NRA Youth Shooting Camp Makes Memories
While TTAG's Luis Valdez spent Saturday at the Big Gun Rights Rally in Florida, I spent the weekend in Illinois teaching kids how to shoot pistols. We made memories for the kids on that...
Scenes From Nation’s Longest-Running NRA Youth Shooting Camp – Day One
The smiles keep me coming back to help at America's longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camp in Bloomington, Ilinois. Darnall's GunWorks and Ranges hosts the kids each year for a four-day, three night gun camp on...
Calibers for Beginners: The Legendary .30-06
There are few calibers that occupy the American imagination as much as the storied .30-06. This is the cartridge that Americans used to fight both world wars, firing it from legendary weapons like the...
I Didn’t Grow Up With Guns: This Is How I Got Started
By PA Deacon
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.” When it comes to firearms, training at the range or browsing gun-shows might be the best way...
Armed Teachers Can Save Lives: Guns Save Life’s Free Teacher CCW Class
Armed teachers can save lives. While The People of the Gun know this, others who are less familiar with firearms don’t always recognize this simple truth. Forty open-minded Illinois school teachers and staff members...
Gun Theft Insurance: 4 Top Options, Plus What to Watch Out For
Some kind of insurance policy against firearm theft and damage is a good idea for most gun owners. Every year, more than 230,000 firearms are stolen from people who most likely thought "it'll never...
Want to Get Your Kids Interested in Shooting Sports? Do This…
Growing up as the youngest daughter to an outspoken NRA member, avid hunter, weekly trap shooter and hunter safety instructor, I was no stranger to shooting sports and the time-honored tradition of conservation through...
Calibers for Beginners: 6.5 Creedmoor
The debate around 6.5 Creedmoor never seems to end. There have been many times where I’ve discussed this cartridge in my articles and there has always been some level of misunderstanding around it. So...
Calibers for Beginners: .357 Magnum
The .357 Magnum is a relatively misunderstood cartridge in today’s shooting world. It's powerful, wonderfully effective, and probably one of the best all-around calibers ever made. But it's both a great and a terrible...
Compact Concealed Carry Pistols: Guns and Calibers for Beginners
By Steve Coffman
One of the most popular handgun choices for new shooters and experienced concealed carriers alike are small, compact pistols in .32, .380 or 9mm. These diminutive pocket pistols tend to be lightweight,...
Self-Deploying At Your Kid’s School Is A Bad Idea
About a week ago in Idaho, parents rushed to a local high school. They had heard rumors of an armed student on a rampage. A number of good Samaritans showed up with their guns,...
Calibers for Beginners: The Controversial .40 Smith & Wesson
There have been many, many good ideas and innovations that have to the world of cartridges and guns in the last few decades and the .40 S&W was certainly one of the most well-intentioned....