first time gun owners


Tuccille: More Americans are Lying About Gun Ownership, Frustrating the Academics Who Study Them

“It may be that a percentage of firearm owners are concerned that their information will be leaked and the government will take their firearms or that researchers who are from universities that are typically seen…


The Idiot’s Guide to Becoming a ‘Gun Guy’

By Everyday Gunner I’m fairly young. I’m relatively stupid. And I really have no idea what it takes to break into the stereotypical OFWG (old fat white guy) gun crowd. However, I’ve been working to…


Firearm Industry Advertising Hasn’t Caused Americans to Buy Guns in Record Numbers, THIS Has

A new study on 2021 homicide trends released by the Council on Criminal Justice found an additional 5 percent rise in homicides (on the heels of a 30 percent increase in 2020) in 22 major American cities….


Moms Demand Action’s Messaging Fail: Watts Blames Men, Pretends Women Gun Owners Don’t Exist

Shannon Watts, founder of the Michael Bloomberg-owned Moms Demand Action anti-gun rights org, recently published an op-ed in Elle Magazine, called Research Shows Gun Violence And Misogyny Are Closely Linked. It’s Time To Make Sure…


Pro Tip: Don’t Take Self-Defense Advice From the L.A. Times

By Larry Keane Californians had a decision to make as they endure a two-year span of increased criminal violence, pushes to throttle law enforcement’s ability to protect communities and prosecutors going soft on criminals. They…


Annette Evans Scares the Hell Out of the Gun Control Industry

Picture a gunslinger and Annette Evans probably does not spring to mind. She is Chinese-American, lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia and identifies herself as socially liberal—not the archetypal conservative, rural white man. Yet she…


Random Thoughts On That First Home Defense Gun

As a firearms and personal defense instructor for just shy of 25 years, I’ve had countless people ask me what’s the best gun for home defense. If only it were so simple. That question is…


Rutgers ‘Research’ Says 2020 First-Time Gun Buyers Are More Impulsive Than Longtime Owners

By Larry Keane Antigun think tanks and politicians push narratives that private citizens don’t “need” firearms for self-defense…so they shouldn’t have them. That narrative has fallen apart over the past two years of rampant rioting…


Gallup: More Americans Turning Away From Gun Control as Crime, Gun Ownership Rise

Americans’ support for stricter gun-control measures has fallen to its lowest level since 2014, according to a poll released Wednesday by Gallup. The results of the October survey come as the number of violent crimes,…