Want to Reduce Violent Crime Against Women? Get More of Them to Carry a Gun
Women who rely on passive behavior are 2.5 times more likely to suffer serious injury than women who defend themselves with a firearm.
Narrative Fail: Crime’s Down in Seattle as More People Own and Carry Guns
Reports of a decline in gun-related violence this year around Seattle overlook a significant fact which unintentionally derails one of the greatest gun control myths of all time, that more…
Elevated Holiday Threats Require Heightened Awareness, Packing Heat
The pre-Thanksgiving terror attack in Washington D.C. by an Islamic jihadist hopefully will be the last terror incident we see in America this holiday season. However, just like denial, hope…
Study Finds Music Doesn’t Fuel ‘Gun Violence’ (No Matter How Insufferable It May Be)
Gun violence either predates the music or co-varies with structural shocks unrelated to music: poverty, criminal-market reconfiguration, institutional weakness, police lethality, cross-border gun trafficking and policy swings.
Maybe They Should Offer AARP Discounts
Modern Classics: The GLOCK 23 Pistol
I can’t recall who it was that hipped me to the idea that it was possible to convert a .40 S&W pistol to a 9mm by swapping barrels and magazines,…
The Madding Crowds: Keeping Holiday Shopping Season Safety Front of Mind
Crowds naturally create opportunity — not just for retailers, but for individuals who prey on distraction, confusion, or complacency.
A Deer Hunter’s Thanksgiving Tradition
While archery season for deer started in September, the Monday after Thanksgiving is, for Ohioans, a holiday all its own. It’s opening day for gun season in the Buckeye state.
Happy Thanksgiving From Shooting News Weekly
Whether you ventured out in the field and got your Thanksgiving bird with a load of No. 5 shot or you lifted it into the shopping cart in your local…
Two WV Nat’l Guard Troops Shot and Killed in Washington DC Two Blocks From the White House
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state’s governor said.
Modern Classic: The IWI Tavor SAR Bullpup Rifle
As far as bullpup rifles in general are concerned, they tend to be rather polarizing. Folks either love them or they seem to have an irrational hatred for them.
DOJ Establishes a New Division Focusing on the Protection of Gun Rights
The office, called the Second Amendment Rights Section, expects to open on December 4 and will be dedicated to investigating local laws or policies limiting gun rights.
Go Figure: Gang Violence Has More to Do With Emotion Than Economics
Academics and other “experts” assume a rational weighing of possible benefit and loss by gang members, while accounts of actual shootings show something very different.
HAVA Brings 150 Vets and Their Families Together for 16th Annual Range Day
More than 150 veterans and their families enjoyed some trigger time as a way for the firearm industry and San Antonio Police Department to offer a collective “thank you” to…
Optics 101: Executing the Objective
A common myth about riflescopes is that the larger the objective bell in the front, the more light a scope gathers. That’s not really true.
Patriot Arsenal: 3 Guns Every American Should Own – The Shotgun
While there are those who might view the shotgun as a distance tool because it is a long gun, just as we considered with the rifle for home defense, the…
SCANDAL: NSSF Helping Its Members Sell More Products Using (OMG!) eCommerce Tools
In May 2024, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry’s trade group, hosted a webinar featuring the presentation for the thousands of gun sellers who belong to the NSSF….
Preemption Laws Make Lawful Carry Easier…That’ Why They’re Under Attack by the Gun Control Industry
Even while acknowledging these efforts as unconstitutional due to the state’s preemption law, the Saint Paul City Council unanimously passed the ordinance and became the first city among a coalition of 17…
Black Collar Arms’ New Texas Typewriter .22LR Semi-Auto Rifle Platform
The Black Collar Arms traditional Ruger 10/22 receiver and rifle stock have been replaced with a single ultra-rigid receiver. The forend and stock mount directly to the receiver, resulting in…
Chicago’s Weekend Violence at Loop Tree Lighting and on an MTA Train Leave the City Reeling
The weekend’s body count doesn’t include an innocent 26-year-old woman set on fire on a CTA train by a mope who’d been arrested 72 times since his 18th birthday.
FLUX Defense Announces the New P365 Ultra-Light Chassis System
This system delivers double the rounds of a standard pistol, increased accuracy, control, and velocity, all within a package that is 3 inches shorter and 85 percent lighter than an…
Worst Case Scenarios: How the Untested Can Survive in a Crisis
When you find yourself in the gravest extreme, you won’t magically rise to the occasion, but you will react with the level of training that you’ve mastered. What that level…
Taking the Temperature of the Hard Left Gun Culture at a Brutality Shooting Match
I’ve been getting the tea about how Brutality matches are a kink-friendly space from Deviant Ollam, a 48-year-old hacker and guntuber with an “arm trans women” patch above his right…
Wooly Bully: Point6 Merino Wool Socks
Thinking ‘socks is socks’ is an outdated way to look at today’s performance socks. Who knew socks had features beyond thick or thin, and high or low? I’m still wrestling…
The Thing About Turkish Shotguns
You’re shopping and spot a 12-gauge bullpup magazine-fed shotgun. It’s only for $400 dollars! What a bargain! Yeah, probably not. What you’re looking at is a Turkish shotgun.
The Ass-End of What Academics Get Wrong About Guns
The dominant scholarly approach to studying guns, gun owners, and gun culture reminds me of the parable of the blind men and the elephant.
Why Not Both?
Trump Redirecting BSCA Grant Money Away From ‘Gun Violence’ NGOs to Fund Deportation of Illegals
The administration is now prioritizing local governments and giving special preference to applicants that “directly support law enforcement,” including “immigration law enforcement operations.”
Beretta’s New AX800 Supreme Waterfowl Shotgun
The Beretta AX800 Suprema combines breakthrough gas-system technology, championship barrel engineering, and industry-leading recoil mitigation to deliver more effective shots, faster follow-ups, and less maintenance between hunts.
NYC Sentences 67-Year-Old Victim to 4 Years in Prison for Defending Himself With an Unlicensed Gun
Prosecutors in the Queens District Attorney’s Office have put a 67-year-old citizen behind bars for defending himself against a recidivist criminal with an unlicensed handgun.