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I have a tremendous amount of personal experience with the M14 rifle. I first handled one and saw it demonstrated at Camp Perry, Ohio, when I was only 13. I lived with one in my room for four years as a cadet at West Point. I qualified with it, drilled …

On Jan. 10, 2020, the San Francisco Chronicle issued a public records request to the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office in California, asking the agency for personal information residents are required to provide in their carry permit application. Sheriff Brandon Barnes—after consultation with the county attorney—informed the newspaper his staff was …

Growing opposition to new Virginia gun-control laws now includes a Georgia-based organization representing over 50,000 law-enforcement officers. “The law enforcement community and the citizens they are sworn to protect have no reason to fear an armed, law-abiding citizen,” Sean McGowan, executive director of the Southern States Police Benevolent Association (SSPBA), …

Maglula filed a lawsuit on Dec. 12, 2019 against Amazon.com, alleging the online goliath was engaged in, “… trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, copyright infringement and unfair competition under federal, state and/or common law arising from Defendants Amazon.com, Inc.’s, and Amazon Service, Inc.’s, (collectively ‘Amazon’) unauthorized use of Maglula’s trademarks and …

“95 percent of your murders—murderers and murder victims fit one M.O. You can just take the description, Xerox it, and pass it out to all the cops,” Bloomberg said. “They are male, minorities, 16 to 25. That’s true in New York. That’s true in virtually every city…. And the way you …

The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee considered and quickly passed extreme “Red Flag” gun surrender legislation, Senate Bill 5 by a 3-2 vote.  Now the bill heads to the House Floor for final consideration.  A vote isn’t currently scheduled, but anti-gun lawmakers are prioritizing the passage of this bill and …

On February 11th, the House of Delegates voted 51-48 to pass House Bill 961 following fierce opposition from citizens. Michael Bloomberg’s bought and paid for lawmakers have moved HB 961 very quickly. Despite this, Second Amendment supporters have mobilized quickly at each step. HB 961 will now move to the Senate. Your NRA …

Maryland gun owners once again have a large-scale fight on their hands with the Speaker of the House’s new gun ban legislation, House Bill 1261.  We remember the relentless battle against Senate Bill 281 in 2013, and now anti-gun legislators are trying to take your guns again!   The Speaker is …

At the end of 2019, American Rifleman editors and contributors got together and discussed the guns, ammunition, optics and gear that emerged from the marketplace over the past year. From these conversations emerge the Golden Bullseye award winners for 2020, and such has it gone since the first Golden Bullseye …

New for 2020, Rock River Arms is introducing a new addition to its line of semi-automatic, AR-style pistols chambered in 9 mm Luger: the BT92152. The new addition, like the rest of the BT-9 series, is designed to accept Glock-style magazines, allowing those who already have Glock pistols to have …