Too often, when people imagine dealing with a deadly threat, they visualize an attacker who is clearly armed with a deadly weapon. The reality is often far from that image. Poor lighting may prevent us from seeing just what, if anything, the person has in his hands. Further, the person …

Investing in a safe target and dummy rounds allows you to regularly hone important self-defense skills without leaving your home or expending precious ammunition. As I write, we’re in the depths of a significant ammunition shortage and, sadly, I don’t expect the situation to have improved much by the time …

German Precision Optics is entering the red-dot scope market with their new SPECTRAdot Red Dot Scope. The scope is designed to meet the needs of both tactical shooters and hunters who require rapid target acquisition precise close-range shots using either a tactical rifle, sporting rifle or a shotgun. The high-efficiency power …

  The Burris FastFire series of reflex sights has gone through several design evolutions, and the latest addition, the FastFire 4, has features that will interest competitive shooters. With 1x magnification, the new Burris FastFire 4 ($397.95, burrisoptics.com) sports the same mounting footprint as the FastFire 3 and fits existing mounts. The sight …

Last year, an estimated 8.4 million Americans became new gun owners as the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) logged over 21 million background checks for the likely sales of firearms. Gun sales in 2020, in fact, surpassed 2019’s totals by 60%, and the previous record, set in …

I have spent much of the last year reporting on Joe Biden’s aggressive plans for gun control. Yet one of his most consequential proposals doesn’t feature the headline-grabbing elements of a firearm ban or confiscation scheme (which, of course, Biden also supports). The proposal I’m speaking of is repeal of the …

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation®, the firearm industry trade association, rejects the legal gymnastics the 7-4 en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit employed to rule the Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to bear arms outside the home. The court’s …

Chris Cheng outperformed competitors to win History Channel’s Top Shot championship, but his best performance yet may have been on Capitol Hill defending gun rights this week. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled, “Constitutional and Common Sense Steps to Reduce Gun Violence.” In the wake of the tragic murders …

A prominent warning on your first visit to the SIG Sauer website home page reminds firearm enthusiasts that the increased demand for guns, ammunition and accessories has attracted unwelcome attention from some with less-than-honorable intentions. It reads: “SIG Sauer has been made aware of several fraudulent websites that claim to …

XS Sights is introducing the new Remington 870 +2 Magazine Tube Extension Kit. The lightweight magazine tube extension is easy to install at home without the help of a gunsmith and increases the capacity of standard Remington 870 shotguns by two shotshells. The tube also allows for the mounting of additional …