Author Archives: Brett Solomon

About Brett Solomon

Brett Solomon got his first taste of the magazine world covering car electronics for CarSound & Performance Magazine. He landed the job by being noticed for designing high-end car audio systems. Which was fine by him because there was no way he was going to pass the third level of calculus toward an electrical engineering degree at University of Delaware. Not with those DuPont scholars around campus, he’ll take Journalism over Engineering, thank you very much. He has since written for a number of publications (think in-flight journalism) that lack the chutzpah of Robert Farago, and having all of those milquetoast reviews pent up in his system now allows his pen to spit fire. We’ll, he is just not that mean but happy to tell the truth…and the truth is most firearms are fun!

LIFETIME FITNESS BANS GUNS ON THESE PREMISES

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Brett Solomon

RF invented the acronym OFWG (Old Fat White Guy) for a reason: a lot of Caucasian firearms fans would rather practice pushing their defensive handgun gun away from their body after a holster draw than push away from the dinner table. Speaking from … Continue reading →

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Posted in Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Gun Nation, Law and Order | 21 Comments

SAT Cheaters and Pinned Stocks? Really?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Brett Solomon

Last night’s edition of CBS’s 60 Minutes featured Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice. She was peacocking for the cameras after prosecuting an SAT cheating ring to the fullest extent of the law. Years ago she was also featured for prosecuting … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Gun Control, News | 23 Comments

Gun Review: CZ 455 Lux

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Brett Solomon

Of all of the firearms I come across, bolt-action .22LRs always have a special place in my heart. It was the first gun I ever held and fired, in a Pennsylvania summer camp before mixing rifles and children was demonized … Continue reading →

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First Look: Kel-Tec KSG

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Brett Solomon

It was going to be a typical Thursday evening at the range. But my old friend and former TTAG contributor Capt. John Raguso was able to procure a testing and evaluation sample of the much-anticipated Kel-Tec KSG. That would be … Continue reading →

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Posted in Gun Review, Shotguns | 15 Comments

Gear Review: Crimson Trace MVF-515 Modular Vertical Foregrip

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Brett Solomon

Crimson Trace calls their MVF-515 vertical foregrip “modular.” The ability to swap the green laser for a red one is the MVF-515′s only “modularity.” Making that swap would be like trading in Blake Lively for Conchata Ferrell. Unless you started … Continue reading →

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Johnny Appleseed Takes Manhattan. Pt. 1

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Brett Solomon

Project Appleseed is a rifle training course combining marksmanship with a civics lesson. “Good shooting requires learning positive traits such as patience, determination, focus, attention to detail, and persistence,” their website declares. “Since these skills are likewise key elements of mature participation … Continue reading →

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Posted in Gun Nation, Guns for Beginners, Rifles | 19 Comments

Gear Review: SnapSafe Titan Safe

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Brett Solomon

You don’t need me to tell you that a good gunsafe is a necessity. My biggest problem: moving large items around my New York condo is about as easy as to me as taking Thermodynamics II at MIT.  It can’t be … Continue reading →

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