The current standard of everyday carry in pistols is a 9 mm compact with a polymer frame, a striker firing system and a slide machined for a red-dot optic. Also, the current paradigm lacks a thumb safety. All of which makes the S&W CSX something of an outlier. First, the CSX’s frame is …

For decades, a core component of the firearm prohibitionists’ strategy has been their attempt to stigmatize guns and gun ownership to push both out of mainstream American culture. Sometimes this effort has been made explicit. In 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention …

Here we go again. Every so often, some “brilliant” firearm prohibitionist comes up with the “insight” that if gun bans are unconstitutional, ammunition should be targeted instead. This is akin to the old tactic of cracking down on ink and paper supplies as a means of curtailing First Amendment expression …

Over ten years ago, the Obama Administration introduced “Operation Choke Point,” a program that used the concept of “reputational risk” to encourage banks and similar financial entities to reevaluate providing services to customers connected to “heightened risk” transactions and crime. Merchant categories “that have been associated with high-risk activity” and named …

Welcome to another American Rifleman Gun Of The Week video, and this time, we’re on the range with a compact defensive carbine from Smith & Wesson. The FPC, or Folding Pistol-Caliber Carbine, is a 9mm Luger-chambered, semi-automatic rifle that conveniently folds up for easy transport and storage, all while offering a host of …

Obama illegally carried out a unilateral amnesty for some illegal aliens. That amnesty was bizarrely kept in place by courts even though it had no legislative basis and was a purely ‘pen and phone’ move. The LAPD, which operates at the heart of California’s illegal alien ground zero, has a …

With the legislative session under way, anti-gun lawmakers are pushing their agenda at a quick pace. Next week, committees in both chambers are hearing gun control bills. For information on attending the hearings in Olympia, click here to view committee schedules. You may also click here to register to testify remotely, submit written testimony, and/or register …

Today, January 10th, the Virginia Legislature begins the 2024 session. Anti-gun legislators gained control in the Virginia General Assembly last election cycle and are beginning their assault on the Second Amendment. Below are just are some lowlights of anti-gun legislation already introduced this session: Bans commonly owned firearms and places …

Over the years I’ve learned a few tricks that have helped me keep my shotgun clean and ready for action. I hope they help you, too. Safe Trigger Finger Location Alternative The NRA’s second rule of gun safety says: “Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot,” …

Like the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s 2020 “assault weapon” ban and confiscation program (“buyback”) will mark its fourth anniversary this spring. His Liberal government has previously shared little information about the anticipated costs, timing and mechanics of how this is expected to be enforced. As recently as last …