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First Look: ISOTunes Sport Advance Electronic Hearing Protection
Active hearing protection is a great way to maintain situational awareness and hear vital range commands, while still keeping your hearing safe from excess noise levels. ISOtunes has a legacy of making some of the world’s most innovative outdoor hearing protection products, and now they are entering the shooting sports market with …
Can Biden Take Your Rights With The Stroke of a Pen?
In his first week in office, President Joe Biden (D) signed a stack of 22 executive orders. By mid-March, he had signed more than 50. Just before this went to print, four Democrat senators, led by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), sent a letter to Biden asking him to take executive action on …
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Second Amendment Concealed Carry Case
Today the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear an NRA-backed case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime. This sets the stage for the Supreme Court to affirm what most states already hold as true, that there is an individual right to self-defense outside of the home. This case challenges New …
Rifleman Q&A: How Do Army ‘M’ Numbers Work?
Can you explain the significance—and formula for determining—Army “M” numbers? How is it that both the “M1911A1” pistol and the “M1” Garand were named in obviously different ways? The methodology of determining the Model designation for U.S. military equipment was easy until the late 1920s. Prior to that time, the …
The Free and Fearless 20: Permitless Carry Wave Sweeps the Nation
Gun control advocates seem conflicted recently about how to mischaracterize the NRA. Does it still exercise “undue influence,” or is it now “on the ropes” with the ascendance of anti-gun politicians controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress? Whatever they try to tell you, the numbers don’t lie. The strength …
Leaked ATF Rule Would Upend Firearm Industry
On April 20th, The Reload, published what appears to be a leaked draft of an ATF proposed rule. The leaked document purports to be a proposed rule to change the regulatory definition of frame or receiver and alter federal marking requirements for firearms. The rule, if implemented, would completely upend the firearm …
NRA Asks Supreme Court to Strike New Jersey’s Magazine Ban
Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, in partnership with its state affiliate, the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC), asked the Supreme Court of the United States on Monday to hear their challenge against New Jersey’s prohibition on magazines capable of holding more than …
First Look: SureFire XSC Rechargeable Micro-Compact Weaponlights
SureFire is re-launching the SureFire XSC family of rechargeable micro-compact handgun weaponlights. The COVID-19-related supply problems with the first launch are over, and now the XSC is once again available for sale.The light has a small footprint, which helps to keep your firearm concealable while still providing the added security of a duty-grade …
Mastering the Trigger Press
In the old days we called it “pulling the trigger.” Then along came Jeff Cooper who started calling it the “trigger press.” Words are just words, but what Cooper meant was that the trigger should be pressed smoothly and softly so that the gun muzzle was not pulled off target. …
The Biden Administration’s Plan to Eradicate Gun Makers and Stores
Without mainstream-media cover, President Joe Biden (D) probably wouldn’t say things like this: “Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense gun-law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war …