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California: Resolution Calling for a Constitutional Convention to Redefine the Second Amendment Scheduled for a Hearing
On August 22nd, the Senate Public Safety Committee will hear Senate Joint Resolution 7, to call for a constitutional convention to amend the U.S. Constitution, in order to spread California-style gun control schemes nationwide. This resolution was introduced on Monday and comes at the request of Governor Gavin Newsom, as he and other anti-gun …
Trijicon Offers Buy One, Get One Free Promo
Trijicon has announced that now through Oct. 31, 2023, enthusiasts who purchase any new REAP-IR or IR-HUNTER through a Trijicon Electro Optics retailer, will be eligible to receive a free Trijicon Tenmile riflescope (select models valued up to $2,310). The company’s similar promotion earlier this year was a popular one, with fall’s approach …
Review: Hi-Point YC9 Yeet Cannon
For more than three decades now, Hi-Point Firearms has endeared itself to the shooting sports community by offering reliable, American-made pistols and pistol-caliber carbines at bargain basement prices. They’ve also had a good sense of humor about embracing the sometimes harsh critiques of their products for being relatively heavy, clunky or less …
First Look: Rock River Arms BT3 Rifle
Rock River Arms has just released a new semi-automatic large format tactical AR-10-pattern rifle with a mid-length gas system that’s chambered in 7.62 NATO using a 16-inch barrel with a 1:10-inch-twist rifling. This heavier caliber AR-308 rifle is also outfitted with other accessories such as a factory standard Rock River Arms …
SIG Sauer Awarded Contract from British Armed Forces for Enhanced Sighting Systems
The Support Weapons Sighting System program of the British Armed Forces has entered into a contract to procure Romeo8Ts, Juliet3s and Juliet4s from SIG Sauer Electro-Optics. “This combination of the Romeo and Juliet products chosen for the Support Weapons Systems Sighting Program by SIG Sauer Electro-Optics will easily increase the effective range and accuracy …
Biden Bets on Gun Control for 2024
With the 2024 presidential election on the not-so-distant horizon, President Joe Biden (D) is set to make gun control a central component of his campaign. This will reportedly start with the rollout of yet another executive action from Biden, with this one set to supposedly eliminate noncommercial, private firearms sales. Put another …
NSSF FILES AMICUS TO INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed an amicus brief in response to a request for an advisory opinion submitted by Mexico to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). NSSF argues the Court should decline Mexico’s invitation to issue an advisory position as Mexico is attempting to use …
Review: Multigun Cleaning Kit from Radcolube and Otis
I recently had the opportunity to try out the new Multigun Cleaning Kit from Radcolube CLP and turned out thoroughly impressed with its performance and the value it offers. I’m not easily impressed by cleaning kits because many of them are fine, but nothing out of the ordinary. After using the Multigun …
Freshening Up Your Training
Ask any high-level competitor and they’ll admit there was a point in their career where they thought they had peaked, and it likely wasn’t anywhere near where they are now. Invariably, we all hit walls in our training, and we shouldn’t shy away from that fact. Similar to any other …
I Have This Old Gun: Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle
Prior to the 1850s, the British military was still largely armed with a .75-cal. smoothbore musket, and despite a change from flintlock to percussion priming, the shoulder arm of the 1840s wasn’t all that different from the flintlock Brown Bess made famous on the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars in the early …