ATF’s Tiahrt Amendment Violations Feed the Media’s Name-and-Shame Campaign
President Joe Biden campaigned on repealing the so-called “Tiahrt rider,” enacted in 2003, that protects from public disclosure law enforcement sensitive trace data contained within the ATF’s National Tracing Center’s…
Gun Rights Orgs Oppose Cornyn’s Bid to Replace McConnell as Senate GOP Leader
(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) With the aged and infirm Senator Mitch McConnell announcing that he’ll be stepping down as GOP Senate Leader after the election, the tussle…
Tone Deaf Joe Biden Uses Laken Riley’s Murder to Promote Gun Control
courtesy C-SPAN Leave it to Joe Biden to promote gun control laws and gun bans upon Americans while turning a blind eye to illegal alien invaders…
Carry Report: Taurus GX4 9mm Pistol
The Taurus GX4 is the flagship model of the GX4 family of handguns. How does it stand up to extended use? (Photo credit: Kat Stevens) Straightforward…
Midwest Industries Launches Modern Lever Action Stocks at SHOT 2024
SHOT Show 2024 was definitely the Year of the Lever Action. Midwest Industries released their new modern lever action stocks at the show, but they just sent out news to…
TMZ: Aussie Swifties Can Go to Concerts With Regular Bags Thanks to Strict Gun Control Laws Down Under
Courtesy X Taylor Swift’s Australia bag policy is pretty noticeable compared to the States — her fans can walk in without having to visibly show what…
Follow Shooting News Weekly on Social Media and YouTube
It’s been a slog these last two months, but we’ve made a good amount of progress around these parts at SNW. The site is almost where we want it on…
Warne’s New Shotgun Rib Mounts for Reflex Sights
I’ve tried red dots on shotguns in the past and they’re great for home/personal defense or shooting turkeys and such. But using them to hit clays has been, well, less…
Joni Ernst’s ‘FIREARM’ Act Would Protect FFLs from Biden’s Weaponized ATF
Senator Joni Ernst (Facebook) The most anti-gun administration in the nation’s history has used all of its executive powers to make life as difficult, onerous, expensive,…
There’s At Least One Guy We Feel Sorry For at the ATF
(David Phillip, Associated Press) There’s a lot of bad blood between gun owners, people in the industry and ATF, particularly in recent years after the agency…
Judge Rules California Can’t Cancel the Gun Rights of People Whose Felony Convictions Have Been Vacated
The California AG takes another L. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Most people know that felons (and those convicted of misdemeanors with penalties of more…
Legacy Media Lap Up Inflated, Sensational Mass Shooting Data, Whatever the Facts May Be
Bigstock There were 648 mass shootings in 2020 according to the Gun Violence Archive. Everytown claims there were 636. The FBI, however, says there were 50….
Ketanji Brown Jackson Demonstrates Exactly the Kind of Firearm Expertise We’d Expect in a Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (AP Photo/Butch Dill) When it was time for the Biden Department of Justice to present its side [in Garland v….
The Supreme Court on Whether ATF Can Decide That Bump Stocks are Machine Guns
Courtesy Library of Congress The bump stock, a simple device once considered a novelty for many shooters, was the focus of ninety minutes of occasionally spirited…
Number 28: Louisiana About to Join the Permitless Carry Club…Finally
Courtesy Crucial Concealment After years of fighting, vetoes, delays, and all the usual drama and insane claims, the Louisiana House passed a constitutional carry bill today…
Behold: The Smith & Wesson Ultimate Carry J-Frames in .38 Spl and 32 H&R Magnum
By Rich Grassi Last week, I attended a gathering of the grey beards in Louisiana to participate in the hard launch of the Smith & Wesson Ultimate Carry revolvers. It seems…
Ruger Adds 6.5 Creedmoor to Their SFAR Platform
Ruger revolutionized the AR market when they came out with the Small-Frame Autoloading Rifle by taking the .308 cartridge, normally reserved for the bigger AR10 platform, and jamming it…
No, It Wasn’t Unreasonable To Point A Gun At the Man Who Set Himself on Fire in Washington, DC
The recent suicide of Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. drew a lot of commentary. Someone setting themselves on fire is alien to most Americans and calls…
When You’ve Lost the Seattle Times on a Gun Control Bill, You Know You’ve Gone Too Far
…HB 2118 pushes gun control to a level of punishment for legitimate businesses. The bill would require gun dealers to run annual background checks on their employees, carry $1 million…
Duck Season’s Over, But Hang In There…Another One Is Around The Corner
Dan Z. for SNW By Chad Belding When the last decoy is lifted from the water, the last feather is carefully plucked, a glass of Jack…
Gun Review: The Springfield Echelon – My Favorite Handgun of 2023
In the world that’s full of semi-auto handguns, there seems to be a formula that works. Give it a polymer frame, make it striker-fired, chamber it in 9mm, and use…
Smith & Wesson’s Updated M&P15 Sport III AR Platform Rifle
Smith & Wesson rolled out the first M&P15 Sport rifle way back in 2010. It was a well-appointed, budget-priced “starter” AR-15 that just about everyone could afford. Seven years later…
Guns for Beginners: How to Finding a Trainer and Get Going
Owning a firearm for personal protection doesn’t just stop once you get it home. You owe it to yourself, your family and society to acquire the training needed to properly…
SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments in Case Challenging Trump’s Bump Stock Ban Tomorrow
The same Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that had repeatedly told [Slide Fire bump stock inventor Jeremiah] Cottle between 2008 and 2017 that his bump stocks were not…
Chicago Man Tried to Murder Motorist At Stoplight, But Accidentally Killed His Backseat Passenger Instead
Remember the scene from Pulp Fiction where John Travolta’s character inadvertently shoots and kills his rear-seat passenger? Well, the long arm of the law finally caught up with and convicted…
Biden Export ‘Pause’ Effect: Ally in Need Looks Elsewhere for Small Arms
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) The Biden administration continues to bludgeon the highly-regulated and constitutionally-protected firearm industry through any means available. The president kicked off his campaign for…
Gun Review: Bersa TPR 380 … The Modern Option
I like Bersa. As far as budget guns go, they make some of the best, in my opinion. The Thunder series is likely their most popular gun series, and I’ve…
Wargaming the Apocalypse: 4 Steps for Being Ready if the SHTF
Bigstock We would hope that the crash of AT&T services on Thursday 2/22/24 served as a wakeup call or at least as a lesson for the…
Action in the Courts: The Fate of the NRA and SCOTUS on Bump Stocks
This past weekend was essentially consumed by the parsing, interpreting, and spinning of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ numerous wins against the National Rifle Association and three former/current corporate…
Del-Ton’s Compact DT20 9mm Pistol Has High Capacity and a Unique Design
Del-Ton has been around in the AR world for a good number of years, first as a parts supplier and later as a manufacturer of complete rifles. It’s always been…