NRA Annual Meeting

Rumor has it, there is an AK47 somewhere in that picture.

Handled the Taurus Curve at the NRA Annual Meeting. Give it an A for Innovation. It’s a radical design. With a typical Taurus trigger. And non-existent sights. And integrated weapon light and laser sight that is totally counter-intuitive to activate. And a magazine that you have to pluck free from the well. Did I mention the thing has no friggin’ ...

“So, do you want to hear about the Double D BAMF?” As opening lines of sales pitches go, that one’s an attention-getter. When delivered by a female sales rep who accurately matches that description, it’s even more effective. Turns out, the DD BAMF stands for the “Dual Drop, Billet Aluminum Modular Firearm” from Cobalt Arms. I know it looks chrome ...

Clever ad placement, Daniel Defense.

Or maybe I should call it the redux of the redux, since last year’s launch was essentially a resurrection of the Remington 51, designed by John Pedersen way back in 1917. For a re-launch of essentially 97-year-old design theory, it generated positive buzz. A lot of positive buzz. And then people actually got a chance to buy and shoot it. ...

Jerry Miculek was gracious enough to pose for a photo. I tried hard not to squee like a 13-year-old girl meeting Justin Bieber. There’s no other celebrity in Nashville I’d rather ask for a photo op. Although the blonde Century Arms booth babe in the red Ushanka hat runs a close second.  

Overheard at the #NRAAM: Blogger 1: “You totally missed Robert Farago’s striptease in the Press Room today.” Blogger 2: “Um, say what?” Blogger 3: “Dude dropped trou in the Press Office, tucked his shirt back in, and buckled back up, right in front of everybody.” Blogger 2: “Well, at least he was stripping out of his own clothes. For him, ...

TL;DR Version: Gawd bless Murrica, we lurves our guns, please vote for me. As if you expected a politician to say anything else at the NRA Annual Meeting. That’s why I’m not much interested in any of the speechifying. Still… … Bobby Jindal, my governor, is probably the smartest of likely Republican Presidential candidates, and by a wide margin. He ...

Walking the show floor this morning, this sign attracted a lot of attention. Charter Arms shipped four crates to Nashville via Yellow Freight, plus a separate crate broken out from one of the others, with a separate tracking number and manifest. That fifth crate still hasn’t turned up. As it turns out, that crate contained approximately 70 guns in total, ...

Press pass in hand, route through the exhibit hall planned, caffeinated and fed, and soon to be posting stuff from the exhibit hall floor. Follow my Twitter feed (@AmboDriver) and look for the hashtag #NRAAM. Until then, here’s a pic of new friend and shooter Amy. Much ammo was turned into fun, smoke and noise yesterday.

I’m here, safely ensconced in our hotel room in Nashville with EMS Artifact. I’m thinking we’ll go pick up our press passes, and then there will be shooting, beer and barbecue this afternoon, although not necessarily in that order. Pics to follow, and regular updates will be posted from the press office. Stay tuned, but until then, here’s a funny:

Twelve slots still open for the Shooter Self Care class at the NRA Annual Meeting in Nashville, although I still need registration fees from a few of the people on my list. If you haven’t sent me the fee or registered at all, hit my email and PayPal donate link at the bottom of the blog ASAP. My vendor has ...

So, who’s up for another Shooter Self Care course at the NRA Annual Meeting in Nashville? Same story as last year; wound care and first aid targeted to shooters, taught by shooters with EMS and medical expertise. Length about four hours, cost around $100, basically to cover refreshments and the cost of your own personal blowout kit. Date still negotiable, ...

Wander the exhibit hall floor at the NRA Annual Meeting (or SHOT, or any gun show, or any law enforcement convention…) and it because obvious that everyone and their brother-in-law is making some version of a) an AR15, or b) a 1911 pistol. And honestly, I just usually walk on by and mutter, “Meh, seen it.” I’ve got an AR15 ...

EMS Artifact: “Say, wanna get in on the gun raffle?” Me: “Dunno, what’s first prize?” EMS Artifact: “A Kel Tec pistol.” Me: “Ugh. What’s second prize?” EMS Artifact: “Two Kel Tec pistols!”