The Snubbie

Why does a 145 year old concept keep hanging around? Snubbies have been around since the 1870’s, and have proven to be a resilient seller in the face of 20 years of plastic fantastic autoloaders. That seems impossible, given the small capacity and relatively...

Connecticut – an Editorial

A GOP appointed judge over in CT just upheld the idiotic gun control passed by the legislature. First, the decision (PDF) and then some select quotes. What the Heller court did make clear, however, is that weapons that are “in common use at the time” are protected...

National Concealed Carry – an Editorial

Currently, if you have a concealed carry permit from your state, it’s only good in so many other states. There are multiple problems with this. There’s the legal side: a state issuing a license should have that license recognized in all other states and DC...

LGC CA Chapter on front page of SF Chronicle

As you hopefully know by now, the CA Chapter took a reporter to the range last year. They are also gearing up to register as their own 501c and dive headlong into CA gun politics. The article is decent, though seems to miss that the group is a subset of the national...

Straw purchase? Or not?

I buy a firearm from a dealer. Say I found a pretty awesome deal online (gunbroker, ar15.com, the LGC Trading Post, wherever). I buy the firearm and gift it (or sell it) to someone I know who can legally own a firearm. Say, my father. I transfer the firearm to him...