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Gunowners’ Rights Groups Condemn Colorado Gun Ban

Gunowners' rights organizations promised a fight after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding...

Young Adults Can Now Receive Carry Permits in Minnesota

The United States Supreme Court has allowed 18- to 20-year-old young adults to apply for and receive a Minnesota Permit to Carry after refusing...

Do You Want to Move Back to America?

Hey Shooters, this is Todd Woodard, editor of Gun Tests magazine. Many of us don't like politicians, because pols say one thing and do another....

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...

Shotgunner Rhode Bests Cali Ammo Scheme

A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California’s law requiring a background check for each ammunition purchase violates the Second...