At least one million citizens purchased a firearm in February 2023, the 43rd month in a row it has broken the six-figure mark. The number represents a low estimate, too, reflecting only those transactions that resulted in processing of the buyer’s name through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System …

From gasoline to sliced bread, everything is getting more expensive these days. The firearm world is not immune to inflation, as anyone who has experienced sticker shock when pulling a box of ammunition off their local gun retailer’s shelf well knows. It is into this economic reality that KelTec introduces the P15, a …

Armed Citizen® Today A licensed-to-carry bystander shot and wounded an active shooter in an El Paso, Texas, mall after the shooter killed a teen and began aiming at other mall goers on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. That evening, the alleged shooter was part of a group of teens at the …

American Rifleman staff is on the range this week taking a closer look at the Wilson Combat SFX9, which is chambered in 9 mm Luger. This particular model is the company’s 4” barreled gun, and it’s just the latest in a rich lineup of custom-crafted concealed-carry guns from a maker known for …

The Walther PP/PPK is no longer as affordable as it used to be. Prices for pre-war and wartime-production guns are high and getting higher with each passing year, and even post-war examples made in France by Manurhin are creeping toward the $1,000 mark. This economic reality puts owning one of these pistols …

PHLster, the innovative concealment company responsible for the successful Enigma Concealment System, is announcing the official release of the PHLster Floodlight 2, the next generation of its other best-selling product, the Floodlight holster. The Floodlight 2 is the next step in PHLster’s best-selling Floodlight series, the universal ambidextrous AIWB/IWB (Appendix …

Not long ago, pistols with fully pink polymer frames—an effort by manufacturers to appeal to the growing number of female enthusiasts—routinely made headlines. They certainly couldn’t be ignored in the sea of black, gray and blued metal at FFL counters. Sales were, and still are, going strong, but there was …

It’s one thing to learn from our experience and apply those lessons to the concealed-carry lifestyle. It’s something else to learn from the experiences of other people and then apply those lessons in both a classroom and range setting, but that’s just what John Hearne of Two Pillars Training does with three …

One of the very first handguns that I ever saw up close was my dad’s Belgian Baby Browning chambered in .25 ACP. I was fascinated by the fact that it was small enough to fit in the palm of his hand, and yet it was still a fully functional pistol. Once I …

Whenever news reports of a violent crime in my local area surface, I frequently hear the response from family and friends, “That’s why I have a gun.” Often the gun they so proudly advertise is at home, unloaded, and locked in a safe with the ammunition stored separately. With guns …