What’s up with Texas?
I am a naturalized Texan. I was born, next door, in Louisiana, and as the bumper stickers in the Lone Star State say "I got here as quick as I could." Everything's bigger in...
The First TTAG Meet-up @ The NRA Confab
As you've probably already read, TTAG will be out in force, covering the NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits like GSR on a competition shooter's hand. Or something. A number of the TTAG Armed Intelligencia...
TTAG Blogs the NRA Confab
Yes, the annual love fest that is the NRA's meet n' greet for the firearms faithful is coming up again this April, this time in Beautiful, Downtown Pittsburgh. (!) And TTAG will be there,...
MSM Slams NRA for FOAD to Obama Gun Summit
NRA desperate for ways to pretend it’s under attack (Atlanta Constitution-Journal)
The sad truth is, LaPierre’s salary and the NRA’s bureaucracy and fund-raising depend on maintaining the illusion that there can be no consensus about...
Incendiary Image of the Day: NRA Lines the Cross Edition
I'm a patriot. I love America. My mother and father were both immigrants to the United States. They never let me forget how lucky I am to have been born and raised in The...
Will the New York Times Lay Off The NRA? Let’s Hope Not.
Last night, in an inappropriately rally-like atmosphere, President Obama called for an end to the blame game re: the Safeway Massacre. While I reckon the Commander-in-Chief should have made his speech with quiet dignity from the...
Have the Gun Owners of America Jumped the Gun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-wuWYE68Q
It's hard to believe, but the Gun Owners of America (GOA) have staked out a position further to the right than the National Rifle Association (NRA). Whereas the NRA will endorse (if not financially...
NRA Jefe to Mexican Ambassador: Mind Your Own Business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7puvdGXvYng
Recently, the Mexican Ambassador to the United States told the Council of Foreign Relations in New York that the National Rifle Association (NRA) should combat U.S. to Mexico gun-running by . . . sounding the...
NRA Ends Pre-Election Lobbying With Country Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPoPw9zgvQ
"Thanks for sticking with the NRA," NRA realpolitikmeister Chris Cox writes, pre-election. "And helping put us in a position to have a major impact in races across the country. With your help, we will continue to...
NRA sticker = Theft Magnet?
I became a crime victim last week. When I stepped off the light rail and walked to my car on Friday, I was greeted by the unpleasant sight of a carpet of shattered glass...
NRA Can’t Say “Remington Model 700 is Safe” Either
The National Rifle Association has plenty of good reasons to support Remington in its defense of the Model 700, recently vilified by CNBC. For example, Remington and the NRA cut a deal just last...