Chris Bird’s ‘Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage’: Book Review
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...
Valentine’s Day Tomorrow: Take Your Beloved to the Gun Range!
https://youtu.be/COvFyw-6Fqs From the National Shooting Sports Foundation writes: One way to get your partner’s blood pumping this Valentine’s Day or any day is by pulling a trigger at a local shooting range. Sometimes it is appropriate...
5 Common Mistakes Good Guys Make In Self-Defense Situations
We all know deadly force is justified when faced with an imminent, credible threat of death or grievous bodily harm. And yet armed self-defenders often make dumb mistakes in the heat of the moment that get...
Concealed Carry Tips for Carrying in Sensitive Areas
Those of us with carry licenses sometimes must choose between discretely carrying in sensitive areas or forgoing our ability to defend ourselves. Plenty of us choose to ignore non-legally binding policies and carry anyway. ...
My First Gun Love: Smith & Wesson 686
Robert, Dan, and I met at Red’s Shooting Range in Pflugerville a few days before Christmas so I could get acquainted with a few more firearms. The two TTAG gurus brought a .22 Ruger...
Three Tips for the First Time Handgun Buyer: Guns for Beginners
Congratulations! You own a handgun. Before you do anything with it, learn the four rules of gun safety. FAST. Teach your children and significant other those rules. Lock-up that bad boy (the gun not your...
How To Learn the Four Gun Safety Rules FAST: Guns for Beginners
After years of eschewing the gun world into which her husband has delved, and delved deeply, Dan's wife JZ has the long rage shooting bug. Bad. And that's good! The former St. Louis utility...
No Plan Survives First Contact with the Enemy: Guns for Beginners
The People of the Gun are nothing if not predictable. Start talking about the philosophy and practice of armed self-defense and it's only a matter of time before they trot-out what's called "received wisdom." A gunfight...
Know Your Target And What’s Beyond It AND What It’s Made of: Guns for...
"Robert Liebkemann, 77, (above) was at the camp in a marsh near Delacroix over the weekend with two young relatives," Louisiana's sunherald.com reports. "Liebkemann and the boys had returned to the hunting camp, which...
Three Must-Haves for Concealed Carry: Guns for Beginners
When it comes to entering the world of concealed carry, it's easy to get lost in the weeds. You have to choose the type and brand of handgun, the size of the gun, its caliber, trigger...
H.L. Harris’ Journey Into Gun Ownership Continues . . .
By H.L. Harris Part two of my journey into gun ownership (see: A Newbie's Tale from Texas) brought me to South Austin. When RF told me to meet the TTAG team at a gun range, I imagined something like a...
A Newbie’s Tale from Texas
H.L. Harris writes: Lampasas is 60 miles north -- and a world away -- from Austin. It's home to four gun shops -- and not a single Starbucks. Before last week, I thought I lived in the best possible place...