The North Carolina Senate voted 29-19 to pass Senate Bill 41, a bill that recognizes law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense while attending a church with a school attached and, also, repeals the redundant permit-to-purchase system. The House passed, House Bill 49, a similar pro-self-defense bill to Senate Bill 41, by a vote of …

The gun-control groups find the research from John Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, so inconvenient to their ambitions that they’ve spent years doing all they can to disparage, delegitimize and cancel him. So we thought we’d ask him about it. In this interview, he explains why …

A recent episode of ABC’s “The Rookie” put a law-enforcement officer and a legally armed citizen in a tense debate over what should be done in a robbery situation. “Why aren’t you doing anything?” asks the citizen. The officer refuses to intervene. The armed citizen then decides to do something. Despite his …

Armed Citizen® Today An alleged burglar in Polk County, Fla., is in critical condition after meeting an armed homeowner returning to his house early in the morning on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The resident returned home at 1:30 a.m., with his girlfriend and a puppy in tow. Upon entering his …

As I sit down to write this article, it’s mid-December. On the home front, it’s one of the greatest times of the year—sandwiched between cherishing the times enjoyed with family and friends during Thanksgiving and looking forward to more of the same for Christmas and the New Year. Whatever holidays …

Kimber Mfg., well-known for its finely finished M1911 handguns and extensive history with bolt-action rifles, entered a new market for the company when it released its R7 Mako in 2021. The design was not just a micro-compact handgun, it was the first polymer-frame, striker-fired, subcompact handgun ever made by the company. We took …

If I ask 10 students how they practice, nine will likely admit they’re glued to a narrow firing line shooting at a stationary target. I recognize that this is the most readily available method, and it’s great that they’re practicing at all, but it’s vital to recognize such practice doesn’t …

Armed Citizen® Today A licensed concealed-carry holder used her personal handgun to stop an alleged attack outside a bank in Roseland, Ill., and she credited her CCW pistol for saving her life. The woman had left the bank with cash in her hand and was getting into her car, when …

Sometime, somewhere, you’ll require the use of a public restroom stall. After all, like we tell small children, “Everyone has to go.” If you carry a concealed handgun, you will face the universal problem of what to do with that pistol in the stall while your britches are down. Is …

A lifetime of work led me to write the book America’s Rifle: The Case for the AR-15. I began challenging “assault-weapon” bans when California passed the first state ban in American history, the Roberti-Roos law of 1989. At the time, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the right to keep and bear arms …