The Shooters Hangout

“The latest figures from the FBI show that July 2016 was the 15th consecutive month of record background checks for gun sales. The previous July record was set in 2015, when there were 1,600,832 background checks. But the FBI reports that July 2016 there were 2,197,169–an increase of nearly 600,000 checks. The record breaking trend […]

“New research conducted by the University of Pittsburgh bolsters a claim long made by gun rights advocates that lawful gun owners rarely commit crimes. In 2008, there were 893 firearms recovered from crime scenes in Pittsburgh. Of those cases, 79 percent of them involved a suspect illegally carrying a firearm. Only 18 percent of the […]

“Kirk Puckett, a spokesperson for the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, said a pair of young sisters from North Carolina stopped a home invasion when one of the girls armed herself with a rifle for protection. It was around 12 p.m. Thursday when the 12 and 13-year-old girls, who were in their Snow Camp home on […]

“A 75-year-old Loris, SC woman is thankful she had the means to defend herself and her family from a violent assault when a pair of violent armed robbers broke into her home Sunday night. “God was with me, God was with us all,” the great-grandmother said. “He was watching over us. He can’t stop things […]

“After the usual “assault rifles” are “weapon of war” used by “mass murderers” anti-AR15 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey dropped this bombshell at The Boston Globe. “The Massachusetts assault weapons ban mirrors the federal ban Congress allowed to expire in 2004. It prohibits the sale of specific weapons like the Colt AR-15 and AK-47 and […]

“Action movie actor Matt Damon spent his Fourth of July weekend in Australia, where he spoke to local media about the latest “Jason Bourne” film, as well as his views on gun control. The “Bourne” franchise star expressed his desire that the United States would conduct a massive confiscation of firearms akin to the 1996 […]

From our friends at Aegis Academy Celebrating the Fourth of July and Gun Control As the Fourth of July approaches, many of us are preparing to celebrate this occasion with family barbeques, neighborhood parades, impressive concerts and colorful firework displays. I have to admit, it is one of my favorite holidays. No fanfare of gifts, […]

California Update: Gov. Brown Takes Action on Gun Control Bills The National Shooting Sports Foundation is extremely disappointed that Gov. Brown today chose to sign into law these highly restrictive and unneeded gun control measures, all of which will affect law-abiding Californians while doing nothing to stop the criminal misuse of firearms. By acting within […]

“Police said Jody Ray Thompson pulled out a gun during an argument in front of the Playoffz nightclub in Lyman, South Carolina, early Sunday morning and fired at a gathered crowd, hitting three people. Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputies told WHNS-TV Thompson almost hit a fourth person — who just so happens to be a concealed […]

I’ve got a stack of books I’ve been wanting to get into for the past year. With a new pup I just haven’t found the time to pick up a book. So I decided to finally get on board with Amazon’s Audio Book app for the smart phone. With a 30 minute drive to and […]