LGC Original Content
4 Nice Reproduction Rifles
As part of our historical rifle weekend, we shot 4 different reproduction rifles all dating to the latter part of the 19th century. In rough chronological order, these were the Spencer Repeating Rifle, the Remington Rolling Block Rifle, the Springfield Model 1873, and the Winchester Model 1885 (High Wall version). Here are our four reproductions: […]
Review: Diablo 12ga double barrel pistol.
Want some fun? Get an American Gun Craft 12ga double-barrel pistol. Want a serious self/home defense gun? Get something else. Oops. I gave away my review’s conclusion. But you should go ahead and read the rest of this, anyway. * * * When one of my friends sent me a link about the new American […]
The Martini-Henry .577/450
“OK, the Snider was fun. Let’s shoot that Martini-Rossi.” “Martini & Rossi is a booze brand, dumbass. The rifle is a Martini-Henry.” “Er … right.” * * * OK, I’m not saying that actually happened. But I will admit that historic rifles are not really my thing. Fortunately, my BBTI buddies are more knowledgeable. The […]
The Bench Doctor’s Shorts
We are very excited to announce a weekly video series, "The Bench Doctor's Shorts" in addition to our regularly scheduled Social Distance Learning Classes and Panels. These short videos by Scott Richardson, aka "The Bench Doctor," cover some aspect of what the Scott...
Shooting an original .577 Snider-Enfield rifle.
Recently the BBTI crew got together to shoot some historic rifles. I’m not going to go into a lot of the details about each rifle, since there is plenty of information available about each online. But I thought I would share a few pics, some video, and my thoughts about each gun. The first is […]
Disabilities and Firearms: Part 1
In this two-part series, Deb, Karen, Mark, and Nate discuss and answer questions about living with disabilities, owning firearms, training, and what to consider when buying firearms as a disabled person. Day one focused on physical disability and day two will focus on...
Annual Meeting 2020 – What’s in the bag?
Sunday, 16 August 2020 - Ask the Ladies Panel Its a question new shooters always have, so we figured we'd play show and tell. Kat from IL and and other member participants go over the contents of their range bag. What's in yours?...
Annual Meeting 2020 – Panel – How to Lobby
Saturday, 15 August 2020 - Panel - How to Lobby Lara, Richard, David, Deb and Brian discuss approach folks in their local capitals to Lobby for Second Amendment Rights. Success stories from Oregon and Virginia. Spoiler alert, leave the AR at home....
Annual Meeting 2020 – State of the LGC
Saturday, 15 August 2020 - State of the LGC The officers of the Liberal Gun Club (Ed Gardner, Lara Smith, Eric Meyers and John White) give the annual update on Membership, Outreach and Merchandise. https://youtu.be/ro75gvN3Efg We also review the Social Distance...
Annual Meeting 2020 – Panel – Ask the Ladies
Sunday, 16 August 2020 - Ask the Ladies Panel Led by member Danielle Casey, panelists Lara Smith (National Spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club), Patti Hall, Kat Ellsworth answer questions about being a female gun owner, and why its a terrible idea to buy the lady in...
Annual Meeting 2020 – Keynote – Grant Cunningham
Saturday, 15 August 2020 - Keynote: Grant Cunningham The 2020 keynote was delivered by Grant Cunningham, author of "I Want To Buy A Gun: a Non Judgmental Guide to Firearms for the Non-Traditional Gun Buyer" https://youtu.be/JlyP0kNEX34 Members of the LGC can download...
Annual Meeting 2020 – Presentations – OSD
Saturday, 15 August 2020 - Open Source Defense Kareem Shaya and Daniel Postilnik from Open Source Defense present a "lecture" version of their piece at the LGC 2020 Annual Meeting on Saturday evening. https://youtu.be/LEhg2qOKk20 Open Source Defense:...
Annual Meeting 2020 – Presentations – GGTL
Friday, 14 August 2020 - Guns Guide to Liberals In the first session of the 2020 Annual Meeting, Sarah and Jon Hauptman are the co-hosts of Guns Guide to Liberals, a podcast designed to help people talk about guns across the aisle. They focus on practical tips to...
Social Distance Learning- The Bench Doctor Bloopers
Over the last several months, we have been running our Social Distance Learning series, covering many aspects of firearms training, maintenance and the like. Through the course of that, our star instructor, Scott Richardson has earned the moniker "The Bench Doctor"...
Annual Meeting 2020 – Social Distance Recap and KECS Award
We concluded our 10th Annual National Meeting of the Liberal Gun Club over the weekend. It was originally scheduled to take place in Chicago, IL, as an homage to our very first national gathering in 2010 in the outskirts of the Windy City. Alas, of course, COVID-19...
The 2020 Annual Meeting is upon us!
Virtually, of course. The first events are tonight, and we have events scheduled all weekend! Get thee to the registration!
The Liberal Gun Club Ohio Chapter Announcement
Even in the midst of a pandemic, our members across the country are still working on growing the club! Our newest chapter, LGC Ohio, is based out of Dayton and was formed (via virtual meeting) on August 9th, 2020. If you are in Ohio or in a surrounding state and would...
Social Distance Learning: Basic Maintenance of the AK47 and SKS
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Scott shows us the insides of the AK-47 (variants) and an SKS! https://youtu.be/Ly9o8W2gF5s Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: Ithaca 37
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Scott lets Lonny show off the insides of an Ithaca 37. https://youtu.be/1Rn5PqbLyI8 Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: Remington 870 Shotgun Shenanigans
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Scott shows off the insides of a Remington 870! https://youtu.be/DsKdIb_t0WY Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: Black Powder Bob Ross and Paper Cartridges
Dave is back with some Happy Little Clouds of Smoke! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwMueNwY6Y&fbclid=IwAR3O2ZO6mpgbz2Lw2gHhHk5nTbNvZUSDiYfoUNU3SS9uXKJlNr1bvDRUmhk Enjoy your moment of Zen!
Social Distance Learning: The 1911
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Scott hands the microphone to Kyle who shows us the insides of the classic 1911! https://youtu.be/dlQacX5Vwl4 Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! We all lift...
Social Distance Learning: The Bench Doctor’s Tools
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Scott shows off his tools after he shows us the reassembled French MAB! https://youtu.be/d0MAUmKZOv4 Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: French Surrender
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Scott Answers questions while failing to reassemble a French MAB! Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/mST6F43vU9s We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: Webley Wobble
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- The Webley Wobble! Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/6poKsMDOlP4 We all lift together.
The first test of Freedom Week
That we're aware of anyway. For those of you who aren't following this, there was an injunction put in place regarding a new law in California over magazine possession. We wrote about that and the later "36 hours of parole" or "Freedom Couple of Days" here:...
Social Distance Learning: Ruger Wrangling
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Ruger Wrangling! Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/0LXaf8S1obE We all lift together.
Trauma kits and summer
Summer is here, and as we start to venture forth in to the world from our various bunkers, I started to wonder about the EDC trauma kit I carry, and how it looked a bit silly with shorts: If you don't have an SFD Responder, you need one. Comfortable, durable, and...
Silence is Complicity
The events of the last couple weeks weigh heavy. While we try to keep the club and the page focused, we can't stay silent on this subject, regardless of what some might have us do. The Liberal Gun Club advocates that every single person is entitled to every single...
Did you hear what happened in Boston?
In Boston, during a verbal dispute, an unarmed teenage boy was forcefully hit in the head with the butt of a weapon by local law enforcement. Word of the incident spread quickly and a large number of locals gathered in the street where the incident had happened to...
Social Distance Learning: Garand Guts
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- Garand Guts! Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/RC53taTGbWU We all lift together.
Of Protests, Murder, and Systemic Inequality
Protests in 30 cities. Buildings burned. The national guard getting called in. These are the headlines this morning. At least George Floyd is still in the headlines, because let's not forget the reason that this is happening. A citizen was straight up murdered by a...
Social Distance Learning: AR Innards
Scott Richardson's Bench Doctor Office Hours- AR Innards. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/-GZU1VdTNKM We all lift together.
Website and Forums are back online
Planned outage for maintenance was completed, and we're back online and running better than ever!
Social Distance Learning: Panel on Alternative Training Aids- MantisX and SIRT
LGC Instructors, Alessandro Padovani, Rick Larsen, Scott Richardson and Mike Ross talk about the use of various alternative training aids in a variety of shooting training scenarios, defensive, action competition, precision competition and general marksmanship. Panel...
Planned Website/Forum Outage
If you happen to be trying to jump on the forums or our website tomorrow after 5pm EST, you'll probably be unsuccessful, as we are moving to a new hosting company that fits our needs better than the existing hosting company. We will be back online by Saturday morning...
Social Distance Learning: Progressive Press Reloading
Scott Richardson shows us the pinnacle of reloading tech, the Dillon 650. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/r1ruIpOaJ-M We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: MA License to Carry Edition
Early in the pandemic, Governor Charlie Baker in MA shut down a number of business his administration deemed "non-essential" including gun shops, ranges and by extension via communication from the state police, Firearms instruction. You need to have a State Approved...
Welcome New Gun Owners!
First off, welcome! Kick off your shoes, pour yourself a beverage of your choice (if it's an adult beverage, make sure the guns are put away first), and look around a bit. Over the last 8 or so years that I've been involved with The Liberal Gun Club, we've gone...
Social Distance Learning: Introduction to Bullseye Shooting with Rick Larsen
MA Instructor, Rick Larsen, taught us about Bullseye Shooting. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Rick and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/7ihyBsP0fxQ We all lift together. Stay safe.
Black Powder Bob (Ross)- Your Moment of Zen
Our very own Dave Bowes, proprietor of Rocky River Leather gives us some happy little clouds of smoke. Excuse the video quality, he says he will do better next time. For now, a relaxing moment of Zen. https://youtu.be/te9v6lpKcj0 Maybe we will get a class on black...
Social Distance Learning: The Bench Doctor’s Milsurp Madness!
Scott Richardson tells us what to look for in a milsurp. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/j_6TEz3_5Vo We all lift together.
Managing your email preferences
Occasionally, we get requests to modify email subscriptions or remove people from the lists altogether. Occasionally those requests are abusive and profanity laden. Sometimes they are from people who think they paid, but never did, and can't be bothered to check their...
Social Distance Learning: Stop the Bleed: The Sequel
Our esteemed colleagues, Alessandro Padovani, Carl Cowan and Lonny Weissman, conducted a follow up panel on emergency medical techniques. In this class we coverered: * Creating your own wound management prop for practice * Multiple demonstrations from each...
Social Distance Learning: The Bench Doctor does a Colt SAA
Scott Richardson taught us how to break a Colt SAA. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/XTLG39nXr3A We all lift together.
Social Distance Learning: Counter Ambush Training Methodology
Alessandro Padovani teaches us Counter Ambush Methodology. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Al and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/GF8oJgUeBCg We all lift together!
NYSRPA v. NYC Mooted – Wait, What Does This Mean Again?
Today, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the NYSRPA v. NYC case as moot. (This is the case in which we filed an amicus brief discussing the standard under which Second Amendment Cases should be decided.) But wait, they what? What does this mean? MOOTNESS...
A Wild 36 Hours in California
Well, for those of you who don't live in California, this case has probably not been at the top of your mind, but for those of us who live here, we've been keeping an eye on this case for the last couple of years, after opposing the original ballot measures and...
Social Distance Learning: Introduction to Range Safety/Shooting
Mike Ross teaches the first range safety class, our official introduction class for new shooters.. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Mike and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/EV0FxzRQ5UE We all lift together!
Not So Hidden Humor in Gun Owners’ YouTube Videos by Connie Hassett-Walker
In my work on gun culture, I have systematically avoided collecting systematic data on gun culture online. True, I have spent time with and attended a seminar by YouTube star John Correia of Active Self Protection. But I just don’t have the stomach to wade into many online gun forums or follow too much gun … Continue reading Not So Hidden Humor in Gun Owners’ YouTube Videos by Connie Hassett-Walker
Social Distance Learning: The Bench Doctor does IDPA
Scott Richardson taught us about IDPA. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/dcHsGYtpyzA We all lift together. Stay safe.
Social Distance Learning: Introduction to Defensive Carbine
Alessandro Padovani teaches us Introduction to Defensive Carbine. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Al and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/PjVjomZOBCc
Social Distance Learning: Stop the Bleed
Lonny Weissman taught us how to Stop the Bleed tonight. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Lonny and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/38N5JXE1JMI
Political Action Alert- California
Political Action Alert We have a situation in California that needs your immediate response. Miguel Santiago, CA state assembly member from Los Angeles, has sent the letter above to Governor Newsom. Apparently he is requesting executive action to suspend firearms and...
Social Distance Learning: The Bench Doctor does rifle cartridge reloading!
Scott Richardson taught us how to reload .308 tonight. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/ZHqzm76wJJY
Social Distance Learning: Fundamentals of Concealed Carry
Alessandro Padovani ran his second class, Fundamentals of Concealed Carry last night. Introduction to Defensive Carbine is next week. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Al and our cadre of other instructors! Al might even have PowerPoint next week for his...
Social Distance Learning Update – April 8th
Howdy everyone! We've had some schedule changes. As always be sure to click the Events page link to get the latest info, but here is the summary! Our Bullseye Pistol class that was originally scheduled for Sunday is postponed, the instructor is one of those essential...
Social Distance Learning: Basics of Reloading PIstols
Scott Richardson taught us how to reload .38 special last night. He's going to repeat the class with rifle cartridges next week. Stay tuned to the events page for more from Scott and our cadre of other instructors! https://youtu.be/XryzVGMoTIE
Fundamentals of Home Defense with a Firearm- SDL Program
Last night we had our most excellent Alessandro Padovani present Fundamentals of Home Defense with a Firearm. Al shoved 1-2 days worth of material into an hour long class. It was well attended and lots of smart questions. Thank you all for showing up! The class...
Social Distance Learning- Recap and upcoming classes
Well, besides some occasional technical glitches and despite some learning curve with the tools of the trade, we finally have the Social Distance Learning program off the ground and in-flight. We completed the second class last night, Firearms Maintenance: Revolvers...
Hardship
If you are a sustaining member, and need to conserve cash, all you have to do is switch your membership level to "Individual" if you need to suspend monthly donations. You don't need to cancel entirely. Donate only if you can afford it. We won't take away any...
Social Distance Learning Kick Off
For real this time! We had a successful kickoff of the programming last night, Oregon's Scott Richardson did a basic firearms maintenance class, covered Glock, Sig and did an AR bolt. It was well attended and Scott did an awesome job! Have a look here when you have a...
Social Distance Learning
In this time of social distancing, it is really important not to be socially isolated. We have been finding ways for our members to communicate, virtual pubs, we launched a Discord server for members only, and plenty of check ins with folks on the forums and social...
LGC events postponed for 60 days
It's in the news all around us, the Covid-19 virus outbreak is touching lives in unpredictable ways. Folks are being stranded on cruise ships, in airports, and in far away countries from efforts to contain a growing pandemic. Workplaces and schools are closing or...
Felons and high gun ownership rates, or damn, maybe we should do some enforcement!
Sometimes it feels like we're a broken record over here. Just last month we penned a piece on what criteria we generally use to evaluate new legislation, and on our Regulation page we have this: We favor enforcement of existing regulations over the creation of new...
Criteria For New Legislation, or “Should I support or endorse that?”
We are frequently asked whether we should support this legislation or that legislation. Would we endorse this or that, or do we oppose it. And either way, why?? In general, we view legislation through a lens that includes the following questions: 1) Does the proposed...
Bloomberg’s Fallacy
In case you watched the Superbowl yesterday, caught Bloomberg's ad, and then were shocked at the 2900 kids killed by gun violence every year, it is, in fact, a totally warped statistic. Not going to give the ad free airtime here, if you really want to go watch it, you...
The 2020 Election and the Impact of Gun Owners
With the primaries heating up, and the rest of the electorate starting to pay attention to that and the larger election, I thought it was time to put some statistics out there that the Dem primary candidates and voters might want to consider. Nailing down the...
How to Alienate (Potential) Allies and Make Enemies
From the Virginia Legislative Action Group of The Liberal Gun Club You may or may not have heard, but The Liberal Gun Club does outreach to state legislators from time to time, when there is topical legislation to discuss and where we have local folks that are...
Homophobia, Transphobia, and Body Shaming are Bad; or How Not to Be an Asshole
We've been having some spirited discussions in our forums, recently around the rally in Virginia. We didn't attend. We prefer our activism through other channels, but that's a discussion for another time. A troubling thing came from remarks on photos. Remarks made by...
Suicide reduction and yet another study on something that works
Way back in the last decade we published this piece: https://theliberalgunclub.com/those-pesky-root-causes-keep-popping-up/ It showed that there absolutely is a link between raising the minimum wage and lowering the suicide rate back in June of last year- by 3.6-5.5%....
State of the LGC -2019
I wanted to do a recap of the year, give everyone some information, and keep my promise of posting this update! We had a wildly successful annual meeting, which I raved about here.The plans for 2020 are being finalized now, stay tuned for a save the date. It will be...
The Liberal Gun Club in Virginia
As folks may know, the Virginia Legislature is planning on some new measures, some of which appear to be poorly thought out, and that's causing some waves in the "2nd Amendment Community." Sanctuary cities, National Guard deployments, some really dire rhetoric from...
The “Liberal” Gun Club
Yes, I owe a detailed State of the Club post, I'm working on it. I promise its not a "Game of Thrones" promise, it will get written, this year even! But, coming off the success of the annual meeting, and the press that followed it (mostly local), and some other things...
LGC Spokesperson Lara Smith Riding Shotgun With Charlie
Another good video interview prior to the GPRC when Lara was interviewed just hit over on YouTube's "Riding Shotgun with Charlie"- Worth the watch!
Annual Meeting 2019 – Recap
Red eye flights stink, jet lag sucks, getting old isn't fun. My excuses have excuses. Sorry this is late! Last Sunday we wrapped up the NINTH Annual National Meeting of the Liberal Gun Club. I am pretty sure I say this every year, and will continue to say it until its...
New Proposal from the White House and DOJ on Expanding Background Checks
It is pretty clear that the Trump White House supports expanded background checks for firearms sales. At the 2019 Gun Rights Policy Conference, one speaker noted there was a one-page "Idea Sheet" being floated around the Hill about this issue and this supposedly...
What Gun Rights Advocacy Looks Like
A lot of people see gun advocacy as speeches and rallies and say "yeah, but I can't do THAT." This week, I had a good reminder of what gun advocacy should, and shouldn't be. In the town I live in, a woman is running on a platform as an anti-gunner for city counsel....
LGC Spokesperson Lara Smith at GRPC
The folks over at the Gun Rights Policy Conference invited Lara Smith, our national spokesperson, to speak this year again. She talked about the importance of building coalitions, making handling/shooting guns a less intimidating experience for folks who are new but...
The Liberal Gun Club Interviewed By the Associated Press
Regarding the recent conversation by some presidential candidates regarding confiscation: https://apnews.com/728cc3d1f90440ff85b5b43ca266df94 “Constitutional rights aren’t based on what you like. What’s the slippery slope of this?” said Lara C. Smith, the national...
Our National Spokesperson with be at GRPC
Our National Spokesperson, Lara C. Smith, again will be speaking on the Culture Drives Policy panel at the 2019 Gun Rights Policy Conference this weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. Put on each year by our friends at the Second Amendment Foundation, GRPC is the largest...
Our Ask Me Anything on Reddit
Our National Spokesperson, Lara C. Smith, was invited to host an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit this past week. She answered numerous questions about the Club and our stances on issues ranging from "assault weapons" bans to whether the NFA needs reform (short...
In Memoriam – Keith Ellis
We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our friend, Florida Chapter President, and podcast wizard; Keith Ellis. We are all crushed by this news. Keith was a truly great guy. Keith's leadership in the Florida chapter included regular service days and the...
Those pesky root causes keep popping up
As a recap: Root Cause: The fundamental reason for the occurrence of a problem Some news in the Washington Post Friday caught my eye with their article about suicide rates and reduction. Suicide Reduction Researchers say there’s a simple way to reduce suicides:...
New membership perk announcement!
Good stuff here, we were turned onto the folks over at CCW Safe by our lead instructor, Alessandro, and we decided to reach out to them to see if we could get something for our members- and they happily obliged with a 10% discount off of their already great prices....
Soundbites make for terrible policy
I know. We live in a world of soundbites. Particularly in the political realm. From "Lock her up" to "Zero-tolerance policy" towards undocumented immigrants, sadly the first round of Democratic debates in 2019 did nothing to improve this situation. To be fair, the...
Texas gets safe storage right
We've seen efforts at getting folks to be responsible with their guns done in a variety of ways- a number of them being highly problematic and doing nothing to actually get the message out that locking your stuff up is a good idea, but rather criminalizing folks with...
The Liberal Gun Club Amicus Brief: New York City’s Transport Ban Fails All Heightened Scrutiny
Contact: Lara Smith FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone: 510-919-3214 Email: Larasmith@theliberalgunclub.com https://theliberalgunclub.com New York City’s Transport Ban Fails All Heightened Scrutiny The Liberal...
Are we about to Lose our Rights?
Over the past weeks, I've watched in dismay as several states have moved yet again to restrict our rights. And I get it, my position on this is unpopular with a good part of the American public, but it's pretty disheartening to see such clear evidence that so many...
Bad for Running, Worse for Fighting
So about a month ago, I saw a post for "Combat Flip Flops" in one of our Facebook groups, and I groaned audibly. Great, another Tacticool company. Turns out I was wrong. It happens sometimes, don't tell anyone. If you have not been to the site, head over to...
MITM 2019 Day 2 Range Time!
Range Time: Can You Hear The Steel Ringing? Meet in the Middle day two was without an agenda. Show up at the range, Shoot, eat lunch while listening to California Chapter officers talk for a few minutes, get back to the range. Members and their guests enjoyed a day at...
MITM 2019 Day 1 Wrap up.
Drills, Drills, Drills. The day progressed through a series of skill building exercises based on the unpredictable nature of self-defense. Alessandro's curriculum integrates situational awareness with practical marksmanship and manipulations with the sidearm. Finally...
California Chapter Meet in The Middle underway.
California Chapter Meet in The Middle 2019 Begins. The California Chapter annual meeting happens every year in Morro Bay, California. It began as a way to bring members together from a state with large and distinct population centers. This year the LGC National...
Of domestic violence and firearms
Well it seems that the 2019 reauthorization of VAWA (Violence Against Women Act, originally passed in 1994) may be stalled in congress. We think it's worth a conversation as to where (and why) The Liberal Gun Club comes down on the issue. We've also been consistent on...
LGC Bullseye Club Match 18 Opens March 29
Okay, it's time for the spring Bullseye Club season to start. I am officially opening it this Friday, March 29, but if you get to the range between the time of this posting and the official opening, go ahead and shoot the match, you over-achiever. Match 18 will close...
LGC Oregon Chapter goes to the capitol, again, and again, and again…
The Oregon Chapter of The Liberal Gun Club has just concluded eight scheduled meetings with legislators at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. All of the state Senators and Representatives were identified as being “persuadable” or “otherwise worth seeing” Democrats –...
Proud to Be Among America’s Least Likely Gun Owners
The BBC featured four Liberal Gun Club members in it's new piece titled "America's Least Likely Gun Owners." Will, Ed, Piper and our National Spokesperson, Lara Smith, are featured in this excellent video that will reach more than 300 million people worldwide and be...
2018:The Brave New World
We've taken plenty of shots at things like the NRA, toxic masculinity, and the problems of implicit bias in policing. We've also taken shots at overreaching legislative attempts (some successful, some not). Today though, there's something bothering us and not only is...
Of Unintentional (?) Racism In Training Tools
With one of the core part of the mission for The Liberal Gun Club being training and outreach to non-traditional gun owners of all stripes, we have folks reaching out to us regularly about things they notice, seeking help finding trainers and places to shoot that are...
Some press about the LGC from NPR in Oregon
A couple of points to be clear on, as there were non-LGC folks that were involved in this interview as well: Phil Phillips, the one quoted as being against having guns in the house for self-defense, is NOT a LGC member. He was a first-time invited guest and his quote...