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Last night, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 311, restricting firearms on college campuses and college-owned properties, even for concealed carry permit holders. This legislation is now eligible for a floor vote. Please contact your state senator by using the Take Action button below and urge them to OPPOSE this legislation. …

Vortex Optics has just launched a new red-dot sight, the Vortex Defender XL. The Vortex Defender XL joins the trending category of “big window” slide-mounted red-dot sights favored by both performance and competitive shooters. The new Vortex Defender XL sight is offered with either a larger 5- or 8-MOA red dot, …

SilencerCo has just released a new special edition product line for modern firearms consisting of SilencerCo ASR muzzle devices, which come with a special look unique to this series. All muzzle devices are left in their raw, unfinished-metal forms for both aesthetics and with the idea that shooters will change the …

The .22 Hornet is one of those old cartridges that refuses to die. Its design is antiquated by today’s cartridge design standards but, if anything, its popularity has grown in recent years. All you need to do is shoot one to see why. This is a fun cartridge with a mild report …

While infantry muskets were largely standardized during the American Civil War, cavalry units used an incredible variety of different designs, with the Union cavalry employing dozens of different models during the war. One such gun, the Gallager carbine, is one of the war’s lesser-known designs, but it still saw service …

Known for its line of affordable .22 rimfire single-action revolvers and rifles, Heritage Manufacturing has greatly expanded its catalog over the past year, adding rimfire and centerfire lever-action rifles and a double-barreled shotgun. New for 2024, the company is adding its first centerfire revolver, the Roscoe. The Roscoe is a classic “snub-nose” revolver, like the sidearm of choice …

Last weekend, Chicagoans witnessed a weekend that saw at least 71 people shot. Tragically, nine of the victims died from their injuries. Just two weeks ago, Chicagoans survived a weekend that saw at least 44 people shot. Tragically, at least eight of the victims died from their injuries. In a city where …

In what amounts to a victory for the rule of law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the U.S. Congress writes federal law, not the bureaucracy. That is the basis for the high court’s ruling in Garland v. Cargill, written by Justice Clarence Thomas. To a majority of the justices, this …

May marked the 58th month in a row that the number of firearms sold—as reflected by the volume of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) requests processed by the FBI—exceeded one million. The news wasn’t all good, though. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) estimates, based on NICS figures, that sales …

Joe Biden wants your guns. For now, however, a pro-gun House of Representatives stands in the way of the legislation it will take to get them. But if Joe Biden can’t pass new laws to ban the guns Americans already own, he will use his army of bureaucrats to reinterpret …