After almost ten years of utter failure, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) has shifted its focus.  Once touted as the United Nation’s (UN) crown jewel in preventing and eradicating the illicit trade and diversion of conventional arms, last week’s Ninth Conference of States Parties (CSP9) served as an almost singularly …

The Biden administration is forcing the federal agency charged with overseeing the strictly-regulated firearm industry to tighten a vice grip on private gun owners, claiming if they privately sell guns and offer to sell more, they’re “engaged in the business.” This is just the latest salvo from President Joe Biden, …

Yet again, tragedy strikes, a life is lost, and the University of North Carolina campus becomes another statistic as one more person is killed in a gun free zone. Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the faculty member who was murdered in Chapel Hill. Yet, as …

Regardless of the type of violent crime, criminals often attack quickly and violently. I’m not really sure that the average crook has thought this out, he just knows that a dynamic attack often paralyzes the intended victim and allows him to take command of the situation. But, unless he actually …

More than three years have passed since Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a ban and mandatory confiscation (“buyback”) of what he called “military grade assault weapons,” which was followed by a national handgun “freeze” and other gun control measures. We’ve tracked these developments as a matter of interest for …

Rossi Firearms has just released the Rossi Brawler, a new pistol chambered for the .45 LC (Long Colt) rimmed revolver cartridge or a .410 -bore shotshell. The Brawler is a single-shot, single-action pistol designed around a rear, breechloading break-action with a manually cocked hammer. The pistol also features a section of …

Elvis Presley’s Smith & Wesson’s Model 53 revolver was appraised earlier this year at between $60,000 and $90,000, but when the gavel fell on Aug. 26 during a Rock Island Auction sale it went home to a winning bidder who paid $199,750. The well-documented, Russell Smith exhibition-engraved handgun was originally purchased in 1974, …

The use of rifle-caliber handguns for hunting is a practice that’s been around for quite some time. Few gun manufacturers in business today have as much experience with launching rifle rounds from handguns as Magnum Research, Inc. (MRI), thanks to its extensive line-up of American-made BFR revolvers. In production since 2001, this …

Wilson Combat has debuted the new generation New Ultralight Arms (NULA) line of bolt-action rifles. Wilson Combat has taken Melvin Forbes’ legendary rifle design and integrated several improvements by leveraging modern manufacturing methods and 45 years of industry experience. The modern NULA rifle takes Melvin’s time-tested design to the next level …

Major Edward “Jim” Land is widely considered to be the father of the modern Marine Scout-Sniper training program, working with Maj. Richard Culver Jr., to establish the first United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper school in Quantico, Va., following the Vietnam War. Land also served as secretary of the National …