Gun Review: SIG P210 Carry
The SIG P210 Carry is an interesting gun. When SIG SAUER first announced it, I thought, why? The new SIG P210s were pretty sweet and are very well made, accurate, and oh so fun to…
Concealed Carry
What We Don’t (and Can’t) Know About Defensive Gun Uses Isn’t Great For Anti-Gunners’ Arguments
After a mass shooting is thwarted by an armed citizen who wasn’t wearing a badge, we often see the same debate with the same tired talking points. “Yeah, but that almost never happens!” Or, if…
Kalven: Robust Transparency is the Antidote to Police Departments’ Attempts to Create Self-Serving Narratives Following Shootings
As was widely expected, [the Civilian Office of Police Accountability] found “Halley’s use of deadly force was consistent with Chicago Police Department policy.” Although Augustus’s movements were ambiguous and could plausibly be interpreted in…
SIG’s New P365-XMACRO Packs 17+1 Rounds and is Smaller Than a Compact P320
SIG SAUER’s new P365-XMACRO takes the modular P365 platform from one extreme to the other. The ultra-popular original P365 packed more rounds in a packable micro-compact than anyone thought possible. Now, the larger, P365-XMACRO allows…
Fennely: I Wont Be Forced To Be a Part of an Armed Teacher Militia
At first, the likelihood of a teacher-militia seemed far-fetched, but educators are so exhausted and bereft that we’re starting to consider almost anything. I’m probably not the only teacher, after viewing images of Uvalde, to…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Cops Can’t or Won’t Use Guns Effectively So Let’s Keep Teachers Disarmed, Too
License-to-carry permits in Pennsylvania reveal absolutely nothing about the ability of any of their 1.5 million holders to handle firearms. Incredibly, Pennsylvania requires no training for a concealed carry permit. Nor do classroom, range or…
Who Really Stops the Bad Guy With the Gun?
A reader who prefers to remain anonymous writes . . . Who stops a bad guy with a gun is purely circumstantial. Determining the most effective means of stopping bad guys with guns is far…
NY Governor Kathy Hochul Could Learn Something Important From the Indiana Mall Shooting. But She Won’t.
The recent heroics of an Indiana man to neutralize a murderer in a mall shows the folly of New York’s new law restricting where law-abiding citizens can legally carry a firearm with a state-issued permit….
No, 9mm Is Not A ‘One Size Fits All’ Defensive Caliber
There’s a tendency among gun owners to follow whatever law enforcement does when it comes to selecting a firearm for defense. When the police carried revolvers, many civilians had a revolver (yes, that’s mostly what…
Choosing The Best Concealed Carry Holsters: A Beginner’s Guide
So, you want to start carrying a gun, and are wondering what to look for in a good concealed carry holster. That’s a good thing to think about, to be sure. Not enough concealed carriers…