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H.R. 1808: 5 Days Left
Last week, more than 250,000 patriots like yourself signed the Official Petition OPPOSING H.R. 1808, Nancy Pelosi’s “Assault Weapons Ban”! Congress is back in DC again this week, and we need to flood the place with another 250,000, cranking the grassroots heat up even hotter! This bill bans more than …
Will the Midterm Election Turn Congress Back Toward Freedom?
We do not know how the midterm elections this Nov. 8 will turn out, but there are plenty of signs that the anti-Second Amendment fervor from the Biden administration, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is grounding out on a massive …
Will More Europeans Now Advocate for the Right to Self-Defense?
firearms ownership, one has to step back in time and consider the historic developments. In Europe, to own or carry a weapon—namely a gun—was seldom a right. Sometimes it could become a duty, such as when called up for the defense of the realm. For a select minority, the ruling …
Halbrook Explains the Bruen Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 6-3 in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. This decision recognizes that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights means it when it says “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” “This is a ruling that will reverberate …
Splitting Frog Hairs
Some years ago, there was an essay by writer, revolversmith and instructor Grant Cunningham in which he decried the obsession you can find in some corners of the defensive-firearms world with what he memorably called “meaningless increments of precision.” In his essay, Cunningham was referring to the tiny slices of …
First Look: DeSantis Holsters for P320 and P250
DeSantis Gunhide is now offering its Just Cause 2.0 synthetic polymer holster for the SIG Sauer P320 and P250 pistols. The Just Cause 2.0 holster is an outside-the-waistband (OWB) duty oriented holster that offers two additional forms of retention. It has a thumb-activated trigger guard lock in addition to a rotating …
Range Bag Roundup
No offense to the local box store or grocery store, but don’t carry your gear to the range in one of their disposable plastic bags. It’s just not right on so many levels. It’ll tear, it’s disorganized, you can’t carry as much stuff. So much wrong. Instead, keep everything together …
#SundayGunday: Browning A5 Wicked Wing Sweet Sixteen
This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Browning A5 Wicked Wing Sweet Sixteen. Resurrecting the much-beloved but oft-ignored 16-gauge, the shotgun is pointed particularly at the 16-gauge’s primary devotees: hunters. With its Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Habitat camo, Burnt Bronze Cerakote finish, oversized bolt release and extended Invector-DS Goose …
Member’s Hunt: 7.65 Legacy
By Gary Brown, Conklin, Mich. Growing up in rural southeast Missouri in the ’50s and ’60s, it was very natural for me and my friends to explore and hunt all of the neighboring farms and woods. Starting with slingshots, BB guns, homemade bows and arrows—and eventually store-bought bows, single shot …
Practicing With Dangerous Game Rifles
This article, “Pro Rifle Handling: Practice With The Big Boys” by Joe Coogan, appeared originally in the February 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. When I glanced to my left, I recognized murder in motion. The brush cracked, …