TOMMY GUN!

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The Thompson submachine gun. It was associated with thugs like Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Baby Face Nelson, but also with stalwart figures like J. Edgar Hoover, Melvin Purvis, and Chesty Puller.  Sir Winston...

NRAAM DAY 2

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As expected, internal intrigues took a new twist today, the second day of the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting. An old friend, Anthony Colandro, was voted onto the board.  He’s a stalwart defender of gun owners’...

COLT’S PYTHON

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In my last entry here, I reviewed Colt expert Gurney Brown’s beautiful book “The Seven Serpents.” Here, I present his follow-up, an homage to the most widely recognized of those Colt “snake guns,” the Python. It was,...

Part 5: The PERF-etrators

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When I first saw the Police Executive Research Forum’s “30 Guiding Principles” in their “Use of Force: Taking Policing to a Higher Standard,” I showed it to my significant other. She’s not LE herself,...

SHOT SHOW 2016, PART 4

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Blog reader Jim Burke asked about the new Honor Guard, an 8+1 shot 9mm subcompact pistol with polymer frame. I spent some time today with the gun and its maker, Gary Ramey, and with...