The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) finally got their way. A local city council voted 4-1 to adopt a resolution to declare that elephants aren’t just animals and instead deserve “the legal rights of a nonhuman animal.” This has been a long-term effort by NhRP, one during which they’ve been smacked down by …

Longstanding regulatory definitions have been weaponized against gun owners to ban firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition. It is no stretch of the imagination that a rule change could amend the definition of “unsafe or unsound practices” at 12 C.F.R. § 390.419 to also include the sale of firearms, firearm accessories, …

Near midnight on July 18, a pizza-delivery driver on his first day on the job stopped at an apartment complex in Philadelphia, Pa., for his next scheduled delivery. However, when he got out of the vehicle, two masked men allegedly pointed a gun at his back and forced him into …

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Firearm: Smith & Wesson M&P M2.0 Metal 9 mm (MSRP: $899) We’re coming back to the Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0 Metal pistol in this episode for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it’s an excellent overall choice for a concealed-carry handgun, despite being slightly on the larger side for carry. …

Rise Armament is releasing a limited-edition AR-15 carbine with a 16 inch stainless steel barrel and a .223 Wylde chamber known as the Topo Watchman, due to it’s unique topographical pattern finish. Since RISE Armament is known for its performance parts and components for AR-15 pattern firearms, the Topo Watchman Carbine …

Like most folks, there was a time when I was younger and dumber. As evidence of my dumbness in that time of youngness, I managed to get myself into a minor disagreement with the late, great firearms trainer Pat Rogers on an internet forum. Now, understand that I own and …

Federal Ammunition announces a new line extension to its Hi-Bird upland-game-hunting product line. Hi-Bird Fiber (Paper) Wad’s cellulose wad construction helps minimize plastic left in the field, yet still promises to offer the same hard-hitting performance as the original. It does this by utilizing two-piece, SoftCell construction, which decreases recoil while …

When I was in grade school, I spent much of my time dreaming about hunting, pouring through magazine articles and dreaming of chasing sheep and elk in the high country. And while those hunts are certainly thrilling, I have learned over my career that North America offers many other hunts …

I have spent the majority of my life—since age 11—measuring land and distances as a land surveyor, and always I have tried to correlate things to hunting. Whether it be a bow shot on the longer side of things (when I was an archer as a younger man) or a …