Defining Extremism Down: 13 Banks Colluded with Feds to Monitor Gun Owners’ Accounts
Bigstock At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government to spy on Americans after the January 6 protests…
Commerce Announces Permanent ‘Pause’ on Firearm Exports
Courtesy Dept. of Commerce Later this morning, the Commerce Department will announce a new rule making their Bureau of Industry and Security’s alleged “90-day pause” to…
AR-15 Builds: Tales From the Carry Handle Mafia
When I started shooting AR’s in the 80’s all we had were carry handle uppers. When I went into the Army in 1988, I trained on the M16A1 and that’s…
Skill Set: Law Enforcement and Pistol Mounted Optics
C+H DMO on a GLOCK 19 Gen5 The wave of the pistol-mounted optics is sweeping across the law enforcement landscape nationally. Is that a good idea?…
Fallacies Put Our Children at Risk While Facts Show What Works
Courtesy FASTER Maryland police arrested a would be mass-murderer before he attacked a school. The aspiring killer has taught us a lot. He was relatively ordinary…
15 Questions for Arkansas AG Tim Griffin on the ATF’s Deadly SWAT Raid
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is the top law enforcement officer in the state, and he is ultimately…
How Do You Carry Your Barbecue Gun ?
Galco Many of us have a special gun in our safe. It’s not our daily carry gat, it’s one we take out and tote on those…
Gun Owners Travel Advisory: Avoid the Turks and Caicos Islands
You’re going to jail. (Dan Z. for SNW) From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . To all U.S. gun owners: Do Not Travel to the…
Lott: As Reported and Nonreported Crime Rises, More People Are Carrying
While the rate of reported violent crime fell 2.1% between 2021 and 2022, the National Crime Victimization Survey shows that total violent crime—reported and nonreported—rose from 16.5 incidents to 23.5 per 1,000 people. Nonreported…
War on Guns: Biden Commerce Dept. Will Make Small Arms Export Pause Permanent
Anti-Gunners Re-Purpose the Same Old Hysterics Over Teacher Carry Legislation
Question for legal experts: When armed teachers are *employees* of a school system who are granted permission to have guns inside their workplace by their employer, are their actions covered…
Bruen Marches On: PA Adults Under 21 Can Now Apply For Carry Permits
[caption id="attachment_4885" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Courtesy Crucial Concealment From SAF: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has handed a significant victory to the Second Amendment Foundation and…
Rule 5: Lock it Up
Dan Z. for SNW I come from an era when people left their houses unlocked, as they did their cars, often leaving the keys in the…
White House Misses the Target In Approach to Mass Shootings
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention is hosting the first in-person meeting of federal agencies to figure out what to do after a tragic mass murder and criminal misuse of…
Goetz: The public has to carry guns in New York
Bernhard Goetz (courtesy Time Magazine) Garrett Graff: A couple of days before Christmas in New York City in 1984, 37-year-old Bernhard Goetz was going to meet…
Good Gear: Streamlight MacroStream USB EDC Flashlight
SNW contributor Paul Markel says everyone needs to have the fundamental four with them on their daily rounds; something lethal, something sharp, something light, and something medical. That’s good advice…
I Don’t Believe in Coincidences
Courtesy WNEP I joke that I’m not superstitious. When someone asked why that was, my response is simple: “because it’s bad luck.” Believing in luck creates…
Girsan MC P35 Hi-Power Clone [Video Review]
https://youtu.be/skuS35Ll1Bk?si=9zQQg9c2zoTHHZah Dan and I hit the range at Copperhead Creek Shooting Club to test out, among other guns, the Girsan MC P35. It’s a Turkish-made Browning Hi-Power clone available for…
ATF Further Exploits BSCA, Springs Another Rule on Gun Owners With Short Comment Period
The man who did more than anyone else to make the Bipartisan Safer Communities act a reality, Texas Senator John Cornyn (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) On Friday,…
The Future of Guns Will be Quiet(er)
Courtesy Open Source Defense Exponential curves like the one above don’t just stop. The consumer demand (for suppressors) is there, and it’s accelerating. And that’s happening…
FBI Director Wray Sounds Alarm Over Chinese Digital Threats
Bigstock We live in uncertain times. Nothing has done so much to bring that uncertainty home recently as a Thursday speech given by FBI Director Christopher…
Good Gear: Real Avid Master Bench Block Pro Kit
I do a lot of tinkering in the garage. It may be a stretch to call it gunsmithing, but it does involve a lot of building, and rebuilding AR’s, GLOCKs,…
Shooting Straight: Columbine Who?
(Photo credit: news.com) On April 20, 2024 we hit a grim milestone of sorts: 25 years since Columbine. Somehow that massacre that was carried out by…
BREAKING: Supreme Court Grants Cert, Will Hear Case Challenging ATF’s ‘Frame or Receiver’ Rule
From the Firearms Policy Coalition Today, the United States Supreme Court granted review in Attorney General Merrick B. Garland v. Jennifer VanDerStok, a Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation…
Chicago College Student Grabs Gun From Armed Robber While Male Student Watches
Courtesy NY Post “I see a man in a ski mask coming toward me, and I attempt to keep walking,” Madelyn told NBC Chicago. Madelyn tussled with…
Two Approaches: Which Would You Choose?
On Scammers, The Elderly, and the Laws of Armed Self-Defense
WBNS A recent tragedy in Ohio, where an elderly man under attack from online fraudsters killed an innocent woman, can teach us a lot. Not only…
Gear Review: Bodyguard Elite Armored Backpack
I’ve never owned body armor before. I’m not opposed to it, I’ve just chosen to spend my dollars differently. If you own it, good on you. If that makes you…
Damiani: Americans Are Addicted to Their Guns
Bigstock The American people relate to guns as addicts relate to drugs. Addicts change everything in their life to accommodate their drug use. They filter their…
ATF Trafficking Data Reveals Futility of ‘Universal Background Checks’
Rogelio V. Solis, AP So-called “universal” background checks were back in the news last week. The Biden administration and the regime press were promoting the impression…