The Incredible Importance of Re-Holstering
I am always amazed at the number of people I encounter at gun ranges who practice their draw. Excluding law enforcement officers, the current count stands at one. One young, Army-bound kid who'd been...
Springfield XD-M Cracks Under Pressure. What Now?
The most common reason semi-automatic handguns suffer catastrophic failure: hand-loaded ammo. The main reason they have an FTF (failure-to-fire)? Magazine-related issues. Then it's operator error, including poor maintenance. After that we're into the realm...
Emergency Medicine on the Range: Making Your First Aid Bag
As much as we drill the rules of firearm safety into our heads, anytime we step onto a range the possibility for injury is ever-present. The highest risk isn't even posed by the firearms...
Three Ways to Fight a Home Invasion
You want irony? Here's irony. "Santa Clara County sheriff's detectives are searching for three men who are accused of breaking into a Gilroy homeowner's home," mercurynews.com reports. "Tying him up, beating him and making off...
McGruff the Crime Dog: “Guns and Kids Are A Dangerous Combination”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHeTGPlcBfQ
I prefer the blue pill/red pill scene in The Matrix.
Gun Storage: Pop it, Lock It, Polka Dot It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVYNX-sPu0
Yesterday, I penned a post postulating that a responsible gun owner keeps his or her guns locked up. A couple of commentators saw the pic of my gun safe (if only) and connected the...
Gun Review: Weatherby PA-08 Upland Shotgun
I recently got the itch to pick up a shotgun dedicated to sport shooting. I soon realized that a great many offerings in the sporting-shotgun category will make your eyes bug out of your...
Question of the Day: Is Gun Size Important?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBH1CXEgPaA
"I’d like to ask a serious question without getting all you macho boys and girl upset at me," gun control advocate and blogger mikeb302000 asks in a comment underneath the post Sam vs. Joe...
Another Gun Twirler Qualifies for a Darwin Award
The gun twirling-related carnage continues. Who knew that our first post mentioning the dangers of gun twirling would lead to this tragedy, wherein Nebraska resident Chance Paap twirled a .45-caliber pistol until he ...
“MOUNT UP RIGHT TO SHOOT STRAIGHT”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scGHmUXJfj8
Headline straight from the National Shooting Sports Foundation's email blast. I swear.