Rick Ector: Why the NRA Doesn’t Include Blacks
Rick Ector gets LAID. As he should; it's the name of his website (Legally Armed in Detroit). Rick Ector also gets the fact that the National Rifle Association is not his target demographic. And...
Memo to African Americans: Carry a Gun
I am not a racist. I believe everyone should be treated equally regardless of their race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, able bodiedness, love of action figures and any other category you...
Incendiary Image of the Day: 2AJL Edition
Somehow that's not the mental picture I have of the NRA.
Professional Retention: N8² Tactical’s Tuckable IWB Solution
We stopped by N8² Tactical's hopping booth where everyone was hard at work hawking their latest (as well as the oldies but goodies), the Professional model retention IWB tuckable holsters. Amanda Beard, who's married...
Knife Confiscation at NRA Annual Meeting
Seeing as the presidential candidates (and their Secret Service friends) are addressing attendees here, when entering the hall where the speakers were speaking yesterday the security detail completely disarmed the entire crowd. We're talking...
Snapshot of the Day: IDTTMWYTIM Edition
I don't think that acronym means what you think it means...
New from Colt: M2012
It seems like precision long range rifles for the commercial market is the new trend. For a long time it was only the Big Names in precision (Barrett, APO, AI...) who were making great...
NRA Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum (with Fog Machines!)
Okay, I can understand having The 1812 Overture or Hooray for the Red White and Blue playing over the sound system, but fog machines?!?
Anyway, having hiked all the way out to BFE (thank G-d...
New from Tapco: Smooth Sided Magazines
FINALLY! The main complaint I've had with Tapco's AK-style magazines is that they're ugly as sin. I understand why people want ridges on their magazine (grippiness and such) but I don't envision myself ever...
New(ish) from CMMG: Ambidextrous Upper Receiver
CMMG released this product at SHOT (yet somehow forgot to mention it to me when I stopped by their booth), but they're here and showing off some of their production models at NRA this...
Hands-On with the S&W Shield
As expected, the S&W Shield is here at the NRA Annual Meeting, and it's basically a small version of their existing M&P line. All of the controls and the styling feels familiar, mainly because...
Thursday PM Strategy Meeting
The crack TTAG strike team assembled the night before the Convention to discuss all the important strategies and tactics for the weekend. Your humble scrivener selflessly volunteered to take on for the team and...