So there I was, waiting while my usual cortado was being hand crafted at east Austin’s Cuvee Coffee yesterday, when I spied a fresh stack of Austin Chronicles menacing me from a nearby rack. Imagine my alarm when I realized I was staring down the business end of an AR (or some underpaid, ill-informed graphic […]
Bryan Hendricks, who writes arkansas.com’s Arkansas Sportsman column is fielding questions about the escapees. Guns he once owned and now, for whatever reason, doesn’t. In this case, a 1940 vintage Browning humpback. The most remarkable gun I ever had was a Grade III Browning Auto-5 Light 12. I found it at Gene Sears gun shop in […]
“A submachine gun is among the gear missing after an Orlando Police officer’s unmarked patrol car was stolen Saturday. The officer, who is a part of the agency’s SWAT unit, woke up Saturday morning and noticed his patrol car was missing from outside his apartment complex in Baldwin Park, police spokeswoman Wanda Miglio said.” And with it, […]
I reckon national reciprocity would be the single most important change a Trump administration could make to America’s firearms freedom landscape. If all 50 states were forced (coerced?) into recognizing others states’ carry permits, the pressure to restore the right to bear arms in “no-issue” states like New Jersey and California would be intense. Sure, they’d resist; kicking and screaming doesn’t […]
One of the reasons we started the Texas Firearms Festival — besides providing a fun, truly unique shooting experience — was to further the gun culture. From its first year back in 2014, we were surprised by all of the novices — people who had never even handled a gun before — who have come […]
Reader freddy fender writes: It’s probably safe to say that most readers are convinced they must have 30 or more rounds in a magazine for effective self-defense, at home or away. The reasoning seems to be that “you never know how big the threat is, and changing magazines can get you killed.” Pretty logical, on […]
New York’s Nassau County is considering enacting a “safe storage” law for firearms owners (who have to jump over more hurdles to exercise their gun rights than Michelle Jenneke). “The measure, if passed, would allow the Nassau County Police Department to fine or arrest violators,” newsday.com reports. “First-time offenders would face fines of up to $250 […]
This year’s Texas Firearms Festival features Full-Auto Friday. VIP ticket holders get serious trigger time behind dozens of machine and sub-machine guns from major manufacturers. If you’ve never shot a machine or sub-gun gun, there’s a reason why they call the full-auto lever the “giggle switch.” They really are a hoot. If you have shot full-auto, which […]
Thank God someone finally said it (in Katie Couric’s anti-gun Under the Gun documentary no less). “They’re coming for your guns” doesn’t necessarily mean armed goons will come knocking on your door demanding firearms surrender. It can also mean that the government bans a previously legal firearm and demands you surrender it. As we saw in post-Sandy Hook New York, […]
Most gun stores do a fairly good job of maintaining basic gun safety in situations where adhering to the the four rules can be, well, a challenge. Still, with so many people handling heaters in an uncontrolled, sometimes chaotic environment, not everyone is going to check every gun they touch to make sure it’s clear. And […]
I had the chance to fire my friend’s new pistol the other day. He’d picked up a new SigPro 2022 in 9mm. It was lightweight, accurate and felt good in my hands. But the trigger made me recoil in terror. The pull was marathon length and the reset was almost as far; I was seriously […]
I couldn’t help but notice that the weekend’s tragedy in Norway bears a striking resemblance to those at Virginia Tech, Columbine, Fort Hood, and others across These United States. Nope. I’m not talking about the shooter being a full-goose Bozo, ass-clown, who doesn’t have two, lucid brain cells to rub together. Nor am I talking […]
