UK Farmer Faces Five Years in Jail for Homemade Self-Defense Shotguns

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"A north-east man has been convicted of owning two homemade guns at his farm in Aberdeenshire," Scotland's pressandjournal.co.uk reports. Fifty-four-year-old farmer Raymond Panton faces a five-year mandatory minimum jail sentence for the homemade shotguns....

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Helmet-Mounted Shotgun Edition [VIDEO]

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The caption above - "You sneeze, people die?" - is misleading. The Indian helmet shotgun above is activated by a pressure switch. So as long as you keep your finger off the "trigger" while...

NC’s WRAL: “Legal way to get NFA weapons without ATF scrutiny”

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TTAG reader BM writes, based on WRAL teaser copy for upcoming report : In teaser ads and promos for an upcoming Monday "investigation," WRAL news of Raleigh makes the false claim that NFA items can be obtained "Without...

Standard Manufacturing Company DP12 Home Defense Shotgun. What’s Up With the Ghillie Suit? [VIDEO]

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https://youtu.be/C1UE0Ommw_k We don't normally post videos that are months old, but mister3D sent us a link to this Standard Mfg. Co. DP12 shotgun vid with the comment, "I live in a better neighborhood than that." Clearly, it needed...

Dyspeptic Gunsmith: John Moses Browning’s Designs Both Innovated And Evolved

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We keep trying to get TTAG commentator Dyspeptic Gunsmith to write for us. He insists he doesn't have the time...and then posts articulate, insightful material in the comments section. Go figure. So here's DP's take on...

Question of the Day: What Ammo for Your Home Defense Shotgun?

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https://youtu.be/5nrdsmQWe08 Again, I'd like to point out that you should keep a pair of electronic earmuffs by your home defense shotgun. No matter what ammo you shoot - God forbid - the resulting sonic assault...

Does Ted Cruz Know How to Carry a Shotgun?

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Over at the indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com, blogger Wes Siler proclaims that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz doesn't know how to carry a shotgun. Siler quotes "local hunter and lifetime NRA member Scott Nathan" who pronounces that "While his...

Charges Dropped Against Man Who Downed Drone

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"He had a right to shoot at this drone, and I'm gonna dismiss this charge." With that, Judge Rebecca Ward gaveled the case against William Meredith to a close. Meredith's the Kentucky man who...

The St. Augustine Record: Fudds R Us

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A Fudd is a gun owner who supports gun control, named after Looney Tunes' hapless hunter Elmer Fudd. When a Fudd takes to the media to promote "sensible gun safety legislation," he or she must first submit...

Sporting Classics’ Annual Shotgun Review

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Sporting Classics presents its 22nd annual shotgun review, featuring semiautomatics, pumps, over-and-unders, and side-by-sides. Whether it's a new finish or an entirely new platform, you'll find it here in the 2015 review. Benelli The 828U offers...

Kel-Tec at the 2015 Texas Firearms Festival. Come and Shoot it! KSGs, SUB-2000s and...

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(sponsored post) Kel-Tec is set to make its Texas Firearm Festival debut on November 14 and 15 at Best of the West Shooting Sports in Liberty Hill. The Florida gunmaker will be offering Shooter and VIP ticket holders...

TN Bail Bondsman Points Shotgun at Bystanders During Apprehension. Fair Enough?

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https://youtu.be/NrvnJ5ZUDXQ "A Tennessee man had a gun pointed at him by a man who appears to have been a bail bondsman while he was video recording them arresting his nephew Tuesday morning," photographyisnotacrime.com reports. Yes, well,...