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Anti-Gunners Pounce on Biker Gunfight: ‘We need more laws’

Anti-Gunners Pounce on Biker Gunfight: ‘We need more laws’

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What’s the best way to stop people who don’t follow laws from obtaining firearms? More laws!

Feds Seize Guns from Stag Arms

Feds Seize Guns from Stag Arms

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Stag Arms is currently working to resolve an issue with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives following the discovery of unserialized lower receivers along with missing paperwork for related gun parts.

Top 10 Gun Movies

Top 10 Gun Movies

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Gun control wing-nuts want to blame violence on anything they can. Movies are often a target. Only problem is 99.999999999% of us watch movies and never, ever go out and commit heinous crimes. So I say celebrate gun culture in the movies. Here are 10 movies that shaped how I think about guns.

As you can see, expansion was picture perfect, even when fired through four layers of fabric.

Ammo Test: Barnes TAC-XP .45 ACP +P

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Barnes has offered pretty amazing projectiles to other ammunition manufacturers and reloaders for some time. More recently, they’ve launched their own line of loaded self-defense handgun ammunition. Available in .380 ACP, 9mm +P, .40 S&W, .45 ACP +P and .357 Magnum, we’re going to be trying out most of them over the next couple of [...]

Obama Gets Cocky in State of the Union Speech

Obama: ‘Some Battlefield Equipment Not Appropriate for Police’

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“We’ve seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people the feeling like there’s an occupying force as opposed to a force that’s part of the community,” Obama said during a visit in Camden. “We’re going to prohibit some equipment made for the battlefield that is not appropriate for local police departments.”

Five Things To Learn from the Biker Gang Gunfight in Waco

Five Things To Learn from the Biker Gang Gunfight in Waco

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Nine people were killed and 18 people were injured Sunday in a motorcycle gang gunfight outside a restaurant in Waco, Texas. What can you learn?

Inside the AK-74

Inside the AK-74

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Larry gives us an inside look to the AK-74

Prepping 101: Water Distillation Still -Is it Worth the Trouble?

Prepping 101: Water Distillation Still -Is it Worth the Trouble?

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You know the funniest thing? When someone posts a comment on one of these articles that starts with “You can just..”. One hundred percent of the time it is someone who read a tip on a survival board or something and they are here to parrot an idea that may or may not be true. But what I have found in working on this column, every single time, is that while knowledge may be power, experience is survival. My experience with distilling water was not easy using fuel and means that would be available in a post collapse world. Oh my goodness it is slow going, about 1/2 gallon an hour using the distiller yous see here. “You can just…” distill dirty water was a comment that I got very early on in this series, and it just isn’t as easy as you would think it would be. Check out the pictures below, using a 3 gallon still from the Ebay seller linked above, and my Rocket Stove. I did get good, clean, drinkable water from yellow sulphur water, but it was not fun.

The New Dan Wesson .357, Back with a Vengeance

The New Dan Wesson .357, Back with a Vengeance

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Dan Wesson double action revolvers are back. It has been about 10 years since there have been new production DW revolvers on the market. CZ USA, which bought the Dan Wesson company in 2005, have made pistols under the name but until late last year a very limited number of revolvers. And not just any revolver, the awesome Dan Wesson model 715 is back and it looks like it is here to stay.

Why I Carry--It Happened to Me

Why I Carry–It Happened to Me

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Back in 1997, I drove around Atlanta for an hour with a gun to my head. Let’s just call it a learning experience–my own teachable moment. I learned a lot about myself, and what I was capable of doing. Thanks to the Godfather of Soul, I walked away. And I haven’t been unarmed since.