Trudeau Ramps Up Gun Control Promises, Makes Guns a Wedge Issue
With days to go until the September 20 snap election called by Justin Trudeau, the Liberal Party leader and current Prime Minister, face the possibility of losing seats. As of early September, the Conservative Party had overtaken Trudeau’s Liberals as the favored party in polling. For Trudeau himself, opinion polls indicate he has dropped in popularity “with nearly …
Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit 2021
A competitor at the 2020 ADSS shoots during one of the vehicle-scenario stages. The Second Amendment is for everybody, but not everyone has the same physical ability to access the shooting sports. Enter adaptive shooting, a wide variety of programs designed to make shooting more accessible. Perhaps one of the …
First Look: Dead Air Armament Primal Suppressor
Dead Air Armament is adding the Primal, a new .46-caliber magnum rated suppressor to their lineup of firearms sound suppressors. The Primal is a multi-purpose .46-caliber “rifle-centric” suppressor that is optimized for larger cartridges such as the .458 SOCOM, .45-70 Gov’t. and .450 Bushmaster, yet still be versatile enough to be …
Customizing the Colt Detective Special
Got a gun with that has seen better days? Perhaps Grandpa’s favorite gun was obviously “well loved?” Talented gunsmiths and other artisans are out there who can give your favorite firearm a much-needed face-lift. For me, the candidate was a Colt Detective Special that had definitely seen better days. I …
Mossberg 500 and 590: America’s Defensive Shotguns
Since 1961, the O.F. (Oscar Frederick) Mossberg company has sold more than 11 million of its Model 500 pump-action shotguns, making it the most popular shotgun of all time, if not one of the most sold guns in any category, period. That’s not too shabby for a family-owned and operated gun company—the longest running …
Review: Kel-Tec’s Radical P50
Conventional” is a word that is rarely applied to the work of George Kellgren. The prolific engineer and designer, who was the 2019 winner of American Rifleman’s Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award, has repeatedly exhibited outside-the-box thinking with his creations, from the Grendel P10 handgun to the current Kel-Tec lineup of bullpup rifles and shotguns. It …
The Original Ruger Hawkeye: A Handgun That Didn’t Fly
Every gunmaker faces the same problem. After all the work of developing a new gun, they have to come up with a name for it. The flashy new whatever-it-is has to have a designation that both identifies the arm as well as develops a certain commercial appeal for it. Ruger …
Review: Benelli 828U Sport
When Benelli introduced its 828U over-under at the 2015 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) some wondered if it wasn’t a gun too far. How wrong they were. The company’s newest variant is the 828U Sport, a version purpose-made for clay shooting. However, don’t lose sight of the …
The Truth about Radicals
A once-reputable magazine used gunshot victims as a lever in the debate over medical treatment, using the claims of an untruthful doctor who would, apparently, say anything to advance his public health agenda. “Gunshot victims left waiting as horse dewormer overdoses overwhelm Oklahoma hospitals, doctor says” was the headline run by Rolling Stone on …
CHIPMAN DEFEAT ISN’T THE END
The White House’s announcement last week that President Joe Biden was withdrawing the nomination of David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was a victory for the firearm industry and gun owners in general. However, it’s not the end of the Biden gun …