The DOJ says San Jose's $1,591 concealed carry permit fee is unconstitutional and has given the city days to fix it. Read the original story: “Constitutional Rights Aren’t for Sale”: Harmeet Dhillon Puts San Jose on a Six-Day Clock Over Its $1,591 Carry Permit Fee
The times are a-changing, and if there’s an American gun manufacturer that has done an excellent job at reading the room, it’s Kimber. Even though Kimber has nothing to do with setting off the powder-keg that blew up the trend of 2011-style pistols, and even though Kimber has had its share of...
Though it’s been about a century and a quarter since John Browning first graced us with the .45 ACP, it’s not tremendously difficult to see why it’s still with us. While some gravitate to the cartridge due to nostalgia or a connection with America’s military past, just as many people reco...
As the prime contractor of the Infanterist der Zukunft program on behalf of the Bundeswehr, Rheinmetall Electronics has placed a major order with Safran Electronics & Defense, building on the long-standing and successful collaboration between the two companies. Under this contract, Safran Ele...
The argument can be made that the Germans make the world’s best engineers. By way of evidence I would submit the StG44 assault rifle, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Panther tank. While, in each case, the exigencies of around-the-clock bombing certainly took a toll on these revolutionary weapon...
Nothing stirs more of an emotional divide in the 2A community than the bullpup. While there are factual arguments for the practical use of the platform design, the emotional responses are rarely middle ground. The bullpup is a rifle that end users either love or hate; rarely is it undecided.
Springfield Armory has been a major player in the U.S. firearms market for more than five decades now. Its initial offering in 1974 was the M1A, a semi-auto version of the famed M14 rifle which is still used by special units in the U.S. military. Then, the company expanded into a line of quality ...
“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would Rea...
When summer flows drop and warm, trout retreat into scattered cool-water pockets and need a rest. The smart move is to pivot to smallmouth bass, which thrive in the warmer, higher-flow rivers where trout struggle. But wading a skinny river for bronze is not simply trout fishing with a different t...
For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...