The Dept. of Education Can’t Count, Produces Wildly Overstated School Shooting Statistic
The US Department on Education -- a federal agency with no clear purpose or need -- conducts something called the Civil Rights Data Collection survey every two years. They ask all 96,000 public schools...
Evidence of Selection Bias Involving Firearms at the Center for Disease Control
The scientists at the Center for Disease Control have shown their prejudice against firearms ownership once again. This time, it's with selection bias and word manipulation.
Scientists are supposed to evaluate factual information to arrive...
CDC Finally Corrects Major Gun Data Error Uncovered by John Lott
In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made an error in the number of fatal firearms accidents they reported that occurred in 2014. It was so large that it was obvious.
The number of...
Guns for Beginners: Is it a ‘Silencer’ or a ‘Suppressor?’
A favorite topic among YouTube trolls and pedants everywhere is whether that can on the end of one's barrel -- you know, the one that quiets the report of the gunshot -- is called...
Illegal Homemade Submachine Guns and Silencers Seized, Despite Canadian Gun Laws
As governments increasingly attempt to make guns and gun ownership illegal, the less they succeed in doing so. It does not mean that fewer criminals are armed. Overall crime does not drop when controls...
Homebrewed .50 Cal Captured From ISIS in Iraq
https://youtu.be/MHgwgC0-CEo
Jake Hamby has posted photographs of a small shop-manufactured .50 caliber single shot, scoped rifle. The rifle was captured from ISIS forces in Iraq. Many on the Internets are disparaging the rifle, characterizing it...
Review: Homemade and Deadly – Craft Production of Small Arms in Nigeria
HOMEMADE AND DEALY: Craft Production of Small Arms in Nigeria by Authors Mathias Nowak and André Gsell, June of 2018, 19 pages. This remarkable briefing paper provides a fascinating look into the underground production of...
Twice Is Nice: Can You Reload Cartridges With Previously Fired Bullets?
It seems I can’t walk out my door these days without getting into some sort of nonsense argument over bullets or cartridges. Granted, I do start some of those arguments, but the latest one...
Carrying With a Disability, Part 2: Gun and Gear Recommendations
Suggestions are about the same thing as opinions. I find that the majority of people mean well, but the main issue is that they're telling you what works for them, which is invariably a...
Where Are All The Bear Attack Pistol Failures?
While discussing the effectiveness of pistols in defence against bear attacks, a consistent theme is the claim that they're not effective, difficult to use, and that many more people who use handguns are badly mauled...
Homemade Sub-Machine Guns in Australia
https://youtu.be/FH76VoI_hsw
This video is from 2013 is a graphic illustration of the results of what happens when extreme gun restrictions are imposed, as they have been in Australia. When it's prohibitively expensive or nearly impossible...
TSA Discovers Over 100 Pistols In Carry-Ons In One Week
The Transportation Security Agency discovered 101 pistols in carry-on luggage at TSA-covered airports in the US during the week of May 14-20. In that group, 9mm pistols were the clear favorite, making up 43 of...