Facts About Guns



Gun Grabbers’ Lament: More Americans Than Ever Are Deciding That Owning a Gun is a Very Good Idea

By Larry Keane There’s an interesting shift concerning Americans’ attitudes toward guns and gun control. Pew Research Center, a Washington, D.C. think tank that tracks attitudes on social issues, public opinion and demographic trends updated…


NSSF: America Added 3.2 Million New First-Time Gun Owners in the First Half of 2021

From the NSSF . . . The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, surveyed firearm retailers recently and estimates that over 3.2 million people purchased a firearm for the first time during…


Annenberg Constitution Project: The Modern Gun Control Movement is a Really a Prohibition Movement

In the 1960s, more violence brought a call for more federal gun laws.  “So the 60s is a time of incredible turmoil in America. You have assassinations.” … “We have the assassination of President Kennedy,…


Do Second Amendment Sanctuary Laws Really Carry Any Weight?

By Emily Taylor The number of states declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries is on the rise. This means a question asked with increasing frequency is coming to the forefront: Is the decision to make states…


EOTECH Fights a Never-Ending Battle Against Counterfeight Gear

From EOTECH . . . Counterfeiting impacts everyone. EOTECH, the world-leading holographic weapons sight manufacturer, is fighting back against counterfeiting rings at all levels. They have launched an aggressive campaign targeting those who create and…


Vice News’ Keegan Hamilton Learns Some Truths About Guns

This Vice video report by Keegan Hamilton on so-called ghost guns and the 3D printing revolution that’s making building your own firearm increasingly accessible to more people is well worth the 30 minutes it will…


Watch: See-Through Suppressor at 110,000 Frames Per Second

TTAG’s Science Desk has turned us onto two videos from YouTube channel Smarter Every Day. In the two fascinating videos, Destin films the flame and gas propagation within the baffles of Soteria Suppressors’ rifle silencers…


AR-15 Rifle Basics: Understanding Iron Sights

There is literally no end to the number of items that can be mounted on an AR-15 rifle in some fashion, be it a high-end $4,000 scope designed for extreme range shooting or a rail-mounted…