A CCW Vacation
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – peers will generally acknowledge that I am rarely the last man to arrive nor the first man to depart Happy Hour. An evening spent with good friends, some good whiskey and perhaps a good cigar is hard to beat. When these activities are …
NRA’s Cox on Obama Gun Town Hall: ‘This President Is Trying to Create an Illusion That He’s Doing Something to Keep People Safe’
Article first appeared at Breitbart.com Breitbart – Thursday while President Barack Obama was hosting a town hall in Fairfax, VA broadcasted on CNN about his gun policy, Chris Cox, the executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, reacted to Obama’s effort on Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File.” Cox …
Americans Send Obama Message, Set Firearm Purchase Record
Article first appeared at NRAila.com NRAila – Background checks may not stop criminals from getting guns, but new data on the number of checks make the case that Americans are not as enthusiastic about gun control as President Barack Obama wants people to believe. On Monday, the day before Obama announced …
Obama Misleads, Cites Bogus Data at CNN “Town Hall”
Article first appeared at NRAila.com NRAila – On Thursday, January 7, President Barack Obama appeared in the CNN-produced “Guns in America,” an invitation-only “town hall” held on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Immediately following the forum, CNN shifted to several pundits who offered their analysis of the …
Range Report: Colt’s Defender — The Short 1911 .45 Auto
Article first appeared in at Cheaperthandirt.com Cheaperthandirt – For over 100 years, the Colt 1911 has been respected as the greatest fighting handgun in the world. The only legitimate gripe concerning the pistol is that it is long and heavy. This has led to various attempts to downsize the pistol into …
Rimfire, Air Guns and Laser Plinking: Then and Now
Article first appeared at Cheaperthandirt.com Cheaperthandirt – If you love shooting, you are likely no stranger to joys of plinking. A .22 rifle a pocket full of shells was, and still is a fine way to spend a day, but it is becoming something of a lost art. While not as …

Two ‘Out of This World’ Pistols
Article first appeared in at Cheaperthandirt.com Cheaperthandirt – Cabot Guns of Fort Wayne, Indiana, plans to offer a two-item set of pistols that are made from a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite. The twin right- and left-handed 1911-style semi-automatic .45s have tentatively been called The Big Bang Pistol Set. The pistols will likely …

Steel Case Ammo: Good or Bad?
Article first appeared in at Cheaperthandirt.com Cheaperthandirt – The Good Price: Steel ammo is significantly cheaper than comparable brass case ammo—sometimes costing as little as half the price. Who wouldn’t want to shoot twice as much for the same cost? The military style 30- and 50-caliber ammo cans or the sealed spam …
Law Prof: ‘New ATF Guidance on Gun Sales is Legally Meaningless’
Article first appeared in at Cheaperthandirt.com Cheaperthandirt – Many gun owners have asked us what the likely effects of President Obama’s recently announced executive actions will be, and because we’re not lawyers, we’ve been reluctant to forecast the outcomes of the president’s initiatives and tearful press conference. However, one lawyer, …
The Armed Citizen® Smoke Shops
Article first appeared in NRAMedia.com NRAMedia – It’s hard to know when and where you might face an armed, violent criminal intent on doing harm to you and those around you. If you knew in advance, of course, you’d avoid going there. If you work in a smoke shop, however, you …