Eight-Shot Alternatives to Semi-Autos
Believe it or not, some citizens shoot better with a revolver than with a semi-auto pistol, and in the real world, slower hits are better than faster misses. It doesn’t matter whether one chooses a revolver because of a deep-seated bias or simply because the revolver seems safer. The concern …
The Gallipoli Gun
A century ago, the stalemated trench warfare that had by then come to characterize the battlefield of the First World War came to the Northwestern shores of the Ottoman Empire. On April 25, 1915 a force of 78,000 allied troops began landing at the Dardanelles—the place where the Aegean Sea …
Top Five Uses for a Mosin-Nagant
For some strange reason, the Mosin-Nagant rifle has become popular over the last few years.Maybe it’s because there has been thousands and thousands of them that have washed up on our shores, like flotsam and jetsam, since the end of the Cold War. Maybe it’s because people are watching and re-watching …
DPMS GII Rifle
The AR-15-type rifle has become the sweetheart of American shooters and is said to be the most popular rifle sold today. The original AR platform is often called the AR-10 in reference to Eugene Stoner’s first .308 Win.-based design. But, it gets a bit more complicated when we use that …
Watch What Happens when Armed Texas Patriots Show Up at this Mosque!
Armed Texas patriots took to the streets to protest a local mosque in Irving, Texas and the resettling of Syrian refugees in the area. Though the group was peaceful, Irving police was there in the crowd in large numbers and SWAT teams were placed on standby. Fox News 4 reports: …
Obama DOJ Hasn’t Responded to 32 Petitions from Ammunition Manufacturers in 4 Years!
On November 17, Attorney General Loretta Lynch testified before the House Judiciary Committee and was questioned as to why neither the Department of Justice nor the unconstitutional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) have failed to respond to at least 32 petitions, some of which are 4-years-old, to manufacturers …
Paris Terror And An Armed Citizenry
Ten minutes doesn’t seem like a long time, does it? And yet it can be an eternity in a crisis. Survivors of the terror attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris have described a scene of almost unthinkable horror: ISIS terrorists firing off bursts from their fully automatic firearms …
Using The Terrorist Watchlist Against Gun Owners
If you want to keep your right to keep and bear arms, you need to contact your congressman and U.S. senators now. Amid the horror and outrage over last week’s Paris terrorist attacks, on the pretext of stopping terrorism, New York Republican Congressman Pete King is pushing a scheme to …
The Armed Citizen® Liquor Stores
Many armed robbers seem to think that liquor stores are easy marks for making some fast cash. But armed owners and clerks frequently turn the table on the bad guys, as seen in these six stories. When a man entered Lisa’s Beer and Wine with a gun around 9 p.m. …
Do “Universal” Background Checks Reduce Murder Rates?
Originally appeared in America’s 1st Freedom magazine, August 2013. National mandatory background checks for all private party firearm sales are again part of the national conversation. There are people who everyone agrees should not be able to buy a gun—convicted violent criminals and those currently awaiting trial or sentencing for …