Evolve’s First Safety Spot Aims at ‘Dumbasses’

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yeF-qNp8Ns As Evolve co-founder Rebecca Bond tells it, her org isn't about taking sides when it comes to guns. She wants to be "a third voice" in the conversation, one with a message of…safety. And...

Tiger McKee: The Art of Being Versatile in a Gunfight

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qXINELpU7Q Tiger McKee at tacticalwire.com writes: There are a lot of different techniques used when fighting with firearms. Many apply regardless of the situation. Other techniques have specific applications, used in a well-defined context or particular...

Book Review: How To Shoot Like a Navy Seal

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAfAvX1gRiY If you think that Chief Petty Officer Chris Sajnog's How to Shoot Like a Navy SEAL sounds like yet another attempt to shamelessly cash in on the Navy SEAL cachet, you'd certainly could be...

Does Every Gun Owner Have to Train Like a SEAL?

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  By Cliff Heseltine There is plenty of controversy among “gun guys” regarding the best caliber for a pistol. Even before gun guru Jeff Cooper put in his .45 cents, arguments over “big, slow and heavy”...

Billy Johnson: Just Say No to Firearm Ignorance

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Billy may be swimming upstream here, but his point is no less valid. While he doesn't specify, why not start the education process with the nation's local, state and federal legislators? Now there's a...

Unarmed Ohio Woman Killed by Cop’s Negligent Discharge

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Earlier today, we told you about the re-launch of Evolve which wants to be the sine qua non of firearms safety. And who isn't for firearms safety, right? Though we don't know what's on...

Evolve Re-Launches, Re-Introduces Itself to Gun Owners

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When premium pistol purveyor Coonan announced that they'd allied themselves with Evolve, another group that had sprung up in the aftermath of Newtown, we used our considerable Google skillz to try to find out what...

Tiger McKee: Hey You! Carry a Backup Gun!

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Tiger McKee writes: You would never leave home without your electronic "I-thing," yet the majority of those who carry pistols never consider the need for a secondary or back-up pistol. Fights, especially defensive confrontations,...

Gear Review (And Update): Grizzly Targets ‘Trifecta’ AR500 Steel Gallery Target

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Grizzly Targets has encouraged me to be absolutely merciless to their line of laser-cut AR500 steel targets, and my secret inner vandal has been only too happy to oblige. Their newest product, the Trifecta...

Question of the Day: Are You A Geardo?

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Over at npr.org (of all places), Ben Brody offers The (Almost) Definitive Guide to U.S. Military Lingo. We learn the definition of "geardo," which rhymes with "weirdo." It's a soldier who spends an inordinate amount of their...

FNS-40 Contest Entry: When CCW Training Jumps the Shark

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By ST Let me begin by first apologizing to firearm instructors who are of good repute and understand the realities of civilian concealed carry. As you've probably determined by that disclaimer, we're tackling a thorny subject...

Quote of the Day: Heroes and Villains Edition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IlQ3Nj4nk “The original mandate of the NRA was to train responsible gun ownership and the NRA should handle it. They should train excellence in gun ownership. They should create the short list of guns that...