Disinformation Campaign on the Hearing Protection Act Continues
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. This month the Hearing Protection Act of 2017 was introduced in the Senate by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) with co-sponsors Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Rand Paul (R-KY) as S.59. Representatives Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and John Carter (R-TX) – together with 42 co-sponsors – introduced …
Congress Set to Roll Back Social Security Gun Ban
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. Next week, Congress is expected to begin the review and potential repeal of a host of Obama Administration regulations put in place during the last 60 days of Obama’s tenure under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Among the regulations specifically targeted for action is the …
Federal Appeals Court’s Shocking Pronouncement: Lawful Gun Carriers Must Forfeit Other Rights
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. The election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency has many gun owners feeling more secure about their Second Amendment rights than they have in nearly a decade. But a decision this week by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is …
Obama’s Social Security Gun Ban Goes On The Chopping Block
Last year, the Social Security Administration released proposed rulemaking on a disability-related gun ban in clear violation of the Second Amendment’s protections that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. In December 2016, Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah finalized a new illegal SSA …
Tested: FIME Rex Zero 1S Pistol
Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Arex is a name most American shooters don’t yet recognize. Established more than 20 years ago, the Slovenian company has been making products for the defense industry as well as parts for various firearm manufacturers. Just recently the company introduced its first handgun, the …
Gun Review: Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen Shotgun
Article first appeared at American Rifleman. In 1903, two semi-automatic shotguns revolutionized hunting. John M. Browning’s long-recoil-operated Automatic-5—“Five shots under your finger,” read the advertising—and Swedish gunsmith Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren’s inertia-operated “Normal” shotgun. Pump guns had yet to exist for a full two decades, and yet here were shotguns …
I Was Wrong About the XM17
Article first appeared at American Rifleman. So, I was wrong. There was a part of me that did not think the U.S. Army was serious about selecting and actually issuing a new handgun. I thought it may just be another Pentagon Power Point presentation to be shelved away next to …
IWI Introduces DAN Tactical Precision Rifle
Article first appeared at Americas 1st Freedom. IWI US, Inc. announced the arrival of the first IWI bolt-action tactical precision rifle in the DAN .338. The DAN .338 is designed to offer reliability, ruggedness and sub-MOA accuracy in the .338 Lapua Mag. caliber. “Having the extraordinary DAN .338 in the IWI …
Gun Sales Boomed In 2016, So What’s To Come?
Article first appeared at Americas 1st Freedom. Since 2008, reports of gun sales figures have felt like temperature checks of the American public’s passion for freedom. Looking back at 2016, we see that the FBI’s numbers show the agency conducted 27.5 million gun-related background checks in 2016, which is about …
The Empty Thinking Following Ft. Lauderdale
Article first appeared at Americas 1st Freedom. Last week’s attack at the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., airport has provided anti-gun activists another ill-advised opportunity to try to advance their cause in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy. Minutes after the first fragmented news from Ft. Lauderdale streamed across our social media …
