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The AR-15 is the most-sold rifle in America for compelling reasons, like excellent ergonomics, modularity, accuracy and reliability, yet the platform has a few notable shortcomings.
We normally think of the British attempt to disarm the American colonists as beginning in 1775, when “the shot heard ‘round the world” was fired.
Change is difficult for us. We are often shocked by it. We recoil from it when it brings loss and see it as a time for remorse. And it can be, but often what we are witnessing is a step in a transformation.
On January 1, 2026 a new gun-control law in Colorado will prohibit anyone under 18 from attending a gun show without a parent or guardian.
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On January 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Wolford v. Lopez, a suit challenging Hawaii’s broad expansion of “sensitive-place” restrictions to all private property that isn’t expressly open to citizens’ Second Amendment-protected rights.
On December 19, USA Today published an article titled “Guns marketed for personal safety fuel public health crisis in Black communities.” This is an example of one-sided, gun-control advocacy masquerading as “independent” journalism in “America’s Newspaper.”
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is now suing the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) because the District government and MPD “unconstitutionally ban the AR-15 and many other firearms protected under the Second Amendment.”
In its annual report on concealed carry, the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) determined that 20.88 million Americans now have concealed-carry permits. This is a 2.7% drop from 2024, but has the number really fallen?
On December 16, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) issued two executive orders to advocate for gun control. Walz never did get the special session on curbing Minnesotan’s freedom that he desired, so he opted to censure law-abiding residents who own guns as best he can.
George Soros’ money has been used against Americans’ Second Amendment rights for decades, but few know the lengths to which his efforts have gone.
The North Carolina General Assembly scheduled a veto override vote for January 12, 2026. This could override North Carolina’s Gov. Josh Stein's (D) veto of the “Freedom to Carry NC” bill.
Recently, a series of one-sided opinion pieces parading as journalism on the front pages of The Wall Street Journal have attempted to characterize armed citizens as reckless, murderous Americans.
When the U.S. Justice Department announced its Civil Rights Division would take up Second Amendment infringements, many jurisdictions were on notice. Now the DOJ Civil Rights Division has announced it filed a complaint against the Virgin Islands Police Department.
Robert Corbin, a former NRA president and Arizona attorney general, died of natural causes on Sept. 9, 2025, at 97 years old.
As we are caught in the throes of this moment in American history, the things we should be seeing are going by blurry fast or are being ignored altogether by a mainstream media that feeds on the partisan din.
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The CEO of JPMorganChase, Jamie Dimon, went on Fox News and claimed that JPMorganChase does not debank individuals, associations or corporations for ideological reasons. But the NSSF points out that Dimon has said different things before.
I would like to introduce you to the Rost Martin RM1C—and yes, anyone familiar with the Glock 19 will immediately see its lineage. I nevertheless became intrigued by this gun, as I believe you might, thanks to some of its special features—and thanks to its price tag.
