Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Since its founding in 2001, Alexander Arms has, time and again, challenged the status quo of firearm and cartridge design. Its first creation, the .50 Beowulf, was a specialized, rebated-rim, .50-cal. cartridge with short-range stopping power unequalled by other AR-15-compatible cartridges. The 6.5 mm …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Tennessee recently became the seventh state to proclaim an official state firearm since 2011, after Utah designated the M1911 its official state pistol. Which six other states have made similar resolutions, and which were their chosen firearms? Read more about them here: Alaska: Pre-’64 Winchester Model …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Is the .40 S&W dead? I know, it sounds like an inflammatory newsstand gun magazine blurb from the 1980s. But it’s a topic that is been circulating around the firearm industry as of late. For most of the past couple decades, .40 S&W has …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – It just keeps going and going. Every time I think that demand for the M1911 pistol has started to bottom out, I find out I’m wrong. The pistol invented by John Moses Browning, rendered into a production gun by engineers and machinists at Colt …

It truly is amazing how many businesses are fearful of having armed employees.  However, at least one Atlanta business owner, after noticing the alarming rise in crime rates in the Atlanta metropolitan area, decided that he would arm his employees rather than hiring a private security firm. Lance Toland, owner …

There is only one reason for Hillary Clinton even having a shot at the Oval Office, a Congress that has failed to indict her and see that she receive justice.  Yet, America is facing the very real possibility of Clinton entering the White House and more of her attacks on the Constitution …

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has recently issued a letter to Alabama federal firearms licensees, which informed them that Alabama’s permit that recognizes gun owners right to carry a gun in their vehicle or concealed is an alternative to going through a background check for the purchase of …

Just a couple of weeks ago, the State passed a bill that will nullify all future federal gun laws.  This week, upon a third reading, the Arizona House of Representatives voted to approved a bill that establishes an interstate compact which would keep state governments who are a part of …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Lawmakers in at least four states are pushing bills to force gun owners to register with, and buy liability insurance from, casualty insurers. So far, politicians have proposed imposing these mandates through state laws in Hawaii, New Hampshire and New York, and through city …

Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – My friend Mike will be appalled to learn that he is the inspiration for this article. Mike is a Vietnam vet, comfortably retired and genially anti-gun. He holds forth with an authoritative voice at our neighborhood coffee shop on all subjects. He and I …