Every Parent’s Nightmare

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Today is my daughter's 14th birthday. I love my kid. And I do my best to give her a great life, a happy childhood, and a reasonable shot at making something of herself. And...

We Are Homeland Security

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  In an article entitled "The Myth of the End of Terrorism," author Scott Stewart reveals that, surprise, "terrorism will continue no matter what the next geopolitical cycle brings." Hear that? Cha-ching. There goes another...

Mardis Gras vs. the American Police State

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Today is Ash Wednesday. It's a day Christians observe as the first of the 40 days of the Lenten season, which culminates with Easter. Lent is a period where Christians are expected to sacrifice...

Virginia is for Gun (and Freedom) Lovers

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The Los Angeles Times' anonymous editorial writer (at least I couldn't find attribution) thinks Virginia is making a big mistake. In fact the headline of the editorial is Virginia shoots itself in the foot...

Beware the Magic Gun!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhy_NJ1cdNY When perusing the internet, reading forum threads and blog comments around the subject of firearms for self-defense, there is a common theme. It appears that on any given day you could find approximately 30...

Libya: Free Men Armed Against Each Other. And?

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  For all their talk about "liberating" people to establish democracy, politicians value stability over freedom. One need only look south of our border to see how U.S. foreign policy has nothing to do with...

Why I don’t Like the Glock (and Other Striker Fired Guns)

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Before I begin, I'd like to ask everyone to take a deep breath and keep in mind that some of the posts I author are intended to convey lessons that I have learned over...

TTAG Turns Two: Dumm Edition

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On the occasion of TTAG's second birthday, I recently found a draft of my gun-writer resume in a dusty folder of my gmail account. I wrote it back in August of 2010, hoping that...

Enumerated Rights: No Training Required

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I was asked today if, what with the record sales of guns last year, there should be a legal training requirement for gun ownership and/or CHL. This from the founder of the United Sates...

QOTD Response: Women Shouldn’t be Grunts

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The following was written by TTAG reader Josh Grabow: Yesterday's TTAG question of the day was "Why Shouldn't Women Be on the Front Lines?" This is a poor question because short answer is, they already...

Tristine Skyler’s Irrelevant Solution

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Tristine Skyler has written a piece for HuffPo looking back on the Tucson shooting of more than a year ago. She hoists the bloody shirts of the victims and waves them enthusiastically, attempting to...

STL PD: Resistance is Futile

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This new media thing certainly brings with it some oddities. Like working with Dan and Robert for the better part of 2011 having never actually met them face-to-face. Thanks to Nick’s trip down to...