October is the hinge of the whitetail season. It connects the steady, early-season patterns with the chaos of the rut, which means the bucks you want are neither fully nocturnal nor fully reckless. Mature deer in this window are summer-fat, heavy-coated, and reluctant to move in daylight, and hun...
ATF's October 9 open letter makes NFA approval and registration voluntary nationwide for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs. The market math: September's demand data, what actually moved on the P&L, and where the category goes next quarter.
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the wave of drones, license plate readers, and other technology moving into patrol work, and what actually changes officer capability versus what just moves money around. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air...
A federal judge blocked New Mexico’s seven-day gun waiting period while saying he still thinks it is constitutional. The state is appealing. Read the original story: Federal Judge Still Thinks New Mexico’s Seven-Day Gun Waiting Period Is Constitutional. He Blocked It Anyway Because the Tenth ...
Newsom signed SB 948 on Sept. 26. From 2029, California firearm safety certificate applicants must complete a 4-hour course with live fire. Read the original story: Buying a Gun in California After 2029 Will Mean Four Hours of Class and a Trip to the Range Before the Certificate
Virginia's new FAIR Unit can investigate FFLs and sue them under HB 21. Here is what "reasonable controls" means in practice - and the records that protect a dealer's license.
Maine makes eligible gun buyers wait 72 hours even after a background check clears. SAF and the NRA want the Supreme Court to review the First Circuit’s ruling that treated firearm acquisition as outside the Second Amendment’s plain text.
NSSF, Shadow Systems and Blue Trail Range are asking a federal court to stop Connecticut’s “convertible pistol” ban before it takes effect October 1, arguing that the state cannot outlaw common handguns because criminals can illegally modify them.
Editor’s Note: Be sure to employ the services of a qualified gunsmith if you are incapable of installing these parts on your rifle. The SAINT rifle used in this article was originally loaned to the author by Springfield Armory, but it was subsequently purchased by the author. Springfield Armory...
A Wyoming jury has acquitted a Cody bowhunter of wasting a game animal after he abandoned an elk carcass that a bear had fed on. Ron Niziolek, 63, was found not guilty on Aug. 28 of two misdemeanor charges — wasting a game animal and possessing the parts of a wasted animal — after a […]...