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The Media's (and Retailers') One Dimensional Viewpoint on Softening Gun Sales

by Jim Shepherd

7:00am Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Instructors, whether they're teaching driving, flying, tactical shooting or scuba diving share a common viewpoint on tunnel vision: generally speaking, it's a bad thing. Tunnel vision focuses you on a single point when you should still be thinking wide. Tunnel vision is how a child learning to ride a bicycle can invariably center-punch a tree surrounded by open yard. They were focused on the tree...

Poll Shocker: “Overwhelming” Support for More Background Checks is Actually Rather Underwhelming

7:00am Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Lacking evidence that gun control restrictions reduce crime or enhance public safety, proponents of such measures seek to justify them by misleading messages, misciting statistics, or pointing to a “groundswell” of popular support, alleging that an overwhelming majority of the general public/gun owners/NRA members/Green Party voters support whatever new restriction it is that’s being proposed...

SHOCK: Persons obtain 70+ firearms without background check

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, August 14, 2017

According to so-called "common-sense" gun control extremists like Mark Kelley's "Americans for Responsible Solutions," all we have to do to keep criminals from gaining access to firearms is to mandate that a background check be done before all transfers of firearms. Pass "universal" background checks, we're told, close the "gun show loophole," we're told, and we can stop mass shootings! Indeed,...

SIG's P320: Owning An Issue

by Jim Shepherd

7:00am Friday, August 11, 2017

With a firestorm of controversy swirling around videos which have demonstrated that in a particular circumstance (a drop at the angle of -30 degrees) the SIG P320 pistol is capable of firing, a single question seems to be at the forefront of everyone's minds: is the SIG SAUER P320 pistol safe? "The P320," Tom Taylor, SIG SAUER's CMO & EVP of sales, declares flatly, "is the safest striker...

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Sig Sauer announces "Voluntary Upgrade" to address P320 drop-tests

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, August 10, 2017

What seemingly began as Internet rumors about Sig Sauer's striker-fired semi-automatic pistol, the P320, has now developed into an issue the company officials decided they must address. Speculation about the safety of the P320 began circulating on the Internet, with some commenters citing language in the owner's manual warning about the potential for the pistol to fire if dropped. Others judged...

Run, Hide, Perish – Survival Do’s and Don’ts from Across the Pond

7:00am Wednesday, August 09, 2017

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advises persons at risk of harm from an active shooter to “Run, Hide, Fight” (in that order), recommending “fight” – incapacitating or “attempt[ing] to take the active shooter down” – if all else fails. In the United Kingdom, police and counter-terrorism authorities like the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the London Metropolitan Police...

Shootin' Southern Style

by Larry S. Moore

7:00am Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Perhaps it is a sign of aging but it seems I like old things - old dogs, old cars and in this case old shotguns. Nostalgia for the way things used to be just sneaks up like another birthday. I really appreciate the classic side by side shotguns made in the late 1890s through to just before World War II. There is something about this time in shotgun making that produced guns with a graceful lines...

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The Time for National Reciprocity is NOW

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Monday, August 07, 2017

Concealed carry works. It's been proven over many decades. And the time for National Reciprocity is now. Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 2017, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (H.R.38) calls for reciprocity in all 50 states. Here's the summary from Congress.gov : This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a qualified individual to carry a...