Florida’s Anti-Gun Rights Republicans Revealed

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A reader writes: Yesterday, March 7, 2017 was the first day of the Legislative Session for Florida and with that two 2nd Amendment related bills were up for debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The...

Florida Supreme Court Affirms Open Carry Ban

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In the matter of Dale Lee Norman v. State of Florida, a divided Florida Supreme Court affirmed the Sunshine State's general ban on the open carry of firearms, even by persons holding a Florida...

Man Carrying Pool Cue Case Shuts Down Idaho University

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American universities are hotbeds of anti-gun animus. No uniform? No gun on campus! Because criminals, crazies and terrorists obey gun laws. Or all gun owners are potential criminals, crazies or terrorists. Or something. This "logic" leads...

Katie Pavlich: Armed and Fabulous

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Economist John Lott once observed that, statistically, a gun in the hands of a womanreduces the murder rate for women three to four times more than an additional man carrying a gun does for...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn to Introduce National Reciprocity Bill in Senate Next Week

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Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) announced Saturday at the Texas State Rifle Association's general meeting that he would introduce the "Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act" in the U.S. Senate next week. The bill would "allow those...

Iowa House Introduces Omnibus Gun Law Reform Bill

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Iowa House Study Bill 133 is an omnibus weapons law reform bill. The authors of the bill appear to have searched through various weapons laws enacted in the United States in the last several decades...

Maxpedition’s New Products: SHOT Show 2017

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https://youtu.be/lYmNa17KvJ8 This year at SHOT Show, Tim Tang, President of Maxpedition, gave us a tour of some of their new products. Naturally, we focused on their various bags and accessories that have CCW applications and...

Is Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Good or Bad for Gun Rights?

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Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court caused a minor kerfuffle among Second Amendment advocates. Judge Gorsuch's philosophy of textual originalism and strict adherence to precedent prompted comparisons between the Colorado jurist and the late...

Florida Man Shoots Movie Goer, Claims Popcorn is a Deadly Weapon

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An altercation in a movie theater almost three years ago left one man covered in popcorn and the other one dead. The media trumpeted it as a prime example of "concealed carry killers," stoking fears...

Top 3 Most Underrated Sub-Compact 9mm Carry Pistols

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GLOCK 43, Springfield XD-S, Smith & Wesson M&P9 SHIELD. If you like those 9mm sub-compact guns, buy those 9mm sub-compact guns! Tens of thousands of satisfied consumers do. But they're hardly the only choices. Maybe...

Course Review: Rick’s Firearm Academy Michigan CPL Class

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The rain was coming down in buckets that Saturday afternoon. A good thing, given that all of southeast Michigan was in a drought at the time. Still, it curtailed most respectable outdoor activities. Luckily, I...

Chris Bird’s ‘Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage’: Book Review

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If you like TTAG's Defensive Gun Use of the Day stories, Chris Bird’s book, “Thank God I Had A Gun:  True Accounts of Self-Defense” belongs on your bookshelf. Mr. Bird puts you in the shoes...