The Shooters Hangout

Aug. 4, 2014 10:34pm Jason Howerton “She was upstairs resting following recent hip replacement surgery when she heard a bunch of “commotion” coming from the first floor of her home in Holmes Beach, Florida. NJ Logan says she quickly realized it wasn’t her husband as he was out playing bridge. So the 80-year-old grandmother jumped […]

Larry Provost | Jul 31, 2014 “I was never a big fan of weapons, until I got married and moved South. Thank God I escaped Leftist Stockholm Syndrome. My family was never big into weapons, even though we grew up on the farm. Tragically, I think much of it stemmed from a close relative who […]

Jul. 24, 2014 9:44pm Jason Howerton A concealed carry permit holder helped police nab five men who led officers in Iowa on a wild police chase that ended with the suspects crashing into someone’s yard in a residential neighborhood. The Linn County Sheriff’s office says the incident began when officers responded to reports of shots […]

DARBY, Pa. – A doctor wounded by a patient in a deadly shooting Thursday afternoon at a suburban hospital campus in Darby, Pa. returned fire and wounded the patient, authorities said. Investigators believe the doctor had his own gun and acted in self-defense, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said. The patient, who had psychiatric […]

By Robert Farago on June 19, 2014 There are as many ways to carry a firearm as Israeli models worthy of linkage. But just as Bar Refaeli and Esti Ginzburg stand apart from their comely colleagues, inside-the-waistband (IWB) and outside-the-waistband (OWB) holsters are the go-to options for concealed carriers. Adherents of either method can choose […]

(CNN) — Next time there’s a mass shooting, don’t jump to blame the National Rifle Association and lax gun laws. Look first at the shooter and the mental health services he did or didn’t get, and the commitment laws in the state where the shooting took place. Strengthening gun control won’t stop the next mass […]

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- On January 3, 2013, Breitbart reported on the newest FBI crime statistics then available (2011) showing that more people are killed with hammers and clubs each year than are killed with rifles. [ Yet there are no calls to ban hammers..? ] With newer crime statistics now out for 2012, we […]

Sunnyvale, California, has a ban on possessing magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, with no clause for being grandfathered in. The State of California has banned the sale, import and transfer of magazines with a capacity to hold more than 10 rounds, and in the case of the City of Sunnyvale, there’s a ban […]

By Kelly Riddell The Washington Times Outmanned and outgunned, local law enforcement officers are alarmed by the drug and human trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping and money laundering that Mexican drug cartels are conducting in the U.S. far from the border. U.S. sheriffs say that securing the border is a growing concern to law enforcement agencies throughout […]

We have all attended a course of instruction at some point during our lives and found ourselves wondering “when does the class end?” or “how long is this supposed to last?” I know it’s happened to me multiple times. Once, during an advanced weapons course at Marine Combat Training School, I found myself snapping awake […]