Marty Picillo from Tallahassee, FL sends his “A Little Bit of Everything” ensemble for our Everyday Carry pocket dump. He builds from the HK USP 9mm pistol. That’s a lot of pistol, but Marty doesn’t share the rig in which he carries it. No reloads, but he does carry a 5.11 Tactical penlight, and a […]
By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s recent vow to take away people’s AR-15 and AK-47 rifles raised one big question: How is it possible to round up the millions of such guns that exist in the United States? The number of AR-15 and AK-47s in the U.S. is estimated at […]
Taurus USA has no love for me, and I no love for them. However, their uber-affordable G2c pistol is a very good value for a handgun, especially with a price of under $200 if you shop around. What’s more, with a $30 trigger upgrade from Keep Tinkering, the G2c becomes a terrific performer for its […]
By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the […]
The Sunshine State is looking for a few good python hunters. By Craig Raleigh The South Florida Water Management District needs more python hunters, and they need them now. Program director Mike Kirkland told the Fort Myers News-Press, “We’re going to be asking for 50 paid hunters. It’s been a tremendous success, the most successful program […]
The quote of the day is presented by Guns.com. So…massive data sharing — including medical records — and dropping a dime on your neighbors to keep everyone safer. You could make a pretty good movie about a system like that. After the latest mass shootings, state lawmakers sought the advice of Florida’s top cops last week. […]
Imagine carrying something that looks like a gun, acts like a gun but doesn’t go bang like a gun? Translation? It has all the potential downside to carrying a gun without the upside of potentially stopping a bad guy from the imminent infliction of death or great bodily injury to an innocent. Sounds foolish, right? […]
Shannon Watts never has to work hard to find a sympathetic voice in the media to advance her anti-gun agenda. This time, a story at Fast Company implies that Michael Bloomberg’s astroturf group of demanding moms played a prominent role in Walmart and other chains asking customers not to open carry in their stores. At […]
By Dr. Miguel Faria The mainstream media (MSM) have been sensationalizing mass shootings for the last three decades, reaching a crescendo in the last several months. They sensationalized gun violence as a way to put pressure on and force Congress to pass unconstitutional gun control laws that disarm the law-abiding citizen while doing nothing to […]
Today’s issue of TTDS may trigger some of the trigger-pullers out there. We are going to be taking a brief look at what are arguably the best AR triggers on the planet from Geissele Automatics. You can certainly do worse in the trigger world, but you’d have to try real hard and squint to find […]
Who would have thought an announcement by a bit player in the AR-15 market would garner so much international news coverage? However, Colt’s official press release has grabbed attention all the way to New Zealand. The ominous sounding headlines should surprise no one. After all, Colt’s decision to stop selling ARs to civilians fits the […]
When Virginia Governor Ralph Northam found himself embroiled in a scandal when a college photo surfaced showing him in blackface (or possibly Klan robes), what did he do? He went after guns. Well, he went after them harder than he already had. It didn’t work out for him in terms of getting gun control laws […]
