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North Carolina: Senate Right-to-Carry and Permit-to-Purchase Repeal Sent to Gov.’s Desk
Yesterday, March 15, the House of Representatives voted 70-44 to pass on Senate Bill 41, a bill that recognizes law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense while attending a church with a school attached and, also, repeals the redundant permit-to-purchase system. SB 41 has been sent to Governor Roy Cooper’s desk to be signed into law. …
Maryland: Anti-Gun SB1 Passes the Senate
This week the Maryland Senate voted to pass their post-Bruen gun control bill, Senate Bill 1 (“SB 1”). The bill has been sent to the House for consideration. SB 1 further restricts where someone can carry a firearm by arbitrarily and drastically expanding the number of places labeled as “sensitive places” where concealed carry is …
FBI Finds Trove Of Missing Historic Guns
The FBI returned a number of historic and extremely valuable firearms to the museums they were stolen from nearly 50 years ago. The most valuable among them, which vanished from a Connecticut facility in 1971, was a Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver. The rare wheelgun, according to a USA Today report, would likely …
First Look: Volquartsen VT2 Rifle
Carroll, IA based Volquartsen Firearms, a gun company known for its extremely accurate match grade rimfire rifles and pistols, is now releasing its new .22 LR VT2 Takedown rimfire rifle. The new Volquarsten VT2 has a unique take-down mechanism consisting of buttons and levers that requires no tools for quick assembly …
Review: Frankford Arsenal X-10 Progressive Press
Progressive loaders are the mainstay of any high-volume shooter, and just like the rounds they make, more is better when talking about the number of stations. While presses with as few as three stages can get the job done, packing all of the operations into such few strokes invites trouble …
Biden’s Executive Order Targeting Gun Ownership
On Tuesday, Joe Biden issued an executive order on gun control that could accurately be described as a mile wide and an inch deep. Media and gun control groups that beforehand had been salivating over the idea that the measure would impose “universal background checks” for firearm transfers had to content themselves with …
What Exactly is in Biden’s New Gun-Control Executive Order
President Joe Biden (D) likes the power of the pen. Just a week after entering the White House, he issued nearly two dozen executive orders. Just over two months in, he had signed more than 50, and now, he’s back with a new one that explicitly goes after your Second Amendment rights. This …
Afghanistan Showcases the Danger of Firearms Registries
The effects of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden (D) are still being felt to this day. The withdrawal, which took place in August of 2021, left the Taliban with over $80 billion of American military equipment, including 600,000 small arms (many of which are fully …
Critical Defense Skills
Every once in a while, I run Into something that just makes me cringe, and that’s the person who says, “Well, I just bought a gun and a box of bullets, so I’m good to go—after I figure out how to load this thing.” Whether he or she knows it …
12 Great New Products From SHOT Show 2023
With so many manufacturers bringing so many new products to SHOT Show every year, choosing a “Best Of” can only be a strictly subjective endeavor, especially as every competitive shooter has his or her own interests and biases. With that disclaimer, and acknowledging that it is impossible to see everything …