Quiet in the Capitol: A Great, Suppressed-Only Shooting Event in Austin, Texas
For six years running, Capitol Armory in Austin, Texas has put on a totally free, open-to-the-public, suppressed-only shooting event that they call Quiet in the Capitol. It’s awesome! If you…
Louisiana Makes 28 States as Governor Jeff Landry Signs Permitless Carry Into Law
By Barret Kendrick In 2012, Louisiana voters approved a robust constitutional amendment raising the bar for the legal standard applied to future gun control laws in the state to that…
When Regulators Know Nothing About the Things They Regulate
ATF Director Steve Dettelbach calls a drum mag a “75 round clip” at 2:03 & ATF Chief of Firearms Technology couldn’t dissamble a Glock at 11:10. pic.twitter.com/SM9xsYjgsN — Sal the…
Aggressive Prowler at Elderly Woman’s Oklahoma Residence Meets Her Armed Son-In-Law
Bigstock In Wagoner County, Oklahoma, a 74-year-old woman called her son-in-law for help after she saw a prowler on her front porch. Unbeknownst to the intruder,…
4 Retro-Inspired AR Rifle Builds You Can Build, Too
I had last summer off and I did a frenzy of AR building. Going back to work in the fall slowed me down a bit, but I still managed to…
Armed Citizen Shoots, Kills Man Stabbing Las Cruces Police Officer [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
Screen capture by Boch via Youtube. Graphic bodycam video shows the moment Las Cruces Police Officer Jonah Hernandez was attacked and stabbed to death last month….
Vista Outdoor Rejects MNC Capital’s Cash Offer to Acquire Sporting Products Brands
Yesterday morning, the Board of Directors for Vista Outdoors (NYSE:VSTO) rejected a $35/per share unsolicited acquisition offer from MNC Capital. The offer was all-cash and would have stopped the split-and-sell…
The Federal Prohibition Against a National Gun Registry Makes ATF Director Dettelbach Sad
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) The ATF is prohibited by federal law from creating a centralized database of registered gun owners. Instead, they must sort through a system…
It’s Come to This: Chicago Made News When No One Was Shot or Killed on Wednesday
Image via Chicago Police (Facebook). Frankly, in civilized nations or cities, this should be the norm. People shouldn’t shoot or murder people. Or have to defend…
Optic Review: C&H DMO and Comp Red Dot Sights
C&H Precision made its name milling slides and making adapter plates for red dot sights. They still do all of that, but about a year ago, they came out with…
Biden’s ATF Betrays Basic Law Enforcement Principles…and Brags About It
image courtesy ATF A recent article at the NRA’s news website tells us the story of continued abuse of people in the firearms industry by Biden’s…
Guns are for Everyone: More LGBT People are Buying Guns, But They Have a Way to Go to Catch Up
Courtesy ATW Firearms Instruction In her courses, [firearm instructor Clara] Elliott teaches the importance of first aid and deescalation techniques alongside firearms knowledge. Class fees are…
Sometimes You Hear the Scariest Things When the Supreme Court is in Session
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…