Category Archives: Media

OMG! The Internet! Guns! Guns for Sale on the Internet!

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

Today is so yesterday. While the show remains a cash cow, Today’s production team can’t show up at J-school lecture halls without the cloying smell of 80′s happy talk overpowering their intellectual pretensions. And so Today is dipping its collective toe … Continue reading →

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Posted in Gun Control, Gun Nation, Law and Order, Media | 13 Comments

Google Broadens Gun Ad Ban

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Robert Farago

Thanks to the heroic efforts of GunUp and our stable of unpaid writers, TTAG is on track to break even in year three. Props to Google, whose search engine delivers just over half of our traffic. At the same time, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Hunting, Media | 31 Comments

A Powerful Look at a Moment in History

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jim Sutherland

Youtube is an interesting part of life in the 21st century because it connects us to the world in an unusual manner. We can see the best of times and the worst of times through there as it makes future … Continue reading →

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Posted in Media, Rifles | 11 Comments

Petersen’s Rifle Shooter on Remington Model 700 50th Anniversary Edition. Fair Enough?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Robert Farago

  TTAG scribes are working on a new batch of gun reviews. Ahead of that joyous firearms farrago, I came across a review of the Remington Model 700 50th Anniversary Edition on rifleshootermag.com. J. Scott Rupp’s piece stayed within the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Housekeeping, Media, Rifles | 11 Comments

Canned Hunts: WWTNT (What Would Ted Nugent Think)?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jim Sutherland

60 Minutes ran a piece about exotic game ranches in Texas last night and it’s sure to ruffle a few feathers on both sides of the argument over so-called canned hunts. These are hunting expeditions that take place on private land … Continue reading →

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Posted in Hunting, Media | 54 Comments

Starbucks Appreciation Day Update: NGVAC Boycott Fizzling Away

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Samuel B. Cadle

Earlier this week the Chicago-based National Gun Victims Action Council released a statement promoting a boycott of Starbucks on Feb 14th.  I do not usually pander to the fringe anti-gun lobby, but something about this whole crusade bothered me. Well, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Gun Nation, Handguns, Media, News | 34 Comments

Quote of the Day: FOX Bans Gun Sponsorship for the UFC MMA Edition

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Robert Farago

“There’s people out there that are still in charge that have very limited views in their thinking as in, ‘Ooh, guns are violent. Guns are bad . . . These are fighters. They’re not playing chess.” - Chris Irwin, owner of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Gun Nation, Media | 11 Comments