Poacher of “Largest Eight-Pointer Ever Measured” Pleads Out
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) licensed Troy Alan Reinke to shoot one deer with a bow and arrow. Instead, Reinke shot three deer with a rifle, including what could well be...
George Clooney Gun Control Advocate, Make-Believe Assassin
From screenrant.com:
A film coming out this fall that’s flown way under the radar is The American, starring George Clooney. Directed by Anton Corbijn in his first wide release feature, the story centers...
U.S. Department of Education: 100 Glocks, 52 Shotguns
The Washington Post received the clarification that TTAG sought re: the number and type of Department of Education's arsenal of firearms. And here it is: "The Office of the Inspector General has 100 special...
South African National Defence Force Sticks to Its Guns
Businessday.com reports that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has awarded an R30.5 million ($4,130,983) contract to state-owned Denel Land Systems to maintain the force's existing stock of R4 and R5 service rifles....
Blind Biathlon
"Your ears only hear a tone. So the tone is stronger to your left or your right. You don't know that until you wave the rifle around to find it." I, for one,...
University of Florida Students Protest Campus Police Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QtHPcf7u4
Gainesville.com reports that University of Florida (UF) students held a protest over the March 2 shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong by university police. Campus cops shot the delusional doctoral student in the face with...
BB Guns In The News: Death and Disorder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMKs6poPgq8
WLKY reports that an 11-year-old Louisville boy was shot and killed when a 16-year-old relative fired a Daisy PowerLine 880 at his chest at close range. According to this and other accounts, the boys...
Cops Seize Video of BB Gun Attack on San Francisco Gays
ktvu.com reports that police have arrested three cousins in connection with a BB gun attack on a gay man. Mohammad Habibzada, Shafiq Hashemi and Sayed Bassam were charged with the February 26 assault on...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Dayton Officer James Hardin
Pity the poor policeman. No really. Not only do they have to respond to a huge variety of potentially dangerous situations, they have do so "by the book." The tome in question is thicker...
Real Reason for Marines’ Underpowered Rounds Revealed
According to The Marine Times, the head of Joint Forces Command was trying to get his troops a better rifle with more powerful bullets well before the Corps deployed in Afghanistan. Pre-theater, General James...
New Armalite M-15A4 SPR. Great Gun, Less Filling?
Specs
Model: A4 Rifle with black furniture
Caliber: ...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the U.S. Border Patrol’s Firearms. Well, Almost
I love gung-ho articles about law enforcement weaponry---especially pieces that read like a lecture from Sergeant Joe Friday. ("Maybe you think you're not hurting anyone by smoking marijuana, but you never saw a kid...