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You may remember Brian Aitken as the guy who was arrested for a ridiculous charge in NJ, getting sentenced to 7 years in prison, and thankfully getting his sentence commuted by Governor Christie. Unfortunately Brian is still technically a convicted felon, and is being stripped of his rights because of the conviction. Brian was convicted of doing something, and sentenced to 7 years in prison foro doing something in NJ that I do every single …

Ladies, I know you’re out there! Candy Sugarman (who I interviewed in Episode 94 of the podcast) is asking for female shooters to contact her to be interviewed about shooting from a woman’s perspective. If you’re interested, shoot Candy an email at [email protected] and she’ll get you the details. I look forward to hearing your interviews!

Here in the Triangle, we’re in the middle of an explosion of big box outdoors stores that sell guns. It started with the Gander Mountain in Morrisville, then the Bass Pro Shop in Cary, then another Gander Mountain in Raleigh, this week a Field & Stream store in Cary, and we’re waiting on a Cabela’s in Garner next year, with rumors still swirling about the possibility of an Academy sports coming to the area sometime …

In the past 5 years, the number of concealed carry permit holders in Wake Co. has grown by 77% according to the Triangle Business Journal. 77% is pretty impressive, although it’s not surprising given the situation that we as gun owners have been in over the past 5 years. Wake County is a pretty friendy place to apply for a concealed carry permit. There have to be nearly a hundred different places to take a …

This is one of the best commercials for gun stuff I’ve seen in a long time: Link for Email/RSS Readers Post by Triangle Tactical. Well played.

Whenever there is a month with a 5th weekend, a bunch of the shooting ranges around Eastern NC like to have special shooting matches that they don’t host in their normal match rotation. This coming weekend is the 5th weekend, so here’s some of the matches taking place: Saturday, August 30th, 2014 USPSA Rifle at Sir Walter Gun Club Just like a USPSA pistol match, but shot with rifles. A great match to go run …

Any good Star Wars fan knows that Han shot first, right? That’s the way it was when the movie was released, and the Special Editions changed that by having Greedo shoot first, taking Han from being a cold-hearted killer to a simpleton reacting to Greedo’s aggression. And a debate emerged between the original gunslinging cowboy and the new watered-down Han. But what if they were both wrong? What if Han did shoot first, and even …

Claude Werner talks about the incident in Arizona with the 9-year old who lost control of a fully automatic Uzi and killed her instructor: I don’t think there’s anything more to say.

Looks like we have another competition shooting venue in NC under fire from neighbors complaining about the noise. From Carolina Shooters Club: Announcement: My friends at the Flat Rock Shooting Range was recently issued a cease and desist order due to holding 3 Gun competitions on their 100 + acre property in Western NC! A few property owners from the Oleta Falls sub-division, living about a quarter + mile away complained about the noise!!! The …

Just a heads up, the Triangle Tactical “Skills>Tools” shirt pre-order is ending on Thursday (8/28/2014) afternoon. You’ve got just a little more than 48 hours at the time of this post. Head over to TeeSpring and get your order in!