First Look: GForce Arms GF9 Equalizer Pistol
GForce Arms, Inc. is introducing its first pistol, the GF9 Equalizer, to the American firearms market. The GF9 pistol is an American-made 9mm subcompact semi-automatic pistol designed with some commonality in with certain Glock parts. The GF9 Equalizer is equipped with an optics-ready slide that uses a Trijicon RMR footprint …
Florida Sheriff’s Office Purchases B&T USA APC9 Pro Platforms
Florida’s Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) has purchased B&T USA B&T APC9 Pro platforms equipped with Glock lower receivers, folding stocks, Aimpoint Micro T1 sighting systems, 22 mm B&T quick-detach mounts and Vertx Ready Pack 2.0 carriage systems. These compact firearms packages are destined for use within the department’s School Resource Officer program, Detective …
Preview: Trijicon Dual Defense Kit
Pairing a micro red-dot (MRD) with a set of suppressor-height irons provides an easy backup sighting solution for defensive pistols, and Trijicon now offers such a complete sighting system in its Dual Defense Kit. Designed to fit most popular Glock and SIG Sauer models, the kit includes Trijicon’s RMR Type …
TriStar Viper G2 Bolt Lock Product Safety Recall
TriStar Arms has recently discovered a potential safety issue with certain TriStar Viper G2 .410 Bore shotguns, which may lead to serious personal injury and/or damage to the shotgun. TriStar is voluntarily initiating a recall to protect the safety of its customers, because if a user prematurely releases a shotshell while …
Favorite Firearms: Grandpa’s Well-Traveled Iver Johnson
My grandfather, a civil engineer for the Russian Tsarist government, obtained this Iver Johnson Safety Automatic .32-cal. blackpowder revolver sometime in the early 1900s on one of his trips to Finland or Britain. After the Bolshevik Revolution, he, as manager of a workers’ manufactory in St. Petersburg, found that he could not raise …
Bipartisan Attack On Second Amendment Resulting In Record Levels Of Gun Confiscations & Prosecutions
Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie warned us years ago that the rights of the people that are protected in the US Constitution, namely the right to keep and bear arms, was under attack by both Democrats and Republicans. Now, it’s even worse as gun confiscations and prosecutions reach record levels. Grab …
REP. MALONEY’S LAST-SECOND GUN CONTROL HAIL MARY
U.S Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is in the fight for her political life. She’s trying one last Hail Mary to win over gun control-minded primary voters in her bout against Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.). Rep. Maloney has used the firearm industry as a political football in her primary campaign. Now, …
The Armed Citizen® Aug. 22, 2022
Armed Citizen® Today A resident of an Antioch, Calif., home defended himself when an armed intruder broke in on May 20, 2022. It happened sometime after 3 a.m. that early Friday morning, when an intruder broke into the apartment, startling the 29-year-old resident. Fearing for his safety, the resident then …
Beto is lying about guns again
Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s position on guns is straightforward. The former New York manny wants to ban and confiscate America’s most popular firearms and further undermine Texans’ Second Amendment rights. This radical position plays well with some Democratic presidential primary voters. It doesn’t with the Texas …
Gun Control Groups Target Firearm-Related Speech, Again
Gun control advocates have renewed a longstanding plan to have the Federal Trade Commission (which regulates commercial speech) punish firearms manufacturers for how they advertise firearms. A petition filed with the FTC by several large firearm prohibition organizations claims that any suggestion firearms provide protection to their owners or make their homes …
