Brooklyn Cops Shoot Armed Homeowner
Thanks to decades of gun control, there are parts of America where legally-armed civilians are so rare that the boys in blue don't consider the possibility that a man holding a gun could be...
California Open Carry Advocate’s Shotgun Protest
It's now illegal for Californians to openly carry an unloaded handgun in a public place. The new law does not apply to unloaded long guns. As TTAG predicted, open carry advocates are there. "A man...
California Open Carry’s Catch-22—And Beyond!
On January first, California's AB 144 kicks in. As the new year begins, the Golden State's city, county and or state police may arrest anyone openly carrying a handgun. Unless the citizen in questions is...
Annals of Open Carry: Death Wish Edition
What are the odds that someone could walk into a Chicago police station holding a loaded AR, declare martial law and not be either repeatedly ventilated, billy-clubbed to a bloody pulp or even charged...
Nick Leghorn is Right About the Blackhawk SERPA Holster
TTAG scribe and proto-hunter Nick Leghorn recently stirred-up a ballistic hornet's nest---a metaphor I'd like to see in real life, from a distance---with his post SERPA Holsters Should be Discontinued. Nick argued that the popular...
Question of the Day: Is An Armed Society a Polite Society?
Most gun guys are down with Robert A. Heinlein's maxim that "an armed society is a polite society." They cite their experiences at the range, where everyone has a gun (or five) and shooters...
Open Carry Update: Kurk Kirby Charges Dismissed
Back in March of 2010, this website reported on the case against Kurk Kirby: the Washington State resident who was arrested for openly carrying his .45 ACP Springfield XD into his neighborhood Albertson's grocery...
News Alert: New Mexico Man Committed No Crime
If someone doesn't commit a crime, is it news? Can things really be that violent in New Mexico? Anyway it apparently qualifies as news if you have a pellet gun in your backpack. In...
The Power of STFU: Jesus Gonzalez Skates on Murder Charge
You may recall the case of Jesus Gonzalez, the Wisconsin Open Carry activist who shot and killed Danny John and shot and wounded John's nephew, Jered Corn. The DA charged Gonzalez with first-degree intentional homicide...
Three Reasons Not to Home Carry
Home Carry---carrying a gun at home---is patently ridiculous. Make that dangerous. When you Home Carry you carry a gun at home. At home! A gun! A gun that fires bullets! That could hurt someone!...
San Leandro Long Gun Open Carry Event Damp Squib
"The intent was to raise awareness of the legal right of Californians to carry unloaded rifles and shotguns in public," sfgate.com reports. Well, the media did cover it. That counts for something right? "The...