We know where you can win an AR-15 or three. Yes, win a gun!
Aaron at the Weapon-Blog has a wonderful list of gun contests out there. He's included our Great Guns IV drawing, so it's only fair we sent him some traffic. Do you want to win a gun for a few bucks? Check out his monthly list of gun contests.
Unhappy camper Acevedo
[caption id="attachment_4512" align="alignnone" width="600"] Poor Eddie Acevedo. He's pictured here, with a bit of a sour look upon learning his pet gun control legislation just got flushed down the toilet. That's our leader, Todd Vandermyde, the NRA's man in Illinois, standing to his left looking down.Photo courtesy Chicago Tribune.[/caption]
The death of a Skittle-pooping, make-believe Unicorn
Miguel at Gun-Free Zone introduced us to a wonderful poster / advertisement for the fine products of NEMO Arms, Inc. The poster is rich with possible meanings.
FPS Russia “manager” found executed
FPS Russia's wildly popular YouTube channel is very popular and quite hip, especially among the younger generation. It's ranked tenth in subscribers and has over half a billion views, according to the folks at Vidstatsx. Congrats to him, but unfortunately, police found his manager (who was also the FFL…
TTAG Simulated School Shooting Experiment — Results and Analysis
Our friends at TTAG put together a nice simulation of a school shooting and the efficacy of various possible responses, ranging from armed security at the entrance of the school to armed teachers in the classrooms. The results aren't baffling to anyone who has had firearms training or is familiar…
Embrace it, baby! Interactive map of Journal-News employees
The Journal-News is the newspaper that set up a searchable database of firearms license holders in three counties in New York State. It's endangering police officers, current and retired, as well as corrections staff. This searchable database we've posted above, allows Americans to identify Journal-News employees personal homes, photos,…
Gabby Giffords finds her new job: Blood dancing.
[caption id="attachment_4487" align="alignnone" width="467"] Gabby Giffords.[/caption] God bless Gabby Giffords. She survived an attempted assassination at the hands of a lunatic in the only mass public shooting since 1955 that didn't occur in a gun-free zone. She didn't run for re-election and disappeared off the map briefly, until scoring headlines…
Florida: Record high carry permits, record low violence
[caption id="attachment_4481" align="alignnone" width="607"] A Fort Myers police officer is seen walking on American Avenue near Davis Court where the scene of a drive by shooting occurred late night Sept. 23, 2012 in Fort Myers. Authorities identified the shooting to be from the local rap group the Lake Boyz. A…
Compare and Contrast: A tale of two home invasions… one resident armed, the other unarmed
In Georgia in these past few days there were two home invasions with shots fired. One homeowner hid from the intruders with her family's revolver. The other homeowner hid from intruders without a firearm. (H/t to mosinmango for the story). Which homeowner would you be? The folks at ICHV's first…