Nine Magazine and Reload Tips: (And One From Rob Pincus)
https://youtu.be/KY4jNDysW38 Col Benjamin Findley (not shown) writes 1) When you grab or acquire a mag from the pouch or insert it into a mag well, always index and guide it into place by extending your...
How to Deal With a Traffic Stop: Guns For Beginners
https://youtu.be/9lGHXXYCh5c Police aren't always the nicest people on planet Earth. To be fair, the people they interact with aren't always peaceable, law-abiding types either. As for the officer above -- who drew his gun on these motorists...
The Three Biggest Mistakes Made by Concealed Carry Gun Owners: Guns for Beginners
https://youtu.be/226DUTiVfiI The biggest mistake a concealed carrier can make: dying at the hands of an aggressor. Only not really. Let's be honest. You could do everything right in an attack and still be killed. By the...
Former CIA Officer Jason Hanson on How to Pick Self-Defense Ammunition: Guns for Beginners
Written by Jason Hanson. Republished with permission from spyescapeandevasion.com A Peoria, Arizona man named Dave B. awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of his security alarm going off. Dave immediately jumped out...
One Simple Trick for Choosing Your First Carry Gun: Guns for Beginners
Finding the perfect carry gun requires the successful selection of size, action type (semi-automatic or revolver), trigger function, caliber, brand and (let's face it) style. It also depends on how you're going to carry. Open or...
Three Reasons Why “Smart Guns” Are A Bad Idea
TTAG's blogged the development of so-called "smart guns" for years. With President Obama's executive order paving the way for government agencies to deploy guns requiring electronic owner identification of one sort or another, the...
“Concealed Means Concealed”: Guns for Beginners
If you're just beginning the process of exercising your natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, the gun world can seem a strange and intimidating place. A world unto itself, with its own...
Don’t Draw On A Person Unless You Think They’re Trying to Kill You: Guns...
https://youtu.be/DudiRFnAr2g In the story above, a motorcyclist drew his weapon when a road rage bumped his Gold Wing trike, and then approached him aggressively. The only time you can use or threaten to use...
All Guns Are Always Unlocked: Guns for Beginners
https://youtu.be/dzTPxjOkuuc In the report above, the reporter holds up a key to one of those small cable locks that comes with most firearms. It's flimsier than a paper clip. She says "experts tell me that you should keep...
Three Things You Should Teach Your Children About Gun Rights: Guns for Beginners
https://youtu.be/PuoEtG875Uc DaMosquito Jimenez's heart is in the right place. But the young man fumbles the firearms freedom football whilst trying to debunk "retarded" gun control. He simply doesn't have a handle on the foundation upon which Americans' right to keep...
Jerry Miculek: Lose The Noodle When You Grip Your Pistol
Maybe you didn't have the time or the spare change to attend the NSSF's Shooting Sports Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas this weekend. Never fear, TTAG is there. Here's a free lesson from the...
Getting Started in CMP Competition – Part 2: Selecting Your First Rifle
So you’ve decided you want to compete in Civilian Marksmanship Program matches, be it at local clubs or with me at the national matches at Camp Perry. It all starts with the rifle. This article...