Guns for Beginners: Is it a ‘Silencer’ or a ‘Suppressor?’

(Editor’s Note: This is a topic that comes up constantly among shooters, new and old, so we thought it was worth revisiting again here it TTAG with a rerun of this article that originally ran in 2022.) A favorite topic among YouTube trolls and pedants everywhere is whether that can on the end of one’s … Read more

TTAG To Blog Red Carpet at the 2011 Gunnie Awards


Last week our fearless leader called me up and asked me if I wanted to go represent TTAG at the Lucky Gunner Gunnie Awards in Knoxville, TN over Memorial Day Weekend. (Click here to vote for your favorite no-holds-barred firearms-focused website; you have until the end of Friday to do so.) TTAG’s been nominated in both Politics and Gear Reviews. “Roger that,” I said, figuring I’d go to the awards shindig, do a little schmoozing and report live from the red carpet. Turns out I was wrong about what the weekend would entail, but in the best possible way . . .

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