Monthly Archives: August 2010

CA Senate Rejects Open Carry Ban and Long Gun Registration. By One Vote. For Now.

The California Senate has narrowly rejected a proposed ban on open carry (of unloaded weapons) and creation of a long gun registry. By a vote of  20 to 16—just one vote short of the majority that California Senate Bill AB1934 … Continue reading

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Question of the Day: Can You Think of Any New Handgun and Rifle Drills?

A member of TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia named washlefi writes: I’m trying to come up with some new (at least new to my audience) training drills for the handgun and rifle. Our range isn’t as swank as the Scottsdale facility above … Continue reading

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Trigger Comparo: Ruger SR9c, Springfield XD(m), Glock 30

So I was schmoozing with Wayne down at the American Firearms School this evening. When I opined that the Ruger SR9c’s trigger felt totally different from the go-pedal on Ye Olde full-size Ruger 9mm, he fished-out the rental SR9 from AFS’s … Continue reading

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Chiappa: Rhino Will Dominate Pistol Competition

“There will be two types of people in pistol competition,” Ron Norton tells TTAG. “People who start shooting this pistol and people getting beat by people shooting this pistol.” Well he would say that wouldn’t he, being the President of … Continue reading

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Gun Review: Benelli MR1 Tactical Rifle

The AR may be America’s rifle, but the weapon is not without its critics. Some say the system runs too dirty to be reliable. Others aren’t thrilled with the AR’s military demeanor and “assault rifle” rep. Either way, some gun … Continue reading

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“The final straw came when Hansen says Miranda pulled a shotgun on her after she refused to have sex with him”

Jersey Shore. Snooki. New boyfriend Jeff Miranda. monstersandcritics.com: “The protection order was reportedly filed by Rebecca Hansen [against Miranda] in April 2009, in Ocean County, New Jersey. Legal documents state that the couple dated for six months . . . he … Continue reading

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Kel-Tec: We Will Sell No PMR-30 Before It’s Time. Oh Wait. We Will.

cheaperthandirt.com received this email from Kel-Tec re: the shortage of PMR-30 handguns. We are not at full production on PMR-30s. It has nothing to do with the product but more with the time line we set to release the PMR-30.

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