New legal strategy argues the ATF may have misinterpreted the Hughes Amendment’s 1986 machine gun ban. Gun law expert Stephen Halbrook explains the argument and how states could force a court challenge.
Brandon Herrera has forced Rep. Tony Gonzales into a May 26 runoff in the Texas 23rd Congressional District Republican primary, setting up a high-stakes battle over the future of the Second Amendment.
Jake Hoback first made waves with the Kwaiback MK4, a folding knife that carried his design DNA. That folder became the foundation for something larger—a fixed blade that moved like a machete but carried the soul of a short sword. Out of that idea came the Hoback Kwaichete. The Hoback Path I ...
Shortly after the adoption of the Kalashnikov design in 1949, Soviet small-arms development found itself at a doctrinal crossroads. The AK emerged as the final survivor of a rigorous postwar rifle competition, and, in an odd twist, it was accepted despite not fully meeting the full-auto accuracy ...
When it comes to the gun community, there are countless avenues to go into, from competitive shooting, hunting sports, to just gun collecting because you enjoy firearms in general. People will often talk about some of their favorite firearms and why they prefer certain firearms over others. I wan...
American bombers in World War II represented the most significant leap in strategic air power the world had ever seen. Between 1941 and 1945, the United States Army Air Force (U.S.A.A.F.) deployed an unprecedented array of bombing aircraft across both European and Pacific theaters. From light att...
In the post-Bruen era, where historical tradition has been reaffirmed as the controlling interpretive framework, norm-based reasoning warrants heightened scrutiny.
I was in middle school (we called it junior high back then) when I first became interested in booby traps. I’d seen First Blood and thought the traps Rambo set up in the woods were pretty nifty. From there, it wasn’t a big leap to start looking at how to set up similar sorts of […] The ...
No other handgun cartridge has experienced quite as many ups, down and reinventions of purpose in so short a time as the 10mm Auto. Generally thought to have been a product of the 1980s, the 10mm’s whole story actually goes back further. A Brief History of the 10mm The mid-twentieth century saw...