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NRA-ILA: Shocker! Joe Biden Exercises Presidential Authority to Expand Access to Firearms No, that is not a headline from a satirical news site. Indeed, it may come as a surprise to many (and perhaps even to the man himself), but Joe Biden has in two short days single-handedly paved the way for dozens of people to…
If my sophomore biology class had taught this nitrogen cycle, I’d have gotten an “A.” We’re back to the future with the new Umarex Komplete NCR airgun … and while there may not be any DeLoreans involved, Umarex has achieved something really special with this powerful pellet rifle. With a revolutionary disposable high-pressure nitrogen (N2)…
Next to me in the blackness lay my oiled blue steel beauty. The greatest Christmas gift I had ever received, or would ever receive … I have colleagues who believe that the Lethal Weapon Beretta is the best Christmas movie gun of all time. I have others who insist it is the Die Hard Heckler…
Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals! Auto-Ordnance, the original (and still the best) manufacturer of the Tommy Gun, has created some truly outstanding limited-edition and custom Tommies over the decades … and today’s release is among the best. It’s called the “Roaring 20s” custom Model 1927A1 Thompson, produced in collaboration with Outlaw Ordnance. And speaking of…
As the Biden admin’s sun sets, the shadows it casts tell us everything about what he and his handlers are really about. On Monday, a 15-year-old girl shot several of her fellow students and school staff, wounding many and killing two before turning the 9mm pistol on herself. As per Guns & Gadgets Daily policy,…
Typhoon Defense’s X12 Black is NOT your granddaddy’s scattergun. Elmer Fudd, step aside: Some scattergunning situations demand something a little more serious than your side-by-side. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a beautiful walnut stock or a well-balanced double-barrel, but sometimes we need a little more magazine capacity. A Picatinny rail for lights and lasers. An…
Is this latest frivolous (and illegal) lawsuit a ploy to gain some other result, or are they really this stupid? It’s been happening for over 25 years, despite having never been successful. It’s actually illegal and has been for some 20 years. But here we are, once again, with an American city suing a gun…
Riggs, if you think I’m gonna eat the world’s lousiest Christmas turkey by myself, you’re crazy… Contrary to the uninformed opinions of my colleague, the best Christmas movie in the world is Lethal Weapon (the first, the original, and still the best). Released in 1987, this shoot-em-up defined shoot-em-ups for decades to come. Does it…
Looking for a holster with real retention? Ask Santa! Even jolly old elves need a little personal protection from bogeys, airborne and otherwise. Trouble is that even with all sorts of Christmas magic up his red-and-white sleeves, Santa’s HALO drop from airborne-sleigh height down hundreds of thousands of narrow chimneys does require something a little…
Hans Gruber: You know my name, but who are you? Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he’s John Wayne? Rambo? Marshal Dillon? What’s the best Christmas movie of all time? I don’t know about you, but greeting-card movies in which the selfish…
Don your ugliest Christmas sweater, fire up the DVR, and remember that you won’t shoot your eye out. Forget visions of sugar plums: The best Christmas movies all star guns. Whether it’s John McClane’s HK, Riggs’ Beretta, or just the Daisy you dreamed of while dodging Scut Farkus … whether you’re Home Alone this year…
Did “America’s Dad” run out for a newspaper, or …? For three months prior to the election, the airwaves were dominated by “America’s Dad.” Mainstream media outlets just couldn’t get enough of that folksy family man. He was the perfect paterfamilias, full of wisdom and just the right amount of stern structure. He, along with…
