Being a gun enthusiast, I have been in many situations where I was expected to list and defend the reasons for which I choose to carry a gun to people whose business it was none of. The counter argument from these people always lands on the horrible things that guns can do. What really baffles me

They say the worst sound you can hear is a click when you expect a bang... I can tell you that's just not true. The worst sound you can hear is a bang when you had no idea it could be coming. [b]On April 24th, my son killed himself using the handgun I purchased to protect my family and the ammun

Being hit on is nothing new to me or any woman in the world. However guns guys have a very special way about how they go about flirting or hitting on a girl. It's no surprise that seeing a girl (a cute girl) at the gun range is still something of a novelty. Here are some of the gems I have gotten wo

January was an interesting month for Defensive Gun Uses. We started the new year with a collection of stories that just made you wonder what's going on with people these days. More importantly, thanks to our readers and improvements in our methods for searching, we found 99 stories of Defensive Gun

Lies, lies, lies. That's what Bloomberg and his minion Shannon Watts must think about the defensive gun use report. You can't spin reality like you can spin numbers. American's defend themselves, their families, and their friends using a firearm each and every day. More importantly, American's us

[i]- Disclaiimer: This is less about girls with guns and more of a cerebral thought experiment on forum behavior. Ive decided it's way to long of a read to find that out the hard way - read at your own risk.[/i] A common topic in many gun enthusiast forums is [b]"women with guns", "hot chicks wi

The news is a funny thing sometimes. When something shocking comes out, everyone rushes to get more and more information as quickly as possible. When it comes to active shooter or active gunman situations, that rush for information often runs into the chaos of the situation. We saw that with the [b]

An anti-gun friend of mine posted an interesting status update on facebook about the recent tragic shooting in Oregon. His position is that it is poor timing and thus in poor taste for gun rights activists to defend their rights in the wake of such a tragedy. Now he is obviously anti-gun and I am ob

Your excuses for not training hard have met their match - his name is Hunter - known to his friends as Nubbs. [b]Why Nubbs? Because Hunter has no hands[/b]. With this video - [b]complete with a tribute to Instructor Zero no less[/b] - Hunter showed everyone just what he is c

So I stop by Crystal River Rural King in Citrus County with my thoughts on buying a gun.  That EAA pink tangfolio 9mm had been calling to me and I saw that they had it back in stock.  The price is right and it's mostly just for fun but I need to dry fire it before I can buy it obvious

Here is a really good article about the ins and outs of the gun debate.  It doesn't break any new ground, but the writer, Bart Hinkle, clearly and concisely hits on the primary gun rights vs gun control issues.  I strongly recommend reading the whole thing here:  but here are som

[b]UPDATE:[/b] We spoke with [b]Nick[/b], [b]Casey[/b], and [b]Ashley[/b] late Sunday and got the entire, amazing story of Nick's actions stopping the gunman in the Clackamas Town Center shooting. RELATED STORY: [b]Click here to read the full story of Nick's heroic actions based on first person a