“I believe that we have now broken the back of the gun lobby,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in a recent CNN interview. Sen. Murphy has long made clear his animus for the Second Amendment and the rights of America’s millions of gun owners, but what does he mean by “broken the back”? …

Every so often, a gunmaker mines the custom market for buried treasure, bringing what was once a rare luxury to the shooting public. Importer EAA and manufacturer Girsan have partnered to do just that, producing a High Power variant that combines a long list of modern features in a model called the MCP35 …

Armed Citizen® Today Fiction turned into fact for a Mobile, Ala., man who shot and killed an intruder breaking into his home early on the morning of April 19, 2023. At 3:30 a.m., the man and his wife were watching a Netflix show about a burglary in progress when they …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) wants a new constitutional amendment. “Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition, the Governor’s proposal guarantees common sense …

Firearm: Taurus TX 22 Compact (MSRP: $399.99) While we absolutely think that pretty much anything centerfire beats .22 LR in the defensive realm, there are a number of shooters out there with limited hand or grip strength and/or aversion to recoil. For those people, carrying a pistol in .22 LR …

Washington, D.C. – Today, Gun Owners of America sent a grassroots coalition letter to Congressional leadership urging action on the Biden Pistol Brace Ban. The letter was signed by 6,721 servicemen and veterans, as pistol braces were first designed to allow disabled American veterans in shooting firearms without assistance. In addition, the …

The incorporation of a popular feature into all possible products happens in the shooting sports marketplace from time to time. Some of these trends come and go. But over the last 25 years, we’ve watched some features go from being niche, or new, to becoming industry standards, including polymer frames …

The movement by some Second Amendment-supporting state legislatures to protect the financial privacy of those making purchases with credit cards at firearms retailers continues to gain momentum. In late April, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed such legislation. The Montana 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act, S.B. 359, prohibits the use of a …

In 2007, Hornady introduced the 6.5 Creedmoor, designed in large part by the company’s brilliant ballisticians-in-residence at the time, Dave Emary and Joe Thielen. The Creedmoor wasn’t designed the be the fastest or most powerful cartridge in its class. Instead, it was engineered to be the most effective and efficient long-range target round …

Chicago, desperate to do something to try to diminish the violent crime that is ravaging the city, has turned to programs that are not your traditional law enforcement approach to try to help stem the tide. But if the recent Memorial Day weekend is any indication, not only are the …