U.S. To Import 87,310 M1 Garand Rifles from Korea
The supplies of M1 Garand rifles are slowly but surely dwindling from the Civilian Marksmanship Program's shelves. That's the government-run organization that distributes WWII era firearms to the population, promoting civilian marksmanship through its...
Never Let a High Profile International Meeting Go to Waste
L. Neil Smith once said (and yes, I quote him a lot because he's articulate and insightful), "People accuse me of being a single-issue writer, a single- issue thinker, and a single- issue...
The Four Rules Actually Apply to All Kind of Guns
Yes, even nail guns. According to his fiancee, Gail Glaenzer, Daunte Artullo of Chicago is doing well, says bbc.co.uk. "'He moved all his limbs, he's talking normal, he remembers everything,' she said. 'It's amazing,...
Something We Missed While In the SHOT Show News Cocoon: Lee Paige
https://youtu.be/h-ZZ6pynGLM
You remember Lee, right? Who could forget him? Paige was the only one in the room "professional enough" show a group of Orlando area kids his gun. Yep, that Lee Paige. He has sued...
NSSF: Shooting Industry Suffers from 40% Return/Defect Rate
Thanks in no small part to our gavel-to-gavel SHOT Show coverage, TTAG is now acknowledged as the biggest and baddest firearms-related blog out there. Nick and I were a tad surprised (and not a...
Act of Valor: That was INSANE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnlPgo9TaGo
Thanks to the good folks at 5.11 Tactical (you know, the guys that make pants) Chris and I just saw the upcoming film Act of Valor in its entirety. Well, us and about 300...
NSSF: Glock Most Desired Firearms Brand of Christmas 2011
The NSSF posted a piece on their blog earlier today that showed the results of some analysis of blog posts and tweets they did regarding what people hoped to get or actually received for...
New from Armalite: AR-10A
Armalite is introducing two new AR-10 rifles at SHOT. Both rifles will bear the designation "AR-10A," but they will be two distinct builds (thankfully avoiding my pet peeve of minor differences warranting a completely new model...
SERPA Holsters Banned from FLETC
FLETC, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, is a facility in Georgia where over 90 federal agencies send their new recruits to be trained as law enforcement officers. That includes firearms handling, and is sometimes a recruit's...
Michael Bloomberg, Please Call Your Office
New York has arrested yet another tourist on gun charges. This week's contestant is Frank Vankirk of Columbus, Ohio. Other than not knowing the law, Vankirk's mistake was leaving one of the three guns...
Gingrich Hits Romney on Gun Tax Increase
Continuing his full frontal assault on Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich (looking thoroughly befuddled by that thing he's holding, above) lit into the a-little-too-perfectly coiffed former Massachusetts governor for raising taxes on guns by 400%...
Crazy-Ass Non Sequitur of the Day: PETA Edition
The NRA evidently names a Country Artist of the Month. Probably on a monthly basis. For some reason. Anyway, in case you missed the news, Trace Adkins got the nod for January. As a...