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It’s a warm October afternoon on a hickory ridge, and I am trying my best to be a ghost. Slowly, slowly, I ease my foot down onto the dry leaves on the forest floor. Moving quietly in these conditions seems impossible, but I creep down the ridge, eyes skyward. Sixty yards …

A few short years ago, the U.S. firearm market looked at Turkish pistols with a great deal of skepticism. Today, that stigma has largely faded, as many of these guns have proven themselves to be accurate, durable and, above all, reliable. After procuring a sample and putting it through its paces, …

On August 18, United States Army Contracting Command awarded Federal Ammunition with a five-year contract to produce the AA40 5.56 NATO frangible ammunition (MK311 MOD 3) used by U.S. military branches during training. Total value of the firm, fixed-price agreement is $114,813,500 and estimated completion date is Aug. 17, 2027. “This contract …

Background On September 9, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved a Merchant Category Code (MCC) for firearm retailers. The ISO is a Geneva-based non-governmental organization that consists of a network of “standards bodies” from around the globe that create consensus across various countries and industries. The move altered standard 18245:2003, which, …

Wondering what federal law says regarding individuals who do not have a Federal Firearms License (FFL) that need to ship firearms? Well, if you go to the website for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), select the Resources pull-down menu, and click on the Firearms option under Q&A, you will find …

For years now, leftist politicians across America have promoted a pro-criminal agenda that included gun control initiatives marketed as “public safety” measures, no-bail and other criminal law reforms, and “depolicing” communities. Seattle, the tip of the progressive spear in Washington State, is now facing a crisis in crime arising from its commitment …

I have wanted to tell you about this for at least two months, but our lawyers told us that we couldn’t talk about it until now. The whole world now knows that Joe Biden personally directed the FBI to raid President Trump’s home in Florida and that Merrick Garland is …

We’ve just recently had another round of legal strategy talks with our attorneys and are getting close to challenging the ATF’s unconstitutional, bureaucratic, and tyrannical gun control nightmares implemented through Joe Biden’s executive orders. We’re going to sue the hell out of Biden and his gun grabbing handlers! As you know, …

Recently, Pew Charitable Trusts explored gun buyback programs and their ability to reduce crime. A “gun buyback program,” or GBP, is a local government program that purchases unwanted firearms. The premise that the government is purchasing “back” privately-owned firearms is nonsense because the government never owned them in the first place. Firearm …

Armed Citizen® Today A resident in Adair County, Iowa, was on alert when he was awakened to the sounds of glass breaking on June 13, 2022. The resident was asleep in bed sometime around 4 a.m. that early Monday morning, when the sounds of banging and glass breaking interrupted his …