WITH TRAGEDY COMES LESSONS: Gun shop owner, facing 4-on-1 odds, dies heroically
Tragedy Friday afternoon in Kansas City as a gun shop co-owner faced four armed, hoodie-wearing members of America's criminal class. The bad guys were quick on the trigger after smashing the female half of the married couple proprietors in the face. Her husband successfully shot all three of the…
COMMUNITY AGITATOR FAIL: Critic of cops tries hand at police shoot-don’t shoot scenarios; kills unarmed man
How sweet is this? The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office offered to let a high-profile "community activist" an opportunity to play the role of a police officer in some force-on-force training and see how they do in life or death situations. Jarrett Maupin's his name, and he's got a big mouth…
SHE WON’T BE MISSED: Cali’s Senator Barbara Boxer bows out rather than face re-election race
California's Barbara Boxer, one of two virulently anti-gun U.S. Senators from California, has announced she will not be running for re-election in 2016. Could it be she senses America's shifting political landscape and doesn't want to bother with a bruising race for re-election? She is, after all, the Senator the…
CELEBRATE IT: Actress Katherine Heigl doesn’t hide her gun ownership
[caption id="attachment_15217" align="alignnone" width="770"] Actress and producer Katherine Heigl.She likes to shoot and she doesn't hide her gun ownership.[/caption] In many circles, some Americans seem reluctant to admit their status as gun owners. Big city residents, entertainers, and others are sometimes reticent to let others know they know and…
NINJA SILLY: Solutions in search of problems in silly “training” video
Firearms training on YouTube is always an iffy proposition. Many, if not most of the YouTube-based firearm training videos, aren't worth your time. Well, unless you're there for chuckles and laughs. They prove, as I've articulated many times in classes and in writing, that even a mediocre class is…
JE SUIS CHARLIE: “I am Charlie” in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo after islamist attack
Good people across Europe and beyond are demonstrating in solidarity with the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following the barbaric, cowardly attack on the publication's offices by radical islamic savages. The attack was France's most deadly terrorist attack in a long time. Supporters of freedom and liberty hoisted signs…
LAWLESS: Democrat Pennsylvania AG won’t defend new PA state law
Pennsylvania's rabidly anti-gun Democrat Attorney General Kathleen Kane has publicly announced that she will not fulfill her office's duty to defend a state law, instead leaving it to the Governor's office to defend a new firearms law pre-emption bill recently enacted. In recent years, some of the Democrat-controlled big…
BIG TENT, OPEN MINDS: The gun culture welcomes *all* good people
Meet Kassi Karry. She's a model, yoga instructor and Cross Fit enthusiast from North Carolina. (H/t to Miguel at GFZ) She also likes to shoot. Yes, she's got some ink, and doesn't look like your average PTA mom, but we warmly welcome her into the gun culture because she likes…
MARIJUANA IN THE WORKPLACE: Forbes Magazine says Washington DC “second” most gun-friendly state
There was a report released in 2014 that found that roughly 10% of Americans report to work high on marijuana (link - warning autoplay video). Seems as though that's happening at Forbes as well as they released a report that Washington DC was the nation's second most gun-friendly state…
TONIGHT IN PONTIAC: Todd Vandermyde, on African hunting trips and the General Assembly
[caption id="attachment_9296" align="alignnone" width="600"] The man anti-gun politicians and anti-gun activists love to hate: Todd Vandermyde. [/caption] Todd Vandermyde, the NRA-ILA's contract lobbyist for Illinois, will be at tonight's Pontiac Guns Save Life meeting. It's at the Pontiac VFW (thank you to Jerry and our gracious hosts) and it…