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The Washington Post article on “smart guns” (firearms that won’t fire without electronic owner confirmation) mentions a gun control law in New Jersey passed in 2002. This “hotly contested” gun control legislation mandates a ban on “dumb guns” three years after a “smart gun” goes on sale in the U.S. That’s about to happen in […]

Surprisingly under reported there was a massive knife attack in China this weekend.   Approximately 10 men, described as Muslim separatists from a northwestern state, ran into a busy train station randomly attacking innocent people.  Half of the assailants escaped while four were killed by police and one was captured. I just have to think […]

The world of tech has been getting smarter with smartphones, smart watches and now smart… guns? It has finally come to light: a pistol that only fires when you are wearing a certain watch. According Armatix, the manufacturer: Each watch is encoded with an electronic chip that interacts with the gun. It is reported that […]

Technically, the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference known as the SHOT Show is not a gun show at all. It is an annual trade show that is owned and operated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, or NSSF, which describes itself on its website as “the trade association for America’s firearms industry.” The […]

0.0000672 percent. It may seem small, but according to former Navy SEAL Dom Raso, who’s also an NRA commentator, that number makes a big difference for concealed carry permit holders, especially in Florida. “Since 1987, the state of Florida has issued 2.5 million concealed-carry permits,” Raso says in his latest opinion piece for the NRA […]

On March 1st a group of attackers armed with knives stormed a Chinese train station, killing at least 29 and injuring more than 130 others before good guys with guns showed up to end the attack. According to NBC News, “four of the attackers were shot dead,” and “one was captured alive.” Yang Haifei was […]

Shyanne Roberts fired a gun for the first time at age 4, sitting on her father’s lap. She got her first rifle — pink, of course — on her 6th birthday. Six months later, she could hit bullseye after bullseye at the shooting range. At 7, she started competing. Now, at 9, the Franklin Township […]

Since the 1816 founding of Remington Arms in Ilion, New York, the northeastern United States has been the domestic firearm industry’s home for traditional manufacturers such as Colt and Smith & Wesson. Currently, however, an unprecedented number of gun companies are expanding or considering a move to entirely different states. Why? The most obvious answer […]

I have read “Gift of Fear” and consider it required reading for everyone who wants to learn what some of us have learned on the streets of this and other countries. I have also read Just 2 Seconds and that is aimed more at the professional security or military crowd but still enlightening. There have […]