Facts About Guns

As governments increasingly attempt to make guns and gun ownership illegal, the less they succeed in doing so. It does not mean that fewer criminals are armed. Overall crime does not drop when controls...

If you've been reading about defensive uses of firearms against bears, you've likely read that bear spray is more effective than firearms. That a large percentage of people faced with bear attacks failed to disengage the...

In the (first) Clinton era 1993 Brady bill, exemptions for background checks were provided for people who had undergone a check for state gun permits. Not all states meet the federal requirements for those exemptions....

Suggestions are about the same thing as opinions. I find that the majority of people mean well, but the main issue is that they're telling you what works for them, which is invariably a...

Whether it's the prospect of a Clinton presidency, a number of high visibility terrorist attacks or concealed carry liberalization, 2016 is on track to become the year with the most gun sales in the history of the...

The Federal Government spends a billion dollars a year on federal gun laws. Most of that money is for enforcement, but some of it is to push state and local governments toward infringing on...

2016 continues on its record breaking pace to become the year with the most gun sales ever. It is not a squeaker. 2016 pulled ahead out of the gate and has been gaining ground...

The Swiss have always had a lot of guns and significant freedom. As Machiavelli noted in "The Prince" in 1517: “Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which...

Guns aren't hard to make. Third world workshops and first world hobbyists routinely manufacture firearms using both common and exotic materials, by methods as varied as simple hammering all the way up to 3D printing. Many...

Over the last 60 years, the number of guns in private hands in the United States has risen sharply. At the same time, during the last two decades, the number of murders and non-negligent homicides...

It seems I can’t walk out my door these days without getting into some sort of nonsense argument over bullets or cartridges. Granted, I do start some of those arguments, but the latest one...

This image from homemadeguns.wordpress.com appears to be from a Portuguese police agency. Shotgun shells are often used for the clandestine manufacture of pistol ammunition. In many countries it's much easier to obtain shotgun shells...