You’ve likely heard some blowhard rattle off the old cliché “man-stoppers start with four,” a suggestion that anything smaller than .40-caliber is insufficient for personal defense. Funny thing is, it seems many of those fond of the phrase don’t even carry on a regular basis. If you encounter someone who’s intent on this game of …
Ruger has already hit the million mark for firearms made in 2012 and is well on the way to smashing last year’s company record. Sturm, Ruger & Co. hit a new record last year. For the first time in the company’s history, the gunmaker made more than 1 million firearms—1,114,700 to be exact—in one …
The S&W SD9-VE replaces the SIGMA and SD9. This sample was tried with a variety of ammo. Last year I made a big deal over the new Smith & Wesson SD9 pistol. A service pistol sized a little to the compact size – roughly in line with the Glock 19 – it’s a 16-shot 9mm, …
Do drinking and guns go well together? A Georgia shooting range will soon find out. (Reuters; inset, CBC)A Georgia couple is building a $3.5 million indoor shooting range that will feature a full bar, serving alcohol to its patrons. So is this the start of a potentially dangerous new business model where intoxicated firearm enthusiasts …
By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine The deaths of two female police constables have brought into focus the unarmed status of most British police. Why does Britain hold firm against issuing guns to officers on the beat? It’s the single most obvious feature that sets the British bobby apart from their counterparts overseas. Tourists and …
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) As gun sales surged in early 2009 the going joke among employees of gun manufacturers was that President Barack Obama was the “greatest gun salesman of all time.” The trouble with this backhanded complement, however, is Left-leaning news outlets have since used it to avoid something that really scares …
