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There's no sugar-coating this one. After all the media coverage given the Safeway Massacre, consumers have flocked to gun stores to get a Glock 19 or similar. And, especially, so-called high-capacity magazines. Ironically (or...

The FBI has released its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) stats for December 2010 . The National Shooting Sports Foundation's (NSSF) crack number crunchers have adjusted the figures to come up with...

Make that a free Barrett sniper rifle "if" you buy a Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR. I would NOT recommend it. It's loud, hot and inherently dangerous. The car that is. The rifle's a big...

I don't know how much The Freedom Group is planning on paying its next PR Manager, but I hope it's a LOT. Not only will he or she have to deal with the aftermath...

Back before Christmas, I expressed amazement that bidding for an aesthetically-challenged---I mean "factory engraved" Colt Commemorative 1911 topped $25k. As Mandark would say, ha! HA ha ha ha ha ha. With sixteen days left, as of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNdQTWfHCfo The National Shooting Sports Foundation has inked a new two-year agreement once again crowning Budweiser the official sponsor of the SHOT Show press room. As usual, The King of Beers gets space in the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZKTAoV0nJ4 Just before Christmas, gunsforsale.com reported on rumors surrounding Glock's forthcoming SHOT show press conference. The perfection-promising gunmaker has been tight-lipped ahead of its hour-long Vegas presentation, spurring speculation along the lines of "yeah, too...

Back in June, Kahr Arms bought Magnum Research, makers of the famed and feared (often for its failure to fire) Desert Eagle (reviewed by TTAG here). Before cashing in their chips, Magnum's mavens had...

In case of a total taste failure, break glass. But seriously folks, I know that ballistic beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just because I'm beholding a gun that's been ripped from...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_LVxqyKt4 "Smith & Wesson will save $6 million on its state corporate taxes over the next seven years in exchange for moving 225 jobs here from Rochester, N.H., according to an agreement approved Tuesday by...

Here's a chart from huntersurvey.com via the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The big surprise---or continuing trend---is the uptick in handgun sales. Normally, at this Bambi-must-die time of year, rifle sales far outpace long guns....