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Over at npr.org (of all places), Ben Brody offers The (Almost) Definitive Guide to U.S. Military Lingo. We learn the definition of "geardo," which rhymes with "weirdo." It's a soldier who spends an inordinate amount of their...

Reader Dennis T. writes: I got my CCW a few months ago, and I have been carrying just about every day where I am legally allowed to. I live in Oklahoma and the 'no guns'...

So, I was walking through my local Lowes today and saw that one of the Black Friday sales items was a Werner 5' stepladder featuring a Realtree camouflage. Really? What is the possible point...

"Even as gun ownership per household has decreased over the last four decades, according to data from the research center NORC, that declining popularity hasn't translated to a drop in sales," huffingtonpost.com reports. And...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYA9mZaPDZA "This is not Tokyo, this is not Finland. This is the United States of America.” - Texas Lieutenant Governor candidate Dan Patrick, To GOP, gun rights a big weapon for votes

By now you've probably seen this teaser ad floating through the nether regions of ballistic cyberspace. It may or may not be genuine. Either way, there's likely to be more traffic at GLOCK's SHOT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XWtx9BmFBA Sr. Yeager is right: it doesn't really matter what kind of target you shoot at. That said, if you're shooting for self-defense, make sure to check your group size (rather than ultimate accuracy). If...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8r-bdcvx8E After the Sandy Hook slaughter, NRA Veep Wayne LaPierre called for an armed cop in every school across the length and breadth of this great land. Wrong answer. The correct response: eliminate Bush the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ukrWC0lns "A recent Mayo Clinic study points out that mass shooters tend to meticulously plan their crimes weeks or months in advance, undermining the idea that the mentally ill simply "snap" and go on shooting rampages while...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4Ywx5zVgE "A Mt. Morris man who made national headlines in 2007 with his assault weapons question for then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden is now asking the Genesee Valley shopping center to lift its ban on guns,"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTUmjLvYBM "An armed society is a polite society," Robert Heinlein opined. "Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." Bet you didn't know about that second part. It...

If it comes down to it and you fear for your life or that of a loved one, can you actually shoot an attacker? What if your gun jams or you run it empty?...