Am I the only person who doesn’t understand why a guy hiking with his friend in Joshua Tree National Park felt the need to carry a gun and bullets? Yes, there’s much weirdness about what authorities now call a murder-suicide after finding the bodies last month of a young couple who disappeared in the middle of summer.
Read MoreIn light of today’s slaughter of Americans by a Muslim, it’s interesting to read this article about removing from sale a paper target that appears to be a jihadist. Note the bullseye on the groin? Today’s Islamic jihadist murderer was shot in the groin. Practice makes perfect. ROYAL OAK — Target Sports is no longer
Read More“A trial begins Monday for a man who claims he was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot the owner of a Shawnee gun store,” The Kansas City Star reported Monday. “De’Anthony Wiley is charged with felony first-degree murder in the January 2015 killing of Jon Bieker.” While it’s understood that a lawyer’s job is to present
Read MoreBelieve it or not, your gun doesn’t have to be perfectly still to land effective defensive shots. Rob Pincus and Rob Leatham provide the evidence in this classic episode of Worlds Collide.
Read More“Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after cops say he pulled a gun on a woman,” TMZ Sports reported Saturday. “Cops say the alleged victim was a female food delivery driver who told them Maxwell pointed a gun at her.” With the understanding that due process requires a
Read MoreWelcome back to our Shooting 101 series! So far we’ve covered the absolute basics of how to use revolversand semi-automatic pistols and now we’re moving on to the most popular rifle in America: the AR-15. Today we’re going to look at how to load, unload, and fire an AR-style rifle. A ton of people have purchased ARs in the
Read MoreLast week, Californians were again reminded that guns stolen from cops are repeatedly used to kill people — and that the Legislature has failed to take adequate steps to stop it. The issue came to light following the 2015 fatal shooting of Kate Steinle by a Mexican citizen on the San Francisco waterfront. While the
Read MoreAt the end of the latest legislation session Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill removing mandatory enhanced sentencing for criminals who use guns in the commission of their crimes. He did this at the same time that he signed other legislation making it illegal for teachers to be armed on K-12 campuses for self-defense.
Read MoreGun control advocates routinely claim that increasing the burdens to lawfully purchase a firearm will somehow reduce the use of firearms in criminal activities. Gun rights advocates buck such claims, noting that criminals aren’t the kind of people who are inclined to follow the law in the first place. Yet, gun grabbers persist in their
Read More‘The Suffolk Resolves stated: “That it is an indispensable duty which we owe to God, our country, ourselves and posterity, by all lawful ways and means in our power to maintain, defend and preserve those civil and religious rights and liberties, for which many of our fathers fought, bled and died, and to hand them
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