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Shooter Make Ready App Improves Dry-Fire Training
When paired with your SIRT Training Pistol, real-time feedback and various options allow you to fine-tune your aim and reaction time without going to the range.
Media Ignore Pro-Gun Student Action
“Stand for the Second” walkout gets little coverage, certainly when compared to coverage of the gun control protest in March.
Springfield Quits Doing Business with Dick’s Sporting Goods
The firearm industry is turning the table on entities that take a hard stance on gun control.
Stephen Willeford Appears in NRA Ad
One of the heroes of the Sutherland Springs, Texas, church shooting recounts his story for a one-minute promo to recruit NRA members.
SIG Sauer Introduces 365 Ammunition
Offered in FMP and V-Crown options, the rounds are designed for short-barreled handguns, like the round’s namesake gun.
Which ammunition is right?
There are more factors to consider other than whether a round passes the FBI ammo test protocol.
NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits Draws Record Crowd
More than 87,000 attended the gathering in Dallas May 4-6.
SIG Sauer Donates to Veterans Group
At the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits, SIG presents Honored American Veterans Afield with $40,000 to support shooting among wounded vets.
Oscars Post All-Time Low In Viewership
What happens when you give a Hollywood star an open platform instead of scripted dialogue? We found out when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its 90th annual Oscars in March.
Tony Holmes on Critics of Second Amendment
People need to understand its purpose, he says, and recognize that guns can protect against tyranny and crime.
University of Kansas Crime Drops With Campus Carry
When Kansas passed a law recognizing lawful concealed carry on college campuses, anti-gun faculty predictably cried foul. One professor, Kevin Willmott, even made a show of wearing a bulletproof vest to class.
Detroit Women Can Learn to Shoot for Free
Gun safety and handling of a 9 mm semi-automatic will be the focus of the seventh annual Legally Armed in Detroit shooting class.
NRATV Refuses To Be Silent
Make no mistake: The effort to silence NRATV is actually meant to silence the voices of all American gun owners.
Parkland Sheriff Loses Confidence Vote
Deputies say they have “no confidence” in Scott Israel, sheriff of the county where the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school shooting occurred.
Government Failure in Parkland, Florida
Sheriff Scott Israel’s claim that he provided “amazing leadership” to his department becomes more appalling with every new revelation.
Georgetown Students Call for Arming Campus Police
The school administration has been called to ensure student safety on campus.
Gun Control Won't Stop Crime
What was true on February 13 was still true on February 15: Restricting lawful gun ownership won’t stop mass murderers.
Second Amendment Backers Must Stand and Fight
Unlike the gun control crowd, we don’t need to get obnoxious, but we do need to make our voices heard and the mid-terms are a good place to start.
Gun Haters Blame Gun Owners For Mass Murder
Government failures before, and during, the attack at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are discounted when trying to explain why the shooting happened.
Maine Newspaper Calls For Abolition Of All Guns
When in doubt, throw ’em all out. So says Greg Bates in an op-ed to The Portland Press Herald. The solution to end gun violence is simple, he writes. “To end all gun deaths, we need to ban all civilian guns.”