NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, listened with keen interest to President Joe Biden’s nomination of Steve Dettelbach for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). NSSF has long-advocated that the ATF needs a U.S. Senate-confirmed director, and that person must be an individual …

Tuesday, April 12th, has been designated “Gun Day” at the Louisiana State Capital, as most gun bills filed this session are scheduled to be heard at 9:30 AM by both the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and Senate Judicial C Committee. This is one of the most important …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Gun Owners of America (GOA) released the following statement in response to the violence in Sacramento, California over the weekend, which left six people dead. Buy All-American! Bring health and vitality back to your body with these non-transdermal patches Get your Vitamin B17 …

Sacramento, CA — According to the antigun group, Gifford’s Law Center, the state of California has the strictest gun laws in the nation. The state was one of the first in the nation to enact an extreme risk protection order law — the questionable “red flag” confiscation law — which …

Congress just passed a law to deputize your local police as ATF agents and to fund criminal investigations into mistaken NICS denials of law-abiding citizens. Biden is set to sign the law before midnight. We need you to take action to help us hold those accountable for passing this gun …

With the invasion by the Russian military, Ukrainian men, women, and children have taken up arms in defense of their loved ones, homes, and country. The American Left, ranging from the radical (Occupy Democrats) to the establishment (Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer), is praising them. Ironically, these Democrats actively seek to deny …

As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, the Biden administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wants to inject itself into your personal firearms collection. Last September, the head of the CDC said it is “now hoping to get a fuller picture of the data and long-neglected details on the impact of …

There is ONE reason why Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer have not been able to totally destroy the Second Amendment. That reason is the Senate filibuster.  We need you to contact your Senators and demand they leave the Senate-Rules as written: NO CHANGES TO THE FILIBUSTER.  Let’s look …

2021 was a busy year for all things Second Amendment related. Here is a look back at 10 of the most noteworthy events—good and bad—as we start off into 2022. Looking back is important, as it can show what’s coming. 10. The NRA turned 150. Founded in 1871 by Civil …

This feature article, “Ruger: Hencho en Mexico,” appeared originally in the July 2005 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as your member magazine. Colonel Rex Applegate was born in Yoncalla, Oregon, in 1914. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1939 with …