The Shooters Hangout

I am excited to announce that this news site “TheShootesHangout.com” hit the milestone of 40,000 followers this morning!!! Amazing! I’m not talking about 40,000 web hits, I get about twice that every day. I’m talking about 40,000 individual gun owners that are following us. I got up this morning and the count was 40,057. Wow! […]

What is 2015? 2015 is the year we increase our game! It is the year we train. It is the year non-gun owners buy their first firearm. It is the year non-shooters learn how to shoot for the first time. It is the year we really develop our proficiency with our firearms. It is the […]

Dec. 30, 2014 Mike Opelka “New Year’s Eve is fast approaching, which could mean an evening of stubborn Champagne corks unless you know what you’re doing. There is of course the spectacular display of “sabering” — slicing off the top of the bottle with a sword. It’s an impressive task, but for sharpshooter Kirsten Joy […]

Dec. 28, 2014 Dave Urbanski “In the space of five days the city of Memphis, Tennessee, has seen its second fatal shooting by a homeowner against reported armed home intruders. TheBlaze reported the first instance which occurred Tuesday when a woman answered a knock at a front door. When two men reportedly forced their way […]

Dec. 24, 2014  Jason Howerton A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, answered a knock at her door at around 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday. When she opened the door, she found herself in a potential life-and-death situation. The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Nico Carlisle, reportedly forced his way into the residence and pressed a gun to the […]

Brief by 22 gun rights organizations and individual carry case plaintiffs argue that the Peruta decision should stand December 24, 2014 (SACRAMENTO, CA) — While millions of Californians were preparing to celebrate the holiday season, attorneys for the Firearms Policy Coalition were busy filing an amici curiae brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals […]

Published December 20, 2014 FoxNews.com “An upstate New York school district has shot down a high school that said no to a senior’s yearbook photo because it shows her posing with a gun. Rebekah Rorick submitted the picture for inclusion in the 2015 Broadalbin-Perth High School yearbook only to have it rejected by a faculty […]

Dec. 18, 2014 Fred Lucas “The hostage situation at a Sydney cafe proves that Australia has become a “nation of victims” because of its stiff restrictions on gun ownership, an Australian lawmaker said. Sen. David Leyonhjelm of Australia’s Liberal Democratic Party said the siege by the lone jihadi-inspired gunman this week would have been less […]

Friends, Although the weather outside if frightful, inside it is so delightful! See you tonight! We have 148 people confirmed already and RSVPs are still coming in at a great pace! Lots of free food! Take a look below to see 7 elected officials who are pro 2nd Amendment that will be joining us, and […]

Another excellent article from my good friend Rob Morse. The Shooters Hangout December 13, 2014 Violence isn’t new. Violence has always shocked us. If anything, violence shocks us more now that we have a hundred channels of 24-7-365 media coverage bleeding in wide screen high-definition. Scholars have studied violence and how real violence has changed […]