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New York Can’t Get Away With This
In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, striking down New York’s “may-issue” licensing system, the state passed a law that is perhaps even worse. When I am asked what alterations I would make to the United States Constitution if I could travel back in time and persuade the …
Santa Fe City Council to Consider Creating Untold Number of “Gun-Free Zones”
Your Santa Fe City Council is currently considering a resolution that would make it a fourth degree felony for a person — including a concealed handgun licensee — to carry a firearm for personal protection in, or on, certain city-controlled properties that can be used for school-related or school-sanctioned events. These would include the Santa Fe Community Convention Center …
New: 2023 Cabot Gun Of The Month Collection
Cabot Guns about its Gun of the Month subscription program: “The program is for elite collectors, enthusiasts and connoisseurs of the 1911 style.” Cabot Guns on Wednesday announced its 2023 Gun of the Month Club Collection. Subscribers will receive custom limited-edition offerings of the classic 1911 each month of the …
First Look: LAW Tactical ARIC Bolt Carrier
LAW Tactical, the small company best known for its folding-stock adapter for AR-15 pattern firearms, has started selling its new ARIC AR-15 bolt carrier group. The LAW Tactical ARIC (AR Internal Carrier) is a novel approach at removing the traditional recoil spring and weighted buffer set that is typically found …
I Carry: Charter Arms Bulldog Revolver in a Galco Holster
Firearm: Charter Arms Bulldog (MSRP: $452.20) We’ve got an unconventional choice for today’s kit in the Charter Arms Bulldog. While we’re no stranger to five-shot revolvers, they are almost always in the .38 Special or .357 Magnum variety. Some people prefer, as the cliché goes, a firearm which has a caliber starting …
Front Sight vs Target Focus
Most of us are taught to place that critical focus on the front sight of a handgun because in the United States, most institutions responsible for disseminated shooting knowledge are rooted in the classic and traditional discipline of bullseye shooting. In bullseye shooting, precision and accuracy are paramount, so everything is …
Germany to Finally Fully Field the HK416A8
Bundeswehr, the Federal Republic of Germany’s armed forces, will begin receiving shipments of two variants of the Heckler & Koch HK416A8 rifle sometime in 2024. The nation’s military has officially designated the models G95A1 and G95KA1, which will wear 16.5- and 14-inch barrels, respectively. The country’s special forces already field a 14.5-inch …
Review: Kieran McMullen’s Books On Guns Of The Irish Revolution, 1913-1924
Noted author and firearms expert, Lt. Col. Kieran McMullen, U.S. Army (Ret.), has written four superb little books that detail all of the firearms used by the participants (on both sides) in the Irish “Troubles” of the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence, the 1921 attack on Dublin’s Customs …
TSA Increases Maximum Firearm Fine
On December 16, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced an increase in the maximum fine for firearms detected at its airport screening sites and the “secure” areas behind. Inadvertently attempting to bring one through a TSA checkpoint could result in a civil penalty of $14,950. The news came just prior …
SENATE PASSES 12 GUN CONTROLS
On Capitol Hill, Gun Owners of America is strongly objecting to the Omnibus government funding bill on your behalf, because it is infested with Second Amendment infringements. The Swamp loves to pass infringements when no one is looking, and the holidays provide the perfect cover to ram through unwanted spending …