Wilson Combat Launches New Website Ahead of New 1911

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Website are a bitch. A high maintenance bitch. Although TTAG is just four months old, we're already looking at ways to refine the design and improve the site's utility. Kinda like a gun maker trying to...

Chicago Residents Arming Themselves Despite Gun Ban

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The evidence that Chicago residens are tooling up---in defiance of the city's ban on handguns---is anecdotal. But according to cbs2chicago.com, the killing of African American Chicago cop Thomas Wortham IV was the final straw...

Philippine Police Look to “Extend” Gun Ban

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Back in March, TTAG pinged readers re: Philippine's pre-election gun ban. We warned that the country's gun ban---an order created and enforced without parliamentary approval or oversight---was a prelude to an complete and outright ban on...

“It’s Like an Apple Store . . . WITH GUNS!”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyq90LEZe4k&feature=player_embedded Sorry, but I could not improve on Gizmodo's headline. I was thinking "It's Like an Apple Store . . . ONLY CLEANER!" But then the second you hear the voice-over, you know this gun...

If Guns Are Barred in Bars, Only Criminals Will Carry In Bars. And These...

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Joseph D. Schwenz Sr., commentator over at Tennessee's theleafchronicle.com, sounds off on the state's pending "guns in bars" legislation: Ever since the expansion of right to carry into restaurants came up, the media have consistently headlined every...

TTAG Tactical Analysis: Why Didn’t This Cashier Pull The Trigger?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbGobqCjt2I The guy at my local convenience store isn't armed. He doesn't have a baseball bat either. Nothing. This despite the fact that armed robbers attacked the bank next door. He says he doesn't want...

Die Tree! Die!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Xf3ceQuOc YouTube offers a number of ballistic woody plant trimming videos with which to mortify tree huggers. Search: "shooting down a tree."

Saturday Evening Post: AC/DC “Shoot to Thrill” (Iron Man 2)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kD8sxIjVuc You're in luck, campers...this week's SEP features the trailer from the top flick in the nation, Iron Man 2, with the dinosaurs of rock AC/DC and the movie's theme - Shoot to Thrill. Enjoy.

“Suge Knight is a businessman. He is not a person who would carry a...

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Police released former Suge Knight on $65,000 bail after charging the former Death Row Record Label CEO with assault with a deadly weapon. The arrest came after LAPD received a tip that Suge flashed...

Illinois Semi-Automatic Pistol / .50 Caliber Weapons Ban Not Dead Yet

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjVJaXfTSwc&feature=player_embedded Arthur Steadman over at ArmaLite gave us the heads-up on Illinois bill HB5751. State rep Edward "Go F--- Yourself" Acevedo is the author of this little-known edict. Once thought dead 'n buried, the legislation...

Minnesota Firearms Accident: “Deadly force under control is almost impossible for humans”

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I was going to blog today's startribune.com's story "Kids shooting kids" and call it good. I'll pass the parse sauce in a mo, highlighting some pretty egregious statistical manipulation. But first, here's a comment...

Arlen Specter Under the Gun

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Back home in PA, Senator Arlen Specter is running neck and neck with Joe Sestak in the Democratic primary. According to Washington Post reporter Greg Sargent, the Kansas-born Specter, "is highlighting his vote against...