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…
The Meta Quest 3 Makes VR Firearms Training Much More Useable
Last month, I reviewed AceXR, a VR program that’s actually useful for firearms training. Until very recently, I had been using an Oculus Quest 2 (pre-Meta, but basically identical) to…
Felony Stupid: Hammer-Wielding Man Tries To Force Entry To Rural Texas Residence
Bigstock What happens to bad guys in Texas who try to force entry upon residences while armed with a hammer? They stand a significant chance of…
Adande: After the Kansas City Shooting, the NFL Should Take the Lead in Promoting Gun Control
(Aaron Doster via AP) [A]s powerful and popular as the NFL is – and with a record 123.7 million television viewers for the Super Bowl the popularity…
When Moms Demand Action Everywhere They Go
The ‘You Don’t Need A Gun Because You Can Call 911’ Argument Fails Again…Still
Bigstock All too often, we hear from anti-gunners that we’re silly for wanting to own guns. After all (as long as there are no acorns around),…
Gun Review: SIG SAUER Cross Trax Rifle in .308 Winchester
SIG SAUER Cross Trax (image courtesy JWT for Shooting News Weekly) When the SIG SAUER Cross rifle came out a few years ago, the public howled….
Dems Have to Lie to Voters About Their Stance on Guns to Win Statewide Office in Texas
[State senator Roland] Gutierrez is one of nine Democrats vying for the party’s nomination to challenge Republican senator Ted Cruz in the November general election. More than any of his opponents…
BREAKING: NRA Guilty as Charged, LaPierre Fined $4.4M, Philips Fined $2M, Frazer Will Not Be Removed
It took five days of deliberation for the jury in New York City to reach verdicts on the four concurrent trials that will decide much of the future of the…
Mission First Tactical’s New EXD Metal Flip-Up Iron Sights
Mission First Tactical (MFT), proudly introduces the new EXD Metal front and rear back up sights offering a simple, effective, alternative if something ever happens to your red dot or…
Judge Blocks California Law That Enabled Suits Against Out-of-State Makers of ‘Abnormally Dangerous’ Guns
Do these look “abnormally dangerous” to you? (Dan Z. for SNW) It hasn’t been a good week for California Governor Gavin Newsom, AG Rob Bonta, and…
Everytown Accuses The Gundies Of Bigotry, But That Looks Like a Textbook Case of Projection
Courtesy The Gundies Someone named Lickenbrock at The Smoking Gun (the anti-gun screedblog run by Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown gun control advocacy operation) has written an article…
Hands On With the Latest Gear From Viridian
Viridian came to town last week. They were in Phoenix for the Sports Inc. show and while here, they extended their stay through the weekend to allow for a casual…
Larose: Louisiana Can’t Have Constitutional Carry If We Can’t Tell Who’s a ‘Good Guy With a Gun’
Blake Miguez State Sen. Blake Miguez, a Republican from New Iberia, is a world-class competitive marksman. We’re talking international award-winning level sharpshooting with a handgun. He’s…
Maxim Defense’s Integrally Suppressed PDX-SD, Now in 300BLK and 7.62
We don’t know where you come down on the age-old debate of what makes the best home defense firearm (let alone truck gun). Whether it’s the pistol, the rifle, or…
This is What the Seattle PD Found Inside a Passed Out Felon’s Escalade
Courtesy Seattle Police Imagine the surprise of Seattle PD officers who investigated a man slumped behind the wheel of his Escalade early yesterday morning. As they…
The Reality is Gun ‘Buybacks’ Just Don’t Work, and Here’s Why
PR is the most valuable product of any gun buyback. (courtesy Marginal Revolution University) A recent piece at The Atlantic shows us that giving up on…
Act Accordingly: Even If They Can, Police Have No Duty to Protect You
It is a myth that police have a constitutional duty to protect you. It has been firmly established by the Supreme Court of the United States that police have no…
New York Loses Jobs, Tax Dollars Thanks to State Government’s Long-Running Anti-Gun Jihad
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and GOP state Sen. Mark Walczyk both previously blamed New York’s restrictive gun laws for the [Remington] move. “Hochul must stop her unconstitutional assault on the Second…