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New York City is a gun control utopia, where benevolent politicians including Gotham’s mayor are hell-bent on making it as difficult as possible for guns to be a part of a free society. Criminals, though, seem to be running rampant. New York’s gun control is making New York City a …

The old saying that you carry a hunting rifle a lot more than you shoot it was created in support of lightweight rifles. As the verve of youth is stolen by time, I find more truth in this every day. More conventional wisdom conveyed to me during my youth was …

Ulfhednar is a Norway-based manufacturer of some of the world’s toughest equipment, clothing, and gear. The company relies on its staff of experienced competition shooters and hunters who know how important the finest shooting accessories are for hunting, long-range shooting and general sports use. All Ulfhednar products are designed to withstand …

A. Machined from 416 stainless steel and coated in a black-nitride finish, the Mission First Tactical EvolV Brake/Compensator Hybrid boasts a truly innovative design. Two vertical ports redirect gasses to mitigate muzzle climb, while those gasses exiting through the two horizontal ports aid in felt-recoil reduction. Four prongs along the …

In early 2020, Glock finally introduced a handgun chambered in the world’s most-popular cartridge: the .22 LR, giving us the Glock 44. If, at first glance, you confuse this .22-caliber striker-fired pistol with the company’s Gen. 5 Model 19 (9 mm), then Glock accomplished its goal. The Model 44’s polymer frame is virtually identical, …

On Wednesday evening, thanks to all of your calls and emails, the Albuquerque City Council voted down Resolution R-20-68 on a 5-4 vote.  This non-binding resolution would have urged the New Mexico Legislature to strip the firearms preemption clause from Article II, Section 6 (the Right to Keep and Bear Arms provision) of …

Last week in this space, I illustrated how liberalism has been nothing more than the soft-socialist wedge radical leftists have used over the last several decades to incrementally advance a megalithic socialist state. Further, that our 50 years of employing tolerance, fair play, guarded rhetoric and capitulating to liberal demands …

Located in West Valley City, Utah, Desert Tech launched its specialized lineup of bullpup bolt-action rifles in 2007. In 2014, the company shifted gears with proof-of-concept models of the cartridge-convertible semi-automatic Micro Dynamic Rifle (MDR), but it would be another three years before the system was ready to ship. From …

Results of a poll released early this week by the University of Texas at Tyler and The Dallas Morning News indicate first-time gun owners accounted for more than half of the new firearms purchased between May 28 and Sept. 2. The study focused tightly on registered voters in the state—with …

While having options is always good, intimate familiarity and thus competence is fostered by regularly carrying the same gun. There’s an ongoing inner struggle between the part of me that’s practical and the part of me that just wants to have fun, and unless one is possessed of Spock-like levels …