Social science research is not as clear-cut as the hard sciences; research findings require interpretation and explanation. The findings have to be plausible. When the explanations are not grounded and experienced reality conflicts with the findings, the validity of the research should be questioned. Case in point: the latest research …

The .45-70 lever-action rifle is the quintessential “brush gun,” and the combination of its short-range wallop in a compact, fast-shooting platform have made it the go-to for close-range bear hunting and dangerous-game defense for many years. The Henry Lever Action X Model .45-70 is a smooth operator, with useful features …

Pistol caliber carbines are one of the hottest items on the market right now, which puts the gun you’re reading about in a weird space. Technically, there’s nothing special about it—the CMMG Mk17 Banshee is just a pistol caliber…pistol that takes SIG Sauer P320 magazines. The reason it’s a pistol and …

When you get a chance to review a Nighthawk pistol like the Counselor, you don’t say no. And so that is how I ended up testing the personal pistol of the Nighthawk’s CEO Mark Stone. The Counselor is an aluminum-framed, officer’s-sized Model 1911 chambered in 9 mm Parabellum. Nighthawk took …

The national Democratic Party is no longer making any attempt to hide their antipathy towards guns and gun owners. Where once the party attempted to tailor their anti-gun messaging to appear moderate and appeal to some gun owners, the draft 2020 Democratic Party Platform contains a full-throated assault on firearms …

Billionaire Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer recently donated $7 million to the Bloomberg-backed gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety. This multi-million dollar donation from one billionaire to another is just another example of how some elites now and then step out of their gated communities—security details all around them—to …

This article, “The Ruger Precision Rifle,” appeared originally in the August 2015 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. As Townsend Whelen, former U.S. Army colonel and American Rifleman contributor, was once famously quoted as saying, “Only …

Not so long ago, mentioning a handgun chambered in .380 ACP amongst your knowledgeable shooting buddies would have been greeted with sneers. But despite the naysayers of a decade ago, the family of mild .380 ACP handguns offers certain advantages. It can be made smaller than a 9 mm, operates …

For no really good reason, there seems to be an attitude among prospective handgun buyers that holds the revolver in low esteem. In a majority of jurisdictions, Americans are legally permitted to carry firearms for personal defense and have long gravitated to the small, light, short-barreled revolver to play this …

The Daily News, a New York City newspaper, recently filed a lawsuit to compel the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and licensing officials to release the full names, the type of license, and the residential zip codes of individuals who had been issued a firearm license or renewal in …