Gun Nation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUiCu-zuAgM If you're a member of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Violence Policy Center or the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, chances are you're secretly thrilled that Jared Lee Loughner joined Wikipedia's list...

I was walking the Schnauzers in the woods this morning when I saw a flash of wings in a distant tree. An enormous, perfectly camouflaged hawk broke cover. I immediately called my tiny terriers to heel....

I'm a Western Canadian guy from a part of Canada that embraces the gun culture. I live in a region...

from nytimes.com: With the "sunset" of the Assault Weapons Ban in 2004, gun control groups predicted murder would soar. The opposite happened. Re-instituting parts of the ban limiting clip size won’t lower crime. No research...

Talk about your red rag to a bull thing. Which is fine---if you're a bullfighter (as we are here at TTAG in the symbolically excremental sense of the word). I'm sure there are plenty...

Before the Safeway Massacre hit the headlines, TTAG was hot on the trail of a scandal involving agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and Really Big Fires). Rumors were swirling...

A friend of mine found this on an automotive forum. Nobody there understood why it is so funny, which is funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJvCCjpvmjs Dear Mr. President, I appreciate that today at the White House, you spent a few moments of silence for those killed in Tuscon. It was meaningful and undoubtedly appreciated by all who were at the shooting. I...

Given Senator Obama enthusiasm for gun control, President Obama's silence on the subject is a bit odd. Our man Albright ascribes Obama's reticence to political savvy: the Prez realizes that taking on the NRA (i.e. gun...