Guns for Beginners

  I’d been eyeballing the new GLOCK 43 (street price about $450) since the NRA Convention 2015 when I first fondled one. It looks and feels, unsurprisingly, like a skinny GLOCK. Now, I’m a GLOCK guy....

https://youtu.be/R-V_tseWkXA I'm not one to recommend throwing a loaded gun -- unless it's a last ditch effort to disable/distract someone posing an imminent threat of grievous bodily harm or death. But an unloaded gun? That's...

Congratulations. You’ve decided to take proactive action to keep your family safer in getting a carry license. At the same time you’re a little uncomfortable about carrying a gun. It’s okay. You’re not the Lone...

"Members of the 101st Airborne Division agreed to wear special helmets rigged with hearing loss simulators," WaPo science maven Mary Roach writes in her new book Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. "Among the...

https://youtu.be/gpgzNSj5goU OK, yes. NERF guns. And water guns. They're designed for shoot-someone-fun. Other than that, don't shoot anyone with a "non-lethal' gun unless they pose a threat of death or grievous bodily harm -- be...

If you shoot often enough, you will have misfires. They're most common in .22 rimfire. The priming process for .22 sometimes results in a missed spot on the rim of the .22 cartridge. When...

https://youtu.be/eNqosNcxG_o?t=42m38s In this 1981 made-for-TV movie A Gun in the House, actress Sally Struthers is terrorized by a brace of home invaders. Fortunately, eventually, she manages to escape and win a foot race to her underbed firearm....

https://youtu.be/FQKGjfbRA60 This video shows a murder suspect attempting to take control of a police officer's gun. It appears that the weapon was secured in a retention holster -- a damn fine idea for armed Americans who open carry....

https://www.full30.com/video/1eb0324f8df252fa134886eb23b28b42 Jon Wayne Taylor shows Israeli model and new shooter Michal Idan how to disassemble -- and assemble -- an Underground Tactical AR-15.

https://www.full30.com/video/5ce369518502a871ebc775bc650f2a60 Jon Wayne Taylor shows Israeli model and first-time shooter Michal Idan the inner workings of the FNX-45 Tactical semi-automatic pistol. Come and shoot it at the Texas Firearms Festival on October 14 - 16...

Eight years ago, I met the pastor of my brother's church in Northern Wisconsin. Pastor Phil and his wife, Kathy, had answered the call when the church had gone through some hard times. His...

"A manicurist at Nail Tech in Eastpointe brandished a pistol Saturday afternoon during an argument with a customer about glitter nail polish," clickondetroit.com reports . "Police said the customer requested glitter nail polish. The...