By Matt Manda The first day’s events at the 2023 Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit in Epping, N.H., were cut short due to rain. The last day’s official competition matches were threatened by Tropical Storm Lee, swirling out over the Atlantic Ocean and bringing a little rain and wind to the Northeast and the SIG SAUER … Read more
Reader Bill Moore writes . . . Liberals own guns, too. Pew Research says it’s about 2.5 to 1 ratio of Republican/conservatives owning guns to Democrat/liberals…44% of Republicans, 20% of Democrats. Here are some demographics on who, exactly, owns guns in America . . . Understanding gun ownership isn’t as simple as knowing who does … Read more
There are many different ways to have a birthday party. Some people like the traditional cake and a song. Others like to meet friends at a bar, or go to a park. But, I’d imagine that heading to the shooting range for fun and some skill improvement would be a popular option among many readers … Read more
Times, and gun ownership, are a-changing. Much to the chagrin of those who oppose lawful gun ownership, it is becoming increasingly difficult to paint the stereotype of today’s gun owner as pale, male and stale. The firearm industry has always said it: the Second Amendment is colorblind. The right of law-abiding Americans to buy and … Read more
Amid the hikers and snowmobilers in the park today, these are members of a group called Rainbow Reload, an LGBTQ gun club that offers experts and the gun-curious a chance to practice firearms skills in a supportive environment. Similar groups exist across the country, often under the name “Pink Pistols.” Rainbow Reload members stress that … Read more
The black nationalism of the Black Panthers — otherwise known as the “Black Panther Party for Self-Defense” — couldn’t be further from our own vision of building a future for black and white Americans together. But they weren’t wrong that law enforcement in certain cities was not trustworthy in 1966. When the Panthers started placing … Read more
By Desiderius Erasmus, a Guns Save Life member The “typical” gun owner is often characterized by many bigoted non-gun-owners as a right wing, redneck, beer-guzzling, low IQ Neanderthal who is just itchin’ to pull the trigger. But times have changed, and now a whole lot of those non-gun-owners – who used to be dismissive of … Read more
When I was about eight years old, I was blessed with being sent to Deerfield, a day camp in St. Louis, Missouri. The activities provided included going to the gun range and getting to shoot five .22 caliber Long Rifle bullets down range at a time. Oh, what joy that was. And I was pretty … Read more
“Everybody’s entitled to self-preservation. I don’t care who it is,” [Elmer Geronimo Pratt Gun Club founder Nick] Bezzel told CBS News. “I don’t advocate violence, but I do advocate self-defense.” In May, Bezzel and several other groups organized hundreds of Black gun owners from around the country to march in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the centennial … Read more
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