Federal Premium has once again secured a law enforcement ammunition contract, and this time it is for both .223 Rem and 5.56 NATO. The Nordic Police agencies are well known for being technically advanced and have very stringent performance requirements for their products. As a result, they ...
A new survey puts the number of privately owned firearms in America at 461 million. More interesting is how closely its results track more than a century of federal firearms data. The post Two Numbers, One Story: 461 Million Guns in America appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
The Defense Innovation Unit’s latest quantum sensing milestone shows aircraft can safely and accurately navigate vast stretches of ocean without relying on the same GPS that millions of civilians use to move through traffic. The groundbreaking flight test was a success for MagNav, DIU’...
William English estimates that Americans own 461 million firearms. A separate calculation using more than a century of federal production records produces nearly identical handgun, rifle, and shotgun ratios.
Adjusted firearm-related NICS checks reached 1.115 million in August 2026, up 2.2% from last year, while NFA checks more than tripled.
Maryland carry ban challengers filed their Supreme Court reply brief in Novotny v. Moore, arguing sensitive places are only where government provides security. Read the original story: Maryland Stretched ‘Sensitive Place’ Across Public Life. Now SAF, FPC and Maryland Shall Issue Have Filed Th...
A new National Firearms Survey estimates Americans use guns defensively roughly 2.2 million times per year—and in more than three-quarters of those incidents, no shots are fired. The post New Survey Puts Defensive Gun Use at 2.2 Million Times a Year appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the consolidated cases of Viramontes v. Cook County (Illinois) and Grant v. Higgins (Connecticut) for Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m.
Twenty-seven states are urging the Supreme Court to strike down Illinois’ and Connecticut’s AR-15 bans, arguing that commonly owned rifles cannot be prohibited under the Second Amendment.
President Donald Trump has pardoned Patrick “Tate” Adamiak and George Peterson, freeing two men whose cases became national examples of ATF overreach, disputed firearm classifications, federal gun registration, and excessive punishment for nonviolent conduct.