This .46-caliber Girardoni air rifle is the type of air gun that was taken along on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1803. In the 1980s, gun prohibitionists almost accomplished a national ban on then-new polymer-frame pistols, such as Glocks, with the bogus claim that “plastic guns” are …

Sometimes, despite the hysteria and disinformation that surrounds our politics, good policies prevail. Twenty years ago, only one state allowed its citizens to carry concealed firearms without a permit. About a decade ago, that number was three. As this was being written, it was seventeen, and, in all likelihood, by …

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center recently released a report on targeted school violence that didn’t seem to get much attention from the media. After reading it, we can understand why, as it doesn’t easily fit into the standard legacy media paradigm of exploiting tragedy to “prove” that guns are …

There is a central hypocrisy at the heart of the gun control effort. High-profile gun control-supporting politicians, the Hollywood elite, and billionaire tycoons, will advocate to strip ordinary Americans of their right to defend themselves and their family, all the while enjoying the security that armed men with guns provide. …

Americans are all too familiar with the background details of mass shooters; it’s hard not to be when media accounts of high-profile tragedies focus their coverage on the attackers, their background, and their motives. This coverage actually gives other deranged individuals something to emulate – and can help spread these …

While little is known about Tom Threepersons, the larger-than-life exploits of the Native American lawman reveal him to have been a jack-of-all trades, but master of armed conflict. It isn’t big enough to deserve the title of “library” so I can’t logically call it one, but there are sure a …

My Gunsite Academy students might remember hearing me preach this: Achieving high-speed, low-drag is nothing more than applying basics. While everyone wants to move on to advanced training, you must first master the fundamentals, then apply them to every shot. So here’s a drill that will benefit any pistol shooter, …

Americans sure are exercising their Second Amendment rights. March had the second-highest number of background checks for the purchase of a firearm on record, beaten only by March of last year, according to new data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). NSSF analysis indicates more than two million background …

Yesterday, Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 621 and House File 756 into law. With HF 756, Iowa joins the 18 other states that have constitutional/permitless carry. Gov. Reynolds had this to say yesterday about taking this strong stance to affirm the right to self-defense: “Today I signed legislation that protects the 2nd Amendment …

For those hunters desirous of a classic upland gun, Dickinson Arms has debuted the Royal Series Over/Under. The shotgun boasts a hand-removeable side-lock, designed with an intercepting safety sear and additional pin anchoring over and above typical five-pin models. Set in a Turkish-walnut stock, the receiver is CNC machined from a solid block of molybdenum …