By NSSF U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue joined NSSF’s Larry Keane, Senior Vice President for Government and Public Affairs, in an episode to kick of SHOT Show TV for 2020. Their chat included both Secretaries discussing their hunting industry backgrounds and traditions, limitations on the Second Amendment […]
By Martha Bellisle, AP A security guard who accidentally injured two students while trying to stop a mass shooting at a school in a Denver suburb will not be criminally charged, but must complete community service, a special prosecutor said Friday. “Although it was illegal for him to have a gun on the premises, our […]
Benelli’s George Thompson gives us a quick tour of the Italian gunmaker’s first-ever bolt action rifle, the new LUPO chambered in .30-06 Springfield, .300 Win Mag and .270 Winchester. oembed rumble video here From their press release . . . The Lupo is loaded with innovative features-including seven exclusive Benelli patents-adding up to a hunting rifle that handles […]
I’ve questioned New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal‘s intelligence and sanity since he sued a California company last year under the novel legal theory that a nonexistent New Jersey law applies to a California gun parts seller. I blame the lead in New Jersey’s water for the Attorney General’s impairment. In his latest excursion into […]
Walther initially announced the Walther CCP in .380 way back in January 2019, and then nothing ever happened. The gun disappeared for some reason. In 2020 they sent a press release out relaunching the gun. It was a standard press release as if they had forgotten the CCP in .380. They finally had one at […]
With so many different products coming out of SHOT Show it can be dizzying. Luckily, sometimes you are in the right place at the right time and you hear about something rather sweet. I was in the Media room when people started chatting about the new Meprolight Foresight. I heard a few things and my […]
Twenty state attorneys general along with DC’s top legal mind think they can stop the dissemination of 3D gun files through the courts. Bless their hearts. By Michael Balsamo and Chris Grygiel, AP Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints […]
Earlier this year, Winchester Repeating Arms announced the return of the Winchester 1895 to production, and I made a bee-line to their SHOT Show booth to get a look. Unfortunately, they didn’t bring the standard 1895 and I had to settle for handling and checking out their 125th Anniversary model, a SHOT Show special edition. […]
Texas has a preemption law that prohibits cities from enacting gun control laws that are more restrictive than those at the state level. Some see that as interference with local control. “It seems as though the people in the state don’t like Washington telling them what to do, that local control is good, but it’s […]
Wraithworks debuted at SHOT Show this year, both the new company and their first product, the WARSCORP9. This AR-style 9mm pistol accepts CZ Scorpion EVO magazines and employs a side-charging upper receiver with flip-out charging handle. Using Scorpion EVO magazines is very appealing. They look better in a PCC-type gun than rearward-swept GLOCK mags do, […]
As the bolt action pistol market heats up we’re starting to see established players dip their toes in the water. Bergara, a relatively traditional company making wonderfully accurate and high-quality rifles at good price points, is teasing a pistol build here at SHOT Show 2020. This little guy is a 7-inch .22 LR, built on […]
By Robert B. Young, MD With all due respect to Henny Youngman, King of the One-Liners, I mean exactly that in certain cases. We fight hard against any form of confiscation that denies us our natural right to keep and bear arms in self-defense. That includes opposing all the “red flag” laws so far enacted and […]
