Turkey Shoot Complicated by Warning Shot
wtae.com reports a Pennsylvania home owner shot and killed a Turkey Day home invader: one Elijah J. Malanosky. Absent any complicating details (there are always complicating details), it looks like a righteous shoot. Unfortunately, the...
Bronx Freak-Out: Neighborhood Bodega Sells Toy Guns
The gall! The effrontery! Bronx parents are up in arms over arms for sale in their midst. Toy arms sold from a vending machine in a neighborhood bodega. Two inch pistols and rifles that...
Self-Defense Tip: How to Handle a Routine Police Stop
Before I became a law enforcement officer I had a concealed carry permit. During the mandatory safety course, the instructor encouraged us to disclose the fact that we had a firearm in the car...
Ask Foghorn: Best Shotgun for New 3-Gun Competitors?
Ryan writes:
Hope your having fun at the 3 gun comp man. I actually have an ask foghorn question along those lines. I really need the advice, but if you can get an article out...
The Range Idiot Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvAvth2sMHc
Everyone knows "that guy" at the range. Don't be that guy.
Course Review: G4S ITI Competition Pistol II
3-Gun is my chosen competition style, requiring the use of a rifle, a pistol and a shotgun at some point during the day. It challenges every aspect of your shooting abilities and if any...
SERPA Holsters Should Be Discontinued
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYvAxLX6OzE
I was at a competition pistol class last week in preparation for the FNH 3-Gun Championship (videos here) when something disturbing happened: the person next to me had a negligent discharge straight into the...
Question of the Day: What’s the Difference Between “Need” and “Want”?
When it comes to weapons selection, TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia doesn't want someone telling them what they do or do not "need." Laws that attempt to draw a line in the shifting sands of civilian...
Gun Review: Umarex/Colt AR 15 – 22 Part 2
My work-mandated personality profile indicates that I have a severe issue with making promises. According to the head doctors, if I promise to do something, it plagues me until I get it done. Quite...
In Defense Of: Stupid People Carrying Guns
TTAG commentator paul r made this point underneath a recent post:
Robert,
After reading the interview with Kane, I must respectfully disagree with one of your points. It is simply not true that armed self...
Firearms Stackexchange (User Submitted Q&A Site) Enters Public Beta
Stackexchange is a name well known to those who work in tech, specifically those who have ever beat their head against the wall over an error message that seems to mock your every attempt at fixing...
The First Time Hunter: A New TTAG Series
My father used to hunt when he was a kid. My grandfather was an avid shooter, both in competition (CMP High Power M1 Garand) and as a hunter. He passed away before I had...