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Question of the Day: Will Your Kids Sign the Constitution?

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 12:00

We received an email from our local school last week telling us that our kids would be participating in the “I Signed The Constitution” program which is sponsored by the National Constitution Center. The explained that it will take … Continue Reading

Gear Review: ODIN Works KMod Forend – 15.5″

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 11:00

Good free-floated hand guards make for good gun experiences. Finding a good one can be a little tough, though, and there are certain things that can really irk you, as I pointed out in my Strike Industries review. Specifically, … Continue Reading

Florida Looks to Expand Legal Hunting with Suppressors

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 10:00

While the United States leads the world in most ways, it has lagged in the adoption of suppressors for guns. In most of gun-averse Europe, mufflers aren’t controversial. In Finland, ownership, manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of gun mufflers is … Continue Reading

What’s Gun Control’s Next Target?

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 09:00

There’s no longer any denying that the latest wave of gun control activism has passed. Following the Sandy Hook shooting everything was on the table, and the usual gun control extremists managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory … Continue Reading

Quote of the Day: Another Day, Another Hollywood Gun Hypocrite

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 08:00

“I am totally for gun control in the U.S. The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying. Every day we’re seeing some kid running rampant in a school. … Continue Reading

Another Mayor Says Thousands are Killed by Guns

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 20:00

I recently wrote about Mayor Sly James of Kansas City saying that Too much violence is committed by guns.  I was skeptical that he had actually said that, because the mayor is a well-educated man and served on active … Continue Reading

PA Legislature to Vote on Strong Preemption Bill

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 19:00

The NRA is reporting that an important gun law reform will be coming up for a vote this week. From nraila.org:

(T)he Pennsylvania Legislature returns from its summer break, and the NRA has learned that the state House of

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Random Thoughts About Good Cops

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 18:00

I haven’t seen this episode of Have Gun Will Travel since, well, never. It’s a bit of an eye-opener. Larry Tate, I mean, Marshall Tom Kerry is a perfect stereotype of a bad cop: vain, overbearing, self-righteous, drunk with … Continue Reading

Charles Krauthammer, Shannon Watts and the Assault Weapon Ban

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 17:00

On April 5th, 1996, Charles Krauthammer gave his reasons for supporting the 1994 Clinton Assault Weapon Ban.  The column was called “Disarm the Citizenry, But Not Yet.” in the Washington Post.

Ultimately, a civilized society must disarm its

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Self Defense Tip: Don’t be George Zimmerman

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 16:00

I can’t take credit for that headline. Props to TTAG reader EN who emailed a link to George Zimmerman Involved in Yet Another Police Incident. Which goes a little something like this: “George Zimmerman cannot seem to stay out … Continue Reading

New From Liberty Suppressors: Mystic-X – One Can to Rule Them All?

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 15:00

The worst part about buying a silencer is knowing that its usefulness is limited. For example, I can’t shoot 9mm or 22LR ammunition through my 762SDN6. I can’t shoot 5.56 through my Ti-Rant 9mm can. And I can’t shoot anything … Continue Reading

Incendiary Image of the Day: Waving the Bloody Kent State Sweatshirt Edition

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 14:00

“’Get it or regret it!’ read the description for a “vintage,” one-of-a-kind Kent State sweatshirt that Urban Outfitters briefly offered for just $129,” washingtonpost.com reports. “However, the fact that there was just one available for purchase is far from the … Continue Reading

KY Dem Senate Candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes Guns for Mitch McConnell

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 13:00

Lagging in the polls, Kentucky Democratic Senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is running a campaign ad knocking down clays as she distances herself from President Obama on “guns, coal and the EPA.” Strangely, Grimes’ stance on firearms freedom doesn’t appear … Continue Reading

HufPo: “Most Americans” Think Kids and Guns Don’t Mix

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 12:00

In the aftermath of a certain incident involving a 9-year-old and an Uzi, the usual gun control extremist suspects have been shopping around the idea that firearms and children are a bad combination. As we know from our own polling, … Continue Reading

The Next Phase: 3D Printed Imura Revolver Hybrid Development

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 11:00

An innovative 3D-printed hybrid revolver design is being worked on as tribute to 3D printing’s first martyr,  Yoshito Imura. Imura was arrested for printing some plastic, blank-firing guns in Japan. The new design would fire from the bottom of … Continue Reading

The Sleeve: Feeling Safe v. Being Safe

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 10:00

Across the nation, educators and others are, for the first time, actively thinking about how to deal with the threat of active shooters. Rather than merely slapping up ‘gun free school zone’ signs with all the earnest hopes and good … Continue Reading

OMG! 3D Printed Guns! OMG!

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 09:00

Wikipedia gives a little perspective on “homemade firearms” that’s sorely missing from msnbc’s report on 3D printed guns. “Author Harlan Ellison describes the zip guns used by gangs in 1950s New York City as being made from tubing used in … Continue Reading

Quote of the Day: Don’t Blame the Gun Edition

Mon, 09/15/2014 - 08:00

“We should hold abusers — and no one else — responsible for the damage they inflict.” - Leslie Morgan Steiner, He held a gun to my head. I loved him. [via washingtonpost.com]… Continue Reading

Turning the Tables

Sun, 09/14/2014 - 20:00

A reader who prefers to remain anonymous writes,

I’m a well-dressed man with a fabulous sense of style. I’m a patron of the arts and a philanthropist. I help those in need and perform volunteer work in some of my … Continue Reading

This is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: They’re Tortured by the Police

Sun, 09/14/2014 - 18:00

President Obama is busy threatening to “degrade” Islamic terrorists – conveniently rebranded ISIL (thus avoiding the word ‘Islamic’). Meanwhile, the usual hell continues south of the border, as narco-terrorists and their government allies torture, extort, kidnap, rape and murder hundreds … Continue Reading

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