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Which Gun Would You Grab: Benelli M2 or Suppressed Walther P22?
By Michael Holderer The scenario: a major disaster has hit your region of the country. There’s been significant infrastructure damage in your area and surrounding states. You estimate things won’t get...
View ArticleLong Beach Police Shooting Gallery?
The wimps at the Los Angeles CBS station don’t show the moments when Long Beach police open fire on a clearly mentally disturbed woman holding a pistol. And they buried the key fact—the two-hour...
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Daily Mail: 3D Guns Are Dangerous Because They Work Too Well
A dailymail.co.uk article shows the ATF sending two messages: 1. The 3D printed guns work, so they must be banned! 2. 3D printed guns blow up, so do not make them or attempt to use them! I don’t...
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Quote of the Day: Better Living Through Science Edition
“Our approach to gun safety has always been holistic. We always knew that there were other ways to approach this issue than standing in front of your senator’s office, yelling until you’re red in the...
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Buy A Double-Tap, Get $50 For Double-Tap Goodies
If you’re thinking of hanging some double-barreled 9mm (or .45 ACP) ornaments on your tree this season, Double-Tap Defense is offering to spice up the deal for you with a $50 credit for every gun...
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FNS-40 Contest Entry: Granting a Marine’s Last Wish
By Michael Stephenson There aren’t that many people I know in this world who can tell you more stories than Mr. Lee Smith. And trust me, I know plenty of story tellers. But unlike many tellers of...
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Random Thoughts About Armed Insurrection
The Second Amendment bars local, state and federal governments from passing any law that seeks to control the keeping or bearing of guns. It bars Rhode Island’s “blue card” provision, which forces...
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The History of Mauser – As Told Through Its Pistols
By Beetle “The best way to make a little money in the gun business is to start with a lot of money.” This saying describes how hard it is to be successful in the gun business. For every Samuel Colt...
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FNS-40 Contest Entry: Why I Carry A Gun
By Nicholas Alexander All of us know the common phrase to ask when trying to process new information, who, what, when, where, why and how. I have always subconsciously applied this to firearms, but...
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Does The World Need Another 4-Barrel Rimfire Derringer? You Make The Call.
Edge Arms has hit the Interwebs hard in the last few days, trying to build some blogosphere buzz around their forthcoming four-banger ‘Reliant’ derringer. I try not to badmouth new gun ideas until I...
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Sure-Draw GLOCK Safety
It’s kinda obvious what could go wrong with the forthcoming Sure-Draw GLOCK safety: you draw your gun and forget to turn off the safety. Like you might do with every other handgun equipped with an...
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FNS-40 Contest Entry: Choosing a Handgun for the Physically Disabled
by Brandon Friede The saying goes, “God made men, but Sam Colt made them equal.” Setting aside concerns about gender-specific pronouns in an age of rampaging political correctness, it’s difficult to...
View ArticleDefensive Gun Use of the Day: Size Matters Edition
What’s the bet that West Seattle shopkeeper Robert Moore saw Crocodile Dundee. Specifically the scene where the Aussie-out-of-water tells a would-be Big Apple mugger, “That’s not a knife. That’s a...
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New from Magnum Research: Ultra-Compact Desert Eagle 1911U
The tighter a brand’s focus the more successful it is. Brand extensions—products that wander outside the brand’s consumer-defined tightly-gathered meaning—-can make mountains of money. But they dilute...
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Happy 101st Birthday – This Old Colt Has Still Got It!
By Beetle In my article about the Savage Trials Pistol, I discussed how Savage and Colt had a final “shoot off” to see who would win the contract to be the standard issue military sidearm. We all know...
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Gear Review: Speed Ledge
The key to running a handgun in shooting competitions is the ability to quickly get back on target after making your shot. Hitting the first target is easy, but it’s all about how quickly you can take...
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Gun Review: Cobra CA380 – The Cheapest Handgun in America!
The natural human right of self-defense has no minimum income requirement. Nor does the natural, civil, and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. Few things bother me on such a deep...
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Obscure Object Of Desire: Magnum Research Lone Eagle
Everyone recognizes the Desert Eagle, but the single-shot Lone Eagle is Magnum Research’s other pistol. If you’re old enough to remember cruising the aisles of video rental stores, you’ve probably...
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It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use: Oh Deer Edition
“Keith Mohr was in the shower last Friday morning when he heard a loud crash and his wife screaming that a deer was running through their townhouse near Sugar Grove,” Illinois’ dailyherald.com...
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Gun Review: Solid Concepts 1911 DMLS
I have a love-hate relationship with 1911s. On one hand, what’s not to love? Even the least well-made 1911s offer superb ergonomics, a crisp trigger and low-recoil, enabling deadly accuracy. The best...
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