After a school massacre, the U.K. banned handguns in 1998. A decade later, handgun crime had doubled. By JOYCE LEE MALCOLM Americans are determined that massacres such as happened in Newtown, Conn., never happen again. But how? Many advocate more effective treatment of mentally-ill people or armed protection in so-called gun-free zones. Many others demand stricter …
Mikhail Timofeyovich Kalashnikov, the man credited by the Soviet Union with designing the AK-47 and many of its descendant arms (including the AKM, PK, AK-74 lines) is in intensive care, complaining of general weakness. Mr. Kalashnikov has proven over the decades to be almost as durable as the weapons that bear his name. Trotted out for …
[youtube]http://youtu.be/VbDQUADaIkE[/youtube] Growing in popularity, modern sporting rifles have evolved to become a real option for hunters — even for old-school hunters like the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Doug Painter. Explore the evolution of the American hunting rifle. (NSSF video)
This article originally posted by TOM WHITEHURST: Tom Whitehurst Jr. is viewpoints/opinion page editor of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Contact him at whitehurstt@caller.com. The anti-gun people who say the AR-15 isn’t a hunting rifle should try convincing the deer in my freezer. I’ll admit the AR is different from other rifles I’ve used for hunting, with …
Eric Sandberg, owner of Centennial Arms, Inc., in Naples, Fla., helps a customer pick out a pistol for personal defense Nov. 15. (Photo by Dania Maxwell/Naples (Fla.) Daily News) The firearms industry had an awful lot to be thankful for this past November. According to a PowerPoint presentation released by Smith & Wesson, gun sales hit …
The Founder and President of H&H Shooting Sports, Miles Hall, recently was able to direct some questions and concerns shared by many of us in the Shooting Sports community to some of the leaders within the firearms industry including Chris Hogdon from Hodgdon Powder Co, Jim Broering President and COO of AcuSport one of the nations largest …
