2015 - The Truth About Guns

Texas Authorizes Carry of Personally Owned Firearms on All Texas Military Department Installations

December 31, 2015 by Dan Zimmerman

110401-F-GM123-002 — Maj. Gen. John F. Nichols

A TTAG reader writes:

I thought this news might interest you if you haven’t seen it. Right along with open carry starting seven hours from now, I got word that the Texas Adjutant General has released a policy change for all Texas Military Forces members. This includes the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard along with all civilians. All personnel will now be allowed to carry personally owned firearms provided they have a CHL/LTC. In uniform, POFs must be concealed, however, out of uniform it looks like open carry is fair game. See the docs below . . .

2015 TTAG Reader’s Choice for Best New Optic: Vortex Strike Eagle

December 31, 2015 by Foghorn

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that we can’t get to every cool new product every year. Some fall through the editorial cracks, much like the Vortex Strike Eagle has. That said, it seems like the quality scope for budget-minded individuals didn’t escape our readers. In our annual Reader’s Choice Awards where thousands of you readers … Read more

Show Us Your Weapon of War – Zastava PAP M92 AK47 Pistol

December 31, 2015 by Dan Zimmerman

Housekeeping: Should We Take Down Our Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hotline Widget?

December 31, 2015 by Robert Farago

If you look at the bottom right hand corner of TTAG’s home page you’ll see a widget for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. We included it because why not? DrVino clicked on the link – don’t worry, he’s OK – and discovered the image above. Clicking on that link brings you here, where you can learn “who is most at risk for emotional distress from incidents of mass violence and where to find disaster-related resources.” Fair enough? I mean . . .

This is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: Times Square As A Militarized Zone Edition

December 31, 2015 by Robert Farago

“Nearly 6,000 police officers — hundreds of them with long guns, radiation detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs — will be guarding New York’s Times Square as a year punctuated by terrorist attacks draws to a close,” nbcnews.com reports. “The NYPD and the FBI unveiled plans to protect the more than 1 million people who will throng to the Crossroads of the World on New Year’s Eve — including multilayered checkpoints and a new 500-member Critical Response Command of elite counterterrorism cops launched two months ago. ” Show us your papers! Like this . . .

Sign of the Times? Texas Open Carry One Day Away

December 31, 2015 by Dean Weingarten

When Texas passed the shall issue concealed carry law in 1995, part of the deal concerned how people would be notified that a business did not allow concealed carry on the premises. A compromise was worked out: an entity that chose not to allow concealed carry on its premises was required to post a sign at all entrances, clearly showing people entering that concealed carry was not allowed. The sign had to be large and highly visible, in both English and Spanish. The letters had to be at least one inch tall. An example of the “30.06” sign is shown below. 30.06 comes from the statute that requires the sign. It takes up about one half of a door space . . .

2015 TTAG Reader’s Choice for Best New Ammo: Lehigh Defense Xtreme Defense Ammunition

December 31, 2015 by Foghorn

Every year we here at TTAG try to review what’s new and cool in the firearms industry. We try to expose y’all to the best (and the worst) the firearms manufacturing world is producing and let you make your own decisions about what’s awesome and what’s awful. That collective sentiment is expressed in our annual Reader’s Choice Awards, where thousands of you tell us which products you liked best. We completely neglected the Lehigh Defense Xtreme Defense ammunition this past year, but it seems that you didn’t . . .

124 House Dems Introduce New/Old Gun Ban, Mag Limit

December 31, 2015 by Robert Farago

NRA-ILA press release [via ammoland.com]:

Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- On December 16, Rep. David Cicilline [above, left] and 123 other Democrat members of the House of Representatives introduced H.R. 4269, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015, a bill virtually identical to S. 150, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in the Senate in 2013 . . .

Quote of the Day: Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez: Detection Key to Rose Bowl Safety

December 31, 2015 by Robert Farago

“It is crystal clear to me that in every incident we have seen over the last decade; somebody knew something in advance of the situation. We have seen that in San Bernardino. So I would implore our community members . . . you have the real authority, you have the capacity to detect terror plots.” – Pasadena Police Chief … Read more

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