Would You Pay Someone Else to Clean Your Guns? – Question of the Day

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Few of us clean our guns as often as we should. If you're a long range precision shooter, there's a good chance you actually clean your rifle(s) after each range session. But how many...
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Would You Support a Voluntary ‘No-Buy’ List to Prevent Suicides?

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About 36,000 people die of gunshot wounds in the US every year. Of that total, two-thirds are suicides. To the extend that the number of suicides can be reduced, that's a benefit, not only in...

Which Gun Should I Buy: AR-15 or AK-47?

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I'm in the market for a carbine. Don't need it. I've got a perfectly serviceable Remington 870 Wingmaster shotgun in .12 gauge that handles the home defense chores just fine, thank you. I'm the...

Question of the Day: Is the 1911 A Suitable Self-Defense Gun?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P4XJTKzKEU Gun scribe Charlie Cutshaw sure seems to think so. Over at gun PR paradise, Cutshaw's penned a piece called 1911 Pistol Refuses To Die. Cutshaw reckons John Browning's meisterstuck is still suitable for police...

TTAG Question of the Day: Do You Lock Up Your Guns?

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I wear a lot of hats. Father. Ex-husband. Writer. Small-business owner. Homeowner. Gun owner. When it comes to guns, some of those hats pull me in different directions. There are arguments – strong ones...

Question of the Day: Is .380 a Suitable Self-Defense Caliber?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEQkvw3EkzY "Raven Smith doesn't usually take a gun to Applebee's," tampabay.com reports. "But something made him reconsider Sunday night as he held his .380 caliber weapon in his hand, about to leave it behind as...

Question of the Day: Should You Customize Your Gun?

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With all the options for customizing firearms these days -  recoil springs, triggers, custom barrels, enhanced magwells, magazine releases, and grip modifications - you're just as likely to see a modified guns when you...

Question of the Day: Should Felons Be Able to Own Guns?

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Eighty-one year old Homer Wright heard an intruder trying to break into his home about 6:30 yesterday morning. Wright, who had a pistol, shot 19 year-old Anthony Robinson in the leg. But Wright was...

Question of the Day: Do Magazine Capacity Limits Limit Lethality?

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  People who preach "common sense gun control" argue that limiting ammunition magazine capacity limits a killers' ability to kill. Ipso facto. Notice I didn't say "murder." As John Grisham might say, there's a time...

Question of the Day: Militia Training?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky49ltgeXRU An ex-military man and I were talking about defending gun rights in the face of government tyranny. He considers all this "come and get 'em" talk regarding gun confiscation as nothing more than complete...

Question of the Day: What’s Your EDC Gun?

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If you haven't discovered everyday-carry.com yet, you may want to give it a wide berth. It's one of the most voracious timesucks you're likely to come across. Looking into other people's pockets, as it...