Ruger’s support of youth shooting sports was on display from January to July 2023 when it hosted 26 auctions at GunBroker.com, with all proceeds benefiting MidwayUSA Foundation. Roughly $40,000 was raised, and the foundation will use the money to provide long-term funding to youth shooting teams. Every dollar will directly benefit youth …

As the actor John Ratzenberger tells it, when he auditioned for the hit 1980s sitcom Cheers—a show that centered on a group of Boston pub goers—he was being considered for the role of “Norm,” the bar’s sage. Ratzenberger was wise enough to know that part didn’t fit him (it would be …

In further evidence of Americans’ waning attention spans, the once annual ritual of gun control activists and their media lackeys manipulating CDC fatal injury data to push a misleading factoid about children and firearms has become semiannual. This is how it works: Step one, acquire statistics on firearm-related deaths among …

David Hemenway, a Professor of Health Policy at Harvard University’s Injury Control Research Center, has been a proud proponent of anti-gun “research” for many years. Rather than relying on criminologists and experts in law enforcement to diminish violent crime where firearms are used, Hemenway long-ago jumped on the anti-gun bandwagon of trying to …

To the best of my knowledge, it was Col. Jeff Cooper who first advocated firing two shots to the vital zone of the attacker. The idea being that two shots multiplied the chances of stopping the attack as quickly as possible. Today, it is generally taught that these shots should …

The Ninth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty is meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland, prompting a discussion about the Arms Trade Treaty and its potential ramifications for American firearm owners if ratified by the Senate. Former President Barack Obama signed the treaty in 2013 but waited until 2016 …

Several anti-gun measures that were rejected by the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this year are back in play in a special session that convened on Aug. 21. Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) special session, ostensibly to address “public safety,” has quickly turned into an anti-gun barrage with proposals under consideration that …

Armed Citizen® Today A wife took action to save her husband’s life when she opened fire on a 45-year-old man who held a gun to her husband’s head. At 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2023, the 45-year-old suspect drove into the front yard of the house owned by the man …

Courting the attention of competitive and performance shooters, Holosun recently launched its new “big window” HS507COMP slide mounted red dot sight. The new sight’s bigger “window” provides a much clearer sight picture and makes target-focusing easier, which is part and parcel of high-performance shooting at speed. A few optics companies already offer …

Are you looking for increased accuracy, muzzle control and quick target acquisition with your favorite rifle? Modifications to the stock could make a big difference. Venturing to Africa for a mix of dangerous and plains game, I had the good fortune to use several rifles that had been modified for fit, feel …