It’s almost funny, if it were not so sad, but it looks like if you are going to be attending the National Rifle Association’s annual conference on Friday in Atlanta and want to be in the same area as President Donald Trump when he gives his speech, you’ll have to …

Noted sniping authority and historian Maj. John L. Plaster, USAR (Ret.) has been working on a new book on sniping in World War I. Did you know American snipers were trained at both Camp Perry and Quantico? How were they trained? And what lessons did they bring back from the …

The full national mobilization of World War II brought the realities of the conflict to all 48 states, and it brought armed men in uniform to train stations, beaches, and city streets. Service members were called on to stand guard at defense plants and military installations, as well as the …

In “The Guns of the Mediterranean,” veteran speaker and American Rifleman contributing writer Martin K.A. Morgan transports us to the Second World War as it raged across the Mediterranean Basin from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, to Malta, Sicily and Italy. In battles at El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Monte Cassino, and …

Ruger has paved its American Rifle line clear across the country and back. The American utilizes a full-diameter, three-lug bolt, a two-position safety on its tang and a machined action that is secured to a synthetic stock by way of the company’s Power Bedding system. The result is a system …

Top image: The author with a Packer Scout rifle by Brockman’s Rifles. “I am sometimes asked why we have not given more thought to the concept of a self-loading Scout rifle. The fact is that up `til now no self-loading action has been produced which is light, simple, and compact …

The gun control movement has been failing for decades, and the desperation of those involved is becoming more evident every day. From hiding behind the poll-tested phrase “gun safety,” to their empty words of support for the Second Amendment, they seek to rebuild their tired and tattered movement in a …

The New York Times—which couldn’t be bothered to look into “Operation Fast and Furious,” in which the Obama-era ATF told gun store owners to let bad guys fronting for Mexican drug cartels buy all the guns they wanted—just led an investigative article this way: “Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, …

When Florida adopted a Stand Your Ground law in 2005, it not only protected law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense, but also birthed a movement that began sweeping the country state by state. Steadily, states throughout the South and Midwest—including the upper Midwest—began instituting laws that erased any requirement that a …

An Oregon State Republican senator is advancing a bill that would expand the number of people who would be prohibited from purchasing guns and require some who are in possession of guns “to hand over any guns in their possession.” Oregon State Senator Brian Boquist (R-Dallas)  lost his stepson, a …