When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk. Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
Read MoreAccording to the FBI, over 1.5 million background checks on customers were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in December. Nearly 500,000 of those were in the six days before Christmas. It was the highest number ever in a single month, surpassing the previous record set in November. On…
Read MoreFrom the video comments by the woman holding the rifle while it exploded: The 7th round jammed, which is nothing unusual for this gun. It happens all the time. That is why I didn’t really hesitate to shoot the final round. I was very lucky with the outcome. I have lots of splinters and bruising,…
Read MoreNavy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle has the nickname “the legend.†It’s a title given to him by his fellow soldiers. And once you hear his story, you’ll understand why. Kyle is the “deadliest in U.S. history,†the New York Post says. So how many kills have earned him that designation? Just 160. He details many…
Read MoreRyan Jerome was enjoying his first trip to New York City on business when the former Marine Corps gunner walked up to a security officer at the Empire State Building and asked where he should check his gun. That was when Jerome’s nightmare began. The security officer called police and Jerome spent the next two…
Read MoreHis fiance calls him, a U.S. Marine, “superman.†And when you Karl Trenker’s story, that might not be too far off. Trenker’s fiance recently placed an ad on Craigslist to sell a gold necklace. But when Trenker, instead of his fiance, went to meet the potential buyers last Wednesday, they weren’t really interested in making…
Read MoreMerry Christmas to all, especially troops deployed overseas. Posting will be light this week, with a return to regular daily posts resuming after the new year.
Read MoreThe threat of a U.S. double dip recession coupled with this summer’s debt debacle in Washington – and the subsequent failure of the so-called “debt supercommittee” – has many ordinary Americans looking at gold as a safe store of value. However, there’s another commodity that historically has risen in price along with gold – and…
Read MoreI would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson Letter to Archibald Stewart December 23, 1791
Read More2025 Texas Gun Legislation
Legislation affecting gun rights in the 2023 session.
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