Quote of the Day: Ve Must Haff Order! Edition
"There are competing rights here. The right to keep and bear arms, but also the freedom and liberty interests of people within a well-ordered society." - Ronnie Mitchell, lawyer for the Cumberland County North Carolina Sheriff's...
Kansas Constitutional Carrier Foils Robbery
When Kansas Governor Brownback signed the Constitutional Carry bill on the second of April this year, disarmists predicted streets running red with blood. The law went into effect on July first. Two weeks later, a young...
Whataburger: No Open Carry In Our Stores
Whataburger is a well-liked and well established Texas burger franchise. You can't roll through a small town in Texas without passing a Whataburger or two, and their delicious burgers are reason enough why. Heck,...
UK and US Hoplophobes: “Only Cowards Carry”
It started out with mild curiosity sparked by a SHTFPlan.com headline: With Knife Murders Spiking After Gun Ban, UK Urges ‘Save a Life–Surrender Your Knife. After all, this is the country that developed blunted “anti-stab...
“Powerless in the Face of White Supremacy and a Gun”
"While out shopping in Georgia at my favorite bookstore, the same day the Emanuel AME Church reopened its doors after the mass shooting, a white man in camouflage entered the store openly carrying a gun on...
CJ Grisham: Constitutional Carry Next Goal for Open Carry Texas
Open Carry Texas President and CEO CJ Grisham writes:
History was made in Texas during the 84th legislative session. For the first time in twenty years, major gun rights legislation was passed through both chambers and...
Missouri to Become 7th State to Adopt Constitutional Carry?
"The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a constitutional amendment that broadened gun rights in the state," stlpublicradio.org reports. "Voters approved Amendment 5 in August 2014 with 61 percent of the vote. It made the right to own...
Restaurant Gives Discounts to Customers Carrying Guns. It’s a Trend!
Chicken Express, located at 2 Warnock Springs Rd in Magnolia, Arkansas, is offering a free meal to people who present a concealed handgun license on Independence Day. "On Saturday July 4th we will be...
Open Carry In AZ Rest Areas Socially Acceptable
On my recent vacation to Meteor Crater and environs, I stopped at the rest areas along the way to check and see if the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) had done its job. They...
Pro-Gun Video: 11m Americans Carry Firearms. Or Do They?
Sweet video, riffing on TTAG's I Am A Gun Owner Facebook gallery. Nice to see some minority faces amongst the proud gun owners flashing their gats in the Old Dominion. But really, no one...
Gay Open Carry Group Kicked Out of Gay Pride Rally Due to “Psychological Harm”
As you may have noticed, we here at TTAG are big believers in individual rights. All of them. As we have said many times (in one way or another), we want to live to...
James Burdick Doesn’t Like Open Carry, Apparently
By James W. Burdick (republished with the author's permission)
So, I'm at Costco yesterday, deep in the Bloomfield Hills ghetto, where everyone knows how dangerous a place it is. Uh. And I see this kid --...