Eastern Europeans are increasingly exercising their natural right to keep and bear arms. In late February NRA-ILA noted the Ukrainian government’s plans to arm ordinary citizens as part of the national defense against the Russian invasion. This week came news of soaring guns sales in the nearby Baltic state of Lithuania. According …

The fight to protect our Second Amendment rights never stops, but that’s because the enemies of freedom also never stop. Democrats and Republicans have been pushing to stuff gun control in big and popular bills, such as the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA), for years. Part of their strategy was …

Though the U.S. is one of the largest markets for civilian firearms in the world, certain types of guns rarely make it to our shores. Sometimes it’s due to laws and import restrictions. Other times it’s just a combination of features or the cartridge for which the firearm is chambered …

Faced with rising levels of violent crime, far too many municipalities and their leaders have focused on restricting the rights of law-abiding citizens instead of going after and prosecuting criminals. “We have to get guns off the streets!” is the usual mantra as these politicians scapegoat people who practice their …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed law-abiding gun owners in his nation that he’s willing to become a tyrant in a teapot to seize guns. Prime Minister Trudeau invoked Canada’s Emergency Act when truckers descended on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario to protest the country’s strict COVID-19 vaccine requirements for border crossing …

As we reported last week, thanks to the lack of legal protections regarding firearm ownership, authorities in Ukraine have managed to keep their citizens largely disarmed while only arming friends of government officials. Because it is difficult for the average citizen to obtain a gun, the black market for guns …

Having been around shooting for some time now, I’ve found it harder and harder to get excited about a new cartridge or platform.  So when I first encountered the Maxim Defense PDX in the pages of a gun magazine I was surprised that I WAS excited. A hard-hitting, tiny carbine shooting 7.62×39 …

Col. Jeff Cooper taught us that the elements of accuracy, power and speed must be in balance to prevail in a defensive-shooting situation. You must make accurate hits—blazing away and missing gets you nothing! The power element suggests your pistol should be capable of delivering a fight-stopping blow. But there …

Late Friday evening, the final vote for 10-round magazine ban legislation, Senate Bill 5078, was held.  Despite overwhelming opposition during committee hearings, public comment, calls, emails, and hours of heartfelt debate on the chamber floors – anti-gun legislators proceeded to vote 55-42, passing the measure to the Governor’s desk.  NRA Members …

Editor’s Note: We also received unconfirmed video of the general public of Kiev taking up arms. There is no doubt that the many on the American Left are staunchly anti-gun. The cognitive dissonance it takes to simultaneously hate cops while demanding that cops be the only ones who have guns …