According to recently leaked reports from the New York Times, Joe Biden is about to bypass Congress AGAIN to implement Universal Background Registration Checks (UBCs). His ATF bureaucrats are drafting a new rule that would expand background check requirements to cover nearly ALL firearm sales… …Meaning that Biden’s ATF will …

I have been reading a lot about guns going off on their own lately for a variety of reasons. Most of these incidents have involved pistols, sometimes inside holsters and other times being dropped or banged up against something, causing the gun to fire. Last hunting season, a local man …

Appendix carry and I don’t get along that well. We folk with a little extra padding around the midsection weren’t really designed to have a holster at the 12- or 1-o’clock positions. Appendix carry, however, is all the rage these days—and for good reasons. First, accessing a handgun carried in …

A few years ago, I set out to test Bond Arms’ claim that this company offers some of the smallest, most powerful single-action pistols you can carry. That evaluation consisted of testing 3″ and 4.25″ 10 mm Auto barrels with the standard-size frame. The performance results were impressive, especially for a …

Founded in 1973, Bushmaster Firearms is celebrating a half-century in business this year. Over the course of five decades, the company’s product lineup has evolved dramatically, from the Arm Pistol of its early years (bottom) to the cutting-edge Bravo Zulu rifle (top) introduced in 2023 as an updated AR-15 for the American …

The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) has accepted and published standards for the .21 Sharp and 3″ 28-ga. shotshell. Both were submitted for consideration by Olin Winchester and add to the cartridges development trend American Rifleman covered earlier this year. The 3″ 28 gauge was the first of the duo endorsed by SAAMI, …

The National Rifle Association of America (“NRA”) announced today that it would be expediting its motion for a preliminary injunction to protect its members from the Biden Administration’s unlawful attempt to reclassify braced pistols as “rifles” subject to onerous registration requirements. The announcement comes a day after the Fifth Circuit’s …

In cities and towns all across this nation, people use shotguns for home defense against human invasion. But, much more frequently in rural America, folks use them against unwelcome critters. Where I grew up in the country, we had bird dogs, house cats, horses, rattlesnakes, calves, wild boar, coyotes and …

As an avid gun owner and concealed carry enthusiast, finding great holsters has always been a priority for me. There is no “perfect” holster, but some are a lot better than others. When ANR sent me the Right-Handed Quick Ship Standard Outside the Waistband (OWB) Holster, I gave it a whirl and …

What’s up with Trijicon’s new RMR HD? Well, it’s slightly bigger and has some improvements over the existing Type 2 RMR. What are those improvements, you ask? Well, there’s a top-loading battery. I know a lot of folks have been looking forward to this. You don’t have to take the optic …