Top 10 Lever-Action Rifles 2025
Gun Tests has evaluated many lever-action rifles and shotguns in various chamberings over the last few years, and we've often NOT liked some market...
How Tariffs Will Likely Drive Up Your Ammo Prices
Since President Donald Trump's announcement on April 4 about new tariffs — a 10% blanket tariff on all imports, plus targeted reciprocal tariffs —...
Background Checks Top 15.2 Million in 2024
Final figures for FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) verifications for December 2024 and the 2024-year-end totals show that the month of...
NSSF Files to Block Maryland’s Anti-PLCAA Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF, the firearms industry trade association, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block Maryland’s Gun Industry Accountability Act, or House Bill...
SAF Files Lawsuit Challenging Colorado’s Excise Tax On Guns, Ammo
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a lawsuit in Denver County District Court challenging Colorado’s Proposition KK as an unconstitutional tax on the exercise...
NSSF Condemns Gov. Polis’ Signature of Unconstitutional Law Limiting Second Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF condemns Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ signature on a new law that unconstitutionally infringes on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding...
Illinois Judge Allows Junk S&W Lawsuit To Proceed
The Second Amendment Foundation says a decision by Lake County, Illinois Judge Jorge L. Ortiz to allow a wrongful-death lawsuit against Smith & Wesson...
5 Best Shotguns for Self-Defense 2025
Over the decades, Gun Tests Magazine has reviewed dozens of self-defense shotguns chambered in 12 gauge, 20 gauge, or other bores. Some have been...
DOJ, ATF Repeal Zero Tolerance Policy for FFL Inspections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced on April 7, 2025, the repeal of...
Supremes Rule Against Homemade Firearms Kits
By a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court on March 26 upheld the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' so-called “ghost gun” rule,...
DOJ Investigates LA Sheriff for 2nd Amendment Violations
On March 28, 2025, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced it was investigating whether the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is...
Ammo Price Increases Are Coming
Since President Donald Trump’s announcement on April 4 about new tariffs — a 10% blanket tariff on all imports, plus targeted reciprocal tariffs —...