The numbers are in. We knew the last two years were record-breaking as far as new gun owners were concerned. More than 8.4 million were first-time gun buyers in 2020, with another 5.4 million added in 2021. Anti-gun pundits have been railing against the ongoing increase in gun purchases during the entire two years of…
Data Study: 18 Months of Ammo Sales
Do You Support Anti-Gun Businesses?
Do you watch movies at AMC Theaters? Was the film produced by Bad Robot? Do you eat at Chipotle, Shake Shack, Panera, Burger King, or Subway, or have a meal delivered by Door Dash? Do you wear clothes from Levi Strauss, the Gap, or Gucci? Do you watch CNN, MTV, NBC, HBO, MSNBC, or Showtime?…
TLM is back!!
. Away for a short hiatus, it’s now back to give you the latest in news and opinion about firearms (at least from my standpoint). You need to know a little of the history of TLM to put things in the proper context. I have been on the Board of Directors of a local gun…
More Gun Control Doublespeak
If you listen to the media, knives seem to be a problem in the United Kingdom, where guns are almost impossible for civilians to own, but can it be true for the United States? 2018 shows rifles as the primary weapon in the commission of a homicide in 297 cases in the U.S., out of…
Background Checks Continue to Set Record Pace
2020 saw record firearm background checks, with nearly every month setting a new record and ending the year at nearly 40 million total. The first half of 2021 appears to be no different. FBI numbers show an increase of approximately 56% over 2020, or 22.2 million. Keep in mind that background checks are not only…
Rasmussen 2nd Amendment Survey Revealing
Rasmussen conducts a 2nd Amendment survey every few years. The survey results from March include a few telling points regarding where Americans stand on the issue: — Since 2018, support for the 2nd Amendment has risen four percentage points; — Sixty-two percent of those surveyed are against repealing the 2nd, while 27% (mostly Liberal Dem…
Recoil Magazine: New ATF Brace Ban Explained
“Weaponized Language;” Gun Control Doublespeak
As the whole issue of gun control has progressed over time, seemingly going nowhere quickly, anti-gun groups have begun to “change” the language in the hopes of finding something to aid their cause and stick in peoples’ minds. Guns Magazine called it “camo-speak, a phrase coined to describe the hijacking of gun control language to…
Memorial Day 2021 – Remember!
I will celebrate my military service on Veterans’ Day. Today is the day to celebrate those who are no longer with us, including my father and father-in-law and the dozens of ancestors we have who served since America’s earliest days. Not appreciated as they once were, they continue to be important to our path through…