Defense Targets makes affordable targets in America. The most popular model is the Ready Ship Target (RST)with an A/B and part of C Zone IPSC strike face made of AR500 3/8 rifle-rated steel, measuring 9.5×20 w/ the top at 5.75in wide. The RST includes a collapsible steel stand with a 2×4 bracket for steel targets […]
An Outstanding Lightweight AR Build
Problem discovered My wife’s AR has undergone an evolution in recent months. As a backpacker, I’ve almost always been weight conscious. You know, ounces equal pounds, pounds equal pain, and all that jazz. However, it wasn’t until I tried to get my wife to go to the range with me to do more than AR plinking, that […]
Streamlight TLR-1 Pistol Light: Effective and Affordable
Pistol lights once use to be considered a fad or something that only special operations forces or SWAT officers used, but those days have come and gone. In today’s world many shooters are now trusting their lives to pistol lights that they use on their home defense pistols. The Streamlight TLR-1 may not be the […]
Watch: The Legal Brief Update on the Hearing Protection Act
This week on The Legal Brief – Adam gives us an update to the Hearing Protection Act! LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE: Hearing Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 367 – https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-c… Hearing Protection Act of 2017 S. 59 – https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-c… Schoolhouse Rock – How a Bill Becomes a Law https://youtu.be/FFroMQlKiag Who is my Senator? – https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/ […]
ATF Headquarters Ran Fraud to Fund Undercover Operations
Unable to spend appropriated funds on some agency priorities, agents ran an operation, under direct verbal control of headquarters, to sell off stolen property (cigarettes and tobacco). They didn’t do this as a smuggling sting as they have done before, but to raise money secretly for further clandestine, off-the-books and outside-the-law operations. The New York Times received the […]
It is Official: ICE tells employees the Sig 320 is their new gun
A leaked screen shot of an ICE intranet announcement indicates that the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), has picked the Sig Sauer P320 as their new duty sidearm. Following the Army’s lead, ICE has chosen a modular handgun system to give their agents. The Trump administration has announced a major expansion […]
Ammunition Basics: What's inside your ammo?
Okay. You go to your local gun show and purchase your first firearm. Now what? You need ammo and see a lot of ammunition on display. What do you do now?Before you purchase any ammunition for your weapon it is important to know the size of your weapon and how you plan to use your […]
When Force-on-Force Training Goes Wrong
The evolution was a force-on-force demonstration in a public relations exercise that’s coming to a city near you, if it hasn’t already: “Citizens’ Police Academy,” where the cops teach ordinary citizens things about a cop’s job that your ordinary engaged citizen doesn’t know, unless he knows a lot of cops. Citizen Mary Knowlton of Punta […]
When Is Lethal Force Really Justified?
This article will address the three phase breakdown of a deadly force encounter within a residence wherein at least one of the homeowners/residents has previously purchased a firearm for home protection. Let us lay the groundwork with an opening question. Do we legally and/or morally have the right to protect our property from theft or […]
So you want to be a Gun Writer? Start writing.
In the beginning, you read a lot and get some experience shooting. The first symptom of writing fever is a continuing feeling that you could write a better post than the one you are reading. Then comes the belief that you have original ideas that would benefit others. It becomes serious when you start writing […]