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Firearm Prohibitionists Shy Away From Gun Control in Senate Campaign Ads
How unpopular is gun control in states with contested Senate races? Ask Everytown for Gun Safety, a firearm prohibition lobby backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg. They’re spending big piles of Bloomberg’s cash running campaign ads to flip Senate seats in Iowa and North Carolina. But for a gun control advocacy …
Parting Shot: The U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Give Us Our Freedom
More SUBSCRIBE Defenders of the right to keep and bear arms might be forgiven for wondering whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s copy of the United States Constitution is missing a few pages. It has been twelve years since the Court affirmed in D.C. v. Heller that “the right of the …
5 Steps to Improve Your Dry-Fire Routine
Most of us are spending a lot of time indoors that would otherwise be excellent shooting weather or are unable to get to the range. Editor-in-Chief Mark Keefe asked if I would share some thoughts on dry fire to perhaps help shooters get some repetitions in while stay-at-home orders are …
The 6.5 Creedmoor: Its Origins, Development & Future
For this American Rifleman TV feature, we pulled the bullet on Hornady’s 6.5 mm Creedmoor cartridge to see what’s inside and why it performs as well as it does. What began as a mission to create an inherently accurate round for family-owned ammunition manufacturer, Hornady, has grown a 6.5 mm …
New: CMMG 5.7x28mm to .22 LR Conversion Kit
CMMG has expanded its lineup with the addition of the Mk57 .22 LR AR Conversion Kit. Now, you can transform a CMMG 5.7x28mm upper receiver group into a .22 LR by swapping the bolt-carrier group and pairing with an AR-15/Mk4 lower receiver. Add in a dedicated CMMG .22 LR magazine, and you are …
Anti-Gun ABQ City Councilmembers Triple Down Against Your Second Amendment Rights!
Not satisfied with restrictive gun control measures already enacted by the New Mexico Legislature, like the ban on private firearms transfers and a red flag gun confiscation law, the Albuquerque City Council is poised to consider three additional gun control measures in September: Resolution R-20-68 urges the New Mexico Legislature to …
Tips On How To Easily Repair Rimfire Dry Firing Damage
Above: Dry firing a .22 can peen the breech face so that a cartridge has difficulty—or is impossible—to chamber or extract. We all know that dry firing a rimfire cartridge firearm can damage the chamber edge to the point of rendering the firearm inoperable. With an inexpensive tool and the …
Decisiveness Matters in a Deadly Force Situation
I recently saw a post on social media in which a guy was explaining that you should just reason with a person who has just committed a home invasion by breaking into your house. At first I thought it was a joke—and I really hope that it was. Now, don’t …
GOA: Media Demonizes Apparent Self-Defender Kyle Rittenhouse
Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) Senior Vice President Erich Pratt released the following statement on Kyle Rittenhouse’s citizen-involved shooting: “Based upon publicly available video evidence, it appears that Kyle Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense. And despite fake news media reports, it is clear that Kyle was not …
Gun Culture & The Warrior Mindset
Years ago, when I first began martial arts training, I read a book called Living the Martial Way, by Forrest Morgan. Even though the martial arts featured in the book were not of my liking and have lost considerable popularity in today’s mixed martial arts world, Morgan still laid the foundation …