Whether you’re a first-time gun owner or experienced, here are 10 ways to enjoy the target shooting sports and special events America’s millions of first-time firearm owners will find National Shooting Sports Month in August a great time to enjoy using their new firearms, whether in a training course, competition or simply having fun shooting targets … Read more
As anyone who reads TTAG knows, there are millions of new firearm owners in the US. First-timers who have bought a gun in the last year or so for all kinds of reasons. While that’s made finding and affording ammunition a challenge, having more people invested in the Second Amendment is great news for … Read more
By Andy Massimilian The gun industry needs to acknowledge and act on a simple fact of life: if you are involved with guns, you are unavoidably involved in politics…whether you like it or not. Turning new gun owners into new gun voters starts with educating and engaging them regularly. Range owners and FFLs need to … Read more
Between the ongoing civil disorder in various cities, the release of thousands of convicted criminals to “protect” them from COVID-19, and the ongoing defund-the-police movement, millions of people have suddenly discovered a need for defensive implements. About five million, according to best estimates (as of early October, 2020). Many of these new gun buyers were … Read more
The long-term mismanagement of America’s big cities, now exacerbated by Covid and their accommodation — if not outright encouragement of rioting and looting — has done more to create new gun owners than Barack Obama ever dreamed of. It has dawned on millions of Americans in these places that they truly are on their own … Read more
By Elizabeth McGuigan A recent survey in Texas suggested that new gun owners are more likely to support former Vice President Joe Biden than President Donald Trump in this year’s election. There is little evidence to support this, particularly as polls have been so widely off the mark when it comes to support for President Trump and when it … Read more
On Monday it became official: The police issued me a gun permit. Never did I imagine I’d be here. Not because I was anti-gun. My dad was a career FBI agent, so my siblings and I grew up with guns. At the same time, my father was never particularly interested in guns. To no avail, … Read more
From the NSSF: NSSF, the trade association for the firearm industry, updated retail survey-based estimates and concluded that nearly 5 million Americans purchased a firearm for the very first time in 2020. NSSF surveyed firearm retailers which reported that 40 percent of sales were conducted to purchasers who have never previously owned a firearm. NSSF tracks the … Read more
By Patrick Buchanan You may have read in this post that I recently became a first-time gun owner. I was pleased to see that the comments offered were supportive and encouraging. I’m not really expecting the same kind of positive response to this one however. While simultaneously acquiring my first firearm and applying for my … Read more
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