It’s Not That ‘Elites’ Can’t Understand America’s Gun Culture, It’s That They Don’t Want To
When I tried to sell my book Gun Curious to New York-based book editors at large publishing houses, I said there were three audiences for my book: Gun enthusiasts will be a…
100 Members of Congress Back Effort to Preserve Lake City Civilian Ammunition Sales
Attempts by the civilian disarmament industrial complex to cut off commercial ammo sales from the Army’s Lake City ammunition plant have been ongoing for years now. In a sop to…
Chiappa Announces the Big Badger Folding Single Shot Rifle in 3 Calibers
Chiappa Firearms is adding three new folding model rifles. Their smaller rimfire Little Badger has been popular as a backpack gun that’s incredibly easy to take anywhere. The new Big…
Security Guards Shoot Woman Who Opened Fire in a Texas Mega-Church, Stopping the Attack
A lot of news gets swallowed up in the Super Bowl Sunday vacuum. America could have been invaded by Canada yesterday and if there wasn’t an obvious tie-in to the…
An Academic Acknowleges the ‘Disastrous, Unintended Consequences’ of Taking a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence
Bigstock There’s a long and proud history of public health scholars, doctors, and activists taking a health framework to consumer products that kill people. That playbook…
It’s Time for SCOTUS to Reassert Itself in the Face of Lower Courts’ Anti-Gun Rulings
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The Civilian Disarmament Industry Sells the Band-Aid Of Gun Control
A recent propaganda post by the Newtown Action Alliance gun control organization came pretty close to inadvertently identifying the real problem behind violence. But, as usual, grifters are going to…
Trump Needs To Be Held Accountable for His Gun Rights Campaign Promises This Time
[caption id="attachment_2591" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Courtesy Trump.com A recent video going around social media showing Donald Trump making a big promise to gun owners. But the former and possibly future President…
The Anti-Gun Left Is Convinced Gun Control is a Winning Issue for Biden’s Reelection Campaign
Bigstock So first, we have to keep at our work in the states. Second, I really think that addressing the community violence that is disproportionately impacting…
Survey: Overwhelming Majority of Non-Hunting Gun Owners Support Pittman-Robertson Conservation Tax
Bigstock By Joe Bartozzi Hunters have prided themselves as being the “original conservationists.” They’re rightfully boastful of that moniker. After all, the hunting licenses, stamps and…
New Mexico’s Anti-Gun Insurrection Progresses As the Left Chases Its Own Tail
There are five days remaining the the current New Mexico legislative session and a recent interview by KOB4 shows us what Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham thinks of what’s going on in…
How’s That Times Square ‘Gun-Free’ Zone Working Out Mr. Mayor?
A wild shooting incident in New York City’s Times Square has demolished any argument by Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrat lawmakers in Albany that their so-called “sensitive…
Elections Have Consequences…Especially in Purple States
Courtesy Facebook Democrats have sent dozens of gun control bills to the governor’s office for his signature. Even though they control both chambers of the General…
A Few Words on SNW’s Comment Policy
Bigstock First…good news! We’ve finally got post comments enabled here along with a number of other features that make both writing and reading a better experience….
EDC Excellence: The Benchmade 533 Mini Bugout Folding Knife
If you’re a knife knut, the worst feeling in the world — without question — is standing in front of that grey plastic bin at a TSA checkpoint, tossing in…
A Year With The Smith & Wesson M&P 10mm
In mid-to-late 2022, the 10mm round experienced a renaissance of sorts. It seemed like everyone was offering something chambered in .40 S&W Magnum. Hunters, people who hike in areas with…
Metzl: We Need a Holistic, Societal (and Expensive) Strategy to Get Benighted Red-Staters to Swallow More Restrictions on Their Gun Rights
Courtesy Vanderbilt University I’ve come to believe that in the current moment, when democracy itself is at stake, gun safety needs to improve people’s lives in…
Treasury Secretary Dodges Questions on Feds Spying on Americans’ Financial Activity
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen couldn’t – or wouldn’t – tell Congress whether or not her department ordered financial institutions to spy on the transactions of private and law-abiding citizens. The Treasury…
Another Woman Defends Herself With a Gun When an Order of Protection Fails to Do the Job
Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office Rule of thumb: criminals have little to no regard for authority. Whether it’s laws, police, judges, or the pieces of paper…
Zero Bail Follies: Chicago Has a New Poster Boy for Criminal Justice Reform
The brain trust that is the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus effectively runs the Illinois General Assembly. Countless times, they and their supporters have spoken passionately about the moral imperative of…
California Hasn’t Learned (Yet) That It Can’t Defy the Supreme Court’s 2A Rulings
California Sen. Anthony Portantino (Courtesy California Senate Democrats) By Timothy Wheeler, MD The new year saw the customary barrage of new California gun control laws. The…
Hawaii Supreme Court Says the ‘Spirit of Aloha’ Trumps the United States Constitution
Bigstock The justices of Hawaii’s Supreme Court have ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment is all wrong. Instead of following rulings…
Double Standard: ATF Doesn’t Apply Its Strict Zero-Tolerance Policy to Its Own Operations
Courtesy ATF By Joe Bartozzi The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is showing the public that the “zero-tolerance” policy they apply to firearm…
Out-of-Staters Pouring Money Into Colorado Anti-Hunting Ballot Measure
Bigstock In a January 16 filing with the Colorado Secretary of State, the issue committee backing the measure (Cats Aren’t Trophies) reports raising just over $218,000 in…
Let’s Be Honest About What Judge Benitez Ruled in Rhode v. Bonta
I don’t want to get into a whole kerfuffle with Pepperdine law professor Jake Charles, but the case about which he wrote in a recent tweet string is ours, the…
Gun Tweet of the Day: WaPo Simply Will Not Call Out Kamala Harris on Her Anti-Gun Lie
Our friend Matt Manda at the NSSF notes this latest “fact check” from the highly selective stickler Glenn Kessler at The Washington Post. We suppose one brownie point is in…
Gun Review: SIG SAUER Cross Magnum Rifle in 300 Win Mag
The SIG SAUER Cross is consistently one of the best-selling bolt action rifles on the market. SIG has steadily diversified this line with multiple models and a series of partnership…
Former Agent: The ATF Still Don’t Care About Straw Purchasers
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona is not prosecuting straw-purchase arrests with speed and vigor. That can allow weapons purchased illegally in the United States to “walk” across the border…
Pro Gun Control Scholars: Rejecting Racist Historical Gun Laws Reveals a Troubling Double Standard
Bigstock Conservative jurists and gun rights advocates have strongly backed the Supreme Court’s originalist view of 2nd Amendment law, which gives modern deference to the intentions…