AR-15 Rifle Basics: Understanding Iron Sights
There is literally no end to the number of items that can be mounted on an AR-15 rifle in some fashion, whether it's a high-end $4,000 scope designed for extreme range shooting or a...
The 5 Best Shooting Drills to Make the Most of Your Range Time
Firearms drills are an absolute blast. They sharpen your skills, give you a challenge at the range and can change the way you think about shooting and self-defense. They can also be an eye-opener,...
Superintendent Who ‘Isn’t a Gun Person’ Has Trained Armed Response Teams in Two Ohio...
Before starting these armed response teams, what was your experience with firearms? Did that influence your feelings about the program?
I’m not even a gun person. When I first did this in 2013, the most...
We Have a Tested, Proven Way to Keep Schools and Students Safe…If We Want...
By Rob Morse
It's bad enough when another broken, narcissistic idiot with a gun kills innocent victims. It's worse still when the mainstream media gives the murderer -- depending on their politics -- a multi-million-dollar...
Rachel Monroe Tries Desperately To Understand Texas…And Guns
...I believed that I wouldn’t be able to understand where I lived unless I wrapped my head around the guns themselves. No other state is so closely associated with the mythology of the gun,...
Guns Are For Everyone: Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit at the SIG SAUER Academy
By Matt Manda
The first day’s events at the 2023 Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit in Epping, N.H., were cut short due to rain. The last day’s official competition matches were threatened by Tropical Storm Lee,...
Things That Don’t Suck: The Range Buddy App
Like pretty much everyone who reads TTAG, I like to shoot. I like to head to the range, and I find no better way to waste time and money than by turning it into...
Personal Defense Tip: Beware the Blade
By Warren Lind
More than one-third of all U.S. homes have at least one firearm. But there is another weapon that is in 100 percent of all homes: bladed weapons.
Knives are the most common, but...
The Failed Strategy of the Defensive Mindset
Never throw the first punch and Fire only if fired upon are two pieces of pseudo-tactical advice that are thrown out so often that most people now parrot the phrases without ever thinking about...
Do You Correct Other Shooters at the Range?
We've all seen it. Someone holding a gun incorrectly at the range, sometimes in a way that's going to hurt when they pull the trigger. Or, more alarming, someone failing to follow one or...
Mike Rowe’s Unintentional But Valuable Range Safety Tip
Mike Rowe, the well-known dirty job do-er, work raconteur and mover of the book markets, did a safety video that has application to shooters.
In the video, below, Rowe describes how he and his crew...
Question of the Day: How Often Do you Practice Your Draw? [VIDEO]
https://youtu.be/fBcdQhTOPY8?si=EljI8AviVAeoo6LQ
A gun range that prohibits drawing from a holster is like getting a deep tissue massage with your clothes on. It's a good experience and all, but not as good as it could be....