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New For 2024: Bergara MgMicro Lite
If there’s one trend in bolt-action hunting rifles, it’s lighter, lighter and then even lighter. Rifle maker Bergara is already well-established in the lightweight hunter category with models like its Crest and MgLite. New for 2024, the company is taking its Premier series MgLite and making it even lighter and more compact with the MgMicro …
F is for False: Washington Post Fact Check Refutes Leading Gun Control Talking Point
It has become practically mandatory for any firearm prohibitionist to preface gun control rhetoric with the assertion: “Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children.” It’s a favorite of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the White House Briefing Room, and just about every gun control advocate and anti-gun media outlet you could …
EVEN THE WASHINGTON POST CONCEDES BIDEN ADMIN. FAVORITE GUN CONTROL LIE IS, IN FACT, A LIE
It was a “The Pigs are Flying” moment after The Washington Post, the newspaper that has never found a gun control policy it did not fawn over, took up a gun control claim the Biden administration loves to repeat and determined it to be false. To be clear, Glenn Kessler’s …
YES – PROSECUTING & ARRESTING CRIMINALS WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON D.C.’S CRIME
The Nation’s Capital is standing out on its own for a horrific trend over the past year and the early weeks of 2024 show no signs of positive change. The city’s 700,000 residents meanwhile are being held hostage by so-called leaders who refuse to do the very basics to keep …
WY: STOP TRACKING OF FIREARMS PURCHASES
In the 2023 Session, Representative Allemand (R – Natrona County) introduced a bill that would have lumped firearms purchases into the same category as all sporting goods at the point of sale. This bill would have made it impossible for state or federal authorities to determine if a purchase involved …
Does the Gun Industry Have First Amendment Rights?
Gun control advocates are intent on destroying the First Amendment rights of the firearms community. On November 3, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo. In it, NRA alleges New York officials used their regulatory authority to target the organization to suppress its First …
“More Canadian Than Hockey” – Canadian Gun Licenses Hit Record High
Despite – or perhaps, because of – the relentless campaign being waged against responsible gun owners by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, the number of Canadians with gun licenses has hit a new high. As of December 2023, there were over 2.35 million Canadians with an RCMP-vetted Possession and Acquisition License …
CPRC on Assault Weapon Bans Confirms “Relative Rarity” of Rifle Use in Murders
In 1994, Congress enacted the Title XI of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, imposing a ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The law prohibited the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a “semiautomatic assault weapon,” as listed (e.g., Colt AR-15) or defined (including any semiautomatic rifle that could …
Learning to Shoot: Information for New Shooters
If you would have told me we would see millions of new gun owners over the last few years, I probably would have rolled my eyes at you. Yet, here we are, welcoming so many new friends and family members to the world of shooting. The sport of shooting has …
SHOT Show 2024 Largest Ever Held
Last month’s 46th Annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show set new benchmarks with a record number of exhibitors attending and expanded show floor space to address what is one of the nation’s fastest-growing industries. It was the largest SHOT Show ever held. Hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)—the firearm industry …