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California Armed Citizen Has His Concealed-Carry Permit Taken Away After He Protected His Family
If you’ve been watching Fox News lately, you likely saw a video of Los Angeles, Calif., homeowner Vince Ricci approaching his front door when two armed robbers came up right behind him. The armed thug right behind Ricci had a pistol pointed at Ricci’s back. Ricci spins around, dropping a drink, and …
Survey Says Why More Americans are Embracing Their Rights
Nearly three out of four American gun owners say that self-defense is the reason they own a firearm, according to recent study from Pew Research Center. The data shows the 72% said “protection” is a main reason they own a fire- arm, as opposed to 32% who said “hunting,” 30% …
Live With It
Lately I’ve been re-reading the works of that grand old man of sixgunning, Elmer Keith, and I noticed that Mr. Keith had the same advice that was later offered by Col. Jeff Cooper; live with your handgun. The savvy handgunner has their gun on, or within reach, during most of …
The Armed Citizen® Nov. 17, 2023
Armed Citizen® Today A naked intruder was held at gunpoint by a Bismarck, N.D., homeowner until police officers arrived to take the man into custody on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. At 3 a.m., police were called to the scene of a burglary at a local residence. The homeowner told officers …
First Look: Citadel Taipan X Rifle
Legacy Sports has just unveiled the Citadel Taipan X, a new spring assisted pump-action centerfire carbine chambered in .223 Rem. This Taipan X is named after one of the most dangerous and venomous snakes found in Australia, the taipan. The rifle has the appearance a contemporary tactical style semi-automatic intermediate cartridge …
2023 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Range and Shop
No matter your gifting needs, interests or budget, we’ve got at least one product for you. Our editors scoured the globe for the most fun, useful and well-made items for the range and shop to make your holiday shopping simple. Alternatively, leave this guide out for others to see to …
First Look: True Knives Titanium Block Multitool
True Knives has just unveiled a new general purpose multi-tool that has both a small footprint and an affordable price. The new True Knives Titanium Block Multitool is a modern take on the classic “Swiss Army knife” idea, whith similar tools and functions as those classic red utility knives. However, True …
First Look: Foxtrot Mike Mike-15 Gen 1 5.56 Upper Receivers
Foxtrot Mike Products is reintroducing the classic Mike-15 Gen 1 5.56 Barreled upper receivers. These newer Gen 1 Mike-15 upper receiver groups include some tweaks and improvements found on later generation Foxtrot Mike products to provide more performance and reliability. These assembled upper receiver groups include a lightweight M-Lok handguard but …
A Shot In The Dark: American Luminous Gun Sights In WWI
“The complexity of the present war, resulting in the various specialized vocations of the modern soldier, has created a need for many new items of equipment and necessitated a change in design of much of the old standard equipment. The Ordnance Department has conducted many tests of new inventions and …
New For 2023: SIG Sauer Cross Magnum
In 2019, SIG Sauer re-entered the bolt action market with the introduction of the Cross, a compact and lightweight precision hunting rifle, chambered in cartridges like .308 Win., 6.5 mm Creedmoor and the company’s then-new .277 Fury. New for 2023, SIG is scaling the platform up with the Cross Magnum in .300 …