Petrolino Receives POMA’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Coverage of Successful Home Invasion Armed Defense
Petrolino‘s award is for his coverage of an attempted home invasion and successful armed self-defense by John Kabourakis from Howell, New Jersey.
More Work to Be Done Now That the One Big Beautiful Bill is Law
NSSF understood the House’s two-pronged strategy. In the end, that proved to be the correct approach as the Senate parliamentarian ruled that including HPA and the SHORT Act in reconciliation…
Are SBRs About to Be Less Expensive Than Standard Rifles Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill?
With the passage of the BBB, the tax under Section 5811 will soon be set to $0 (January 1, 2026). As a result, short barreled rifles (and shotguns) will not…
This is a Really Good Time for Gun Companies to Think Smaller
Silencer demand is about to skyrocket, but the two other categories — short-barreled weapons (rifles and shotguns) and the nebulous “any other weapons” — also represent growth segments for smart…
One Year Later, Secret Service Suspends Six Agents On Duty During Butler, PA Assassination Attempt
The U.S. Secret Service’s multiple bumbling failures in Butler, Pennsylvania last summer have earned six agents suspensions without pay nearly a year later.
The Californication of Colorado’s Gun Laws Continues Apace
A new Colorado law adds new education and training burdens for obtaining and renewing permits for the carrying of a concealed handgun despite data suggesting permit holders are already an…
ATF’s Machine Gun-Related Charges Against Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak are Pure Fiction
It’s not difficult to gauge the ATF’s intent after their arrest of Patrick “Tate” Adamiak. Their agents’ actions and the false evidence they presented in court—under oath—speak louder than words. …
Ultimate Rifle Versatility: Trijicon’s MRO SD and 3X Magnifier
I first became interested in the AR-15 platform in the mid-1990’s. Prior to that, I was a member of my former agency’s SWAT Team and was issued an HK MP5….
Have Republicans in Congress Made a Fatal Miscalculation in Assuming Eliminating the NFA Tax Was Good Enough?
Grassroots gun owners — typically the most reliable conservative voters — are disillusioned. They’ve watched Republican lawmakers roll over and play dead while Trump’s DOJ carries all the weight of…
The Jig is Up: Everytown Has Figured Out That Eliminating the $200 Transfer Tax is Just the Latest Step Toward Eliminating the NFA Completely
Don’t look now, but Temu Trace (Everytown’s The Smoking Gun website) figured out that zeroing out the onerous $200 tax stamp on sales of silencers, short-barrel rifles and short-barrel shotguns…
Burris Has Been Making Fullfield Rifle Scopes for Half a Century
Firearms and ammunition ballistics have changed greatly over the last half-century, but arguably nothing has seen greater leaps in technology, innovation, and performance capabilities than the riflescope. Through those decades,…
Paul Markel’s ‘The Ultimate Armed Citizen: Using Pistols, Rifles, and Shotguns as Fighting Tools’
“Knowing how to shoot and understanding what it takes to morally, legally, and effectively use a firearm in a life and the death situation are not necessarily the same things.”
The Forecast for Gun Rights in New York City Isn’t Looking Good…At All
Zohran Mamdami would do away with New Yorkers’ Second Amendment rights to purchase, keep and bear arms to protect themselves, their families and their businesses from those who ignore the…
Techno Wizardry – Steiner’s ePredator Integrated Long Range Shooting and Hunting System
From my chair, I can’t see any convincing argument against better ammunition, better guns, better optics or simplified technology. Especially if those advancements contribute to more humane harvests and fewer…
What Will Happen to Suppressor Sales in the Next Six Months?
You can’t repeal the laws of economics. Buyers who know the total cost of a silencer they want will drop significantly in six months are going to hold onto their…
Kentucky Homeowner Shoots an Armed (Drunk) Home Invader Whose Gun Failed to Fire
Folks, if you wait until you see the bad guy’s gun pointed at you when they’ve got their finger on the trigger, you’ve waited too long.
Personal (and Canine) Defense: Gear Tips for Safely Walking Your Dog
One of the most important considerations while walking your dog is that you will likely have just one free hand if you’re threatened. If you need to use deadly force,…
It Never Ends: UN Group Attempted to Assert Influence Over Civilian Ammunition Markets
At the 11th hour, while final negotiations were concluding on the meeting’s report, the Mexican delegation attempted to insert language in an attempt to create a gateway to extend the…
McAllen, Texas Border Patrol Agents, Police Shoot and Kill Attacker in Exchange of Gunfire
An individual opened fire at the entrance of the United States Border Patrol sector annex in McAllen, Texas. Both Border Patrol agents and local police helped neutralize the shooter.
Florida Home Invader to Lose His Independence After Being Shot During July 4th Fireworks
While residents were away, police say Mitchell Platt decided he would burglarize some area homes. Unfortunately for Mr. Mitchell, one homeowner’s son noticed an open door and investigated…with his six-shooter.
Gun Owners Are Justifiably Wary of Elon Musk’s New Political Party
Public Service Announcement for Elon: We often hear this exact thing or the equivalent from Democrats, from Clinton to Obama to Harris to Giffords.
What Might Have Been: There’s Still Hope for the HPA and the SHORT Act
Should the NFA find its way back to the Supreme Court, instead, it could be overturned. Perhaps that’s just a pipe dream, but for gun owners and Second Amendment advocates…
It’s Time to Quit Your Bitchin’ About ‘Only’ Getting the NFA’s $200 Tax Eliminated
“The tax cut is meaningless. No one cares about the tax. Killing registration was what would have mattered.” That’s insane to me. A reduction of $200 per suppressor or SBR…
Chicago Aggressively Defending Its Hard-Won Title of ‘Murder City USA’ in July
Thanks in part to immigration enforcement pulling some of the worst of the worst violent illegals from the streets of Chicago, America’s Murder City has become relatively tranquil in recent…
Hey Elon, ‘Get Your Head Straight About the Second Amendment’
Is Elon Musk’s “America Party” going to take the correct, principled position? That is: abolition of all federal and state gun control laws? Every single one? When he can say…
Silencer Shop, GOA, SilencerCo, PSA et al. File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of the National Firearms Act
We may see our side take a page from the Obama/Biden tactic of “sue and settle.” That involved the government collusively working with various environmental groups to file a lawsuit…
With Elimination of $200 NFA Tax, Gun Control Orgs Predict Death and Destruction (Same as They Did With Permitless Carry, Heller, McDonald, Bruen…)
America’s gun control industry has predicted more death and destruction after every significant reduction in gun rights restrictions…think Heller, McDonald, permitless carry, armed teachers, yadda, yadda, yadda
A Little Perspective About the NFA and the One Big Beautiful Bill Goes a Long Way
There’s quite a contrast between those who claim removing NFA taxes is somehow a big loss for gun rights and the anti-gun groups who claim the streets will run red…
With the $200 Tax Stamp About to Be History, ASA and Gun Rights Orgs Prepare to Challenge the NFA in Court
While you’re scrolling through web sites deciding what can you’re gonna buy now and digging out that old stripped lower so you can Form 1 it and build that SBR,…
Happy Independence Day From SNW
Happy No Kings day. Remember why we’re still free to celebrate, 249 years after throwing off the yoke of royal rule from afar.