The FBI released crime data for 2020 last week, using an amalgamation of data collected under two different systems. Nothing about 2020 was predictable and the nation experienced a 5.6% percent increase in violent crime, including a 29.4% increase in murders. Let’s explore this data and the theories behind the increase. The overall …

Real Avid has introduced a bench vise made exclusively for guns and gun tools. It allows the user to quickly reposition the gun being worked on to any orientation, without ever removing it from the vise. The base of the vise features an articulating ball and socket joint with the adjustable …

When “gonzo journalist” Hunter S. Thompson roared off with a motorcycle gang to write Hells Angels, he wasn’t riding a Harley. He rode a 650-cc BSA Lightning, the fastest production motorcycle sold in America in 1966. Not surprising really; by that time, BSA had been manufacturing motorcycles for more than …

The 2022 federal Congressional elections are 13 months away. Professional prognosticators and history will say Republicans supportive of Second Amendment rights will take back the U.S. House of Representatives from antigun Democrats. Even the Senate may swing to a firearm-favorable majority. Off-year 2021 elections in New Jersey and Virginia may …

Penetration is a critical aspect of terminal performance. As the great African professional hunter and gunwriter Finn Aagaard once wrote, “Killing power is a matter of biology, not math and physics, and is influenced almost totally by shot placement, accompanied by sufficient penetration.” The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is …

Viewers who tuned in to the first MTV cable channel broadcast in 1981 were treated to the Buggles performing “Video Killed the Radio Star.” This toe-tapping tune predicted old-school radio stations would soon be taking a back seat to this more engaging audio-visual experience. And for a time, they did. …

Fightlite’s unusual AR-style lower receiver doesn’t wear a pistol grip or even have an attachment point for one, which gives the carbine an unusual, bordering-on-traditional profile without abandoning the modern sporting rifle’s durability and performance. In 2020 the company added the warmth of wood to its line, a version that American Rifleman had …

Most of us think of O.F. Mossberg & Sons as a major producer of rifles from 1922 to 1986 and a mammoth shotgun maker today. But founder Oscar Mossberg’s first product was neither rifle nor shotgun but a repeating pocket pistol. In 1919, Mossberg, his sons Iver and Harold, and a single employee …

Former New York City Mayor—and failed presidential candidate—Michael Bloomberg continues to utilize his vast wealth in an attempt to once again push his anti-Second Amendment agenda. This time he’s targeting Virginia, where elections will be held in just over a month. Bloomberg is reportedly throwing upwards of $1.8 million behind anti-gun candidates in …

One of my favorite force-on-force scenarios involves partners walking down a trail, maybe out for some late afternoon exercise.  As they round a bend, they see an attractive young woman lying by the side of the trail in a fetal position. The first assumption is usually that this woman is …