Today, the Senate Executive Committee passed all of the anti-gun bills before them. Yesterday, the House passed House Bill 423 by a vote of 40-0 and House Bill 451 by a vote of 27-13. The Committee then added those bills to their agenda for the hearing today. These bills are now eligible to …

The more time passes in the wake of the terrible mass murder in Uvalde, the more damning details emerge that enrage everyday Americans. You may have heard that a desperate mother was restrained by police outside the school, or that a father tried to rally support for charging in while …

I got excited about the Kel-Tec P15 last year when their team teased it on a call. A 15+1-round, highly concealable 9 mm, you say? Oh, and it’s Kel-Tec’s first striker-fired design? Yep, we’re interested. So, I reached out to them immediately. And then I waited. And waited … the Kel-Tec …

Late in 2021, Crimson Trace added the RAD (Rapid Aiming Dot) series of tubeless, reflex-style sights to its Electronic Sights lineup, quietly tripling the company’s catalog of unmagnified red-dot optics. Boasting 10 new SKUs in all, the new additions fall into three basic sub-categories: the truly minuscule RAD Micros, primarily …

Not letting a tragedy go to waste, the Biden administration is exploiting the recent massacres in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York to push for strict gun control measures. Since the psychotic shooter took the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary last week, both Joe Biden …

The same outfit that brought you the legendary “Taco” magazine pouch is now releasing the High Speed Gear Vigil EDC Belt, a new EDC belt for defensive handgun carry. The Vigil is an everyday carry belt designed with a minimalistic philosophy. However, while being slim and low profile, it has the rigidity …

Mauser’s HSc (top) and Heckler & Koch’s Model 4 (bottom) share many of the same design features, mainly because they also shared a designer, although there were several decades between the two pistols’ developments. In the April 2022 issue of Shooting Illustrated, this column looked at my all-time favorite carry gun, …

What “arms” are protected by the Second Amendment? The text is explicit: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  Since this is a right, the people, not the government, decide. …

Marlin’s new Model 1895SBL is but one example of America’s ever-enduring fondness for lever-action firearms. At the mid-point of the 19th century, the world of firearms was changing fast. The main service rifle was still a cumbersome single-shot of .69 caliber. It worked on cap, ball and powder, delivered a …

What do the following events have in common:  Babe Ruth hits three home runs in a single World Series game. Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket. Queen Elizabeth II and Mel Brooks are both born. The answer? All of those events occurred in 1926. Coincidentally, 1926 was the last …