Smith & Wesson Out Of The Running For Army’s Next Pistol

Partnering with defense contracting giant General Dynamics apparently wasn’t enough to keep Smith & Wesson’s M&P pistol in the running to win the U.S. military XM-17 contract to replace the venerable Beretta M9. The U.S. Army has cut Smith & Wesson from its competition to replace the Beretta M9 as its standard-issue sidearm. The Army’s hunt […]

Critics shoot holes in widely cited gun study

A much-heralded and widely cited study of 171 countries over nearly a half century purports to show more guns mean more mass shootings, but critics say the report uses bad methodology in a way that rigs the results. The study by Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, was published in […]

Crossfit Games to award Glock pistols to winning athletes

The CrossFit Games are trading gold medals for Glock metal. The founder of the hugely popular competition, for which Reebok is the title sponsor, recently announced he would give away the pistols to the winners, referring to the plan as “glock for the podium.” “The top male athlete, the top female athlete, and every member […]

Pilot Shoots Down A Japanese Zero With A Pistol?

Editor’s Note: What an amazing story. My grandfather flew B-24s (among other things) during World War II, and I have to believe he would have thought of the same thing. In any case, we can all certainly agree this weeks I-Am-A-Total-Badass-Award goes to Owen J. Bagget: the man who downed a Japanese Zero with a […]