NAYSAYERS BLAME GUNS. IT’S THE CRIME, STUPID…
The media is getting a lesson on the dangers of getting ahead of the facts when it comes to their reporting. This time, they blamed gun buyers for the spike in crime. Turns out, law-abiding citizens who buy guns aren’t the ones committing crimes. They’re buying guns because of the rise in …
One Rifle, One Handgun, One Cartridge: The Modern PCC
The idea of pairing a handgun and a rifle around a common cartridge is an American tradition. Some of the earliest, self-contained-cartridge, repeating firearms, such as the Henry rifle, used a pistol-size chambering. The short overall length of these cartridges allowed plenty of rounds to be stacked within a tubular …
5 Browning Hi Power Upgrades
In February of 2018, Browning announced it was discontinuing its Hi Power line of pistols. The move took shooting enthusiasts, gun historians and many within the firearm industry by surprise, especially considering the Hi Power’s more than 80 years of production and the many entities that used it since its …
How to Get Off the “X”
Controlling the transition point from proactive to active measures, what are the priorities to safely stepping off that fateful “X”? How can you avoid being too slow in trying to regain the initiative in a real world violent physical altercation? Lights, Camera, Action The term “get off that ‘X’” hails …
New: Fix It Sticks Compact Pistol Kit
Fix It Sticks has introduced a new product for handgun shooters called the Compact Pistol Kit. Designed to work with a wide variety of handguns, the new kit includes tools, wrenches, hex bits and even a variable torque driver. Slightly larger than a box of ammunition, Fix It Sticks says …
OK, Terry, You’re Crazy
One of the more common tactics of anti-gun extremists is to make some dramatic statement comparing our nation’s gun laws with some other aspect of everyday life. Every time—not usually or often, but every time—the comparison is wildly inaccurate. One of the more outrageous claims was made in 2016 by …
Unwilling or Unable to Control Violent Criminals, Cuomo Targets Gun Owners and the Gun Industry
Hall of Fame college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian once remarked, “The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky they’re going to give Cleveland State another year of probation.” Tarkanian’s contention was that college basketball’s governing body was unable or unwilling to police certain powerful institutions, but would attempt to assert their …
Local Government, Media, and Gun Control Lobby Collaborate Against Freedom in San Jose
By now, many careful observers of Second Amendment issues are aware of the supposedly “groundbreaking” gun control laws the media is celebrating as having been “enacted” in San Jose, CA. As usual, however, the news reports have been both inaccurate and incomplete. The situation in San Jose is complex, and …
Mastering the Handgun: A Tried-and-True Method
It is an established pattern. Every year, a new group of shooters comes along with an interest in firearms. Sometimes, the interest may be a function of the many shooting sports that have grown up in recent years. For other folks, the interest stems from being just plain worried about …
New For 2021: Cosaint Arms COS21
Cosaint Arms, an American pistol manufacturer headquartered in Flat Rock, NC, announced it will offer a double-stack, Commander-size variant of John Browning’s M1911 pistol chambered for 9 mm Luger. The new COS21 from Cosaint Arms is a hybrid 1911 that features the company’s modular system. The synthetic material used to …