The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center recently released a report on targeted school violence that didn’t seem to get much attention from the media. After reading it, we can understand why, as it doesn’t easily fit into the standard legacy media paradigm of exploiting tragedy to “prove” that guns are …

Americans are all too familiar with the background details of mass shooters; it’s hard not to be when media accounts of high-profile tragedies focus their coverage on the attackers, their background, and their motives. This coverage actually gives other deranged individuals something to emulate – and can help spread these …

While there are a number of reasons why gun confiscation, which is the end of all “gun control,” will never be able to solve our violence problems is because criminal violence problem is because it comes from the human heart (Matthew 15:19), not a trigger, a barrel and a bullet.  …

While little is known about Tom Threepersons, the larger-than-life exploits of the Native American lawman reveal him to have been a jack-of-all trades, but master of armed conflict. It isn’t big enough to deserve the title of “library” so I can’t logically call it one, but there are sure a …

My Gunsite Academy students might remember hearing me preach this: Achieving high-speed, low-drag is nothing more than applying basics. While everyone wants to move on to advanced training, you must first master the fundamentals, then apply them to every shot. So here’s a drill that will benefit any pistol shooter, …

Americans sure are exercising their Second Amendment rights. March had the second-highest number of background checks for the purchase of a firearm on record, beaten only by March of last year, according to new data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). NSSF analysis indicates more than two million background …

For those hunters desirous of a classic upland gun, Dickinson Arms has debuted the Royal Series Over/Under. The shotgun boasts a hand-removeable side-lock, designed with an intercepting safety sear and additional pin anchoring over and above typical five-pin models. Set in a Turkish-walnut stock, the receiver is CNC machined from a solid block of molybdenum …

“After having seen pictures of old rifles, I am thinking of “antiquing” three of my modern guns. By “antiquing,” I mean I would like to strip the stock finish and apply some kind of oil stain/finish to give them that old look. Do you foresee any problems, and what color …

Sightron is launching a new line of optics, the SIII Precision Long-Range (PLR) Riflescope Series designed specifically for long-range competition and target shooting. Models in the lineup include the 8-32×56 mm, 6-24×50 mm,10-50×60 mm and 6-24×50 mm FFP (first image focal plane) scopes. “We are excited to launch this new …

The early 1970s were a different time. While the new .223 Remington cartridge was gaining ground, Bill Ruger had no interest in making a rifle that was a clone of—or anything like—the AR-15. Instead, he looked back (which then wasn’t back very far) to the M14. Ruger then enlisted the …