Former TN Basketball Star Tyler Smith: I Bought My Gun After Death Threats
Sorry, what? "Tyler Smith, Tennessee's top-rated basketball player, said he bought the gun that brought down his college career because someone had threatened to kill his 3-year-old son," tennessean.com reports. "He's never said...
Did Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum Ever Own A Shotgun?
You may have noticed that politicians lack a little something in the honesty department. In fact, the good ones will say anything to get elected. And then keep saying what people want to hear....
NRA versus Brady Campaign: Compare & Contrast
The NRA show just wrapped up this afternoon. It was a three-day event - a trade show/seminars/celebration of values. The average attendee spent a couple of hundred dollars to attend the show, including tickets...
Chuck Norris Rocks. And the Applebaums Know It.
We have a saying in the Lone Star State: "Don't Mess With Texas." In the rest of the free world, they say "Don't Mess With Chuck Norris." Nowhere is that sentiment stronger than in...
Explosion at MDM Muzzleloader Gun Factory Kills Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N9wFl9kgC0
Fox News reports that two people are dead after three explosions rocked a black powder gun factory in Colebrook, New Hampshire. Millennium Designed Muzzleloaders makes Black Mag and Black Mag XP gunpowder, as well...
Patrick Flanigan Sets New World Clay Shooting Record: Seven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HpLvOWyGoA
Patrick Flanigan has set the world record for the most clays thrown up in the air from the hip and shot to smithereens. Flanigan shot Winchester AA ammunition through the Winchester SX3 “Flani-Gun”. Geddit?...
Do You Know the Way to the NRA?
As I write this, I'm flying about 31,000 feet over Texas (and boy are my arms tired). I'm on an AirTrans flight first to Atlanta, then on to Charlotte, for the NRA confab. Here's...
NRA(nd) Away We Go…
As RF mentioned earlier, I'm about to fly out to Charlotte, NC for the anual National Rifle Association confab. (And boy will my arms be tired.) The keynote speakers will be Gov. Sarah Palin...
Walgreen’s Hero Harry J. McCullough III Homeless, Unarmed
Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA) President Andreas Allen reckons that ex-security guard and Walgreen's shootout hero Harry J. McCullough III faces "gang reprisal" because the armed robber man he fatally shot was a documented gang member....
LA Gun Buy-Back Program Also a Failure
If you want to know why gun buy-back programs are a bad idea generally, I refer you to my previous post on Chicago's "Don’t Kill a Dream, Save a Life Gun Turn-In" campaign. In...
Report: County Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Skogen’s Daughter Snuck Into Garage
I believe that all gun owners are responsible for their weapons. If an accident occurs, it's the owner's responsibility---no matter how tragic the outcome or otherwise virtuous the owner. I understand that the Placer...
Colorado State University Rescinds Gun Ban
The Denver Post reports that the Colorado State University (CSU) Board of Governors has rescinded a system-wide ban on concealed weapons. CSU's decision follows the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in April that struck...