Category Archives: Guns

Your Biased Headline of the Day

By | January 26, 2012

Pennsylvania man, 65, fatally shoots teen who pushed him off bicycle And why did the teen push the elderly gentleman off his moving bicycle? So the teen and his friends could assault and rob him. A more apt headline would be “Elderly man saves own life, teaches valuable lesson to local teens”

On gun prices and recommendations

By | January 23, 2012

When looking for a new gun, it’s fairly common to come across the advice of “you should spend a little more and buy x instead of y.” Especially if you’re a new shooter or looking to pick up something outside of your normal field (you’re a rifle guy looking to get into pistols, etc). Sometimes… Read More »

Misleading headline of the day

By | January 20, 2012

1 injured in East Nashville shooting East Nashville, regular readers may recall, is the “up and coming” and “hip” neighborhood where twenty-something white kids move in next to crack houses and the projects because it’s cool, or something. Crime is rampant, and shootings occur daily. So the hipster businesses ban carry permit holders. I really… Read More »

Winning!

By | January 19, 2012

A pro-gun article in…Elle Magazine? It starts off slow and it’s kinda long, but well worth the read. A couple of pull quotes: On terminology: For hands-on shooting practice, we separate into three groups: pistols, shotguns, and rifles. On my way to the pistol instruction area, I stop to ask a tall man with an… Read More »

Well that’s neat

By | January 18, 2012

A 48 gun safe with ethernet, USB, and power plugs. I may need that later. FYI, you wouldn’t want to put a computer in there because of the lack of ventilation, but a small NAS would probably be okay.

NRA Certified Pistol Instructor

By | January 11, 2012

That’s me! This year is the year of training for me, so I started off early. Last weekend I took the NRA CPI class put on by Leroy Farris of Farris Firearms Training in Murfreesboro, TN. It’s a two day course where you don’t learn how to shoot–you learn how to teach people to shoot.… Read More »

Teach em young!

By | January 5, 2012

My niece got a flashlight for Christmas as a stocking stuffer. Cute little Disney Princess one: But the thing I found interesting, which you may have already noticed, was the head on the flashlight: Is it just me, or does that look a lot like a crenellated strike bezel?

I know who to blame!

By | January 3, 2012

Over the weekend, a 24 year old vet with PTSD and a restraining order (read: Prohibited Person) shot a bunch of people at a party and then took off to Mt Ranier National Park. When he ran a snow chain checkpoint, Rangers followed him. He killed one of them before evading the other. Clearly, this… Read More »