Guns & Gear

I am always a bit puzzled when I walk towards the front door of a business and there on the door I see that little sign stuck to the window stating that this establishment does not allow guns inside their premises (even legally carried…

In a time when just about every US manufacturer is outsourcing jobs overseas, it is encouraging to see US companies employing craftsman like the ones who helped make America great.  We have all seen the decline in quality of many of the…

Many have wondered, "Just how will Obamacare be funded?"  We all know companies will be assessed fines if employees are not offered an affordable health insurance option and that individuals are required to purchase health insurance…

I did the first part of my review on the new IWI Tavor a few weeks ago and was very impressed with its all around functionality, feel, and accuracy.  However, this weekend's test was to see how the Tavor handles rapid fire situations.  …

On Saturday, June 8th, the City of Toledo, along with the Mayor's Coalition of Hope, sponsored a cash-for-firearms program at People's Missionary Baptist Church in Toledo, OH.  So, what better way for Joe and Mr. Ags to spend a sunny…

Up until a few years ago, I was an old school gun thinking kind of guy. My handguns were all metal framed and most were of a caliber starting with the number 4. My enlightenment came when doing some research for a good gun to keep around…

Ben and I have been married for 1 year, 4 months and 2 days. Ben has just 16.5 hours left here on this earth with me. Sixteen and a half hours of time and we have no idea the end is coming … The clock is ticking. So my friend, Nikki…

While I was at Shot Show in Vegas this year with Joe my senses were overwhelmed with the full magnitude of the event.  Every firearm's manufacturer you could imagine was there.  However, when I have attended these types of events in the…

Not in Bedford, Michigan apparently.  It all started when Todd Bruning (owner of Todd's Guns in Lambertville, Michigan) decide to sponsor his two son's baseball team, the Cubs (an age 6-8 team in the 3B Baseball league in southern…

To the “logical” mind, regardless of your party affiliation, one would have a hard time agreeing that fewer Americans paying the way of those who are lower-income or do not pay income tax at all and a government doing everything it can…

It appears I touched on a topic a lot of our readers can relate to.  If confetti were emails, my inbox looked like the aftermath of a New Year’s Eve party.  Dave who works at Gander Mountain told me that as soon as they get a truck in…

Seriously, stop it.  I went to a gun show this past weekend in Michigan and almost shat myself when I saw the price that people were selling ammunition.  $65 for a crappy box of 525 rounds of Federal 22lr and a dollar a shot for basic…

I remember at the 2012 NRA Show in St. Louis I first saw the then new Springfield XDs 45.  With more and more states adopting concealed carry, handgun manufactures have been reinventing designs and pushing the limits with calibers not…

I have to agree with the Lefties (sort of). I think it is time we amend the 2nd Amendment. For over 230 years the 2nd Amendment has been in effect protecting its citizens from the hands of those who would seek to deprive us of the Liberty…

In mid-2012 I was bored and on one of my favorite websites (www.aimsurplus.com).  I am always curious to see what is new out there in the industry and Aim usually delivers.  I was scanning through the new handguns they had in stock and…

The statement that women can't operate a semi-automatic has either been made directly to me, or I have heard it in side conversations many times over the years.  However, lately it has come up in increasing frequency.  This is mainly…

With the start of 2013 and the discussion of more intrusive guns laws as the main topic of every media outlet and local gun shop, your investment portfolio of 2012 should have included several black guns (code for military-type…

Mr. Ags, gets asked this question quite often, especially lately by people who have never shot before.  My answer to this question used to be, “What can you shoot accurately?”  However, I've modified my answer over the years.  The reason…

Inevitably after every recent gun-related massacre (not “shooting,” let’s call it what it really is) by someone under the age of 30, the media focuses on the killer’s gun(s) they used, what video games they played, the entertainment they…

It seems every time another senseless murder happens at the hands of a madman wielding a high-capacity firearm I am left saddened and angry. When will we as a county learn? There is no need for these types of weapons to be available to the…

This week I learned many new facts about the history of the 2nd Amendment from our elected officials and the media. My favorite “fact” has to be that the Founding Fathers intended the 2nd Amendment to only allow their lowly citizens to be…

Well, we all knew it was coming, Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA, AKA the ghost of Ted Kennedy in drag) amazing bill that will end gun violence in America. Many images flood my mind when I think of the Senator from California: sexiest woman…

You won’t read about it in the mainstream media, but there has been a major victory for proponents of the Second Amendment this week. In the face of potential financial ruin, a group of business people along with the NRA and other…

I just returned from Las Vegas after being there for the past week attending the annual Shot Show with Joe Wurzelbacher and some other very close friends of mine.  Every manufacture that has some connection to the shooting industry was…