Off Body Carry: What Do You Have to Overcome
Off body carry is gaining popularity, but it comes with real trade-offs. Here's why we treat it as a last resort and what to weigh before you rely on it.
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Everytown Data Shows Washington Gun Homicide Rate Rose 33% Despite Tougher Laws
Everytown ranks Washington among America’s strongest gun-control states. But the group’s own data says Washington’s gun homicide rate rose 33% from 2015 to 2024—more than twice the national increase.
White Light-Laser Combos: Was I Wrong?
Back in the 1990s, it was widely predicted that laser sights might very well be the next “big thing” in handguns utilized for personal defense. The first successful laser sight was invented by Dr. John Matthews — founder of famed SureFire — some years before, but it wasn’t quite ready f...
POTD: The Detonics Pocket 9 – The Last Gun from the Explosives Guys
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a small 9mm with an outsized backstory. This is the Detonics Pocket 9, and to get it you have to get Detonics. The company was founded in Seattle around 1976 by a couple of explosives engineers, Pat Yates and Sid Woodcock, with money man Chu...
12 Ways to Get More Out of Your Next Firearms Training Class
You paid for the class. Here are 12 things to do before, during, and after a firearms training class so you actually collect what you paid for.
Flying with Guns: Episode 65 – Southwest from New Orleans to Las Vegas
Episode 65 was filmed July 9th, flying Southwest from New Orleans to Las Vegas. Rifle case, a weight fee I saw coming, and some of the best counter banter of the series. Check-In at MSY Declared firearms. This trip I had my large Pelican rifle case with a rifle and a few handguns inside, plus [&#...
Driver Who Pulled Over to Avoid Road Rage Confrontation Fatally Shoots Man Who Attacked Him, Charleston Police Say
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — A late-night road rage encounter on Greenbrier Street turned deadly Monday, May 18, when a driver who had pulled over to avoid a confrontation shot the man police say came back and attacked him. As reported by 13 WOWK, the Charleston Police Department received a call at 10:4...
Giffords Lends Hand to Parents Suing California Gun Shop Over Son's Death
GOA Warns ATF’s Gun Dealer Rule Rollback Still Leaves Gun Owners Exposed
ATF would eliminate the Biden administration’s formal presumptions for identifying unlicensed firearms dealers. Gun Owners of America warns that the replacement still preserves enforcement theories that could be used against ordinary gun owners.
POTD: Peregrine Silverthorne Model 33 – Benchrest for the Obsessed
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a pistol built for one of the most patient, fiddly corners of the shooting world. This is the Peregrine Silverthorne Model 33, a single-shot falling-block pistol made in small numbers in Silverthorne, Colorado in the 1980s. The falling-block...