The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) completed 711,372 background checks for the purchase of a firearm at retail during the week leading up to and including Black Friday, according to figures released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). FBI’s NICS recorded 192,749 background checks on Black …

Last night, the House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 185, to guarantee that Second Amendment rights remain protected during emergencies, by a vote of 57 to 19 after it was amended into Senate Bill 16. The Senate concurred with the amended bill by a vote of 29 to 0. It …

The progression of Champion’s clay-throwing machines (formally known as traps) is extraordinary to follow. What started as spring-activated catapults have progressed into electronic devices that take nearly all of the grunt work out of a relaxing game of clays. Pressing a button is an obvious favorite over cocking a throwing arm, but …

History records that World War II began on Sept. 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and the subsequent declarations of war on Germany from Britain and France. However, it was not until April the following year that Hitler turned his attention west and invaded Denmark and Norway. On …

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) has been in Congress since 1987. While she’s not retiring altogether, she is stepping down from her position of leadership. It is welcome news that such a staunch opponent of the Second Amendment is stepping down, but what of her successor? The California congresswoman ascended to …

As 2022 comes to a close, the Biden Administration has renewed its calls for gun control, including a ban on commonly-owned firearms, millions of which are currently in circulation. This isn’t the first time that we at Gun Owners of America have heard calls for shredding the Second Amendment. In …

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) released a new 4473 form earlier this month. It includes three changes to the paperwork completed by the purchase/transferee, and several that impact the FFL—including a prescribed method of handling privately made firearms. Firearm retailers must now use the letters PMF …

At our recent hometown gun show, I had an experience that a country boy might call “déjà vu all over again.” As usual, I had a grand time visiting with the gun folks, sold a few things, but only came home with one gun that was new to me: a 1950s-era …

Modern sporting rifles, such as AR-15s, are popular largely due their high modularity. Service rifle shooters fire iconic M16-style rifles, now with 4.5x scopes. These guns are typically equipped with match parts, aftermarket triggers and weighed down for less recoil and greater stability. Three-gun shooters prefer lighter guns for easier …

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is introducing the Ruger Security-380, the newest addition to its Lite Rack family of pistols. Chambered in .380 ACP, the Security-380 is constructed around a rigid, precision-machined, hard-coat anodized aluminum chassis with full-length guide rails and features a blued, through-hardened alloy steel slide and barrel. The …