Chicago DGU

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This just in from a member of TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia: "As I begin to write this, not 20 minutes beforehand, I pulled my gun in self defense. For the second time in 4 months. In...

College Students and the 2nd Amendment

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  Arizona is considering a “controversial” bill that would prevent state-run colleges from restricting students' Second Amendment rights. Only not really. SB1474 will allow in-state campuses to ban guns within buildings---provided the campus has gun lockers and...

Wisconsin goes Gun Crazy Following New CCW Law

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OxL18Y3qIY I haven't posted in over a week and it's driving me crazy. I'm like a crack addict that hasn't had a fix in a while. Considering my recent SHOT Show binge, the withdrawl's pretty...

WI Speaker to TTAG “I did not out myself”

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I just received the following email from Wisconsin Speaker Pro Tem Bill Kramer  re: Danny's previously posted story Bill Kramer: New CCL Holder, Politician:  I did not want to affect the comment flow, but I wanted...

Bill Kramer: New CCL Holder, Politician

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It's a truism that if a politician's lips are moving s/he's lying. And truisms are only truisms because they're usually, you know, true. So what to make of Bill Kramer's claim to the AP,...

One Rule For TSA Managers, One Rule for You

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http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1 As we've mentioned here before, the daily parade of would-be flyers who are stupid (or forgetful) enough to unintentionally carry a gun or some other contraband through a TSA airport checkpoint has become tedious....

I Put This Gun On My Hip . . .

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I put this gun on my hip and declare my freedom from fear, so that I can protect myself, my family and my community against those who would do us physical harm. I put this...

Gear Review: Tuff-Writer ‘Operator’ Tactical Pen

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  Freud may have said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but sometimes a pen isn't just a pen. The Tuff-Writer 'Operator' tactical pen functions very nicely as a pen (more on...

A Modest Proposal for a National Concealed Carry Permit

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CCW advocates have been following the progression of HR Bill 822, which proposes national concealed carry reciprocity by which a person who has obtained a valid CCW permit in one state can legally carry...

OMG! A Gun! In a Carry-On! And a Knife! OMG!

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Holy Moses, will the media please give this one a rest? According the TSA (Toss the Second Amendment), a steady perhaps even daily stream of Americans accidentally or ignorantly attempts to board an airplane with...

First Time CHL: End of Month Update

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January ended with more paperwork completed for my Texas CHL (Concealed Handgun License). But, truth be told, I've taken few practical steps towards my goal of armed self-defense. The longest journey starts with a...

Is This Wisconsin’s First Concealed Carry DGU?

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From jsonline.com: Milwaukee police late Monday were investigating whether a 20-year-old man who showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound is the same man who tried to rob an Aldi store and was...