The Shooters Hangout

Dec. 9, 2014 Mike Opelka “Sharpshooter Kirsten Joy Weiss is back with a new brand new trick. It was two months ago that Weiss popped up on our radar with a video showing her executing the difficult trick of splitting a playing card in half with one shot. On Wednesday, Weiss’s YouTube channel uploaded a […]

Have you ever heard anything more stupid???!!! Dec. 8, 2014 Jason Howerton “Police in Beloit, Wisconsin, want residents to volunteer to let officers search their homes for firearms as part of a new initiative that officials believe will help reduce gun violence. Beloit Police Chief Norm Jacobs told Wisconsin Public Radio that officers will mostly […]

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Guest Commentary by Michael A. Schwartz As I wrote a few weeks ago, recent court decisions have made it clear that San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore’s restrictive policies regarding issuance of concealed weapons permits are unconstitutional, infringing on the rights of county citizens. Despite the Ninth Circuit Court’s November 12 […]

By Leonard Benton “It seems that the world and people in America want to know the answer to a question that is at the fundamental core of American culture. Why do Americans love guns? There is constant talk due to high profile cases like Sandy Hook, Aurora, and Columbine when someone goes off the beam […]

“There has been a cultural shift from the 20-inch barrel length in the AR-15/M16 weapon systems chambered for the 5.56×45 NATO cartridge to progressively shorter barrels for the purpose of producing an increasingly more compact assault/entry weapon without resorting to a bull-pup design. Simple usage of these short-barreled weapons has shown the necessity for both […]

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Nov. 29, 2014 Zach Noble “Forget the Xboxes, iPhones and Tickle Me Elmos — Americans were really going crazy for guns this Black Friday, in record-setting numbers. The typical Black Friday boom in gun sales doubles the number of background checks handled by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), from one per […]

Nov. 26, 2014 10:40pm Jason Howerton A judge rejected a request made by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s widow to order a new trial or throw out a jury’s verdict in the controversial defamation lawsuit filed by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. Ventura was ultimately awarded $1.8 million in the lawsuit, which alleged Kyle lied about […]

By Kristina Davis Nov 26, 2014 “SAN DIEGO — The legal fight over Californians’ right to carry concealed weapons is facing another appeal in federal court, a move that will continue to delay the issuing of gun permits under looser restrictions in the county. The state Attorney General’s Office and the Brady Center to Prevent […]

By Matthew Allen November 24, 2014 “What, in a gunfight, matters the most? In the age of the long opinions and short experience in such matters, we live among among experts far and wide. Some will assure you that it is a proper-caliber pistol, or grade-A ammunition, or still the front sight, which is the […]