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Recent events have brought the political football of “Universal Background Checks” to the forefront of the news. Though that football shall remain deflated (sorry Tom Brady) for the purpose for this article, we’d like to take a few minutes to answer the often-asked question: “What do I need to do to buy a gun?”
We’re going to focus on our home state of North Carolina. If you’re from outside the Great North State, the NRA has amassed a pretty exhaustive list of state gun laws at the following link: https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-gun-laws/ Continue reading →
The SIG Arm brace has caused more questions and more controversy than it ever should have. Gun owners did not help any, nor did “Innovators” who try to push the envelope on the National Firearms Act.
SIG Sauer developed a stabilizing brace to facilitate single hand firing of its AR/Rifle line handguns. They wanted to develop a device that when added to the SIG “AR” pistol would assist limited mobility and handicapped shooters. They submitted the design to the Technology Branch of the BATFE and it got approved. If you have ever seen one of these things, you know that it looks like a buttstock that is hollowed out and open on the bottom. It attaches by a Velcro strap to the forearm. It seems too easy, right? One would think. ATF in its ORIGINAL opinion letter, dated November 26, 2012 said that if the brace was not modified in any way, that it was not intended to nor designed to fire the weapon from the shoulder. However, no one had specifically said that you could NOT fire it from the shoulder, making it a defacto shoulder stock. Continue reading →
Working in the largest gun shop in the United States I am asked a hundred opinion questions a day. One question that is most frequently asked to each of the staff members at our shop is “What do you recommend for a good Concealed Carry handgun?” This may seem like a fairly simple question. We all have our favorite gun, one that we are the most comfortable with, that we carry. It is akin to a pair of comfortable shoes, we may love those old shoes, but our neighbor may not. So, after giving considerable thought to the question, I have developed a few easy factors to use to determine what gun to recommend to a new Concealed Carry Handgun holder. Continue reading →