Two days, two gun control bills passed by the House of Representatives. Sorry…as the Democrats are fond of portraying their latest efforts to restrict, complicate and raise the cost of gun ownership, they’ve passed two “gun reform bills.” On Wednesday they voted to outlaw private gun sales (while preventing 18-20-year-old adults from buying handguns, and […]
By Mark Oliva When generals and admirals speak, veterans like me tend to listen. That’s why I perked up at a recent letter signed by 13 retired officers for the political gun-control group Giffords Veterans Coalition. That letter advised Congress that passing background checks that ban private gun sales is a moral imperative. They contend […]
This week marked the seventh anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin. Even after George Zimmerman’s acquittal, plenty of groups and people use falsehoods, propaganda and faulty narratives about what happened that night to advance their own causes. This includes people who should know better, including presidential hopeful Kamala Harris. On that fateful night seven […]
Longtime readers know I’m a big fan of the 300 BLK platform. With the increased popularity of 6.8 SPC ammunition, and given the Army’s new fondness for the round, I’m asked if 6.8 SPC is really the way to go in an AR platform rifle. That’s a valid question — what makes the 300 AAC […]
I hear the terminology for those things at the end of a rifle misused and mangled frequently. As in a lot. And it’s not just newbies who are guilty of mis-identifying their muzzle devices. Plenty of “gun guys” don’t really know the difference. So to help with alleviate the problem and clear up some confusion, […]
By Tom Vaughn, MD Like many of the rallying cries used by opponents of the right to keep and bear arms, the call for “universal background checks” is a deliberate misrepresentation. While at first blush UBC legislation may sound appealing, the proposal is actually a ruse. Federal law already requires that licensed dealers conduct a […]
By Larry Keane The murders in Aurora, Illinois, reveal the inability or unwillingness of many in authority to ensure that our existing laws are working. The convicted felon who murdered five at his workplace last week should never have had a gun. We need to know why that happened so it can be fixed so […]
Gary Martin was in the process of being fired by his employer yesterday when he pulled a gun and began shooting, killing five people. He’d worked at Aurora, Illinois valve manufacturer Henry Pratt Company for fifteen years. According to the Chicago Tribune, Martin was issued an Illinois firearm owner identification (FOID) card back in 2014 […]
You may remember that last year, a number of shareholder groups (including an obscure group of nuns) pushed to force publicly-held firearms companies like American Outdoor (Smith & Wesson), Vista and Ruger to answer a questions about their operations. They wanted to know about so-called reputational risk from being in the business of making firearms, any […]
While my photography of Winchester’s 350 Legend cartridge is limited, my initial analysis of it here will not be. Advertised as the world’s fastest straight-walled hunting cartridge, the 350 Legend is sure to make a splash in the Midwest and beyond. As I write this, I am in the process of getting my hands on […]
Got a drone problem? And not a Ben Stein kind of drone problem but an actual, buzzing, flying, spy drone kind of an issue? Yeah, me either. But I’m glad to know that DroneShield is on the case. Check this out . . . It’s mostly hollow polymer — lighter than it looks at 15 […]
The guys over at Ballistic Magazine laying down some truth regarding the new Mossberg MC1sc. They received so many eye-roll worthy comments about Mossberg’s foray into pistols they decided to put together an entire piece about it. Here’s an excerpt: The Mossberg MC1sc looks like… Apparently “every handgun ever made, ever.” Seriously, we saw readers […]
