Mission First Tactical Translucent EXD 30 Polymer Magazine Can it hold up like other see-through polymer mags? Lancer, for example? The feed lips on this one are all plastic. If so, looks promising ..read more

Only 13 states had open carry bans prior to 1900, 3 of which were repealed before 1900, and 2 more shortly thereafter. Mainly it was in the South where all forms of carry were banned before the 20th century. You’ll notice from reading these that there is often an evolutionary process and the legislators were basically guessing on what might make violence stop. After the 20th century, immigration pressures and increasing urbanization seem to have spurred the adoption of greater handgun regulation. Before this, the history shows concealed weapon laws were an attempt at crime control; "If they c ..read more

Rancho San Rafael dog park shooter says he pepper-sprayed witness who threatened him So dude's dog little fluffy dog gets attacked by a Rottweiler, guy goes to grab the dog away, gets bit in the process, and shoots the Rottweiler. A human gets pepper sprayed ("maced") after. Some interesting points. Pepper spray came into play AFTER the defensive gun use. Note that the owner didn't try pepper spraying the dog first. Potentially, using it first against the dog v. shooting could have adversely affected the humans and the victim's ability to ward of further attack. A verbal and possibly physic ..read more

Following on such "blame the victim" lawsuits like: Chicago Sues Glock Over Criminals’ Illegal Modifications, and Cities Sue Hyundai, Kia After Wave of Car Thefts Chicago is arguing that Glocks are machine guns because they can easily have "Glock switches" (autosears) added to make the guns into machine guns. Therefore, the Austrian gun company and it's American branch must be held responsible for the behavior of felonious hoodrats using Chinese-made products sold and imported illegally. Austin, TX, not to be outdone, decided to sue several popular clothing manufacturers for rape. Their the ..read more

One morning recently, I woke up to an email from a suicidal woman looking for help buying a gun. I'm sharing this publicly for two reasons: 1. Us gun people do actually care about people and don't want them to commit suicide by any means; and, 2. If this is some sort of weird thing to embarrass us, it's not gonna work. Here is the email I received: "Hello, I am going to commit suicide and id like to do it with a gun. Unfortunately I already tried many times but was revived and now I can't legally own a fire arm. I'm not really worried about that though because obviously they can't put a dead g ..read more

Once upon a time I thought full-size handguns were the way to go for "duty" carry. You know, law enforcement, open carry in the woods, home defense, and end-of-the-world. Longer sight radius, better grip, more capacity in say a Glock 17. Heck, when I started buying my own guns I was still under the impression of my agency's Sig P226s. Well as it turns out full-size guns aren't great concealed (or open) carry pieces. They're big, heavy, and the long grip likes to bang into stuff. You sit funny in cars. That's why police cars have "special" seats from the factory in some cases (not sure wh ..read more

All the problems I've been having with my Glock 44 all of a sudden? Resolved by cleaning the chamber and using different ammo. This Magtech stuff disappointed me. Very weak, evidently enough to where it's struggling to cycle the slides and I got a few light "pops" that made me think I had squib loads for a second. Changed over to a variety of other ammo and the gun ran as fine as it has. The curse of high IQ; you start with the hard problems before going to the easy, most likely ones because where's the fun in that? On the other hand, I won't need to change a spring in this gun for years now ..read more

UNLV is a gun free zone. Per state law, it's illegal to possess a firearm without written permission, which is superlatively seldom granted. What else can be said than law do not save lives? Each victim could have had a chance to defend themselves if their human right of self-defense to carry a firearm wasn't disrespected. Signs and laws do not deter killers; the ability and willingness of would-be victims to fight back with effective means, guns, does. In the coming days and months we will hear calls for more gun control and attempts to blame this event on guns. No so. Blame lies squarely wi ..read more

Sig P365 is good to go and balls-on accurate. No grouping photos as I shot steel. The mags were super stiff and need a loading tool. The gun can be a little snappy as its small size doesn't absorb much recoil, but I see this as an issue for the elderly and women more than dudes. One of the larger models (XL, Macro) will do better as they have more mass. Remember to try any carry ammo before carrying. Make sure it feeds. I also liked the pink Hornady Critical Defense Lite (100gr "low recoil") though the 115 American Gunner XTP wasn't much snappier. The Winchester 115gr FMJ was definitely stron ..read more

 In 2020, I acquired a Glock 44 .22LR for testing and evaluation. Well, after approaching 20k rounds it has finally become "unreliable" (not due to ammo). Failures to eject and stovepipes, mostly. Failure to feed has been a low-power ammo and needs-cleaning issue. So what's going on after no issues, other than not keeping it clean or weak/cheap ammo? There is probably grit inside the slide or a spring has worn out after thousands upon thousands of rounds. I do a detail strip and thorough cleaning after every 2000 rounds or so and the gun functions well after. Remember that a lot of .22 i ..read more