Straw Purchase Rule Change: What FFL Dealers Must Know

A 42-year-old woman was arrested in Dallas and charged with lying on a 4473 to buy the gun a felon used to kill four officers in Charlotte. ATF is simultaneously rewriting the straw-purchase rule. Here is what the two stories mean for the person behind your counter.

By Claire Eason •

What’s in My EDC Bag: Everything I Carry, Pocket by Pocket

I just got back from my morning weighted walk and figured it was time to do something I haven’t done in a few years: dump out my everyday carry bag and go through it piece by piece. Before the links start: some of them are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying [&#82...

By Luke McCoy •

Field-to-Table Squirrel: Recipes Worth the Effort

Squirrel meat lands somewhere between rabbit and chicken in both flavor and texture, and the flavor stays mild rather than gamey. That quality makes it one of the best game meats for winning over picky eaters: in soups, stews, and casseroles, it substitutes for chicken so cleanly that most people...

By James Chen •

Technical SEO for FFL Dealers: The 9-Point Site Audit

Most gun shops don't have a marketing problem — they have a plumbing problem. Nine technical fixes, in the order that gets an FFL's pages crawled, indexed, and found by nearby buyers.

By Sara Owens •

Best Barrel Lengths for Suppressing Popular Hunting Cartridges

A suppressor is a gas management device, not a magic wand. Its whole job is to trap, slow, and cool the hot gas that rushes out of the muzzle, thereby reducing the sound signature and recoil. A longer barrel gives the powder more time to burn and the gases more time to expand before they ... Read...

By Brent Spicer •

Congress Must Rein In ATF’s Billion-Record Gun Archive After Qilin Breach

Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau’s massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy. Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administrat...

By John Crump •

Charter Arms Walker Series 8-Shot Ultra-Compact Rimfire Revolvers

Rimfire carry guns occupy a strange spot. Nobody argues .22 LR is ideal for defense, but plenty of shooters can’t run a centerfire snub comfortably, and eight rounds of rimfire you can actually shoot beats five rounds of .38 you flinch through. Charter Arms built the new Walker Series for e...

By Sam.S •
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