Taser a Victim of its Own Success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HOI9fcNvTk&feature=player_embedded
Press release:
There is a story that is national news concerning an incorrect report about a NY DJ’s father using a “TASER” on a Marine during a Cowboys vs. Jets game this past weekend that...
ArmsDealer.net Launches Free Firearms Classifieds, Site Redesign
Dan Pehrson, the man behind the PAFOA forum, launched his website ArmsDealer.net earlier this year. We did a post about it back then, detailing the benefits of having a searchable database of local FFLs,...
FNH USA Releases First Over-And-Under Shotgun (FNH SC-1)
Huh? What's the firearms company that's the last name in tacticool doing releasing an old school over-and-under shotgun---especially one designed by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters? At least the FNH SC-1 has a...
Playground Safety First! Maryland-National Capital Park Police Buys 17 Bushmaster ARs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjw0uKcpGW0
Hard on the heels of news that Amtrak police have purchased 100 Bushmaster M4-Type Patrolman’s Carbine rifles comes word that the Maryland-National Capital Park Police are down for 17 of the same. They'll use them to protect 400 parks,...
Quote of the Day: Plaxico Burress (and God) Spits on the Second Amendment Edition
As part of his endorsement rehabilitation, ex-con, ex-NFL player and current NFL player Plaxico Burress has written a rambling mea culpa for globalgrind.com. No really. The piece has more elipses than a FBI transcript...
Safety First! Amtrak Buys 100 Bushmaster ARs
Press release:
Madison, NC – Bushmaster Firearms International (BFI) was recently awarded a contract to supply the Amtrak Police Department with 100 best-selling, Bushmaster M4-Type Patrolman’s Carbine rifles. These lightweight, gas-operated custom rifles feature...
Tip ‘O The Hat: Henry Repeating Arms Customer Service
When a gun sucks so hard it blows, TTAG tells you so, straight up. When a gun exceeds expectations and impresses us as a thing of beauty, precision and craftsmanship, we sing its praises....
Glock Recalls Recoil Spring Assemblies on Gen4 Guns
Press release:
SMYRNA, GA – September 7, 2011 – GLOCK Inc. announces that it is voluntarily exchanging the recoil spring assembly (RSA) on its new Gen4 pistols shipped since August, 2009, to ensure each pistol’s...
C Products Leaves Connecticut for Florida – Trickle or Deluge?
We've reported that proactive pro-gun states have put on the full court press to entice gun makers and related firms to relocate from the chilly (as in business climate) northeast to friendlier pro-gun states....
Gun Preview – Cabot Guns Jones and Rangemaster 1911s
TTAG ran into a new American gun company at the NRA show: Cabot Guns. You may remember our exclusive April piece on Cabot's $4,300 GI 1911. In the months that followed, TTAG secured extended trigger time...
U.S. Guns Sales Surge 15th Straight Month, Up 13.5%
The National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) is the firearms industry lobby group that keeps track of everything gun business related. As you can see from the chart above, August firearms sales were up relative...
Brady Campaign vs. The Real World
You have to hand it to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. They sure know how to make a media splash, don’t they? Most organizations – such as the federal government – use...