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New From Gemtech: “Aurora” Super-Short 9mm Silencer

For military and law enforcement operations, making a gun completely silent isn’t necessarily a high priority. Still, for pistol silencers especially, making the gun a little quieter and reducing the...

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Incendiary Image of the Day: Nooooooooo! Edition

I detest gun buybacks. Not only are they anti-gun agitprop—security theater for politically correct politicians bent on civilian disarmament—but they destroy tens of thousands of perfectly good guns...

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The Right to Bear Arms Against Bears

During my recent vacation to Glacier National Park I heard the same thing over and over again: you only have to worry about mother bears protecting their cubs. Only? That’s like saying you only have...

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TheYankeeMarshal: S&W Shield’s Deadly Flaw

Yada yada yada the external safety “turns itself on.” (1:56). Well, if storing the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield in a fanny pack unintentionally switches the external safety on (when you wanted...

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One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout

By Dean Weingarten When I first heard the reports of a pistolero making a long shot, stopping a mass murder and saving the life of a police officer a year ago, I knew that I would work to find the...

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New from Cabot Gun: Black Diamond 1911

You may recall Cabot Gun recently invited the President of the United States to test fire its products during his taxpayer-funded Martha’s Vineyard holiday. By shunning the all-American pistol...

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Smith & Wesson Recalls M&P Shields

Smith & Wesson issued a safety alert and is recalling some of their popular M&P Shield pistols. A defect in the guns’ trigger bar pin could defeat the drop safety making them, well, not drop...

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Incendiary Image of the Day: Where it All Began

No one escapes the unblinking eye of tmz.com. Especially someone as currently notable as George Zimmerman on a Kel Tec factory tour to see where his PF-9 — the one the Justice Department doesn’t want...

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Silencers: Not (Just) for Assassins Any More

It’s Sunday and Jeremy S. has some time (and a can) on his hands. You may want to stay clear of the woods.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About The Colt Single Action Series Pistol...

Like all print-based gun mags, American Handgunner is struggling to integrate paper and electronic content to satisfy their need to subsidize salaries, overhead, pensions and expense accounts. (TTAG...

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OMG! Guns! From the Front! OMG!

“This is what it looks like when a gun is pointing at you,” gizmodo.com points out (for the visually impaired). “It’s a terrifying view that I hope nobody ever has to see.” See what he did there?...

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Matt in FL: “I challenge you to find anything more awesome than…

A functional (no projectile), rubber band-operated, shell-ejecting, handmade Desert Eagle. I don’t even have words for how awesome this is.” So what’s that text then, chopped liver?

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Elegy For a Gangbanger: The Times Remembers Shaalie

“At home, he loved eating pancakes and waffles with syrup, and could belt out the lyrics to ‘Bad Boys’ when he was young, his relatives said. He played basketball and video games. Neighbors remembered...

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Do You Know How to Fire A Type 69 75mm Airburst Anti-Personnel High-Explosive...

As marinecorpstimes.com reports, the Type 69 75mm Airburst Anti-Personnel High-Explosive rocket-propelled grenade—which “impacts the ground before bouncing to about chest height and detonating”—is...

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Springfield Armory Recalls XD-S 9mm and .45

Owners of the  sub-compact Springfield XD-S might want to check their gun’s serial number and click here for the Croatian company’s recall notice. “Springfield Armory® is initiating this voluntary...

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Guns Banned at PA’s Bloomsburg Fair

“Officials in Pennsylvania say guns will be banned at this year’s Bloomsburg Fair,” nbcphiladelphia.com reports. “Bill Barratt, Bloomsburg’s superintendent of police and parking, says the ban is...

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From the Deepest Depths of Uselessness: The GripShot

Have you ever wondered whether it would be better to attach your holster directly to your rifle rather than carrying it on your side all the time? Me neither. But apparently, these guys have, and...

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How to Subvert Florida Gun Rights Without Really Trying

  A member of TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia writes: I live in South Florida, a state that can claim over a million CCW (Concealed Carry Weapons) permit holders. I work at City Hall in a city which shall...

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U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance: On No Days Do You Shoot the Bear

“News of bear attacks have been dominating headlines for the past few weeks, with seven attacks in a five day span across the US.,” The Sportsman’s Alliance blog post at ammoland.com recaps. “With...

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“Mistakenly Placed Key” Caused SC Glock 22 ND. Or Not.

“A key mistakenly placed in a holster released the safety and activated the trigger on a school resource officer’s gun on Monday, causing the gun to accidentally discharge a bullet into a sidewalk at...

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