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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVq27_vAd5o In a recent post, I decried the inherent sexism of "women can shoot!" media stories. And asked why separate women from men shooters for competitions. A couple of female members of TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n1MjQqRLvY As TTAG reported previously, the firearms industry is enjoying something of a sales surge. When we asked our readers to account for February's 13 percent rise (compared to February 2010), Obama-related paranoia was the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci8v99UQY_g The National Shooting Sports Federation reports that February 2011 sales have surged 13.6 percent over last Feb's stats. That's a leap in National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) enquiries from 848,036 to 963,746. OK, stat-heads,...

The National Shooting Sports Federation dishes the dirt on market share (thanks to americanrifleman.org for the formatting): • Top rifle brand: Remington (17.5 percent of all purchases) • Top shotgun brand: Remington and Mossberg (virtual tie with 21.5 percent of all purchases) • Top muzzleloader...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2l4bz1FT8U&tracker=False As the Brits would say, Extreme Ammo is not shy about coming forward. The company claims its tungsten core frangible ammo is "the safest, most technologically advanced light weapons ammunition produced in the world."...

Midwest Training Group instructor Andy Kemp reports that the roving band of merry men and women guiding out-of-state residents through the Utah concealed carry permit process may see their revenue stream reduced to a...

It's no secret: Utah firearms instructors are doing a land office business running out-of-state residents through the Beehive State's permitting process. The no-shooting-required Utah concealed carry permit is a hit---especially in those states where...

It must be said: that's a lot of "l"s in until. And how is this SIG SAUER promotion extended to March 16th if the deal's only available to the first 250 callers? Quibbles. SIGs...

"Fewer concealed-carry permits were issued in Ohio and Richland County last year," bucyrustelegraphforum.com reports. "The state issued more than 47,000 new licenses in 2010, down 16 percent from the year before, according to data...

Richard Nixon was a bit whitebread, to say the least. Whereas saxophonist Bill Clinton would appreciate the irony of gun rights groups remembering him for the AWB, Nixon knew his way around an accordion...

Field Use/Suspect Applications:           1,216,476 ± 2% Training/Voluntary Applications:          1,192,531 ± 7% Total:                                                   2.4 million+ (as of Jan 31, 2010) SALES GROWTH OF TASER ECDs at law enforcement, correctional, private security and military agencies 2000 - 2010: 2000:    500...

Connecticut has a long tradition of firearms manufacturing, starting with Eli Whitney’s gun factory in New Haven which was the birthplace of mass-produced firearms in America. The most recent addition to the industry...