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If Military Dictatorships Grab Guns, Why Is It a Good Idea for America?
Thailand’s military junta is confiscating weapons from the populace. [Click here for an autoplay video report.] It’s what dictators do. Otherwise, the public might remove the dictator by force of arms. Our founding fathers crafted the Second Amendment to prevent our constitutional republic from ... Read More
The Truth About TTAG: 2014 Q2
Every quarter we like to give readers an idea of how TTAG is doing in terms of readership and pageviews by throwing the books wide open and showing you the raw stats for the site. It’s probably not very interesting ... Read More
Gear Review: Trinity Force 3-9×42 P4 Sniper Reticle Scope
If you’re looking for a reasonably priced, multi-use optic you can use on a range gun, airsoft gun or AR pattern rifle, you’ll want to take a look at the Trinity Force P4 Sniper Reticle scope. It gets a ... Read More
BREAKING: Target “Respectfully Requests” Customers Leave Guns at Home
Target’s interim CEO John Mulligan has just released this official statement regarding open carry in his company’s stores: Every day at Target, in everything we do, we ask ourselves what is right for our guests? We make all of our ... Read More
New York City Trials ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection and Location System
We’ve covered ShotSpotter in “ShotSpotters” Detection System Does Sweet FA in Newark Killing, Chicago Cops Deploy Shot Spotter. Again. Still and Rocky Mount, NC ShotSpotter: Solution in Search of a Problem? Suffice it to say, we’re not fans. The company’s website offers “Gun Violence Resources” for ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Austin Gun Show Shooting Death Edition
“This is not ‘I told you so’ this is not ‘I gotcha.’ This is no different than this little incident we saw a day or so ago where two kids were ejected from a vehicle because they weren’t wearing a seatbelt. ... Read More
Moms Demanding Action for Gun Sense Turfed From Target
“Moms Demand Action’s peaceful protest at a local Target store was over before it even started,” foxsanantonio.com reports. “These moms were hoping to ask Target customers to sign a petition demanding change, but the store manager asked the group to ... Read More
Cops Don’t Want Your Help, Apparently
“Police were searching the area of Sixth Street after a reported burglary when they spotted the suspect, Charles Cole,” officer.com reports. “Officials said that Cole became verbally aggressive and then assaulted an officer during a fight. [Benjamin] Lawson and [Levi] ... Read More
Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Let Anyone Muzzle You. Ever.
“At 11:43 am the Bloomsburg Police Department responded to the Eagle Arms Gun Show being held at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds for the victim of an accidental shooting,” bloomutoday.com reports. “Upon arrival police spoke with the victim Krista Gearhart, age 25, ... Read More
LGBT Gun Owners Don’t Get Bashed
By Sabrina Gray I was recently reading RF’s Mass Killings, New Orleans, and the Mind of a Gun Grabber article. That reminded me of the UpStairs Lounge arson attack that killed 32 people in the Crescent City back in the 70s. And ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: John Ruiz
Every parent runs into the problem: what to do with your wee bairn if you have to run out unexpectedly. So when John Ruiz of Albuquerque needed an emergency tattoo, he did what he had to do. He took his 11-year-old ... Read More
BREAKING: America’s Worst Gun Control Bill (CA AB 1014) Passes Committee
California AB 1014 has passed out of Committee, heading for a full vote in the California legislature. The bill would create “Gun Violence Prevention Orders” that would allow police to “proactively” confiscate firearms and hold them for one-year (renewable) based on ... Read More
Common Firearms Terms: California vs. Texas
TTAG reader MN sent us an email that’s making the rounds. Feel free to add your own California-to-Texas gun terms translations in the comments below. CALIFORNIA…………………………………TEXAS Arsenal of Weapons……………………… Gun Collection Heavily Armed……………………………… Well-protected Commonsense Gun Control…………… Gun Confiscation Plot ... Read More
How ATF’s Electronic NFA Form System is Still Ruining My Business
Once again, your favorite merchant of death here with a report on the state of the NFA business and how ATF is making things difficult. Since ATF pulled the plug on electronic form 3′s and form 4′s, dealers have had ... Read More
ABC News’ Anti-Gun Bias Revealed. Again. Still.
TTAG reader LM writes: So this page popped up on Google News today: Santa Barbara Shooter’s Father’s Open Letter: ‘We Have to Stop This’. The thing that totally pisses me off is ABC News’ opening paragraph, where they claim Elliot Rodger shot ... Read More
Question of the Day: How Dumb Are Home Invaders?
Ralph and I were discussing my recent training experiences at Plano’s Patriot Protection. I was bummed. My instructor instructed me to ditch my beloved Seiko. During nighttime ops, the chrono’s illuminated dial would alert bad guys of my location. “Are you kidding?” Ralph asked. ... Read More
Why Airline Carry is a Really Bad Idea
RF and I recently discussed a machine gun attack on Pakistani airliner. RF believed the incident proves that airplane carry is relatively safe. More than that, he believes that concealed carry on an airplane is A-OK. Or, rather, should be an A-OK thing ... Read More
New from SureFire: X400 with Green Laser, XM Tailcap for Scout Lights
Gearscout has scouted-out two new products from SureFire that look like sure fire hits. The $790 X400 rail-mounted light now comes with a green laser. “In addition to being highly visible, the five-milliwatt (505 nanometer) green laser of this new X400 ... Read More
Dick Metcalf, Unforgiven
Back in the day, Dick Metcalf penned an article for Guns & Ammo advocating infringements on the Second Amendment. The Powers That Be fired Metcalf and the magazine’s editor. Anti-gun activists immediately leaped to Metcalf’s defense. They used his dismissal to try to ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Don’t They Call Buff Biceps Guns? Edition
“Guns KILL people! As bodybuilders we are uniting to let it be known guns need to banned and we need to stop the endless violence in the United States.” – About section of Bodybuilders Against Guns Facebook page.