R. Lee Ermey Video Encourages Young Gun Owners to Register
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJAZyQHh9JU
...to vote, that is.
Question of the Day: Are You Adapting Your Self-Defense Style to Your Diminished Capacities?
TTAG's team is preparing to head to the National Rifle Association's OFWG hoe-down in St. Louis. Once again, it's NRA convention time. We'll be blogging the beJesus out of the world's largest gathering of...
Mayors’ Against Illegal Guns Rap Sheets
On the eve of the Super Bowl gun control ad by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the nraila.org offered a round-up of criminal charges lodged against members of the gun grabbing group. We republish it here...
The Faceless, Mysterious NRA. Or Something.
Donald Kaul’s recent missive for otherwords.org lists, in lenten fashion, what the guilt-ridden, self-described granola liberal will be giving up for 2012. He first covers global warming. For some reason. But then he swings...
American Rifleman: “We Don’t Publish Negative Reviews”
A few months ago I was interviewed for an assistant editor position at American Rifleman magazine, the NRA's flagship publication with about 1.3 million subscribers. Don't worry, I'm not running off anytime soon. Anyway,...
Brand Extension of the Day: NRA Wine Club
I'm not sure if the plonk offered by the NRA to its members qualifies as a brand extension. Although the gun org pitches (and pitches and pitches) the "NRA Wine Club," it's an affiliate...
Quote of the Day: Hysterical Hyperbole Edition
"It’s long past time for the American people to wake up and realize that their so-called Second Amendment rights have gradually turned the National Rifle Association into a terrorist organization through its adamant refusal...
Quote of the Day: NRA Sales Call Edition
"Making Obama a one-term president is our number one priority." - NRA fund-raiser.
Hunting 101: Getting Started with Hunting in America
This past weekend Tyler Kee invited me down to his family's ranch in the Texas hill country to go hunting for the first time. As you can see from the picture, things went pretty...
NY Times: The Freedom Group’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Choose
Every week or so the New York Times provides another opportunity for gun rights advocates to give the left-leaning paper the "pitchfork and torches" treatment. Today's Sunday Business section article on the Freedom Group---"the most powerful...
What’s the NRA’s Secret Weapon for Kicking-Out Obama?
Dear ROBERT,
I want to alert you that shortly after Thanksgiving you will receive your new 2012 NRA Membership Card in the mail. When you receive it, I hope you'll give special attention to the...