Article first appeared at America’s 1st Freedom. This feature appears in the April ’16 issue of NRA America’s 1st Freedom, one of the official journals of the National Rifle Association. If you happen to be looking for even more reasons to dislike Democrat Hillary Clinton as a presidential candidate than …

Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. Anti-gun members of Congress and California lawmakers are not only determined to advance their campaign against lawful gun ownership, they intend to make you pay for it. Earlier this month, a group of anti-gun U.S. Senators, along with a colleague in the House, took aim …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. One of the most popular subcategories of collecting pre-’64 Winchester lever-actions is the “trapper,” or “baby carbine” as it was originally called, a model with a barrel shorter than the standard length of 20″. Trappers encompass Model 1873s, 1892s and 1894s, with verified extra-cost …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. More SUBSCRIBE The Thompson has been referred to as the gun that made the 1920s roar, and was known as the “Chicago Typewriter” because the sound of one being fired was similar to the sound of typing on a typewriter in the distance throughout …

Article first appeared at NRA. Why is it that cities with the most restrictive gun-control laws seem to now have the fastest-growing murder rates? And why, when those murder rates begin to skyrocket out of control, do city officials seem to believe that the only possible way to curtail the …

Article first appeared at NRAILA. Since we last updated readers to the European Union’s efforts to enact further gun controls, the transnational government has continued the process of enacting stringent new restrictions across the political bloc. However, recent developments indicate that the final legislation could be dramatically different than the …

Article first appeared at AmericanRifleman. On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, scattered groups of men of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army, as well as women of the nationalist auxiliary organization, the Cumann na mBan, assembled at their mustering points throughout Dublin. Most of them were unaware that, instead …

Article first appeared at Americas1stFreedom. California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his quest to bolster his gun-ban credentials as he runs for governor in 2018, is pushing a handful of restrictions that would further devastate the rights of law-abiding Golden State gun owners who have already seen their freedoms infringed …

Article first appeared at Shootingillustrated. In July 2015, Gunsite Academy announced its inaugural 250 Pistol Class at Colonial Shooting Academy (CSA) in Richmond, VA. In this 5-day, 1,000-round course students study the components of the Combat Triad (marksmanship, mindset and tactics) on the range and in the classroom. The Tactical …

On Wednesday, Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah nominated rabid anti-gun Judge Merrick Garland to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died mysteriously in mid-February. Now, a pro-Second Amendment group is calling on the Senate to tell Obama that his Supreme Court pick is dead on arrival. While the Senate has foolishly …