Five Lesser-Known Facts About the FN FAL
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia Image: Factory blueprints with cut-away instructional FAL rifle. 1. FAL Pronunciation and Grammar: Soon after the introduction of the rifle, Fabrique Nationale (FN) offered an abbreviation for the English speaking world: L.A.R (Light Automatic Rifle). However, this abbreviation never caught on, and instead we commonly …
Single-Stack Comeback
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – It is interesting to see the impact of market forces and legislation on handgun design. It seems single-stack pistols—those with cartridges one on top of the other in their magazines—are the hot, new thing … again. Back in the 1980s, firearm manufacturers were introducing …
5 Carry Mistakes
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – Any fair-minded analysis reveals that the roughly 13.5 million concealed-carry permit holders in the United States make astonishingly few mistakes with their firearms. Serious mistakes, where actual injuries occur, are rarer still. Despite literal decades of media hysteria—“People will be shooting each other in …
Where Have The Pro-Gun Democrats Gone?
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – I began lobbying for the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) in late 1999. I was inspired to get directly into the fight for freedom after the tragic events of Columbine led to widespread calls to disarm citizens like me who had …
Using Legal Hunting To Obscure The Facts About Gun Violence
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – As law-abiding gun owners, we are accustomed to being attacked from many different directions by those who dislike the Second Amendment—and who dislike us for practicing our right to keep and bear arms. One good example is the way anti-gunners lump many different kinds …
Hillary Or Bernie: Who Wins Doesn’t Matter To Gun Owners
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – While Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ win over former front-runner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Tuesday piqued the interest of many, it makes not a whit of difference to America’s law-abiding gun owners. Sure, it was surprising that the 74-year-old socialist beat Clinton …
Facebook Thinks Gun Sales Are Like Drug Trafficking
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – So The New York Times broke the story this way: “Breaking News: Facebook is banning gun sales on its network, which had become a way for private dealers to elude background checks.” This choice of words is so pregnant with anti-gun political calculation that …
Why The Maryland Assault Weapons Ban Ruling Is An Election Issue
Article first appeared at NRAmedia.org NRAmedia – The recent ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals striking down Maryland’s so-called “assault weapons” ban is a game-changer for our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. And the ruling’s reverberations should drive gun owners throughout the country to the ballot …
Florida Senators Called Out by Students for Stalling Bill Recognizing Right to Carry Guns on Campus
There are many things that we see in the younger generation that makes us concerned for the future of the united States. However, there are also many things that we see in the younger generation that give us hope that many will have courage when it is time to take …
Armed and Ready: Early American Tradition of Bringing Guns to Church
Due to living in a hostile, anti-Christian environment with Indians who did not know the Lord, the New England Puritans thought it best to come to services armed in order to protect their fellow Christians from attack.
