At NRAAM 2026 in Houston, Texas, Hop stopped by to speak to Caleb Giddings about the brand new Taurus RPC pistol: Taurus’ latest entry into the pistol-caliber carbine market. Designed to offer a compact, affordable, and suppressor-ready platform, the RPC is entering the market at a time whe...
My very first handgun was a Springfield Armory XD in 9mm. It was around 2007, I was shopping for a home-defense solution and I’d read positive reviews about the XD line in American Rifleman and Guns & Ammo magazines. At decision time, it wasn’t much of a competiti...
A group of senators is pressing the ATF to stop enforcing the vacated pistol brace rule, citing ongoing legal uncertainty for gun owners. The post 13 U.S. Senators Demand ATF Stop Enforcing Vacated Biden-Era ‘Pistol Brace’ Final Rule appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Remington Model 1861 Navy percussion revolver manufactured circa 1862, one of about 6,000 produced. Traces of a cartouche remain on the left grip panel, indicating military acceptance. The Model 1861 was Remington’s .36 caliber Navy-si...
Taurus just added a threaded-barrel option to the 22TUC tip-up pocket pistol — making the 10-ounce .22 LR finally suppressor-ready. About time. The post Taurus Finally Gives the 22TUC What It Was Missing: Threads appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Handgun-mounted red dot sights have been around for a long time. I was first exposed to them in the late ’90s mounted on USPSA Open guns. These flat-shooting, compensated, red dot-adorned pistols ran fast when they were running, and Open shooters were most often at the top of the list at the en...
The elitist behind Illinois' RIFL gun-tax bill says the poor don't "benefit" from owning firearms. In Chicago, where 911 is a coin flip. The post Chicago Trauma Doc to the Poor: You Don’t Get to Defend Yourselves appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Eighteen gun control bills. Possession bans on legally owned firearms. Rhode Island Democrats just admitted what they've been planning all along. The post Rhode Island Dems Move to Confiscate Guns Their Own Residents Already Legally Own appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) has formally joined a growing congressional effort to force the ATF to answer questions about an internal database that critics say functions as a backdoor national gun registry. Cornyn sent his follow-up letter on March 9, 2026, to ATF Deputy Direc...
The DOJ’s new Second Amendment enforcement effort is now colliding with Virginia’s 2026 gun control package, as Harmeet Dhillon warns the state could face federal litigation over unconstitutional firearm restrictions.