John Browning’s M1911 pistol has been with us for more than 105 years now, and it is still a viable gun for personal defense, military use and competition. Manufactured by numerous companies, the M1911 pistol’s longevity is a tribute to its sound design. The Italian firm of Tanfoglio has combined …

As a young gun enthusiast, I did not pay much attention to the AK family of firearms. That wasn’t due to any bad experiences with AKs, but rather because I had no experience with them whatsoever. You see, in those days, when the Vietnam War was still a fresh memory …

The big fight for gun owners in 2016 was ensuring the Second Amendment had a firm supporter in the White House, and with the election of Donald Trump, that goal was achieved. Now, in 2017, gun owners are seeing the benefits of a friendly environment for the firearms world. In …

The election of President Donald Trump was a double-edged sword for gun manufacturers. It meant that firearm freedoms were assured for another four years, thanks largely to the efforts of NRA members. The tactical shotgun market saw a boom in early 2017, with a number of new models rolling out …

This feature appears in the May ‘17 issue of NRA America’s 1st Freedom, one of the official journals of the National Rifle Association.   In a famous letter to Wilson Cary Nicholas, penned in September 1803, President Thomas Jefferson made the case for a faithful reading of the U.S. Constitution. It is …

On Jan. 9, Congressmen Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and John Carter, R-Texas, introduced the Hearing Protection Act, a measure aimed at removing firearm suppressors from the auspices of the National Firearms Act so law-abiding Americans can more easily acquire them for their sound dampening qualities. Duncan, Carter, various medical doctors, the …

Any rational person is likely to assume that a political movement that uses “women’s rights” as a cornerstone issue would be all about empowering women to use a tool that can make them the equal of any man. But instead of backing gun rights, Everytown for Gun Safety, with The New …

Criminals can strike anywhere at any time. You should always be prepared, and carry your gun just like Luis, one of U.S. Law Shield’s members from Texas. He saw a pair of criminals trying to break into his neighbor’s car, and he knew exactly what he had to do to …

The more I test and use handguns, the more respect I have for the operating reliability of these machines. Tolerances held by Kimber, Colt, Glock, Ruger, Smith and Wesson, SIG, and CZ are excellent. When we fire these handguns on the range, we should have every confidence that they will …

Noted sniping authority and historian Maj. John L. Plaster, USAR (Ret.) has been working on a new book on sniping in World War I. Did you know American snipers were trained at both Camp Perry and Quantico? How were they trained? And what lessons did they bring back from the …