guns

Senate Approves Federal Welfare for Second Amendment Men

Adam Weinstein · 07/08/14 01:05PM

In a rare show of bipartisanship between Republicans, blue dogs, and embattled Democrats facing tight elections, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a bizarre plan to use federal funds to encourage shooting on public land and exempt lead bullets from pollution guidelines.

Adam Weinstein · 07/02/14 05:00PM

Do you like Hooters but find it too disarming? Try Shooters, the Rifle, Colorado, bar and grill where every waitress is strapped with a six-gun. "People can come in carrying their gun, and they can pray over their food," the owner says, adding that the joint has "guns and Jesus all over the place."

Good Guys Celebrate New Georgia Gun Law By Almost Shooting Each Other

Adam Weinstein · 07/02/14 09:57AM

Two legally armed Georgia men made good use of the state's open-carry law on its first day of implementation by starting a gun-rights pissing match in a convenience store, challenging each other's authority, and occasioning a drawdown and an arrest.

Kids Sword Fight With Giant Dildos in Amazing Gun Safety PSA

Andy Cush · 06/27/14 08:10AM

Writing exactly what happens in the PSA above will kind of spoil the magic, so I'll just say this: It involves two kids enthusiastically sword-fighting with a pair big ol' dildos in the front lawn while their horrified mothers look on.

Drunk Felon's Stray Bullet Kills Father Bringing Home His Newborn Baby

Adam Weinstein · 06/19/14 11:42AM

Justin Ayers, 33, had just made it home from the hospital with his wife, extended family, and 3-day-old child when a drunk felon next door with a 9mm pistol fired a shot that traveled more than half a football field away, tore through Ayers' house, and killed him.

Crazy Prepper on the Loose in Florida After Feds Fail to Catch Him

Adam Weinstein · 06/17/14 10:35AM

Police and FBI agents are searching this morning for a doomsday prepper who slipped out of their grasp through the woods of Central Florida as they searched his property for assault weapons and explosives allegedly intended to put a murderous doomsday plan into motion.

You Can't Lie When You Buy A Gun For Someone Else, Supreme Court Rules

Michelle Dean · 06/16/14 11:30AM

For most people, and five Supreme Court justices, there is a straightforward answer to the question, "Can I lie on the federal form I must sign in order to legally purchase a firearm in the United States?" (NO.) For four other Supreme Court justices (just guess), this is a more complicated issue.

It's Really Hard to Be a Good Guy With a Gun

Adam Weinstein · 06/10/14 03:20PM

My wife and I got into an argument last night over a dead man. His name was Joseph Robert Wilcox. He was 31 on Sunday, the day he tried to stop cop-killer Jerad Miller in a Las Vegas Walmart and was shot by Miller's wife Amanda. Wilcox was a good guy with a gun. It cost him his life.

Bulletproof Blankets Won't Save Kids From School Shootings

Andy Cush · 06/10/14 02:40PM

"Just an ordinary day," the narrator says cheerily at the beginning of a pitch video for the Bodyguard Blanket. Parents are going to work, kids are filing into the classroom, teachers are calling roll. Then comes the inevitable "...until now."