Viewpoints

Becoming One with the Gun: “Zen, Meditation & the Art of Shooting”

New Year’s Day seems like a great time to see how one professional in the firearms field became a better shooter with Zen techniques...

Dry-Fire For Handgun Shooting Success

Are the ranges closed near you? Dry fire training is a great way get some trigger time in at home. Champion shooter Doug Koenig...

Smith Revolver Ounces too Heavy

Re “Snubbies from Smith & Wesson and Colt’s Compete at the Range,” November 2024 I read the article and agree with your assessment of the...

Welcome Back, President Trump

Okay, November 5, 2024, was a great day for gunowners, who can now hope to be ignored for four years by the incoming Trump...

Gun Tests Master Index 1989 to 2024

2024 HANDGUNS Issue Date Beretta Model 84BP 380 ACP May 2024 Cimarron Firearms Co. Model No. 3 1st Model American CA8661 45 Long Colt June 2024 Colt Government Model O1911C-SS...

Why Is the ATF Targeting FFLs?

The ATF is not easing up on its efforts to diminish the Second Amendment, and one way the agency is doing that is by...

Spoken Like a True Deer Hunter

Re “Lever-Action 44 Magnums from Ruger and Smith & Wesson,” July 2024 The S&W might have an advantage for Illinois deer hunters because it would be easy...

Worrisome Questions From SCOTUS

I am uneasy after hearing oral arguments in the Supreme Court case, Garland v. VanDerStok, and reviewing a transcript from the October 8, 2024 session....

Did Montana Senate Candidate Tim Sheehy Accidentally Shoot Himself? NSSF Says No

As the election window wound down, there were several media reports repeating an unsubstantiated allegation that Montana U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy mishandled a firearm,...

SCOTUS Will Review Mexico’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Gun Makers

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al., Mexico’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against American...

Case Advances on Semi-Automatic Firearms Ban in Illinois

The legal wheels are grinding in Harrel v. Raoul, a case challenging Illinois’ ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms. The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)...

Federal Judge Blocks New York Carry Ban

On October 10, 2024, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York in Buffalo permanently stopped the state’s law banning...

Listen to Mexico’s lawsuit against Smith & Wesson

I know you won’t do it, but I want to encourage you anyway. Go listen to the oral arguments attached to the blog entry entitled,...