Eat Cheese or Die State (WI) Reaches 200k Concealed Carry Permits

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" Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced Tuesday that permit number 200,000 was printed Monday at the Department of Justice’s secure processing center in downtown Madison," jsonline.com reports. "Wisconsin became the 49th state to license people...

Hawaii: This Is The Gun Control Paradise They’re Looking For

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  Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District. In her HuffPo pro gun control polemic Hawaii Has Shown That Gun Control Works, Hanabusa paints a picture of a gun control island paradise, where "common...

BREAKING: Islamist Terrorists Slaughter 50 Students at Nigerian college

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Now that the Kenya mall massacre has caught the attention of the world, the "other" attacks by Islamist terrorists have begun to rise further up the Google News food chain. "Islamic terrorists dressed in...

MD Dealers Selling Every Handgun In Stock. Here’s Why . . .

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Press release from The Maryland State Police regarding new firearms purchasing requirements: PIKESVILLE, MD -- Marylanders who have submitted handgun purchase applications on or before September 30th 2013 will not be required to obtain a handgun...

Mother Jones Murphy: Utah’s Concealed Carry License Sucks Because I Do

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After taking the required safety class, Mother Jones writer Tim Murphy has a Utah concealed carry permit. This bothers him. "My achievement doesn't make sense for a number of reasons. One, I don't live...

It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use: Or Not Edition

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SS writes: The following excerpt was written by Rebecca Schoenkopf, editor/owner of your fave website of all time, Wonkette.com.  She's launching HappyNiceTimePeople.com, which is less focused on politics, and more general in scope. In this piece,...

‘Good Guy With A Gun’ Saves 100 In Kenyan Mall Siege

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As the NRA's Wayne LaPierre reiterated this week after the Washington Navy Yard shootings, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. A point which...

Quote of the Day: The More The Merrier (and Safer) Edition

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"Part of the problem with the 'more guns' solution is that very few people carry guns on their person at any given time. While concealed carry permits have soared in the last 30 years...

EDC For CCW: Cold Steel Hold Out III

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Cold Steel's Hold Out is aptly-named: it's incredibly slender and lightweight. It also brings the heat in the blade department (three inches of it,anyway) with full flat ground AUS 8 that's among the sharpest...

BREAKING: Illinois Becomes Sixth Constitutional Carry State?

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That's what today's court ruling seems to indicate. If you'll remember, the Illinois supreme court ruled last week that the right to keep and bear arms as enumerated in the bill of rights extends...

Texas: Don’t Mess with the OFWGs!

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"As the number of concealed handgun licenses continues to increase in Texas, the top age group seeking concealed handgun licenses in the past five years has been over 50," star-telegram.com reports. "Statewide, there are...

BREAKING: Shooter at Navy Yard was Texan with Concealed Carry Permit, Criminal History

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I'm sitting here at Dulles airport waiting for my ride out to the shooting competition this weekend, and the local news stations are reporting that the police have identified the shooter. The guy was...