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California: Mandatory Storage, Red Flag Expansion, and other Anti-Gun Bills to be Heard in Committee Next Week
Next week, the California Senate and Assembly Appropriations committees will be holding public hearings on several anti-gun bills. With just weeks remaining of the 2024 session, it’s critical for all NRA members and Second Amendment supporters to contact committee members and urge their opposition to these bills! On Monday, August 5th, …
Kamala Harris is an Existential Threat to the Second Amendment and Supports Gun Confiscation
Since President Joe Biden unceremoniously dropped out, or was forced out, of the 2024 presidential race on July 21, Vice President Kamala Harris has been effectively coronated as the Democratic presidential nominee. Gun owners should understand that Harris poses the gravest threat to their Second Amendment rights. In fact, Harris’s record suggests that …
Gun Of The Week: Beretta USA 92XI Squalo
Welcome to another American Rifleman Gun Of The Week video, and in this episode, we’re running a new version of Beretta’s famous 92 on the range. This is the Beretta 92XI Squalo, and it’s a version that brings some long-awaited updates to this popular handgun. Watch the video above to see the 92XI …
Gun Of The Week: Beretta USA 92XI Squalo
Welcome to another American Rifleman Gun Of The Week video, and in this episode, we’re running a new version of Beretta’s famous 92 on the range. This is the Beretta 92XI Squalo, and it’s a version that brings some long-awaited updates to this popular handgun. Watch the video above to see the 92XI …
Crime Prevention Research Center: Carry Laws Don’t Increase Gun Theft, Decrease Police Effectiveness
Gun-control groups campaign against right-to-carry laws by claiming that guns carried in public pose a substantial threat to public safety, and that concealed carry permitting laws lead to more violent crime, not less. Giffords, for instance, alleges that “the dangers of permissive public carry laws” include an increase in gun …
VA Tells Congressional Panel it “Could Not” and “Would Not” Comply with Pro-gun Legislation
Last Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs of the House Veterans Affairs Committee held a legislative hearing on a number of proposed bills that would change various procedures and standards for how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) does business. The VA, of course, is a creation of Congress, …
Persuasion & The Public Health Approach To Gun Violence
The U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, has officially declared gun violence to be a public health crisis. This occurred after telling Congress he had no intention of using his office as a bully pulpit to push an agenda. While serving under the Obama administration, Murthy was part of an organization called …
Accuracy Buff: Best Handguns for Target Shooting
We all like to ring steel and shoot small groups. This is not just great for your ego at the range, it’s also good for defensive shooting. Indeed, it’s often the archer, not the arrow, but training goes a long way and hardware is no supplement for learning the fundamentals. However, …
CHICAGO EDITORIAL BOARD: ‘WORRIFYING’ THAT LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES
Last weekend, Chicagoans witnessed a weekend that saw at least 71 people shot. Tragically, nine of the victims died from their injuries. Just two weeks ago, Chicagoans survived a weekend that saw at least 44 people shot. Tragically, at least eight of the victims died from their injuries. In a city where …
Fallout from Trudeau’s Gun Grab: Crime is Up, Number of Gun Ranges Drops
In Canada, a ban on over 1,500 firearm makes, models and variants, together with a mandatory government confiscation (“buyback”) requirement, was imposed by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over four years ago. Contrary to the representations as to the inherent deadliness of these guns and the urgency of ensuring these …