A few years ago, I was shooting at a local indoor range when a young lady nervously entered the firing area, flinching in shock with every shot. She said she was there to meet a friend of hers who had promised to help her learn to shoot, and that she’d …

Whether you love or hate them, AR-style magazines are finding their way into more new rifle and carbine designs each year. Before the AR frenzy, we could choose between expensive models from one or two firearm manufacturers and well-worn surplus mags that were ready to be scrapped. Today we have …

Buckshot is the primary load carried by law enforcement in shotguns and what you’ll find stuffed in many scatterguns kept for home defense. Yet, a lot of shooters don’t understand exactly what buckshot is or the differences between the various buckshot loads available. Back in the day, when pistols fired …

Why would anyone even consider the .22 LR for self-defense? Using the pipsqueak rounds when your life hangs in the balance may seem similar to the “Charge of the Light Brigade,” taking the approach that, “Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do and die.” That kind of thinking …

Some things are pretty safe bets. Taxes must be paid by April 15, birthdays come once a year, and Wilson Combat turns out good pistols. There are some exceptions. Congress might pass a law exempting themselves from having to pay taxes. If you were born on Feb. 29, your birthday …

I remember after the Sandy Hook shooting, when states like New York and Connecticut passed laws that would force their gun owning residents to register some of their firearms. At the time I thought that was a little absurd. Not knowing any better, I just assumed that the government already …

Is there any doubt left that Obama wants to completely destroy the right to keep and bear arms, and bind Americans to their own enslavement? Reactionary gun control efforts following San Bernardino are combining undue hysteria over firearms and terrorism into one mis-aimed issue that stands to trample upon the …

“… [M]ost illegal guns are simply legal guns that have been stolen or sold secondhand. Since the supply source for the illegal market is legal owners, imposing greater accountability on legal owners will cut down the flow to the illegal market.”   —Rebecca Peters That definition of gun control—from the woman …

Ten years ago, voters in Brazil rejected a nationwide referendum that would have banned the sale of handguns, stunning anti-gun advocates who expected the vote would easily go their way. Instead, more than 60 percent of voters opposed the ban, despite onerous gun control laws in Brazil that resulted in …

Residents of the Peach State believe in Southern hospitality and charm, but that doesn’t mean they’re unprepared when events take a turn for the worse. These armed Georgians defended selves, homes and families by judicious use of firearms. Our stories range from the big-city bustle of Atlanta to the smaller …