Two Ways to Interpret a Self-Defense Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQZINh-O8CY
Before we do the armchair analysis, here are the facts, as presented by the pro-gun-rights folks at examiner.com:
Police say that a 28 year old man was loading groceries into his car, in the parking...
Three Reasons Why It’s OK to Want to Carry a Concealed Gun
My application for a concealed carry license is almost complete. The big Kahuna: a one-page letter explaining why I want to carry a concealed firearm. As Rhode Island is a "shall issue" state, and...
Concealed Carry to Become “Constitutional Carry”?
TTAG's campaign to convince the media to use the phrase "home defense rifle" instead of "assault rifle" was a miserable failure. As was the firearms industry's attempt to euthanize the euphemism in favor of the...
Open Carry vs. Concealed Carry? Wrong Question . . .
Oh, sure. I know what you're thinking. Just after Martin Albright posted a well-reasoned, rational argument against Open Carry, here comes another article with a contrarian view. Will the madness never end? Why can't...
Open Carry is a Bad Idea
Open Carry (OC) is a hot topic on TTAG. No surprise; a lot of gun rights proponents heart OC. At first blush, it seems a promising way to extend and defend Second Amendment rights. In many...
Question of the Day: Should All Guns Fire All Ammo?
Caleb over at gunnuts.net reports that his website's testing and evaluation Ruger SR9c is balking at Remington UMC 115 grain ammo. Ain't that the damnedest thing? 'Cause that's the exact same gun I'm testing now, with the exact...
RI Concealed Carry Permit Qualification
I've put my application for a RI concealed carry permit on the back burner. My English daughters are finishing their summer vacation in the Land of the Free; I resolved not to wear my...
Dog Shooting Remains Controversial
That story of the shooting of a Husky still has four legs around here, though the shooting of a family man sitting in his car at a traffic light near BWI may supersede it....
Open Carry. Concealed Carry. What About Home Carry?
I understand the open carry movement: desensitize non-gun owners to guns so that they accept Americans' right to bear arms. I get the concealed carry movement: remove the most "unreasonable" restriction on gun ownership...
Armed Civilians Account for 43% of “Active Shooter Aborts”
Earlier today, I blogged a report on so-called active shooters by Ron Borsch. The lead trainer at the Southeast Area Law Enforcement (SEALE) regional in-service academy in Bedford, OH studied just under 40 "rapid mass...
HuffPo Ed: Open Carry Is A Threat, Not A Promise
Kate Shilling, Coalition Director of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater LA, reckons banning open carry wouldn't violate Californians' Constitutional rights. "Forbidding open carry does not limit your right to own or carry a...
Close the Texas Capitol CHL Easy Access Loophole! Or Not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqar_T33XLA&feature=player_embedded
BTW: pushing down on the slide release to chamber a round is a bad idea. In the heat of the moment, you'll NEVER find the release. Even if you do, the gun will jump....