Handguns
Toy Gun? Hands Up!
February 22, 2012 • 2887No commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F02%2F22%2Ftoy-gun-hands-up%2FToy+Gun%3F+Hands+Up%212012-02-22+16%3A03%3A15Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2887Michigan legislators are considering a bill that would make it a crime to alter a toy gun to make it…»
Only Cops Should Have Guns? Yeah, Right
February 17, 2012 • 28703 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F02%2F17%2Fonly-cops-should-have-guns-yeah-right%2FOnly+Cops+Should+Have+Guns%3F+Yeah%2C+Right2012-02-17+16%3A15%3A29Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2870You don’t hear it so much these days, but it was a commonplace among anti-gunners a generation ago that only…»
Shocker: Chicago Mayor Calls for Registration
February 10, 2012 • 28104 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F02%2F10%2Fshocker-chicago-mayor-calls-for-registration%2FShocker%3A+Chicago+Mayor+Calls+for+Registration2012-02-10+14%3A47%3A40Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2810If you thought Chicago might be out of the gun control business thanks to the retirement of former mayor Richard…»
Bersa BP Concealed Carry 9mm
February 9, 2012 • 27931 commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2Fbersa-bp-concealed-carry-9mm%2FBersa+BP+Concealed+Carry+9mm2012-02-09+15%3A24%3A35Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2793Eagle Imports, Inc. announces the polymer-framed Bersa BP CC 9mm. It features a low profile, slide design, short, reset DAO-action…»
Gay Pride, Gun Pride: Round 2
January 26, 2012 • 269564 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F01%2F26%2Fgay-pride-gun-pride-round-2%2FGay+Pride%2C+Gun+Pride%3A+Round+22012-01-26+19%3A49%3A07Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2695The other day, I whipped up what I thought was a quite unremarkable little column about the fact that gay…»
Gay Pride, Gun Pride
January 24, 2012 • 267789 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F01%2F24%2Fgay-pride-gun-pride%2FGay+Pride%2C+Gun+Pride2012-01-24+20%3A34%3A41Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2677There was rumor going around the SHOT Show this year that the Pink Pistols, a gay 2nd Amendment group, would…»
The Nighthawk Tactical Falcon
January 19, 2012 • 2662No commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F01%2F19%2Fthe-nighthawk-tactical-falcon%2FThe+Nighthawk+Tactical+Falcon2012-01-19+14%3A44%3A14Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2662By Frank W. James Nighthawk Custom has made a big splash in the custom pistol market the last couple of…»
Gun Sales Boom: Great, but Why?
January 3, 2012 • 259948 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2012%2F01%2F03%2Fgun-sales-boom-great-but-why%2FGun+Sales+Boom%3A+Great%2C+but+Why%3F2012-01-03+20%3A12%3A13Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2599Few things make for a jolly holiday atmosphere around SGN as much as hearing that gun sales are up. When…»
KAHR CM40 PISTOL
December 16, 2011 • 2537No commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F12%2F16%2Fkahr-cm40-pistol%2FKAHR+CM40+PISTOL2011-12-16+20%3A46%3A38Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2537The CM40 is chambered in .40 S&W, has a 3-inch barrel and an overall length of 5.47 inches, with a…»
Ruger SR1911: Pedigree? No. Price and Performance? Yes!
December 8, 2011 • 247413 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F12%2F08%2Fruger-sr1911-pedigree-no-price-and-performance-yes%2FRuger+SR1911%3A+Pedigree%3F+No.+Price+and+Performance%3F+Yes%212011-12-08+21%3A38%3A58Peter+G.+Kokalishttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2474Bill Ruger, Sr., probably would have found the idea of a Ruger 1911 heretical, but current management concerns itself more…»
Shooting World War II war trophies, Part 2
December 7, 2011 • 24572 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F12%2F07%2Fshooting-world-war-ii-war-trophies-part-2%2FShooting+World+War+II+war+trophies%2C+Part+22011-12-07+22%3A10%3A15Marco+Vorobievhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2457Marco Vorobiev was a member of the elite Soviet Spetsnaz in Afghanistan in the 1980s. He’s a U.S. citizen now…»
Blagojevich: Anti-Gunner Gets Just Desserts
December 7, 2011 • 245310 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F12%2F07%2Fblagojevich-anti-gunner-gets-just-desserts%2FBlagojevich%3A+Anti-Gunner+Gets+Just+Desserts2011-12-07+20%3A54%3A23Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2453Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for, among other things, trying to…»
More Gasser Revolvers
November 29, 2011 • 2415No commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F11%2F29%2Fmore-gasser-revolvers%2FMore+Gasser+Revolvers2011-11-29+20%3A41%3A12Paul+Scarlatahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2415The huge Montenegrin model is how most remember the Gasser name, but there were smallbore Gassers, too. Two members of…»
Shove Off, Darryl: New Obama Strategy?
November 28, 2011 • 24105 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F11%2F28%2Fshove-off-darryl-new-obama-strategy%2FShove+Off%2C+Darryl%3A+New+Obama+Strategy%3F2011-11-28+19%3A26%3A32Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2410The President’s theorists have given up on working-class whites: what does that mean for guns? Thomas B. Edsall reported in…»
Gun Control: How a Bureaucracy Does It
November 10, 2011 • 23256 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F11%2F10%2Fgun-control-how-a-bureaucracy-does-it%2FGun+Control%3A+How+a+Bureaucracy+Does+It2011-11-10+14%3A41%3A12Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2325You can get a Supreme Court decision affirming your rights, but as this story: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/guns/2011/nov/7/miller-washingtons-unsafe-gun-safety-class/ demonstrates, that’s just the first…»
SIG’s Great-Looking P210
November 9, 2011 • 231211 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F11%2F09%2Fsigs-great-looking-p210%2FSIG%27s+Great-Looking+P2102011-11-09+16%3A22%3A08Peter+G.+Kokalishttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2312It was great-looking and beautifully made, but the original P210 often disappointed when time came to shoot it. This new…»
Lone Wolf Werewolf Glock Race Gun
November 4, 2011 • 23043 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Flone-wolf-werewolf-glock-race-gun%2FLone+Wolf+Werewolf+Glock+Race+Gun2011-11-04+18%3A41%3A40Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2304Lone Wolf’s Werewolf is for the serious Glock shooter and has every feature necessary for USPSA/IPSC Open Division competition: stainless…»
RUGER EIGHT SHOT SP101 REVOLVER
October 18, 2011 • 21595 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F10%2F18%2Fruger-eightshot-sp101-revolver%2FRUGER+EIGHT%1FSHOT+SP101+REVOLVER2011-10-18+13%3A24%3A24Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2159Ruger now offers the popular stainless steel SP101 with an eight-round cylinder, adjustable rear and fiber optic front sights. The…»
Are Pistols Just Boring Now?
October 17, 2011 • 209085 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F10%2F17%2Fare-pistols-just-boring-now%2FAre+Pistols+Just+Boring+Now%3F2011-10-17+14%3A31%3A23Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2090Today Payton Miller at Guns & Ammo got an e-mail from a disgruntled reader that read as follows: “I no longer…»
KAHR OFFERS ISRAELI-MADE DESERT EAGLE FOR LIMITED TIME
October 6, 2011 • 21125 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F10%2F06%2Fkahr-offers-israeli-made-desert-eagle-for-limited-time%2FKAHR+OFFERS+ISRAELI-MADE+DESERT+EAGLE+FOR+LIMITED+TIME2011-10-06+18%3A06%3A18Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2112Kahr Arms and Magnum Research have announced a limited time reintroduction of the IWI Classic Desert Eagle pistol in .44…»
Most Beautiful Pistol Ever?
September 30, 2011 • 207021 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F09%2F30%2Fmost-beautiful-pistol-ever%2FMost+Beautiful+Pistol+Ever%3F2011-09-30+14%3A35%3A49Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2070It’s always good to look on the positive side, though looking on the negative side is usually more fun. So…»
Ugliest Pistol Ever?—Bonus Edition
September 28, 2011 • 20446 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F09%2F28%2Fugliest-pistol-ever%25e2%2580%2594bonus-edition%2FUgliest+Pistol+Ever%3F%E2%80%94Bonus+Edition2011-09-28+15%3A32%3A18Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2044The previous edition of this question got lots of comment on the SGN Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ShotgunNews), with Hi-Point taking a…»
Ugliest Pistol Ever?
September 26, 2011 • 20296 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F09%2F26%2Fugliest-pistol-ever%2FUgliest+Pistol+Ever%3F2011-09-26+19%3A09%3A40Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D2029Garry James took on this question on the Guns & Ammo website, and given his love of antique arms, most of…»
What Would You Do?
September 20, 2011 • 199460 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F09%2F20%2Fwhat-would-you-do%2FWhat+Would+You+Do%3F2011-09-20+13%3A50%3A25Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D1994Well-known trainer Gabe Suarez has a site called Warrior Talk and commented recently on the Sept. 6 shooting at an…»
Les Baer Premier II: Everything You Need
September 12, 2011 • 1932No commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F09%2F12%2Fles-baer-premier-ii-everything-you-need%2FLes+Baer+Premier+II%3A+Everything+You+Need2011-09-12+13%3A32%3A51Peter+G.+Kokalishttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D1932This 1911 variant, equally suitable for sport or defense, has been a mainstay of the Bear lineup for 20 years.…»
WALTHER PPQ PISTOL
August 30, 2011 • 18846 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F08%2F30%2Fwalther-ppq-pistol%2FWALTHER+PPQ+PISTOL2011-08-30+19%3A24%3A45Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D1884The polymer-frame PPQ features the Walther Quick Defense Trigger, dual slide serrations, ambidextrous slide stop and magazine release, interchangeable backstraps,…»
Questioning “No Questions Asked”—Are Gun-Surrender Gimmicks Legal?
August 19, 2011 • 176238 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F08%2F19%2Fquestioning-no-questions-asked%25e2%2580%2594are-gun-surrender-gimmicks-legal%2FQuestioning+%22No+Questions+Asked%22%E2%80%94Are+Gun-Surrender+Gimmicks+Legal%3F2011-08-19+19%3A03%3A45Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F%3Fp%3D1762By Jeff Knox For decades we’ve heard about gun turn-ins—”Gun Buy-Back” programs sponsored by churches, civic groups, and various other…»
More than an Oddity: The Revol’ver Sistemy Nagana obr. 1895g
August 9, 2011 • 17112 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F08%2F09%2Fmore-than-an-oddity-the-revolver-sistemy-nagana-obr-1895g%2FMore+than+an+Oddity%3A+The+Revol%27ver+Sistemy+Nagana+obr.+1895g2011-08-09+14%3A17%3A35Paul+Scarlatahttp%3A%2F%2Fimomags.com%2Fshotgunnews%2F%3Fp%3D1711Its unusual gas-sealing system was an evolutionary dead end, but the Nagant revolver was part of an amazing amount of…»
Armed and Female: Even in Illinois, Constitution Should Apply
July 14, 2011 • 15055 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Farmed-and-female-even-in-illinois-constitution-should-apply%2FArmed+and+Female%3A+Even+in+Illinois%2C+Constitution+Should+Apply2011-07-14+13%3A34%3A24Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fimomags.com%2Fshotgunnews%2F%3Fp%3D1505SGN, along with Intermedia Outdoors titles like Guns & Ammo, Shooting Times and Petersen’s Hunting, is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. Illinois is, ironically,…»
Second City Nose-Thumbing Derided
July 8, 2011 • 14883 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F07%2F08%2Fsecond-city-nose-thumbing-derided-by-robert-w-hunnicutt%2FSecond+City+Nose-Thumbing+Derided2011-07-08+14%3A21%3A00Robert+W.+Hunnicutthttp%3A%2F%2Fimomags.com%2Fshotgunnews%2F%3Fp%3D1488First, Chicago’s handgun ban was struck down in the McDonald decision. The city council grudgingly accepted that, but tried to…»
Pocket 9mms—Just Right Or Too Much Of A Good Thing?
July 6, 2011 • 145814 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F07%2F06%2Fpocket-9mms%25e2%2580%2594just-right-or-too-much-of-a-good-thing%2FPocket+9mms%E2%80%94Just+Right+Or+Too+Much+Of+A+Good+Thing%3F2011-07-06+20%3A09%3A21Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fimomags.com%2Fshotgunnews%2F%3Fp%3D1458A new generation of .380s got people thinking about pocket pistols, and it didn’t take long for makers to offer…»
Kimber Solo Nine: Tiny Titan of Self-Defense
June 29, 2011 • 14333 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shotgunnews.com%2F2011%2F06%2F29%2Fkimber-solo-nine-tiny-titan-of-self-defense%2FKimber+Solo+Nine%3A+Tiny+Titan+of+Self-Defense2011-06-29+15%3A39%3A56Ashley+Dalehttp%3A%2F%2Fimomags.com%2Fshotgunnews%2F%3Fp%3D1433Peter Kokalis has tested Kimber’s new pocket pistol for the 8.1 issue of SGN, and some things about it he…»
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