A flexible, modular design and decades of robust sales have pushed the AR-15 to the top of long gun heap, making it America’s favorite rifle. But while it may look easy to operate, many novice users make a number of rookie mistakes with their AR. In competitions, these mistakes can cause embarrassment. If you’re using […]
Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies rescued a family, including a seven-year-old girl hiding in her bedroom, from a trio of armed, violent home invaders Saturday night in Deltona, Florida. Now, the department has released dramatic bodycam footage from the responding officers. The video and circumstances show why gun owners should carry at home just as they […]
Smith & Wesson has announced a recall of some of their M&P Shield EZ pistols made in 2020. The issue involves potentially cracked hammers that may, in worst case scenarios, cause multiple discharges without pressing the trigger. Consumers can call 888-871-7114 or go online to the S&W Shield EZ Recall website to enter their serial […]
Here’s an inconvenient truth: firearm safety education saves lives. However, some people fear them and don’t want anything to do with teaching their kids gun safety. At the same time, others agonize over when to start teaching firearm safety in their home. What’s the right time to start teaching your kids to respect firearms? Yes, […]
Online learning for our nation’s children has come with a lot of downsides, both for the kids and America’s parents. A recent case in Louisiana exposes one of the many drawbacks: an invasion of privacy. When a teacher saw a BB gun in a student’s bedroom during class, the educator called the police, claiming the […]
The Brady Campaign and Everytown for Gun Safey would tell you that Americans yearn for more gun control laws. They positively demand it. Yet when it comes to political advertising this year, too often the big civilian disarmament groups don’t even mention gun control in their ads seeking to prop up vulnerable Democrat candidates. Why […]
Political violence isn’t supposed to happen in America. U.S. history is characterized by peaceful changes of power no matter the election results. However, in the age of President Donald Trump, things have changed. A new poll commissioned by the UK’s Independent shows some shocking results: almost three-quarters of Americans worry about political violence on election […]
With today’s announcement that only one of three Louisville Metro police officers involved in the raid at Breonna’s Taylor’s home will face charges, it seems as though unrest in Louisville tonight was a foregone conclusion. Right on cue, it didn’t even take until sunset for the assembled crowds of “peaceful protestersᵀᴹ” to start causing mayhem […]
For most cases of self-defense, police and prosecutors don’t have the benefit of much video evidence. Maybe some security camera footage or daschcam video. However, the prosecutors in Kenosha County, Wisconsin had a mountain of video evidence after the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings….and they chose to ignore most of it in their rush to file charges […]
An armed society is a polite society. Robert Heinlein offered those words decades ago and they remain true today. In Bloomington, Illinois, last weekend’s “Back the Blue” rally to support police remained mostly peaceful, sort of, but only because malcontents and troublemakers knew that participants had guns. Lots of guns. And the will to use […]
Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men last week in Kenosha during the height of the rioting in that city. Now, his new legal team, headed up by John Pierce of Pierce Bainbridge, has released a three-page statement about Rittenhouse’s defensive actions that night. In it, the attorney lay waste to a number of rumors and innuendo […]
Much to the chagrin of some, an Illinois judge has delayed the extradition of 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin to give him time to secure private legal representation. Rittenhouse allegedly shot three individuals, killing two and wounding one Tuesday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin while under attack during rioting. The extradition hearing is now scheduled to […]