RSWC: Nolan Howard of 617 Defense
It took a while before I was able to have Nolan Howard on the show. In the meantime, he had stories about him and 617 Defense in the Boston Globe, and he was on Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co. a few times.
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West Virginia Introduces Bill to Repeal the State’s Machine Gun Ban
HB 4185 has a single purpose "to repeal the section of code making it unlawful to possess a fully automatic weapon."
Breaking Down Virginia With NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford
AmmoLand News sat down with Mr. Commerford to discuss what is happening in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which, once again, seems to have become ground zero for the gun control debate.
The Radian AFTERBURNER + RAMJET
I had always relegated compensators and gas pedals as things geared towards competition shooting. I hadn’t really considered them for duty or concealed carry guns. That changed for me after attending GunCon 2025 last summer. I got a chance to shoot with both systems on range day and started rec...
Testing Hollywood: Michael Mann’s Collateral
Movies and the real-world application of firearms have had a troubled relationship. We go to the movies to escape and to dream, so naturally, some of those flights of fancy wind up being applied to how guns are used in movies, and the hero of the movie winds up shooting 30 or so rounds from Read ...
The Deadly Fraud of Forced Helplessness: Why “Gun-Free” Zones are a Gift to Killers
Since 1950, nearly 98% of mass public shootings have occurred in gun-free zones. This in-depth analysis examines John Lott’s research.
Top .380 Self-Defense Rounds?
A topic that consistently attracts significant interest is self-defense, and the two most common subtopics are home defense and concealed carry. Based on my personal experience and conversations with folks, concealed carry seems to be of the most interest. Why? You don’t go out in public with y...
[SHOT 2026] Kinetic Blossom MAGPIE Handheld Electric Speed Loader
Loading double-stack single-feed pistol magazines by hand can be difficult, tedious, time-consuming and even painful depending on the number and/or capacity of magazines you load. Thankfully, there are multiple different speed loaders available on the market that make the loading process of the a...
Front Line Friday #2: Why Patrol Rifles Should Be Suppressed
Hearing, comms, performance, and downstream liability all get better when the rifle is less abusive to everyone standing near it.
CZ-82 Used Surplus C&R Pistol 9x18mm Makarov – $249.99
Palmetto State Armory has CZ-82 Used Surplus C&R 9x18mm Makarov Pistols marked down to $249.99.