Armed Citizen® Today An unwelcome intruder in an Athens, Ga., home was treated for wounds and booked into an Athens-Clarke County Jail on burglary charges after encountering an armed homeowner early on the morning of April 11, 2023. Just before 6 a.m. that Tuesday, the 16-year-old son of the homeowner’s …

As NRA-ILA has often pointed out, as ignorance recedes, so does support for gun control. Recent polling in Tennessee conducted by co/efficient shows that when voters are confronted with the reality of “red flag” gun confiscation laws, they prefer vigorous enforcement of existing mental health laws and detainment for those proven to be …

An increasingly popular shooting genre has been quietly added to the shooting world. The traditional categories of defensive shooting and competitive shooting have recently been expanded to a triumvirate including performance shooting. How does this trending category impact the other two and why is it a force to be reckoned …

Just the other day I saw a report of a man who was killed by a black bear that came into his campsite to make the attack. While the details of that incident are still being investigated, suffice it to say that attacks, sometimes deadly attacks, are made by wild …

Kahles has taken its successful K18i optic and, with the support of pro shooters, optimized it for even faster target acquisition. The result the new in the new K18i-2 optic, which boasts a whopping 150 feet/100 yards field of view, making it ideal for 3-Gun competition and more. About the …

The shooting sports have changed, so isn’t it fair to reason that the tools we use to score them should as well? After watching countless arguments erupt because a Range Safety Officer wasn’t close enough to catch the last shot, or seemingly endless episodes where I found myself scrambling for …

Mission First Tactical (MFT) is adding an option for a black leather holster to its Hybrid Leather holsters, which includes outside the waistband (OWB), inside the waistband (IWB) and appendix (AIWB) holster options. These holsters not only suit the three main preferred methods of everyday carry, but they also are designed …

I hit the range the other day with four drills to run through. I recognize that, on a really good day, my handgun shooting might rise to the level of merely awful, rather than its usual horrific. I also realize that shooting skills are quite perishable, and it’s often a …

Members of Company B, Texas Rangers, Frontier Battalion preferred the Colt Single Action Army, but also relied on various models of Winchester lever-actions. This year, the Texas Rangers, the state’s premier law enforcement agency, is celebrating its 200th anniversary. It is a long and interesting history that stretches from the …

Holosun’s Digital Reflex Sight-Thermal (DRS-TH) is unusually compact (3.7″x2.2″x3.5″) and lightweight (18.5 ozs.) given its capabilities, which include Fusion Thermal Overlay technology displayed on a 1.25″x0.98″ window at a refresh rate of 50 frames per second and with a digital zoom of up to 8X. Modes are White Hot, Black …