TX Campus Carry Prevails Again, Shooting’s Big Business and At Least They Weren’t Shot — TTAG Daily Digest

Fifth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenges to “Campus Carry” The same three UT professors are shot down yet again. It’s almost as if they don’t really have a case . . . [Glass] argues that there is no rational basis for Texas to allow private universities to ban concealed carry but not public universities. In addition, […]

TTAG Daily Digest: Dickeying Around, Getting a Grip, Trump Slump Chump? And More . . .

We aren’t having an evidence-based debate about guns – Vox dances around the fact that the Dickey Amendment only blocks federal funding for firearms-related research designed “to advocate or promote gun control” . . . But there is more or less a federal prohibition on government dollars being spent on public health research about firearms. It is known as […]

New from Meopta: MeoRed T Reflex Sight

You want a red dot reflex sight on your AR. You need a red dot reflex sight on your AR. And Meopta wants to sell you a red dot reflex sight for your AR. Specifically, the MeoRed T reflex sight (1x30mm). And they want you to pay one penny less than a thousand dollars for it. […]

Springfield Armory Reveals 1911 TRP in 10mm [Video]

Before now, Springfield Armory only offered a 10mm 1911 TRP (Tactical Response Pistol) through their Custom Shop. Reflecting the market’s growing desire for guns chambered in the mondo caliber, the Illinois gun company has added two 10mm “Operator” TRP’s to their regular lineup. [Press release below.] They ain’t cheap, but quality never is. That said, […]

Gear Review: MagnetoSpeed T1000 Target Hit Indicator

As we saw last week, MagnetoSpeed is branching out from chronographs into other firearms-related gear. Next up for them is a product designed to solve the frustrating difficulty of target impact verification at long ranges. Employing bright LEDs redirected by a flexible fiber optic slab, the T1000 Target Mounted Hit Indicator provides clear hit (and […]

Vedder Holsters Daily Digest: Restricting the First is Just as Wrong, an NRA ‘Boot Licker’ and Tannerite’s Suit Goes BOOM

The First Amendment is just as sacred as the Second, no matter how inane the speech . . . Florida taxpayers owe $1.1 million for ‘docs vs. glocks’ legal fight Florida will pay $1.1 million in legal fees to attorneys who challenged a controversial state law that sought to prevent doctors from asking patients about […]

‘Gun Violence’ Kills Business, Lowers Credit Scores, Home Values. Or Not . . .

Gun control advocates can’t sway the public toward their point-of-view by proving the effectiveness of their “solution.” Because it isn’t. A solution, that is. Instead, they continuously wail about how terrible the “gun violence” problem is, demanding that something must be done. That something: gun control! To that end the Urban Institute has released a study called […]

Gear Review: AAC BlastOut

So you’ve picked up a rifle like the DPMS Enhanced Tactical RECON that comes from the factory with a 51 tooth AAC silencer mount. Congratulations! Now what exactly do you do with that? For a lucky sliver of the gun-owning public, the obvious solution is to slap your AAC silencer on and have a good time. […]