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Gun Control Killing Tens of Thousands the World Over
Reader Gabe writes: I often read your articles in my car at lunch. Every so often I find myself worked up enough to foward an article and write my family a pleading note to stop throwing their freedom away. I’m ... Read More
P320 Entry: A Primer for Effective Open Carry
By Ben H. I’m all for open carry. I enjoy seeing people carrying their guns in public; hell, I’ve done it. It was a pleasant experience, I met some fine people and a few curious folks received some friendly information ... Read More
Question of the Day: What Does “Militia” Mean?
“The situation envisioned by the Second Amendment is, contra the liberals, one where most everyone owns guns,” Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes in his essay Both sides are wrong on the gun debate. Here’s why [via theweek.com]. “But, contra the conservatives, the founders ... Read More
Gun Review: Beretta PX4 Storm Inox 9mm
By E.W.E. Hughes, Jr. I’m a Beretta guy. I love their shotguns, pistols, the Beretta name, history, and legacy. The name Beretta seems to roll off the tongue like Maserati, Ferrari, and Lamborghini. It exudes a sense of quality and ... Read More
How to Use Your Bad Magazines
By Lt. R. Michalik Don’t underestimate the value of a bad ammunition magazine. If you’ve been around guns for any amount of time, you’ve run into them. Whether you purchased a questionable no-name mag at a gun show or one ... Read More
Mark Glaze: Gun Control Won’t Work
Michael Bloomberg’s personally-funded gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety states that “Everytown is a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities. Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, change ... Read More
Quote of the Day: You Might Say That Edition
“Universal background checks seem perfectly reasonable to many people, because they might keep guns out of the hands of some weapons traffickers and other criminals.” – Paul M. Barrett, Oregon School Shooting and the Gun Control Conundrum [via businessweek.com]
Daily Digest: Show Your Stripes Edition
Remember back before the whole open carry at Starbucks thing blew up, back when there weren’t any ARs and AKs, just a bunch of guys and gals with their BBQ guns and nice holsters? Back then, part of their “impact ... Read More
Incendiary Image of the Day: Gun Owners Eat Babies Edition
“Given that some sort of horrific, headline-grabbing school shooting now occurs in the United States at a rate of once a week, it’s hard to argue against the idea that gun violence is as much a national pastime as ... Read More
Civil Discourse and Civility
One of the things TTAG prides itself on is civil discourse. TTAG has a policy of deleting ad hominem attacks and vulgarities in the comments section. While some may complain that this restricts their right to express their opinion on ... Read More
This Is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: They Are Slaughtered Like Sheep in Kenya Edition
The idea of disarming civilians for their own good is a special kind of insanity. A point TTAG makes every day in every way. Whether we’re talking nations or individuals, there’s only way to achieve peace: establish the threat of mutually assured destruction. That’s ... Read More
Passively Constructed Negligent Cannon Discharge Story of the Day: Civil War Edition
“What was supposed to be a celebratory lesson in American history has sent three children to the hospital,” cnn.com reports. “They were a part of a Civil War re-enactment group watching a parade in Orem, Utah, when a cannon set ... Read More
New York Special Needs School Boots 8-Year-Old for Paper “Gun”
Normally a story like this would be titled ‘Zero Tolerance Government Functionary of the Day: Micaela Bracamonte.” I say normally, because expelling an 8-year-old for wielding a paper gun is the kind of knee-jerk, I’m-sorry-that’s-just-our-policy reaction we’ve come to expect from ... Read More
Gear Review: Trijicon RMR Sight Adjustable (LED)
By Paul McCain I was finally able to get my Glock 34 with a Trijicon RMR on it out for a full day’s training class and I’d like to share my experiences and impressions of the Trijicon RMR. At the ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: [Former] Officer Jeffrey R. Mang
“As a bowler pocketed his $21 refund just after midnight at the Kenmore Lanes in February, he had to contend with an off-duty Kenmore police officer – moonlighting as a security guard – who took issue with the patron’s complaints,” ... Read More
P320 Contest Update: Light At the End of the Tunnel
When we started our SIG Sauer P320 give-away, we thought we knew what to expect. We’d held a few content contests in the past and while the responses were always strong, the entries in those were but drops in a ... Read More
Question of the Day: Is Uncle Sam Coming for Your Ammo?
Don’t laugh. New York’s SAFE Act mandates ammunition registration. The reg’s on the shelf (due to the cost of implementation) but ready to go into effect if and when legislators pay and prod the State police to git ‘er done. Still, the ... Read More
Gun Review: Steyr AUG
By Wes Minton Iconic. Space age. Modern. Yes modern. Despite the fact that it was introduced in 1977, the Steyr AUG is still one high tech piece of kit. I intended to be extremely objective writing the review of this ... Read More
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds “Straw Purchaser” Law Provisions
“A divided Supreme Court sided with gun control groups and the Obama administration Monday,” news.yahoo.com reports, “ruling that the federal ban on ‘straw’ purchases of guns can be enforced even if the ultimate buyer is legally allowed to own a ... Read More
Aussie’s Open Letter to President Obama on Gun Control
Dear Mr. President, You recently hailed “Australian gun laws”. In doing so, you praised a government for forcefully removing all semi-automatic firearms from its populace, you admired the banning and confiscation of guns. We expect to hear that from a European leader. But not ... Read More