Stolen-Gun Checks: The FBI Tool Now at Your Counter
The FBI's stolen-gun query is free to any FFL and answers in seconds. It changes used-gun intake risk for shops that build a procedure around it.
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Iron Sights vs. Scope vs. Red Dot: What Wins at Speed
If speed is the only metric you care about, the honest answer is that it depends on distance, light, and the shot you have to make. Timed testing with an IPSC shot timer tells a cleaner story than any spec sheet. Shooting a Marlin 336 .30-30 Dark Series from a standing freehand position to mimic ...
The 10 Best Winter Steelhead Flies for Any River
Winter steelheading splits cleanly between two worlds: the swing game on Pacific Northwest rivers and the dead-drift nymph-and-egg approach that dominates Great Lakes tributaries. The flies that work in cold water earn their place because steelhead metabolism slows in colder months, pushing fish ...
NRA-ILA's John Commerford Warns of New Gun Control Battles Ahead
A new wave of gun control is coming to state legislatures and Congress. NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam to discuss the biggest threats to the Second Amendment in the wake of the 2026 elections, where anti-gun lawmakers may try to advance new restrictions, and what gun owners ...
Ohio Just Made Suppressors a Counter Item
Ohio SB 214 heads to Gov. DeWine after a 21-9 Senate concurrence vote, removing suppressors and short-barreled firearms from the state's dangerous-ordnance list. For dealers, the paperwork fee model is ending — and the retail model is not free.
AllOutdoor Review: 5.11 Defender-Flex Utility Jean
I have been wearing 5.11 Tactical pants for hard work, everyday work, work work, ect for a good while now, so when the 5.11 Defender-Flex Utility Jean showed up unannounced early this summer I was curious to see if a pair of jeans could keep up with the rest of their utility style pants (I [̷...
TFB Review: Vortex AMG UH-1 Gen II Holographic Sight
Holographic sights have never really been my wheelhouse. I know they get pricey, and I know the usual knocks against them are battery life and reticle quality, but past that, I do not have a ton of experience with them. So when Vortex Optics sent over their AMG UH-1 Gen II  ...
POTD: IWI Tavor with the Pulsar Trail 3 LRF XR50
Some rifles practically beg for a thermal scope. The IWI Tavor is usually not one of them. Most Tavors spend their lives with a red dot on top and an owner explaining to friends where the magazine actually goes, so spotting one wearing Pulsar's brand new Trail 3 LRF XR50 makes you look...
Ohio Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Suppressor, SBR and SBS Reform, Send SB 214 to Governor DeWine
Ohio lawmakers have passed SB 214, expanding the legislation to remove suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns from the state's dangerous-ordnance classification. Following a reported 21–9 Senate concurrence vote, the bill now heads to Governor Mike DeWine.
Jesus Osete Takes Over for Harmeet Dhillon, but a Federal Judgeship Could Make His Tenure Brief
Jesus Osete is now leading the DOJ Civil Rights Division following Harmeet Dhillon's resignation. Already involved in major federal lawsuits challenging gun restrictions, Osete inherits the department's growing Second Amendment enforcement effort. But his pending nomination to a federal judgeship...