Florida: Where a Home Without Firearms is Like a Day Without Gunshine
Gosh, to read Mitch's comment under our Tweet of the Day, you'd think that Trayvon Martin fell off his skateboard and broke his neck. He didn't. He was (depending on the 'facts' recounted and...
Woman Sues Texas Gun Range for Hearing Loss. I SAID . . .
Defensive medicine? How about defensive defensive gun training? While it's not likely that lawsuits will drive up the price of running a gun range---business insurance isn't particularly pricey for the firearms folk at the...
Quote of the Day: Told Ya So Edition
"...since instituting its right-to-carry law in 1987, the Florida murder rate as averaged 36% lower than before the law took effect, while the U.S. murder rate has averaged 15% lower. The results are similar...
Castle Doctrine is Not Guilty
Amid rhetoric about “legalized vigilantism,” national media rush to indict both George Zimmerman and Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” (SYG) law. But even as editorialists call for curtailing such laws, Zimmerman’s own lawyer admits SYG...
Remember All the Hutaree Hullabaloo? Never Mind.
We've been saying it for almost two years now: the left's attempt to link members of a Michigan militia to the Tea Party and paint all anti-big government conservatives as proto-terrorists was FOS. And...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: There’s No Such Thing as a Bulletproof Restraining...
According to a statement prepared by Edgartown (MA) attorney Sean E. Murphy, "Kenneth Bloomquist broke into the West Tisbury home and shot his wife with a shotgun he brought with him. Kenneth Bloomquist then pulled...
NY Deletes Microstamping and CoBIS from State Budget
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reports that a joint New York state budget committee voted yesterday on a revised budget (AB 9055D) that deleted a provision in the bill that would have mandated...
Quote of the Day: Statistical Edition
"(New York Times columnist Charles) Blow’s fear that his children will be blown away by a white is particularly ludicrous in New York City. Blacks commit 80 percent of all shootings in the city...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Goldendoodle Edition
"A would-be victim says his concealed carry gun was the reason a criminal’s intentions were stopped cold. He says investigators told him it’s possible the man who tried to rob him Saturday night could...
Question of the Day: Would a Re-Elected Obama Move Against Guns?
We are in the midst of a gun sales surge within a gun sales surge. While there are plenty of reasons for the dramatic uptick, there's no denying that the prospect of four more...
Self-Defense Tip: Keep Your Gun Safe
Every now and then TTAG commentators reveal that they keep multiple guns stashed in multiple places around the house. Nope. Not a good idea. While I don't support any gun laws (except those relating...