Desert Tactical Arms: Change the Caliber, Not the Zero
Desert Tactical Arms showing off production models of their new line of precision rifles. Their rifles include a unique feature: you can change barrels without shifting the zero on the rifle (well, the left/right...
NRA President, Wayne LaPierre cut ribbon
Yeah, I know, not my "Area of Operations" for the day. But this photo op was just too good to pass up. The NRA President, flanked by the NRA Treasurer, Wayne LaPierre, and Larry...
Doors are Open and TTAG is On the Scene
It's official. As of 8 AM the flood gates to the NRA National Convention are open, and the visitors are starting to meander in. As we said, TTAG will be bringing you a rather...
National Firearms Museum: 1911 Centennial Exhibit
In 1977, Charlton Heston said "The doorway to freedom is framed by the muskets that stood between a vision of liberty and anarchy at a place called Concord bridge . . . There can...
Competition Shooting 101: CMP/NRA High Power
In our last installment we stepped into the fast-paced world of 3-gun competitions, where going fast was the key to success and moving around the course was an integral part of the challenge. This...
Brady Bunch Doesn’t Know a Clip from a Magazine. Duh.
There they go again. Yup. The Brady Bunch is at it one more once, this time with a well-produced 30-second piece of the finest spin this side of the Pecos, a little opus that...
When in Doubt (Liberals) Make Stuff Up.
Doubt me? Well, let's take a look at Exhibit A, a little ditty over on PoliticusUSA.com, entitled The NRA Says the Right to Not Be Murdered by Lunatics is Bizarre.
The author, one Hrafnkell Haraldsson,...
Obama Joins the NRA
DATELINE: WASHINGTON D.C., April 1, 2011 – President Barack Obama has joined the NRA. In a carefully-worded statement that will be released to the mainstream media later today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney...
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...