Michael Bane

The first new gun of 2024 is something of a surprise, a Ruger Super Redhawk in…wait for it….22 Hornet. The fast little varmint cartridge has been around since the late 1920s, but had fallen from favor. But Ruger aims to change that with the perfect varmint-slaying pistol!

With the New York corruption trial of NRA executives under way, and Wayne LaPierre’s resignation, where does that leave what was once the most successful civil rights organization in America?

TRIGGERED returns in 2024 with our promised tour of some of the finest firearms works of art in the world! First, it’s Amsterdam and the amazing Rijksmuseum collection of “treasures of the Netherlands,” followed by an exclusive trip to Paris’ most…eclectic museum, the Museum of Hunting and Nature.

The podcast begins its 20th year, hopefully with some useful time for self-defense and our first reading assignment of the new year!

I note the passing of Gaston Glock, the visionary armsmaker from Austria who quite literally and quite fundamentally changed the world of handguns.

Virtually every element of self-defense and concealed carry involves some sort of compromise. And because our situations often change, we need to take a moment to examine these compromises!

There is a true gem of a revolver in Rock Island Armory’s line of guns imported from the gun-making nation of the Czech Republic. The AL9.0 Standard, a six-shot 9mm revolver is a jewel! Also this week, we all know GUNSITE is the best training academy in the world…now it is bigger & better!

Michael is more and more convinced that in today’s self-defense environment the surreptitious draw — accessing your firearms without a potential aggressor’s realizing it — is a necessary skill. Luckily, we have a THE BEST DEFENSE video example!

If you do not know what a draw from various positions looks like, this is a very bad thing. You need to rectify this ASAP.

We continue our coverage of the Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round-Up with some specific gear and concepts you can use.