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A Rifle for Concealed Carry? Three Practical Choices
Recent events both at home and abroad have many Americans rethinking their everyday carry handgun choices. There’s an excellent chance that you might be one of the thousands of prepared citizens trading in their pocket pistol for something a bit larger, like a gun in the size class of a …
Colorado May Have Its First Large-Capacity-Magazine Criminal Charge
When Colorado’s Larimer County district attorney filed a charge for possessing high-capacity magazines against 29-year-old David Moscow on October 26, 2015, it may have been the first such use of the law since its adoption more than two years ago. A search by U.S. Law Shield did not turn up another …
The Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special—The Bulldog has a Bite!
As many of you have noticed when doing these Shooters Log reviews, the firearms I use most often are not new guns or loaners,but personal guns I have experience with. Some are long serving. I do not write about anything I do not have personal experience with—even if the experience …
Finally — Gun Confiscation Is Out in the Open
Last week, the New York Times newspaper did something remarkable—the paper ran an editorial on its front page for the first time in nearly 100 years. This has the potential to be very good for gun owners, because the editorial called for an outright ban and implied confiscation of certain types of guns, …
4 Alternatives to the AR-10
Depending on what you’re trying to put holes into, the venerable 5.56 isn’t always the right choice. Sometimes you need that hard-hitting .308. While the AR-10 is a fine choice, here are four .30-caliber rifles you should try before pulling the trigger on the variant you’ve been eyeing. After all, …
** Important Winchester Repeating Arms Safety Notice and Recall **
In October 2015, Winchester issued a recall and important safety notice for Winchester XPR rifles. XPR rifles have the potential to fire an unintended round when the safety switch is manipulated. During continuous product testing, Winchester found that moving the safety switch on the XPR rifle “may cause movement …
Range Report: Ruger SP101 — Light, Handy, Powerful
Over the years, among the most useful handguns I have used have been five-shot revolvers. Light, handy and powerful enough for most chores, these are excellent defensive revolvers. Another idiom I have used has been the 4-inch barrel kit gun—usually in .22 caliber. A favorite recreational shooter has been the …
Jesus Joins the NRA
“Hillary is a liar.” This was Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s response to Sean Hannity when asked about Hillary Clinton‘s disgusting, and completely out-of-context, charge that he committed treason by encouraging LU students to defend themselves should Muslim terrorists, like the “San Bernardino Two,” ever attack Liberty University. Clinton, …
Polls Show Public Recognizes NRA Works for a Safer America; Opposes Semi-auto Ban
Despite a decades-long smear campaign that has been ratcheted up to hysteria in recent months, new polls show that Americans recognize NRA’s positive influence on the country, and that the public is less likely than ever to support a ban on popular semi-automatic firearms. A Rasmussen poll conducted November 30–December …
Supreme Court (Again) Punts on the Second Amendment, Leaves Voters to Carry the Ball
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that upheld a Chicago-area “assault weapons” ban against a Second Amendment challenge. This was the second time this year that the Supreme Court refused to hear a Second Amendment …