While passage of HB 1927, NRA-backed constitutional carry legislation, dominated the news yesterday, another important NRA-supported measure received final passage in the Texas Senate with bipartisan support: House Bill 1500, by Rep. Cole Hefner (R-Mount Pleasant) & Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), passed by a vote of 23-7.  This critical legislation establishes that firearm and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, …

With Joe Biden’s executive actions now public and the President nominating rabid anti-gunner David Chipman for the top job at the ATF, the people must give voice back in opposition of this lying, anti-American, anti-Second Amendment lobbyist. We’ll take a look at a bit of his history, including his direct …

Miami police chief Art Acevedo has some explaining to do. The vocal advocate for enacting strict gun control on the rest of America can’t seem to control the firearms in his own police department. Twenty five AR-15 rifles were reported “missing” from the Miami Police Department, in what some officials are saying …

On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 10 a.m. EDT., President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director, David Chipman, will testify in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. It is critical that all members of the firearm and ammunition industry, as well …

Philip Massaro A dear friend and I were discussing the proper barrel length for an African dangerous game rifle, one especially designed for hunting the jesse thickets of Zimbabwe and similar jungle-like terrain. His idea was that a short barrel would be ideal, as the shot distances for the biggest beasts are …

New from Hoppe’s is the Ready Roll portable gun cleaning kit. The Ready Roll is available either as a stand-alone kit ($34.99) or as a pre-loaded kit with Hoppe’s gun cleaning tools included ($52.49). Whether its used as a rollup kit or placed inside a bucket as a portable cleaning …

Less than two weeks after 69 U.S. House members encouraged U.S. Senate leaders to block President Joe Biden’s (D) nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) because he is an “enemy of the Second Amendment,” 17 Democrat state attorneys general are encouraging Chipman’s confirmation. The attorneys …

At the conclusion of World War II, the M1 Garand had garnered a well-deserved reputation as the best standardized service rifle of the conflict. Large numbers of Garands were in inventory after Victory over Japan Day, and it was assumed they were sufficient to meet the needs of our armed forces for …

In 1969, Chester Dombrowski, an off-duty Chicago police officer, had a single-vehicle accident while driving under the influence. Officers who responded to the scene did not find his service firearm on him. After the intoxicated (and later comatose) Dombrowski was taken to hospital and the wrecked car was towed, police …

On May 18, Bloomberg Law reported that the Biden Administration was in the “final stages” of drafting a regulation to curb the use of pistol stabilizing braces. These commonly-owned items attach to the rear of many configurations of popular semi-automatic pistols and help stabilize the pistol on a shooter’s arm so that …