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First Look: Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Ascend Adventure Bikes
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s have unveiled an all-new lineup of Ascend Adventure Bikes, engineered to cover every surface and lifestyle. Debuted for the first time at Bass Pro Shops’ National Headquarters in Springfield, MO, Ascend Adventure Bikes are now available for purchase online at basspro.com or cabelas.com and in select Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s retail locations …
SIG Sauer Wins Army NGSW Contract
The U.S. Army announced on Tuesday that SIG Sauer has been awarded the contract to produce the branch’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW). The decision came after a rigorous 27-month testing and evaluation period. Initial delivery in the 10-year agreement is valued at $20.4 million. NGSW guns, which are chambered in 6.8 …
Winchester Awarded U.S. Army Pistol Ammo Contract Worth Up To $145M
Winchester has been awarded a significant contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command for pistol ammunition to be manufactured at Winchester’s facilities in Oxford, Mississippi, and East Alton, Illinois. The contract specifies .38 caliber, .45 caliber and 9 mm ammunition and boasts a potential value of $145 million. Winchester is the …
Glock Handguns: An American Mainstay
Today Glock pistols serve alongside thousands of law enforcement officers nationwide, as well as being the primary self-defense gun for tens of thousands of law-abiding citizens. They’re also serving on front lines manned by militaries across the globe and win competitions, but the company didn’t start as a firearm manufacturer. Gaston Glock, …
5 Signs Of A Good Instructor
Being a firearms instructor involves a skill set that involves more than just being an accomplished shooter. While some might think that this is the most defining characteristic of a qualified instructor, it actually isn’t. While it’s in the top five, it pales in comparison to the other skills that …
March 2022 Gun Sales Increase Over February
The FBI processed 3,081,724 NICS background checks in March—up more than 1/2 million from February. After subtracting other administrative uses of the system, which includes processing of carry permits and their rechecks, Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF) estimates roughly 1.8 million firearms sold during the month. The figure represents …
OPINION: TED CRUZ IS RIGHT. BIDEN’S GHOST GUN BAN IS A DISTRACTION FROM HIS CRIME PROBLEM.
Regarding “Editorial: As gun deaths surge, it’s time to say ‘enough’ to Second Amendment absolutism,” (April 18): Ripping into Sen. Ted Cruz for his stance on “Second-Amendment absolutism” regarding “ghost guns” was not only shortsighted but entirely misguided. Here’s why. Privately made firearms are rarely used in murders. According to …
CT: GOA WINS A CARRY PERMIT BATTLE!
Good news in Connecticut! Last month, GOA had a small legal victory in the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. For some time, the Chief of Police in the Town of Greenwich was demanding that applicants for a state pistol permit submit two letters of recommendation in order to apply. However, Connecticut state law does …
NYC MAYOR ADAMS LIONIZES BLOOMBERG AS GUN CONTROL ‘PAUL REVERE’
There was a sense of Back to the Future in New York City when current Democratic Mayor Eric Adams was joined by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg for an announcement. Bloomberg, of course, is the failed presidential candidate and hypocritical billionaire subsidizer of anti-Second Amendment gun control groups Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Everytown for Gun Safety …
Armed Criminals Shouldn’t Be Handed “Get Out of Jail Free Cards”
Having been pulled for years in two diametrically opposed directions, the anti-gun movement now finds itself in a dreadful political bind. As ever, it continues to abhor the private ownership of firearms, and wishes to make it as difficult as possible for Americans to keep and bear them. And yet, …