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| 2026 at a glance | |
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| NFA tax stamp | $0 |
| Permitless carry | 29 states |
| Suppressors legal | 42 states |
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Have you ever noticed how often mass shootings happen in “gun-free” zones? The mass murderers have. While German authorities continue their investigation into the mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says U.S. politicians should learn something from the tragic incident. “Anti-gunners…
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”– Martin Luther King, Jr. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of…
The shooting community has long agreed that the Rock River Arms RRAGE LAR-15 chambered in .223/5.56 is one of the sweetest-shooting AR-15s out there for the money. The only thing they couldn’t agree on is which customized features and new versions they’d like to see first. In this terrific review from Grand View Outdoors (whom you should like…
WHY YOU NEED THIS Let’s face it. The Police are being defunded. Violent criminals are being released to the streets. And they’re making it harder and harder for the good guys to protect themselves. In the crazy world, you’re almost obligated to look out for your own safety and protection. Nobody is coming to save…
Back in 1993, Joe Biden was busy shepherding the ’94 “Assault Weapons Ban” through Congress. The Nineties were heady days to be a gun banner. Bill Clinton had recently won the presidency, in large part because most voters had a hard time believing that an Arkansas native would ever actually ban guns. Turns out that…
Remember when this was a meme, and not an actual quote? Good times. Beware the JubJub Bird and shun the Frumious Bandersnatch! It seems that Biden’s handlers have once more prodded him from his pillow fort in the Oval Office, strapped on the heavy-duty Pampers, and unleashed him to make an address before Congress and…
Can video games improve your real-life shooting … or is it the other way around? Kahr Firearms Group is very aware that many first time shooters were introduced to guns through video games. Their Magnum Research Desert Eagle, and Auto-Ordnance Tommy Gun are staples of video game content and culture. It is hard to name…
If you give a noob a wheelgun … The Personal Defense Network‘s Barret Kendrick has observed that one of the most common guns recommended to new shooters by family, friends, instructors, and gun-store staff is a small, lightweight, carry-size revolver. PROS The mechanism of a revolver is easy to understand. It has a cylinder that…
Always remember: Keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times, and don’t feed the gun-grabbers! Headlined by Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, and Taylor Swift, 19 prominent County music artists have been added to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms’ (CCRKBA) gun prohibitionist list. The list of…
“If guns make people violent, then spoons made Rosie O’Donnell fat.” All throughout the late 1990s and the turn of the Millennium, failed comedian Rosie O’Donnell was the face of anti-gun hypocrisy. As with so many other hoplophobic celebrities, Rosie was most famous for demanding restrictions on the Second Amendment … while her armed bodyguards…
