Incendiary Image of the Day: Shack Attack Edition
Huh? From what does Dish Network protect you? Cable envy? Still, no one ever went broke underestimating gun owners' inability to reject cognitive dissonance. Maybe it's a Montana thing. "I think it really, really...
Charles Schumer: “Remington Arms is becoming the economic engine of Herkimer County.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffg4N8lX4mk
Wait. What? Charles Schumer as in Senator Charles Schumer? Yup. Chuck was speaking at Remington's official announcement (reported by uticaod.com) that they're adding 40 to 50 new jobs---building assault rifles. “Thanks to Remington’s continued confidence in...
Question of the Day: Does Sex Sell Guns and Gear?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVq27_vAd5o
In a recent post, I decried the inherent sexism of "women can shoot!" media stories. And asked why separate women from men shooters for competitions. A couple of female members of TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia...
Firearms Sales Surge Explained?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n1MjQqRLvY
As TTAG reported previously, the firearms industry is enjoying something of a sales surge. When we asked our readers to account for February's 13 percent rise (compared to February 2010), Obama-related paranoia was the...
Gun Sales Surge. Why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci8v99UQY_g
The National Shooting Sports Federation reports that February 2011 sales have surged 13.6 percent over last Feb's stats. That's a leap in National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) enquiries from 848,036 to 963,746. OK, stat-heads,...
Top Firearms-Related Brands Revealed
The National Shooting Sports Federation dishes the dirt on market share (thanks to americanrifleman.org for the formatting):
• Top rifle brand: Remington (17.5 percent of all purchases)
• Top shotgun brand: Remington and Mossberg (virtual tie with 21.5 percent of all purchases)
• Top muzzleloader...
Extreme Shock Ammo’s Dot Com vs. Dot Net War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2l4bz1FT8U&tracker=False
As the Brits would say, Extreme Ammo is not shy about coming forward. The company claims its tungsten core frangible ammo is "the safest, most technologically advanced light weapons ammunition produced in the world."...
UT Concealed Carry Out-of-State Permit Boom About to Go Bust?
Midwest Training Group instructor Andy Kemp reports that the roving band of merry men and women guiding out-of-state residents through the Utah concealed carry permit process may see their revenue stream reduced to a...
UT Move to Constitutional Carry Threatens Permit Biz
It's no secret: Utah firearms instructors are doing a land office business running out-of-state residents through the Beehive State's permitting process. The no-shooting-required Utah concealed carry permit is a hit---especially in those states where...
Question of the Day: Got Wood?
It must be said: that's a lot of "l"s in until. And how is this SIG SAUER promotion extended to March 16th if the deal's only available to the first 250 callers? Quibbles. SIGs...
Ohio Concealed Carry Apps Drop. Beginning of the End of a Trend?
"Fewer concealed-carry permits were issued in Ohio and Richland County last year," bucyrustelegraphforum.com reports. "The state issued more than 47,000 new licenses in 2010, down 16 percent from the year before, according to data...
Speaking of Tacky Commemorative Guns: Richard Nixon’s Browning
Richard Nixon was a bit whitebread, to say the least. Whereas saxophonist Bill Clinton would appreciate the irony of gun rights groups remembering him for the AWB, Nixon knew his way around an accordion...