Everyone who has embraced the idea of providing for their own protection has gone on a journey of self-discovery before arriving at the decision to carry a firearm. This isn’t a decision to take casually. Carrying a firearm for self-defense, after all, isn’t just empowering, it is also a great responsibility. …

In 2009, an armed schizophrenic man walked into First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., during Sunday services. He confronted and fatally shot Rev. Fred Winters as Winters preached from the pulpit. Winters unsuccessfully tried to shield himself with his Bible, which exploded into confetti. The murderer then stabbed two other parishioners …

I clutched a white card with black letters in my hand, wanting to rip it to shreds. “It’s supposed to be offensive!” my friend said, trying to calm me. “I need a marker,” I insisted to the half-giggling, half-confused group of college students. Belatedly recognizing that it was neither my …

Last year, the holdings of Remington Arms were sold off to other companies in the industry after bankruptcy. One of these holdings is Remington Ammunition, which is now owned by Vista Outdoor and has been back in production throughout the past year. For this week’s feature, we go behind the scenes of Remington’s Lonoke, Ark., …

The Stance is a new 9 mm pistol from Savage Arms, which is the company’s first pistol in many, many years. Savage is known for its rifles and the new Renengauge shotgun, and now with the introduction of the Stance, it is re-entering the pistol market with a gun that is …

During the past few years, Heritage Mfg., Inc. has grown into one of the largest revolver manufacturers in the United States, and the company’s success is due in no small part to the popularity of its affordably priced series of Rough Rider .22-cal. single-action wheelguns. While many of today’s .22 Long Rifle-chambered …

About 10 years ago I was invited on a hog-eradication hunt in Florida. The hogs had multiplied on an orange farm and were devastating the orchard, but because the vegetation was so thick—and because smart hogs quickly go nocturnal in the face of persecution—helicopter hunting was futile. Trapping worked somewhat …

Something fishy is going on here. Kimber, a company long known for offering enhanced versions of the classic M1911 pistol, appears to have splashed into the hot micro-compact market with a gun called the R7 Mako that looks and feels nothing like any of its earlier offerings. That’s by design, though, because …

Since leading anti-gun researchers acknowledged no connection between the 2020 surge in firearms sales and violence, unscrupulous anti-gun advocates must cite underwhelming statistics as meaningful evidence. That’s what The Trace did, in an article written in collaboration with FiveThirtyEight. We’d expect a more sophisticated analysis from FiveThirtyEight, but this is what Nate …

Whether you’re just starting out, replacing some worn-out gear or looking for something new, there are a lot of important items that go into a range bag. Obviously, safety is key: eye and ear protection are simply must-have commodities, and it’s a smart idea to have some form of first-aid …