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“This session has been an alarming show of politicking that caters to a gun lobby agenda,” said Sandy Chasse with the Texas Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “As a gun-owning Texas mom, this is not the Texas I want for my family or community.”

“The Obama administration hates the Second Amendment, and it’s clear that every place where it can push, it will,” Michael Hammond, legislative counsel for the Gun Owners of America, told The Hill.com. “This is an indication of an anti-gun administration trying to annoy us in any way it can.”

“I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. We don’t have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.” – Vince Vaughn

Are all armed threats created equally? Put another way, would you treat a juvenile with a gun the same way you would treat a man with a gun?

Those discerning single action aficionados amongst us already know the Nighthawk name. Their 1911s aren’t dressed up in elaborate finishes. They don’t have exotic grips. These are hard working guns meant to be carried, and shot. I recently had the chance to put the 9mm T4 through its paces, and the compact carry gun has changed the way I think about single actions. I’m a skeptic, but I’d carry this gun–no question about it.

Winchester’s Train and Defend line is a concept long overdue. Use range ammo to train, but carry the good stuff. And both are the same grain weight. The idea is that you save money, but the ammo performs exactly the same. How well does it work?

We’ve covered do-it-yourself lowers, but are here today with a new installment. This 80% lower is cut from an aluminum billet. And you can finish it off with a few simple tools. No milling machine needed. The jigs and instructions from 80% Arms make finishing their lower surprisingly easy. Check out or review of the process.

Hickok45 shoots and shows off a classic Dan Wesson revolver with interchangeable barrels.

Why do men carry firearms? Jennifer Carlson, a sociology professor at the University of Toronto, explains what her research has taught her on this question.