It should not be a surprise that Jen O’Malley Dillon, Joe Biden’s campaign manager—and, should he be inaugurated in January, his deputy chief of staff—supports every gun-control proposal Biden has for your rights; the thing is, her history of anti-gun stances actually goes far beyond her work for the Biden …

I have heard some folks comment that if they were surrounded by a crowd of rioters they would just step on the gas and drive right on through them, running over rioters if necessary, in order to make their getaway. Now, I don’t think it’s a stretch of the imagination …

Top shooter Jerry Miculek and his daughter Lena worked with Mossberg engineers to develop a semi-automatic shotgun optimized for competition—the new Model 940 JM Pro. When Americans hear the name “Mossberg,” they think “pump shotgun,” right? That’s likely because right now, as for the past 30 years, you can find …

The first gift I bought my wife after we began dating was a Ruger MK II .22-caliber pistol. So, I’m a romantic fool, what can I say? Or maybe, I wanted her to have the means to protect herself as I shared my love of shooting with her. While some may …

Although voters in November’s election had a refreshing break from initiatives to impose new gun-control laws, there was a pro-gun ballot measure this fall in Big Sky Country. LR 130, a ballot measure to limit local government authority to regulate firearms, was supported by the NRA and approved by Montana’s voters. Voters had to …

I had just returned from my first out-of-country hunting trip; my Dad and I had hunted moose in Quebec among those willow bogs and innumerable lakes, and though we came home empty-handed, it was life changing. I had but one serious big game rifle at the time—a Ruger Model 77 MKII in …

SIG Sauer Academy, a  leading provider of firearm instruction and tactical training since 1990, will begin holding courses at Volusia County Gun & Hunt Club in New Smyrna Beach, FL, in December. Each is taught by SIG Sauer Academy instructors and feature the quality that has made the New Hampshire headquarters one …

The tremendously successful trivia show Jeopardy, unfortunately, got one answer regarding firearms incorrect last week. In a “Weapon Types” category on the quiz show, an answer was “BOLT ACTION; AR, ALSO CALLED MODERN SPORTING,” to which a contestant buzzed in and said, “What is an assault rifle?” “Yes,” said host Alex Trebek. The thing …

This article, “The Magpul Story,” appeared originally in the September 2015 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Richard Fitzpatrick was serving with Alpha Company, 3rd Recon Battalion in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1991 when he first started thinking about reinventing a …

Rogue elements of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are continuing their assault on certain types of commonly-owned semi-automatic pistols. According to the law firm Wiley, ATF has developed a new interpretation of “handgun” that threatens to curtail the supply of foreign-manufactured pistols and could put many law-abiding …