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HURRICANE IAN: KNOW YOUR GUN RIGHTS
As your Florida State Director for Gun Owners of America (GOA), I’m hunkering down just as you are and riding out the storm. Remember, our nation’s motto is e pluribus unum and that means out of many, one. Together, we will help one another recover from the hurricane, because we’re all Floridians. As …
FIREARM RETAILER AND RANGE SALES TRAINING SERIES
In 2022, NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, will be providing industry businesses with FREE in-depth sales training online via the 2022 Sales Training Series — a bi-weekly, live webinar series, with a focus on customer satisfaction, growth and return rate. NEXT WEBINAR What Do Customers Really Want From Retail?? …
Operation Market Garden: The Battle Begins
In September 1944, Allied forces in Europe launched a large-scale operation into the German-occupied Netherlands. Codenamed “Market Garden,” the goal of the operation was to create an opening in German defenses in the occupied nation and secure a route for Allied advances through the Netherlands, over the Rhine River, and …
Tikka: A Top-Tier Rifle Brand
In 1918, Oy Tikkakoski Ab, better known today as simply Tikka, began making gun components in central Finland. Two years later, it acquired the machinery to manufacture its own barrels. By 1927, the company was producing those worn by the Mosin-Nagants issued to the nation’s military. Complete, Three-Line M27 versions of that …
Mental Focus vs. Mental Awareness
Shooting at the very edge of your skills envelope requires tremendous mental focus and well-developed shooting awareness. However, some shooters believe that shooting awareness and mental focus are one in the same. They are not. Using pistol shooting (combat or competition) as an example, what is the difference between the …
GOA IMMEDIATELY SUES PHILADELPHIA OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2022 Philadelphia, PA – Yesterday, lame-duck Mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order prohibiting individuals from lawful carry at all City of Philadelphia recreational facilities. The mayor’s actions are in clear violation of Pennsylvania law prohibiting these types of local gun restrictions. Within hours of Mayor Kenney’s …
First Look: Elite Survival Systems Hip Gunner Pack
Off-body carry can be a convenient way to carry a defensive firearm with you everyday. However, it does come with some drawbacks, as it places your firearm outside of your direct control. In addition to this, purses and other bags attract purse snatchers, and having a firearm in your bag …
GUN OWNERS SHOULD SEEK T
Have you ever wondered if you are up to the task if you ever have to use your weapon to defend yourself or those you care about? I have and still do. I hope I never have to find out, but I hope I have trained enough to be ready …
First Look: PHLster Holsters Modular Wedge Kit
PHLster holsters, the holster company behind products like the Floodlight and the Enigma concealment system, has just released a new product, the Modular Wedge Kit. Over the years, many people have strategically affixed specially-shaped pieces of different sorts of foams, soft plastics or even pieces of footwear inserts to their …
GOA AND GOF SECURE INJUNCTION AGAINST ANTI-GUN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA ORDINANCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) secured a preliminary injunction yesterday against a Winchester, VA ordinance that prohibits the possession, carry, or transportation of firearms at public parks and in public areas where approved demonstrations are occurring. …