the good guys/Israeli chick win. I might be wrong about that . . . I gave up on Marvel movies […]

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“In the world’s most murderous country, gun control is starting to lose its appeal,” bloomberg.com reports. “Desperate Brazilians are wondering whether they’d be better off armed, given that around 60,000 of their compatriots are killed each year. Polls show support for gun ownership gaining ground. In an election year, politicians are paying attention.” Did you […]

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Regulatory over-reach, thy name is Massachusetts. You may remember that back in 2016 Bay State Attorney General Maura Healey unilaterally extended the state’s ban on “assault weapon” sales with a stroke of her pen. She accomplished this high-handed feat of autocracy by redefining the legal definition of what qualifies as an assault rifle, a move […]

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While AR-15s are light, reliable, customizable and mighty handy, they’re more than a little, well, utilitarian in their aesthetic. Not that that’s a bad thing. Most of the time. But some of us love the look and feel of hardwood. Which is why companies like Black Wood USA now offers English walnut grips you can […]

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Tim Harmsen of YouTube’s Military Arms Channel writes: YouTube has recently began a campaign of directly attacking content creators they do not agree with philosophically or politically. Firearms channels have been one of the hardest hit by these rapidly changing “policies” . . . YouTube’s new firearms specific policies are above. The Do No Harm […]

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Dean Simmons’ everydaycarry.com pocket dump is a bit of a laff, really. I highly doubt the Louisiananian carries a bottle of Wild Turkey around with him, never mind an AR15. Given that Mr. Simmons felt the necessity to identify his Mercedes key, I suspect he’s something of a status conscious exhibitionist. So why he’s carrying a […]

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If you trap deer, don’t do it near a Lakeway (suburban Austin) soccer mom with a cell phone. According to KXAN . . . The city of Lakeway has been trapping deer to help control the population for nearly 20 years. However, the mom’s video is going viral that has some residents asking the city […]

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“I talked to nearly a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate for this story,” atlantic.com writer Elaina Plott reveals, “and heard nearly a dozen different proposals for how to curb gun violence and mass shootings. They all said they wanted GOP leadership to address gun violence in a meaningful way. It’s not possible to […]

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Here’s the press conference held by St. Mary’s County, Maryland Sheriff Tim Cameron with the latest on this morning’s Great Mills High School shooting. BREAKING: Gunman in Maryland high school shooting is dead, police say. https://t.co/ZoL8qkCMsE • Female student in critical condition • Male student in stable condition • School resource officer engaged the gunman, […]

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“Two students were critically injured and a gunman died in a shooting at Great Mills High School in Southern Maryland Tuesday morning as classes began,” washingtonpost.com reports.  “The shooter was a student at the school.” According to nydailynews.com, “A school resource officer took down the unidentified shooter after exchanging gunfire inside the school.” And here’s the […]

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With a lifetime warranty and high-end glass and features, Nikon is looking to steal a chunk of the long-range optics market with their aggressively-priced BLACK FX1000 line of scopes. If the promises hold true, they’ll be stiff competition for the likes of Vortex, Nightforce, SIG, et al. Stay tuned, as TTAG will be reviewing a […]

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Antis gotta anti. So when a school shooter unleashes homicidal fury, the forces of civilian disarmament waste no time waving the bloody shirt for gun control. Laws that would have done nothing — zip, zero, nada, niente, rien — to stop the slaughter. To be charitable, their heart is in the right place. They don’t […]

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has admitted that they were imminently warned, directly, of the Parkland, Florida shooter’s motive, opportunity, and means to commit his crimes. In a Press Release just posted on their website, the FBI states: On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI’s Public Access Line (PAL) […]

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