June NICS Checks Jump as NFA Background Checks Surge 177%
June 2026 NSSF-adjusted NICS checks rose 11.7% from last year, while NFA background checks exploded 177% as suppressor and SBR demand continued to climb.
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FirstSpear - The Frogskin Collection Is Back
There's a pattern in American military history that's so intrinsically tied to a specific thing that mentioning it feels like you're setting up a punchline, and yet, FirstSpear just dropped it unironically across an entire collection. The five-color disruptive pattern that the Mari...
POTD: The Winchester Model 88 – A Bolt Action with a Lever
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the most unusual lever gun Winchester ever built, and one a lot of folks have never handled. This is the Winchester Model 88, introduced in 1955, the first all-new lever-action Winchester had designed in roughly 60 years, and it threw out al...
Kimberly Mull: A Rape & Trafficking Survivor’s Story
The Guns Of the Wild Bunch
I have a debate on whether my favorite western is The Wild Bunch or Unforgiven. Both deconstruct the heroes and villains’ story we typically see in tales of the Old West, and are brutal movies. While I can’t decide which I like more, I do get to pick which one I want to write about, [R...
It Now Costs $1,591 Just to Apply for a Carry Permit in San Jose, and That’s Before Training
SAN JOSE, CA — The most expensive place in California to ask permission to carry a firearm just got more expensive. On July 1, the San Jose Police Department raised its initial CCW application fee to $1,591, with 20 percent ($318) due when the application is filed and the remaining $1,273 due u...
Intruder Scaled Fence, Forced His Way Into Apartment Before Being Fatally Shot in Struggle Over Resident’s Gun
VENICE, FL — The Venice Police Department has released preliminary findings in a fatal shooting that unfolded during the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 1, at the Maren apartment complex on Vistera Boulevard. The man killed, 32-year-old Terry Lee Murphy of Venice, was not a resident of t...
Convicted Felon Opens Fire in Atlanta Dispute, Gets Shot Twice When His Target Shoots Back
ATLANTA, GA — A man who Atlanta police say opened fire on another man during a verbal dispute ended up in the hospital with two gunshot wounds after his intended victim returned fire in self-defense. According to a preliminary release from the Atlanta Police Department, officers responded to 85...
United States v. Rose: A Second Amendment Skeptic Embraces the Present-Danger Rule
A Seventh Circuit panel led by Judge Frank Easterbrook signaled that lifetime gun bans for people once committed to a mental institution may require proof of present dangerousness.
Viramontes Could Be The Beginning Of The End For AR-15 Bans
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Viramontes and Grant could finally force lower courts to answer whether AR-15-style rifles are protected arms under the Second Amendment.