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Biden Administration: We Support the Second Amendment … and We Want to Confiscate Your Guns
To say the Biden Administration speaks with a forked tongue on the Second Amendment is an understatement. But translating the ultimate message is easy: They want your guns, and they will say or do whatever is necessary to get them. On Thursday, Kamala Harris – the nominal head of the …
Handbook: Using Bad Sight Pictures
Whether you shoot iron sights, carry optics or a combination of the two, or train for combat or competition, the critical balance of speed and accuracy cannot be overstated. Why is striving for a textbook sight picture the worst thing you can do when held accountable to faster speeds with …
Biden’s Gun-Control Master Plan
It is perhaps supercilious to use the words “Biden” and “master plan” in the same headline. It is, after all, easy to feel superior to a politician who has trouble walking all the way across stages, who can no longer articulate basic thoughts and who, and this has happened a …
TWO COUNTRIES GRAPPLING WITH NO 2A RIGHTS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER OF OURS
Citizens in two countries are reminding Americans that Second Amendment rights and a robust firearm and ammunition manufacturing base cannot be taken for granted. Israel is preparing for a ground invasion into Gaza after more than 1,400 of their citizens fell victim to Hamas terrorists storming into their homes, murdering, …
The Martini-Henry: Icon Of An Empire
In his 1895 poem entitled “The Young British Soldier,” Rudyard Kipling cautions the new recruit against blaming his rifle for his own poor marksmanship, and mentions the name of the longarm that secured the British Empire of the Victorian period: “When ’arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch, …
Offset for Sight Offset
With the AR-style rifle and pistol becoming ever more popular for self-defense use, there are some idiosyncrasies to consider, especially when using with an optic in close-quarter areas. One of these is bore/optic offset. Bore/Optic Offset What is optic offset? Simply put, a sighting system will never be 100 percent …
The Smith & Wesson M&P FPC: A Low-Profile PCC
Folding to slightly longer than its 16″ barrel, S&W’s FPC is an efficient, effective long gun for the format-conscious armed citizen. As firearm trainer Clint Smith famously noted, “The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down.” A …
Optimizing Your Home Defense Handgun
While shotguns and carbines can make fine home-defense guns, a handgun is a perfectly suitable home-defense tool. Whether because the handgun is the only tool available, or because one’s home defense plan makes a pistol the best choice, many people rely on handguns for protection in and around the home. If …
Alternative Ammo: .458 SOCOM vs. .45-70 Government
Last time in this series, we discussed the 6X45—sometimes called the 6mm-.223 or the .243-.223—and why it’s a far better all-around cartridge than the common .223 Remington (to review, it can tackle big-game far better than the .223 Rem. is able, and it still has solid varmint capabilities when using …
Review: Ruger Security-380
Although the majority of new concealed-carry releases from popular gun manufacturers in recent years have been chambered in 9 mm Luger, Ruger continues to innovate within the .380 ACP arena. Designed around maximum concealment and ease of use, the company had previously released the LCP II and LCP Max pistols chambered to fire the .380 cartridge, and Ruger’s …