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Connecticut Academic Wants To Balance Budget On The Backs Of Gun Owners
While the bodies pile up in many large Democrat-controlled cities across the nation, an academic is conjuring up visions of sugarplums and new taxes on the Left’s favorite boogeymen—guns and gun owners. According a bio at US News, “John Stoehr is a lecturer in political science at Yale, a business columnist …
Why Gun-Banners Continue To Spin Lies
Professional gun control proponents like Mark Kelly, Michael Bloomberg, Shannon Watts and Dennis Henigan all have something in common—they lie for a living. Being a military brat who was always taught that the only thing in life that you can truly control is your integrity, this has always been something …
Top 7 Deer Hunting Bullet Types
When it comes the matter of deer hunting, the next thought comes in mind about the perfect rifle and good quality bullets. A perfect combo of these two items along with your personal skills can lead you towards the height of success. But unfortunately, the problem arises when the poor …
Summer Reading—Week 1: Concealed Carry
If your mind has drifted from the summer fiction downloaded onto your tablet to thoughts of which handgun will next adorn your holster—you’ve come to the right place. There are literally dozens of stories within this site dedicated to the best of everything related to carry guns—pocket pistols, holsters, methods and much more. To make …
Field Tested: SOG Baton Multi-Tools Q1 & Q2
SOG Knives & Tools recently released the new Baton family of multi-tools. These tools have a sleek minimalist design which gives them in slim, straight shape that’s as easy to carry in a pants or purse pocket as a marker or pen. Unlike most multi-tools, which tend to be large, blocky …
Back to Basics: Cast Bullets
The use of gunpowder—black powder—as a propellant for projectiles was first seen in the 10th century. Initially, projectiles were rocks, arrows and anything else that could fit down the bore. Accuracy, of course, was nil, and if hit by one of these ersatz projectiles, the poor victim was more likely …
NSSF Shooting Sports Fantasy Camp
The National Shooting Sports Foundation held the second of its new Shooting Sports Fantasy Camps in Las Vegas, Nev., April 20-23, 2017, and this time 3-guns skills were the focus, not just handguns. It only takes a few seconds at one them to discover the events are about much more than simply …
Professional Firearms Training vs. Hollywood Training
Recently, I was watching a popular TV show and, as usual, noticed some questionable gun handling in an otherwise fine production. Here are a couple of examples. One of the main characters, a deputy sheriff, carries a revolver. It looks to me like a 6-inch Smith & Wesson Model 28. That’s all …
Dry-Fire Drills: Are They Worth It?
Given the hustle and bustle of our daily lives and the fact many of us live quite a ways from a shooting range, we can’t always get in the amount of defensive shooting practice we need. This is one of the reasons dry-fire drills are worth doing. Dry practice is …
6 Ways to Keep Your Home-Defense Shotgun Ready
There are several conditions of readiness in which to keep your home-defense shotgun in preparation for an emergency. Here’s a rundown of the most common ones, followed by some pros, cons and opinions. Condition Zero A few people, though not many, advocate keeping a dedicated home-defense shotgun in Condition Zero: …