Every Amicus Brief in Viramontes and Grant: Supreme Court Fight Over AR-15 Bans

The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether governments may ban AR-15-style rifles. Here is every amicus brief filed in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, including the arguments supporting gun owners and two supposedly neutral briefs that advance anti-gun positions.

By Duncan Johnson Editor in Chief •

Virginia's FAIR Unit Is Live: What FFL Dealers Face Now

Virginia's FAIR Unit can now investigate and sue firearm dealers under the state's reasonable-controls standard. Plus: why SIG SAUER's new dealer locator makes accurate in-stock data a marketing asset.

By Fred Thompson •

Best Climbing Sticks for Mobile Hunting, Field-Tested

Modern climbing sticks are built with the mobile hunter in mind: lighter, quieter, and more packable than the clunky aluminum ladders they replaced. That progress is a mixed blessing when you shop, because the market now offers dozens of nearly identical-looking sticks that behave very differentl...

By James Chen •

Killing the Buck of a Lifetime in the Swamp

The mature buck that vanishes into a cattail marsh every day is not random about where he beds, and that predictability is the whole reason you can kill him. To hunt swamp bucks, you need to identify the dry, secure ground where an old deer feels safe, map the trails he uses to move between [&#82...

By James Chen •

FBI Director Confirms NICS Surveillance Five Years After AmmoLand Exposed It

Five years after AmmoLand’s John Crump exposed a secret program monitoring lawful firearm purchases through NICS, FBI Director Kash Patel has confirmed its existence before Congress. ATF restricted the surveillance system in 2025 but did not eliminate it.

By Duncan Johnson Editor in Chief •

Out of this World! NEW Federal Glow-in-the-Dark Cosmic Target Loads

A craze that has been sweeping across many local shotgun clubs is nighttime trap and clay pigeon shooting. This typically entails glow-in-the-dark clay pigeons, but without wads or target loads that you can also see, you may not know how or why you’re missing. All this being said, Federal k...

By Adam Scepaniak •

S&W Model 1854 Lever Guns Ship With Vortex Crossfire HD Scope

Buying a lever gun and then figuring out optics is its own project. Smith & Wesson decided to skip that step for you. The company has rolled out factory scoped combos of the Model 1854, each one mounted with a Vortex Crossfire HD 2-7×32 and ready to hunt the day it leaves the counter. Th...

By Sam.S •
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