Last week in this space, I illustrated how liberalism has been nothing more than the soft-socialist wedge radical leftists have used over the last several decades to incrementally advance a megalithic socialist state. Further, that our 50 years of employing tolerance, fair play, guarded rhetoric and capitulating to liberal demands …

Located in West Valley City, Utah, Desert Tech launched its specialized lineup of bullpup bolt-action rifles in 2007. In 2014, the company shifted gears with proof-of-concept models of the cartridge-convertible semi-automatic Micro Dynamic Rifle (MDR), but it would be another three years before the system was ready to ship. From …

Results of a poll released early this week by the University of Texas at Tyler and The Dallas Morning News indicate first-time gun owners accounted for more than half of the new firearms purchased between May 28 and Sept. 2. The study focused tightly on registered voters in the state—with …

While having options is always good, intimate familiarity and thus competence is fostered by regularly carrying the same gun. There’s an ongoing inner struggle between the part of me that’s practical and the part of me that just wants to have fun, and unless one is possessed of Spock-like levels …

What are a dozen permits to carry a concealed weapon (CCW) worth in Santa Clara County, California? According to charges recently leveled against a handful of defendants by that country’s district attorney: $90,000. Those charges allege bribery and corruption that involved employees of a national security firm, AS Solution, with California …

Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) has been very active during the long 2020 campaign season.  First, in May of 2019, he jumped into the race to be the Democrat nominee to face off against President Donald Trump (R) this November.  After several months, however, and failing to break 1% of …

In 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court famously wrote:  “the power to tax involves the power to destroy ….” This truism has not been lost on firearm prohibitionists, who when unable to ban guns outright have often tried to tax them out of reach of the …

Not satisfied with restrictive gun control measures already enacted by the New Mexico Legislature, like the ban on private firearms transfers and a red flag gun confiscation law, the Albuquerque City Council is poised to consider three additional gun control measures in September: Resolution R-20-68 urges the New Mexico Legislature to strip …

A group of Marine Raiders hailing from Texas were equipped with the ill-fated Reising Model 55 SMG during the vicious fighting on Guadalcanal. As was my habit, I came back on the gun’s trigger rather gently. After all, it was an unusual gun and I had no experience with it …

Shooting is a perishable skill—that’s a simple and often painful fact. For me, nothing disappears faster than handgun-shooting skills, and it was a horrible time for that to surface. Due to major surgery—with a less-than-acceptable outcome—I had been in a forced hiatus from competitive shooting for a couple of years. …