First, before buying and using the weapon, visually inspect the rifle for damage to better assess its condition. Begin with an overall examination of the rifle. Inspect for obvious damage, corrosion, contamination, missing components, and other visible deficiencies. During this inspection, you al...
When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...
The first rifle I ever really shot was a plain old Ruger 10/22, and the ammo feeding it came out of a brown box that looked like it belonged in my grandfather's tackle shed. Peters . Forty grains of lead, high velocity, round nose, and in my memory it never once let me or my 10/22 down at th...
An armed guest at a Fort Lauderdale Airbnb shot a suspected home invader during an attempted robbery. Police are investigating the shooting as self-defense, while two men face charges.
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says an “assault weapons” ban remains on the table, but ownership, crime, and mass-shooting data expose the weak case for banning commonly owned AR-15s.
Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau’s massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy. Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administrat...
August splits the market in two: adjusted firearms checks up 2.2 percent, NFA checks up 201.6 percent. Here is what the data says about FFL inventory, transfer revenue and the next 90 days.
Illinois HB 3320 would license gun makers, tie their fees to state firearm injury costs, and fine violators $1 million a month. Read the original story: Illinois Wants Gun Makers to Pay the State’s Entire Firearm Injury Bill for the Right to Sell There
The Federal Trade Commission's announcement about Beretta Holding and Sturm, Ruger & Company sounds dramatic. The agency says it is stopping an anticompetitive arrangement between two major firearm manufacturers. TFB covered the companies' cooperation agreement in May ; this i...
A Missouri homeowner fired one round at a man he believed was armed inside his home at 2:49 a.m. The suspect was found in a nearby alley. Read the original story: Missouri Homeowner Fires One Round, Hits Suspected Burglar in the Groin During 2:49 A.M. Confrontation Inside His Home