Classic Caliber Comparison: .270 vs .30-06
The caliber wars were old long before tactical enthusiasts left angry comments on blogs via their cell phones whilst patrolling their local mart store for Isis, and indeed among the oldest debates is 270...
Evidence of Selection Bias Involving Firearms at the Center for Disease Control
The scientists at the Center for Disease Control have shown their prejudice against firearms ownership once again. This time, it's with selection bias and word manipulation.
Scientists are supposed to evaluate factual information to arrive...
August NICS Background Checks Another New Record
Background checks completed in the FBI's National Instant Background Check system totaled 2,073,296 in August, a 7.7% increase over 2017. That's the highest number for August since NICS was established in 1998. For reference,...
Help TTAG Fight Anti-Gun Propaganda!
Our opponents in the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex use wild accusations and appeals to fear and emotion to further their goal of a gun-free populace. That's because they don't have the facts on their...
Caliber Wars: Cop Weighs In On Department’s 9mm vs. .40 Duty Gun Decision
Two police departments in Indiana are trading in their duty guns for new ones of a different caliber. The Valparaiso Police Department is swapping their .40 caliber GLOCKs that are only a few years...
The Dept. of Education Can’t Count, Produces Wildly Overstated School Shooting Statistic
The US Department on Education -- a federal agency with no clear purpose or need -- conducts something called the Civil Rights Data Collection survey every two years. They ask all 96,000 public schools...
Plastic 3D ‘Guns’ Confiscated in Australian Raid
A few weeks ago, in the town of Mudjimba on the Sunshine Coast of Eastern Australia, police raided a house and found 3D-printed plastic guns, some false identifications and a small amount of drugs.
From...
Four Homemade Submachine Guns Confiscated Near Sydney, Australia
When extreme restrictions are placed on the manufacture, acquisition and ownership of legal automatic firearms, one of the easiest repeaters to make at home or in small workshops is the submachine gun. The four...
Trump Era July NICS Continues Trend of 2018 as Second Highest Gun Sales Year...
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) continued to record near-record numbers in July. During the 2016 election cycle, the fear of a Clinton presidency pushed gun sales and, correspondingly, NICS background checks...
CDC Finally Corrects Major Gun Data Error Uncovered by John Lott
In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made an error in the number of fatal firearms accidents they reported that occurred in 2014. It was so large that it was obvious.
The number of...
Five Easy Ways to Make AR-15 Lower Receivers at Home
It's still very much legal to build your own firearms for personal use at home. Lots of shooters enjoy the process and many also appreciate the fact that their firearm doesn't appear in any...
Review: Homemade and Deadly – Craft Production of Small Arms in Nigeria
HOMEMADE AND DEALY: Craft Production of Small Arms in Nigeria by Authors Mathias Nowak and André Gsell, June of 2018, 19 pages. This remarkable briefing paper provides a fascinating look into the underground production of...