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As Jews around the country are purchasing guns and arming themselves, it is clear that there is a need not just for training but for guidance. While groups of Jews around the country are hiring companies to do risk assessments and active shooter training, there is one thing that I am not seeing, and that is guidance to those who are beginning to carry a firearm. Let me explain. Contrary to what many Jews (and new gun owners in general) might think, purchasing your first firearm and beginning to carry it does not make you infallible. It is not a...

A few years ago, I was working at a small gun store in Texas. An older gentleman wearing faded jeans, a tucked navy blue polo shirt, gold-framed glasses, and a hat that read WWII Vet (with ribbons and markings I did not recognize) was rolled into the store by a woman (who I assume was his daughter). On the gentleman’s lap was a beat-up and faded olive drab, soft, long gun case and another one, but for a pistol. Understand, this was nothing new because we would get numerous men and some women from the greatest generation looking to offload...

Why May 8th should be celebrated by Jews and people who love freedom!Today is May 8th. This day should be a day of celebration in the Jewish world. What I am going to write next may sound cold-hearted and horrible, but bear with me. Today is the day the German army finally destroyed the remaining fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. So why, you might ask, should this be a day of celebration and not remembrance? Wait, Yehuda, aren’t you a Jew? Don’t you go by The Pew Pew Jew on Twitter? The answer is yes! So let me explain.I...

THIS BLOG IS WRITTEN AS A GUEST BLOG BY AMMO TO GO.   As a gun owner, you know how important it is to have reliable firearm components. The magazine is a critical component, as it feeds ammunition into the chamber. But what about the spring? Does it lose its elasticity over time or become damaged when you load the magazine? Ammo To Go set out to answer these questions with their mag spring torture test. The team spent almost a year loading and unloading 13 different mags, including Magpul PMAGs, ETS Glock 17 mags, and USGI AR-15 mags. They subjected samples...