Two Ways to Interpret a Self-Defense Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQZINh-O8CY
Before we do the armchair analysis, here are the facts, as presented by the pro-gun-rights folks at examiner.com:
Police say that a 28 year old man was loading groceries into his car, in the parking...
Open Carry is a Bad Idea
Open Carry (OC) is a hot topic on TTAG. No surprise; a lot of gun rights proponents heart OC. At first blush, it seems a promising way to extend and defend Second Amendment rights. In many...
Three Things To Say to Someone Staring Down the Barrel of Your Gun
This post makes some important assumptions. First, you're pointing a gun at another human being to stop them from killing you or your loved ones, causing you or your loved ones grievous bodily harm,...
Going Dark
To save on operating expenses, small cities and towns have begun replacing asphalt roads with gravel, laying off police officers and turning off streetlights. What is a citizen to do?
Governments Go to Extremes as...
The Case for Mandatory Gun Silencers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeSJxIex8cc
Name one commonly available consumer product that's as loud as a gun. OK, other than a guitar amplifier. Or a chainsaw. The fact that guns are sold without silencers---damaging the hearing of millions of...
How to Scan After a Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1IQUJEww1M
Holy back in the battle Batman! Whitney Rushton changes magazines like Angelina Jolie changes diapers. Well, would if she didn't have one Nanny per child. Anyway, nice work. Only Rushton's scanning technique puts the...
11-Year-Old Girl Spooks 3 Burglars with a Pink Gun. Or Not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj65nUv8xXQ
Stories like this get my journalistic hackles up. The mainstream media is so quick to jump on the "brave little girl locked and loaded against home invaders" angle that they neglect to do anything...
Hi-Point .45 ACP Carbine: Are Handgun Caliber Rifles the New Home Defense Shotgun?
Capt. John Raguso keeps threatening to send us a review of Kel Tec's smokin' SUB-2000 9mm carbine. Today, Hi-Point Carbines drops the news that their long awaited .45 ACP rifle is ready to rock...
Roy Hill to SIG SAUER: Please Send Copperhead. (Gun, Not Snake)
SIG SAUER recently announced a couple of special editions of their P238 pistol: the P238 Liberty and the P238 Copperhead. When I saw the Copperhead, I immediately told my wife I'd found my next Christmas...
Is it Time to Replace the Cooper Color Codes?
Gun guru Jeff Cooper's "Gunsite Color Code" describes four states of preparedness. White (unaware and unprepared), yellow (relaxed alert), orange (specific alert) and red (time to cap yo' ass). "There is a problem in...