Guns for Beginners: ALWAYS Call the Police
"The motorist said he was stopped at a red light on 1st Ave and S. Lander Street, next to a black Ford Expedition," komononews.com reports. "When the light turned green, a third car blew...
Guns for Beginners: Three Reasons Not to Carry A Back-Up Gun
Over at americanrifleman.org, B. Gil Horman provides readers with 3 Arguments In Favor of Back-up Guns. BGH reckons you need a backup gun in case "the first gun goes click instead of bang" or "a primary defensive gun...
Guns for Beginners: Beware of Beginners!
"A woman brought a hammer to a firearms lesson and then tried to kill her instructor by shooting him in the face with a revolver," the AP reports from her trial. "Lewis fired three...
Guns for Beginners: How to Maintain Your Concealed Carry Pistols
By James England via concealednation.org Modern firearms are usually made to exacting standards. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Hi-Point or a Kimber, the modern manufacturing process usually takes out a lot of guesswork as...
Guns for Beginners: Don’t Off-Body Carry
To date, TTAG has posted some 23k posts. In that time, we've attempted not to repeat ourselves. Of course, we have. The anti-gunners keep trotting-out the same reasons to infringe on your natural, civil...
Guns For Beginners: “Paranoia” Is Your Friend
https://youtu.be/fsKOSLQ6CLs What if you were the subject of this walk/drive-by shooting ? It's hardly likely. I can't find any details on the incident save chicagotribune.com's recap of what we see, but I think their title...
Guns for Beginners: Buy An Alarm System
https://youtu.be/EybxmPaSR6A There's a lot "wrong" with this video. I'm a home carry advocate, but who sleeps with a revolver in his hand? (Well, this was in South Africa.) Why did the lady defender stand there like...
Guns for Beginners: Don’t Worry, Be Wary
https://youtu.be/X80GKVXRYpw When I first started carrying a gun I found it an incredibly stressful experience. I constantly wondered when, where and how I might use my firearm for self-defense. Like . . . I'm waiting in...
Guns for Beginners: Why It’s OK to Buy a Sub-Compact Gun for Concealed Carry
When you're looking to buy your first concealed carry firearm, don't get sidetracked by discussions about caliber. Don't worry about the size of the bullets you're carrying around. In most defensive gun uses, the bad...
Guns for Beginners: 3 Effective Habits of Successful Armed Self-Defenders
https://youtu.be/-x-UbatREbo "The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken," lexicographer Samuel Johnson observed. When it comes to defensive gun use, this can be a bad,...
NFA for Beginners – The Big Move
TTAG reader Kelly in GA writes: I'll just start by saying that I'm definitely a beginner at this myself. I got my first (and only, so far) NFA item back in December. A nice paper...
The Truth About NFA Inspection: Forfeiting 4th Amendment Rights
It seems like every post about an NFA firearm -- whether SBR, silencer, etc -- is followed by comments along the lines of "owning an NFA item isn't worth giving up my Fourth Amendment...