Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...
Everyone knows a rifleman wants to make every shot count, but in the world of shotgunning, it’s kind of a given that you’re going to miss some shots, especially when you’re inexperienced. At least, you’re likely to have some misses when you’re wingshooting, especiall...
Minnesota Governor-elect Amy Klobuchar says the gun safety bill will pass. Here is what last session's gun package, SF 4067, contained. Read the original story: Minnesota Governor-Elect Amy Klobuchar Says the ‘Gun Safety Bill Is Going to Get Passed’ and Calls It a Top Priority
A legally armed citizen fought back against an armed criminal at a Baltimore youth football game. The accused attacker had been released from prison just eight days earlier, and a new indictment reveals how the lawful gun owner defended himself as a 12-year-old girl was killed.
Prosecutors cleared a 20-year-old in a fatal Cincinnati lounge shooting as self-defense, but she still faces a concealed weapon charge. Read the original story: 20-Year-Old Woman Who Shot Employee During ‘Vicious Assault’ at Downtown Cincinnati Lounge Cleared of Homicide, Still Faces Conceale...
A Florida man hit with a vase after stepping in for a harassed woman drew his gun. His attacker was shot in the face during the struggle. Read the original story: Man Who Stepped In for Harassed Woman at Florida Midnight Party Draws Gun After Being Hit With Vase, Attacker Shot in Face During Stru...
If you have never shot .22 LR suppressed, you have missed one of the best experiences in shooting. A subsonic rimfire behind a can is genuinely quiet, the whole thing costs very little per round, and new shooters who flinch at a centerfire rifle will happily shoot a suppressed .22 all afternoon. ...
A little while back, Vortex Optics sent over their AMG UH-1 Gen II holographic sight, and it spent its time with me riding on a MAC IX and a Rossi R95 Triple Black lever action. Somewhere between those two guns, a question got stuck in my head. Holographic sights are built for larpers, close-quar...
Springfield Armory's $899 Echelon Pro Comp promises better control and faster follow-up shots. After 550 rounds and a side-by-side comparison with a standard Echelon, we found out what the upgrades actually deliver.
ATF has stopped enforcing NFA suppressor approvals, two states read the same policy in opposite directions, and the under-21 handgun case is still open. A dealer-focused digest of the week in firearms regulation and retail operations.