Today, the House voted 83-34 to concur with the Senate on House Bill 3094, the open carry and free CWP bill. It will now go to Governor Henry McMaster for his signature. This is a big advancement for Second Amendment rights benefitting law-abiding citizens. NRA congratulates bill sponsor Rep. Bobby Cox …

Gun control groups are spending not just big, but “bigly.” Open Secrets’ Krystal Hur reported, “Spending on gun control lobbying surged about 21 percent from January through March, compared with the same period in 2020, to $630,000. Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit largely funded and co-launched by former New York Mayor …

When it comes to weapon mounted lights, typically the simplest layout is the best, and Cloud Defensive offers a contender in the Optimized Weapon Light (OWL). The Owl is unique compared to other weapon lights on the market in that it has an offset Picatinny rail mount and a pressure pad built …

A shooter of smaller stature, Ann Marie Haviland can still handle about a dozen shots of .270 Win. off a bench from the Savage Model 110 Ultralite thanks to its effective recoil pad. I must move within social circles with those who are cognizant of effective ballistics, because hunters regularly …

Once cases are properly sized and belled the next step is priming. It’s a simple operation. But if military surplus cases are in the mix (whether rifle or pistol) an additional step is required. Military cases normally use a crimped-in primer, and that crimp must be removed or a new primer will …

Writing good history is about honest interpretation. Historical events can be muddled and complicated, even contradictory, as people are involved and people can have competing interests and emotional motivations that are hard to fathom through time. People involved in the events also might have had an interest in hiding the …

Last year, a coalition of retired federal law enforcement officers and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association sued the Garden State for denying their right to carry under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA). That lawsuit just forced a policy change in the state that should allow more law …

“Trust but verify.” Those words were spoken by NRA Honorary Life Member and 40th President of United States Ronald Reagan. He was talking about the Cold War, but I’m choosing here to apply it to new firearms. Modern firearms manufacturers are very good, indeed, at producing firearms that work well …

I was sitting over a hot prairie dog town in Wyoming, evaluating the then-new Sauer Model 100 bolt rifle, with multiple rifles available to the group of us writers in both .223 Remington and its older brother, the .222 Remington. The Sauer 100 is an accurate rifle, and we were having no trouble stacking those …

Traditional shotgunners have largely taken a tall, weight-forward stance to swing the shotgun fluidly and to combat the gun’s tremendous recoil. In days past, nearly every American who was brought up in the hunting and shooting lifestyle learned to shoot a shotgun this way to better hit moving targets such …