buying your first gun


Guns 101: A First-Timer’s Guide to Buying a Self-Defense Firearm

By Lee Williams People around the country are increasingly realizing something gun owners have known for decades: You are your own first responder, because when seconds count, police will be there in minutes. After police…


First-Time Gun Buyer’s Guide, Fall 2020 Edition: NOW What Should I Buy?

Nick Leghorn for TTAG Rumor has it that “may you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse, and these are definitely interesting times. Between the civil unrest currently happening in various parts of…


Becoming Gun Owners: Suburbanites Discovering The Government Won’t Be There to Protect Them

Bigstock On Monday it became official: The police issued me a gun permit. Never did I imagine I’d be here. Not because I was anti-gun. My dad was a career FBI agent, so my siblings…


The True Cost of Buying Your First Handgun

(courtesy Heather Myers) By Rob Aught Sticker shock. Anyone who has ever shopped for a car knows what it is. I was somewhat surprised to find out it can apply to firearm purchases as well….


NSSF’s Project ChildSafe Tools for New Gun Owners

Courtesy NSSF From the NSSF The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) today unveiled a new infographic for first-time gun owners in response to the surge in firearms sales across the U.S. Additionally, through its Project ChildSafe® program, NSSF has…


Buying Your First Handgun? Think, Ask, Try….and Choose Carefully

Springfield Armory XD(m) (Tyler Kee for TTAG) [ED: The Wuhan coronavirus gun buying surge is far from over. If you’re one of the newly converted and have decided that now is the time to buy…