Daily Archives: March 22, 2010

Rumors Swirl Around the Tanner Gun Show Shooting

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

We know that someone was shot in the chest at the Tanner Gun show in Denver, Colorado two days ago (March 20). Since then, nothing. We don’t know who shot whom, why, or what weapon was used. We don’t know … Continue reading →

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Army’s Quick Fix for Afghanistan Range Deficit: 5000 M14 Enchanced Battle Rifles

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

TTAG has reported the U.S. Army’s ongoing sloth re: equipping troops in Afghanistan with rifles capable of effective range. And now, finally, they’re doing something about it. allvoices.com reports that the Army is sending M14 Enhanced Battle Rifles to forces … Continue reading →

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From Tickle Me Elmo to Lund Variable Velocity Weapons System. Huh?

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

popsci.com reports that Lund Technologies has made the jump from the Tickle Me Elmo doll to the Lund Variable Velocity Weapons System (LVVWS). In other words, a rifle that varies the velocity of the projectile. Why bother? To create a … Continue reading →

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Starbucks, Guns & Doonesbury. Fair Use?

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago
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Michael Vick: Marcus Vick Waved Gun At Taunting Teens

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

Celebrity gun news. No. I’m not going to start another website to cover star firepower. I’m not even going to create a new category. But exploring gun culture is part of TTAG’s mission statement. So when an ex-con / NFL … Continue reading →

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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Wears a Empty Gun Holster. Now Ask Me If I Care.

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

Well I must do, on some level. Otherwise I wouldn’t be pimping for the page views exploring the psycho-sociological ramifications of American gun culture as manifested by proto-iconographic imagery. Or something like that.

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Should Gun Control Advocates Have A Concealed Handgun License?

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Brad Kozak

Let’s say you’re a pro-mass transit environmentalist; you considered automobiles the devil in-car-nate. Chances are you’d have both a theoretic and emperical understanding of how cars work; what they can and can not do. The drawbacks and the advantages. I … Continue reading →

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Crashing Boar

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

From The Daily Mail: Armed police had to gun down a wild boar that broke into the offices in Hamburg when a herd of the animals went on the rampage in the city’s centre. Officers armed with sub-machine guns were … Continue reading →

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Shawn Clark: Parents Should Decide When Kids are Ready for Guns

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

Sport shooting scribe Shawn Clark popped-up on TTAG’s radar with his column about shooting hogs with Ted Nugent, wrestler Dusty Rhodes and an NRA official (I swear didn’t make that up). As I said at the time, I’m a fan. … Continue reading →

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Charles R. Larson: Tea Party Gun Owners “Retarded”

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

Now that the National Health Care bill has passed, its supporters are magnanimous in victory. As if. Our friend Charles R. Larson over at Counterpunch isn’t pulling his, venting major spleenage at the Tea Party movement (i.e. anyone who disagrees … Continue reading →

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