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How to Buy a Suppressor
Are you tired of scouring gun shops, gun shows and websites for guns and ammo that can’t be had? All the messages online (“not available at this time,” “backordered,” “no longer available”) are enough to drive firearm owners to look for other ways to satisfy their cravings. Many hunters are …
Double-Standard: Virginia Eliminates Online Carry Courses While Promoting Distancing for Everything Else
Virginia has provided a stark example of how gun control is aimed at harassing law-abiding gun owners rather than improving public safety. As part of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and the General Assembly’s sweeping attack on gun rights in 2020, anti-gun lawmakers enacted legislation that made it more difficult for …
NRA-backed Stand Your Ground Becomes Law in Arkansas
FAIRFAX, Va. — The National Rifle Association applauds Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the state legislature for passing SB 24 and making stand your ground legislation the law. “This law ensures the rights of law-abiding Arkansans are protected,” said Jason Ouimet, executive director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action. “Victims …
STATES ACT TO PROTECT RIGHTS WHILE WHITE HOUSE MULLS GUN CONTROL MOVES
Gun control allies were drooling at the prospects of sweeping victories last November to enact strict antigun laws at the federal, state and local levels. American voters had other ideas in mind. Tens of millions acted on their Second Amendment rights in two ways. They bought guns in record numbers …
Behind the Bullet: .223 Remington
We were sitting on a huge prairie dog town near Elk Mountain, Wyo., shooting furiously all morning, but the action started to slow down after lunch. American Rifleman’s Christopher Olsen and I were having some fun working out a graduated reticle in the scope we were using, and had a pretty good …
New: Swarovski dS Gen. II Smart Riflescope
New for 2021 from Swarovski Optik is an updated dS smart riflescope. Regular SSUSA readers will remember our review of the original dS optic a while back, now the company has released the second generation in the line (Swarovski Optik dS Gen. II 5-25×52 mm P, MSRP: $5,110) which sports a slimmer profile, improved magnification …
4 Signs Showing Gun-Control Attempts are Coming Fast
As President Joe Biden (D) has never seen a gun-control bill he doesn’t like, the mainstream media has been salivating over the prospects; though, to name one outlet, Politico’s recent reporting on the topic makes them sound so very disappointed that the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate will make passing gun-control …
Report: House of Representatives to Vote on Two Gun Control Bills!
According to reports from Capitol Hill, the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on two gun control bills as early as next week. The first bill, so-called “universal” background check legislation, would criminalize the private transfer of firearms. The second bill, sometimes inaccurately described as legislation to close …
ARTV Preview: The Maxim Machine Gun, Taurus USA G3 T.O.R.O. and LeMat Revolver
In this week’s episode of American Rifleman TV, we reach the end of our picks for the top 10 machine guns of all time. At No.1 is a machine gun that was the most significant in history, the Maxim gun. On “Rifleman Review,” we take a look at the Taurus …
The California Model: Soft on Violent Firearm Crimes, Hard on Law-Abiding Gun Owners
A frustrating aspect of the modern gun control movement is its seeming abandonment of reason. The same anti-gun politicians that attack the rights of law-abiding gun owners will advocate for more lenient treatment of those who misuse firearms to commit violent crime. Consider California’s Assembly Bill 1509, which would alter the …