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First Look: XTech AK Magazine
XTech Tactical is now offering a new American made, 30-round standard capacity 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov-pattern magazine, the MAG47 Elite. XTech brought the new MAG47 Elite magazine to market in order to give AK shooters a choice for a smooth sided and slimmer profile magazine that had the same level of durability and …
Rifled Choke Tubes: What You Need to Know
If given the choice, most hunters would opt to use a rifle to hunt big game; increasingly, however, those who are willing to employ shotgun slugs are afforded additional opportunities afield—particularly in settled areas east of the Mississippi River. Why? Due to the steadily climbing population and the resultant modification of nature into …
Fiocchi Building Arkansas Lead-Free Primer Plant
Fiocchi is investing $41.5 million and expanding its workforce by 120 people to establish the planet’s first dedicated lead-free primer factory on a 281-acre site in the Port of Little Rock, Ark. Once completed and operational, it will be the sixth primer manufacturing operation in the United States. The move is …
In Memoriam: Edward Head III
Retired Border Patrol agent, Gunsite instructor and longtime columnist for NRA’s Shooting Illustrated Ed Head passed away Sept. 16, 2022, after a battle with cancer. He was 72 years old. Head served in the United States Air Force from 1972-1976, specializing in nuclear security and captaining a competition shooting team. After his …
Déjà vu: Biden Taps Operation Chokepoint Veteran to Again Lead FDIC
Of all the scandals of the anti-gun Obama/Biden administration, Operation Chokepoint was perhaps the most insidious. NRA-ILA covered the story at the time, explaining how federal regulators – including the Department of Justice and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – used their authorities to intimidate banks into shunning lawful but politically …
NY AG James Sends Threatening Letter to Ammunition Sellers
In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, anti-gun New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) announced last week that she would expand her assault on the Second Amendment by targeting ammunition sellers. AG James claimed, “39 ammunition sellers have been shipping ammunition directly to New York residents in violation of …
Emboldened, Opportunistic Biden Continues to Promote Gun Bans
Whatever else can be said of Joe Biden as a politician, he has been consistent and unwavering on at least one point: he wants to take your guns. Make no mistake: Left to his own devices, that is exactly what he will do. Joe Biden’s political party just lost control …
TAKE ACTION TO SAVE PISTOL BRACES!
We need all hands-on deck in our fight against the Biden Pistol Brace Ban. Even if you never owned one, or have no intention of owning one, do not miss the fact if they get away with this, millions of patriots will become felons and they’ll have the green light …
The Armed Citizen® Nov. 21, 2022
Armed Citizen® Today A resident of a San Antonio, Texas, apartment defended himself when an alleged robber pulled a gun on him on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The resident was returning home around 3:30 a.m. that morning, when three men jumped out of a nearby parked car and approached. The …
California DOJ Awarded Participation Trophy for Losing Bruen Brief
Those of earlier generations used to chuckle when small children were presented trophies merely for participating in organized sports. When this practice began, few could have predicted that this effete custom would someday extend to attorneys filing briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court. On November 10, the National Association of Attorneys …