In war and gun legislation, much is made about magazine capacity and with insane new laws popping up like weeds in my own backyard, I think it’s time to talk about the realities of only have a bullet for every finger on you in some places. Said better, can a shooter really stake his life on six (or seven) bullets? Read more
“I’ve heard gun control advocates ask blithely, “Why would our government ever want to hurt its own people?”…To that I say it isn’t self-evident because it never has been, and I don’t listen to sheep because they never studied history.” Read more
Newbie shotgunners often have an inflated sense of what their shotgun can do in the field, while crafty veterans know well that the simplest foliage—a patch leaves or a cluster of twigs—can defeat the mighty shotgun under the right circumstances. The best of them know how to defeat those circumstances. Read more
I was in an exchange the other day with a non-gun owner about hunting that made me to do some hard thinking about more institutionalized attacks on guns and the cultures that support them, namely questioning the value of hunting your own food. Read more
I’ve heard the bug out bag gun argument take on caliber, make, model, type, weight, capacity, material and application. But what happens when it breaks? Read more
With a culture that says call 911 first, people today have become too reliant on the promise of help when they find themselves in real self defense situations, during which you usually have only yourself to count on. The solution? Think like a gunfighter. Read more
With affordable semi-autos suffering from Unicorn Syndrome, Guns.com has been getting more and more requests for looks at large caliber survival rifles that aren’t semi-automatic. Well you know what they saw about asking… Read more
Among the defense minded there is a school of thought that it’s wise to practice with lighter loads than you would concealed carry for defense. In the short, the benefits are apparent, but is this really a good habit to get into? Read more
With gun control efforts breathing down national and local necks, we ask, what will these semi-automatic weapon bans mean in the short term for shooters, what they will likely look like if they pass and what gun owners can do if the worst happens. Read more
With swinging-for-the-fences gun control on the table in Washington, could there ever be a ban on reloading supplies? Well, I say never say never… Read more
