Just In Time For Bird Season – New Derya EX1300

Hunting season is about to hit North America in full force, with most jurisdictions’ deer and bird seasons opening up in coming weeks (and in some places, limited early seasons are already running). For those hunters looking for a new shotgun this year, one that won’t run afoul of aut...

By Zac K. •

“Buy Me a 20 Piece”: Stranger’s Demand Outside a Georgia Asian Market Escalates to a Shove, an Open Car Door, and Three Rounds From a DoorDash Driver’s Glock

A 26-year-old DoorDash driver shot a man three times after he opened his car door, vowed to take his gun, and lunged at him in Martinez, GA. Read the original story: “Buy Me a 20 Piece”: Stranger’s Demand Outside a Georgia Asian Market Escalates to a Shove, an Open Car Door, and Three Round...

By Luke McCoy •

Rebel Monster: The Ironclad CSS Virginia

Rebuilt from the scuttled hull of the USS Merrimack, the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads and changed naval warfare forever. Tom Laemlein details how this armored Civil War ram sank the USS Cumberland, destroyed the USS Congress, and spread panic through Washington D.C...

By Tom Laemlein •

Exaggeration is Not Our Friend

If there is one thing we constantly (and accurately) accuse elements of the anti-gun groups of, it is hyperbole. Mother Jones, Brady Campaign, Moms Demand Action, Mayors Against Bad Things and Stuff, Giffords Space Adventures and Guns R’ Bad, all of these groups have used exaggeration to th...

By Keith Finch •

Ayoob: The Guns of Cormac McCarthy

When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...

By Massad Ayoob •
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