Every so often, something that happens on a range serves to remind me that rather than dying or fading away, good lessons just keep chugging along. That these events usually involve high-stress competition or shooting instruction is evidence that well-executed training can expose the best (and worst) of our equipment …

While so-called “mainstream” media outlets routinely have wall-to-wall coverage of atrocious murders by troubled young men seeking attention, the national media seldom report the episodes of armed self-defense. The NRA, of course, uses “The Armed Citizen” column to highlight a few of these stories each month. Meanwhile, many national media …

This year, Traditions Performance Firearms, based in Old Saybrook, Conn., is celebrating its 40th anniversary. In those four decades, it has earned a reputation for offering some of the industry’s most innovative muzzleloaders and associated gear, while refusing to abandon the historic designs and DIY projects enthusiasts crave. The company was …

Nancy Pelosi made a last minute move overnight to rig the rules so that she can bring H.R. 1808, her so-called “Assault Weapons Ban,” to the floor of the House today if she can get the votes she needs. Normally a “controversial” bill like this would need to sit for …

This is a turbulent time in America. The nation is warily emerging from a pandemic, only to face spiking crime, rampant inflation, shortages of labor and goods and highly publicized acts of violence. But the United States was born out of turbulent times. Its form of government and Constitution were …

It’s funny. Not all that long ago, I reviewed an AR-15 and started by waxing nostalgic for “the good old days” when ARs were expensive and AKs weren’t. I reminisced about how in the mid-aughts, one could find a decent (well, functional) AK-variant for somewhere in the vicinity of $300, …

When John Moses Browning’s Superposed shotgun hit the market in 1931, it was revolutionary. The over-under had a variety of innovations, including a single select trigger, but the fact it was the last gun designed by legend makes its place in firearm history an indelible one. The uncompromising performance and reliability ensure …

When asked why deer hunting in the United States has grown safer the past half-century, most experts cite mandatory hunter-education training in all 50 states, and mandatory or widespread acceptance of blaze-orange clothing. Colorado, for instance, opened the door to safer hunting in the 1950s by offering voluntary hunter-education training, …

The Biden administration is zeroing in on repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and White House officials are enlisting help from antigun state lawmakers to do it. The White House released a read out of a meeting held by Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and …

Galco Gunleather is now making their Front Pocket Horsehide holster available for those who choose to carry a SIG Sauer P365 subcompact 9mm handgun. The Front Pocket Horsehide holster is ambidextrous and constructed with premium and durable horsehide leather. Its overall shape is designed so that the handgun and the holster …