Colion Noir: If You Carry A Gun You Won’t Be Liked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z6C8k4YFCs
Just like Mitt Romney's 47% statement, I think he's over-estimating the percentage of the population who thinks guns are, as Johnny Cash tells it, the Devil's right hand. But he's got a point --...
Gun Owners and LEOs: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
By TTAG reader Matt N.
I’ve read a lot lately about the disconnect between law enforcement and armed citizens. The discussion seems to center on examples of police militarization versus cases of police heroism. Police...
IL Religious Readers Unite in Call for Gun Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilvAd5gKyM&list=UUlXiZS-gBgJrnv1nT4Y4Sig&index=438&feature=plcp
"While we all need to respect the rights of hunters and sport-shooters to have access to their weapons, we also need to respect the vulnerability of human life that is threatened by allowing weapons...
Texas Hunter Education, or “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Fudds”
To hunt in the state of Texas, if you were born within the last 30 years, you need to have passed an approved hunter education class and carry the proof with you. Unless you...
More Flies With Sugar: Tone it Down and Just Have Some Fun
By Shepard Humphries
I'm not really interested in politics and am among a minority of shooting enthusiasts who decline to beg, berate or bribe those in government for their “gun rights.” There are plenty exciting...
Rob Pincus: The Real Meaning of Jerry Tsai’s Resignation from RECOIL
Jerry Tsai has stepped down as editor of RECOIL. The debate surrounding Tsai's pre-resignation statements---and all the conversations that will be had about RECOIL in the near and (possibly) distant future---shouldn't be about one man's opinions....
Virginia Contemplating Allowing EMTs to Carry Guns
Its no secret that I've spent a good portion of my nights since graduating college in the back of an ambulance. In fact, there's no place I'd rather be most nights. But with that...
9/11 Thoughts on Voting and Gun Rights
September 11, 2012 is an auspicious day for at least two reasons that I can think of. First and foremost, its a day of remembrance of terrible events that happened only a few short...
Note to TSA: FOAD
NBC reports that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing passengers' drinks for explosives after passengers clear security. Probable cause for a warrantless search? Hey, you're going on an airplane. That's probable cause enough!...
We Need to Legalize Marijuana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-95xGJfYDQ
It seems like every day there's another article on TTAG about violence in urban areas. And while none of that involves law abiding gun owners, a large percentage of the American public nevertheless sees...
A Doctor’s (and EMT’s) Perspective on Gunshot Wounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tku8YI68-JA
One of our readers (thank you Loyd) sent us this video yesterday. While the vast majority of the intro is the anesthesiologist trying (failing?) to give an overview of guns in the United States...
NYPD’s Choice of Firearm May Have Contributed to the Terrible Shooting
That's "terrible shooting" as in "you can't hit the broad side of a barn" and not the "oh the humanity" meaning of the phrase. Not that eleven people ending up with some extra orifices...