I do my best to post any firearm recalls and safety bulletins that I find to help get the word out. This one caught my eye, especially because I have a Ruger SR22 and have had it for years. I checked, and my serial number was lower than 369-44078, which falls within the pistols that may be affected. After checking…
In February, we reported on a man in Las Vegas who shot and killed someone stealing his car that had firearms in it. Carlos Viana was walking out of a warehouse and shot a person as he was attempting to flee with Viana’s Mercedes. It ends up that Viana is a firearms instructor, and he is now being charged with…
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — On today’s episode of Useless Pieces Of Garbage, we’re introduced to Smiley Martin, a suspect in the recent mass shooting that took the lives of 6 people and injured 10 others. Martin was released early from prison just a month prior, after serving less than half of a 10-year sentence for domestic violence and assault with great…
How would you feel if your kid’s school required you to tell them how many guns you owned and where and how they were stored? It sounds like an invasion of privacy, right? Well, that’s what one California lawmaker proposed in a bill that thankfully just failed. Sen. Anthony Portantino introduced Senate Bill 906 would have required just that. Parents…
One young man was killed, and another is in the hospital after a shootout last Thursday. Unfortunately, the deceased was the victim with a concealed carry permit. I’d much rather report on stories where the armed citizen prevails, but sometimes we have ones like this. A 21-year-old man with a Minnesota concealed carry permit walked to his car with food…
These headlines aren’t surprising given the rising crime in Philadelphia. After a quick search, we’ve covered at least nine stories this year so far where armed citizens fought back (see links below.) According to a report by Philly Mag, from 2017 through 2020, there were between 11-12,000 concealed carry applications per year. Guess how many there were in 2021? 70,789!…
In February of this year, police were called to a gated community in Miramar, FL, after a homeowner shot at three armed robbers. This past Thursday, video footage was released that shed more light on what happened. The homeowner was watching YouTube one night when three armed teen robbers stalked him for roughly 30 minutes which can be seen in…
This news broke yesterday, which was April 1, 2022. But no, this is not a bad April Fools’ joke. You read that right. Georgia is set to become the 25th Constitutional Carry state. According to a Tweet from Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp, SB 319, otherwise known as the Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2021, was passed yesterday. He is…
A criminal entered a Philadelphia convenience store around 12:30 PM this past Wednesday. He was armed with a handgun and attempted to rob the store to make off with some quick cash. Unbeknownst to him, a customer in the store had a valid Pennsylvania concealed carry permit and a gun on him as well. The customer drew on the suspect…
Concealed carry comes with a big responsibility. In defending yourself and your loved ones, you may take someone else’s life (the attacker.) But what happens when the attacker IS a loved one such as what happened in this incident? Would you be prepared to defend yourself and your spouse from your son? Earlier this week around 5:30 PM, a 21-year-old…