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Who Believes the “Nobody is Going to Take Your Guns Away” Line Now?
The most accomplished of liars eventually come to believe their own lies. And so it is that the people who have been insisting for years that “nobody wants to take away your guns” cannot stop repeating that lie even when they are openly proposing the confiscation of the most commonly …
Founding Fathers Quotes on Guns & the Second Amendment’s Right to Keep & Bear Arms
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Amendment II, The U.S. Constitution The Second Amendment is perhaps one of the most straightforward Amendments in the Bill of Rights. Yet, it remains one …
Defending The Right To Keep & Bear Arms During Emergencies
Tyrants love emergencies. It’s when the people are at their weakest, longing for someone to save them from whatever boogeyman lies in wait to get them. Usually, the boogeyman is their own government. More people have died from democide than from anything else in all of human history. Still, we …
The Browning Automatic Rifle: A Short History
In early 1917, the United States began its inevitable path to being pulled into the Great European War that began in 1914. John M. Browning of Ogden, Utah, foresaw the need for lighter machine guns and took a working example of his new automatic rifle to Hartford, Conn., to demonstrate …
Don’t Mess With The Second Amendment
It is easy to discredit the fallacy that severe restrictions on the sale and ownership of firearms is a means of curbing violence in America. We need look no further than across our southern border. Did you know there is only one gun store in Mexico, guarded by armed military …
When They Go Lowe… Okla. Supreme Court Invalidates Attack on Constitutional Carry Law (Again)
The latest chapter in a sustained campaign to undo Oklahoma’s new constitutional carry law has ended, with a court ruling adding a fresh defeat to what has so far been an unbroken series of failures. The war on constitutional carry in Oklahoma began, after the state legislature passed HB 2597, …
New: Savage 300 PRC Long-Range Rifles
Savage Arms has chambered four new rifles in 300 PRC for long-range marksmen and hunters that make the most of this new round. While 300 PRC is capable of exceptional accuracy, the round is not simply a paper-puncher. The true potential of the cartridge comes from the pairing of heavy .30-cal. bullets …
Protecting The Second Amendment During Emergencies
South Dakota became the first state to adopt an improved emergency powers law when Gov. Kristi Noem signed HB 1296 on March 31. The framers of the Constitution “knew what emergencies were, knew the pressures they engender for authoritative action, knew, too, how they afford a ready pretext for usurpation.” …
First Look: Premier Body Armor Custom Armor Inserts with Tru-Spec Concealed Armor Shirt
Premier Body Armor has a new solution for low-profile personal protection with its Custom Armor Inserts for the Tru-Spec Concealed Armor Shirt. These new Level IIIA inserts are designed especially for the Tru-Spec Concealed Armor Shirt weighing just .8 pounds per panel. The whole package weighs around 2 pounds and …
Trends Don’t Lie: Americans Exercise Their Rights
May saw yet another record-breaking month for background checks. May 2020 is officially the third-busiest month for the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with 3,091,455 total checks run. That is also the new record for the month of May, beating May 2019 by nearly three-quarters of a …