Off Body Carry: What Do You Have to Overcome
Off body carry is gaining popularity, but it comes with real trade-offs. Here's why we treat it as a last resort and what to weigh before you rely on it.
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Everytown Data Shows Washington Gun Homicide Rate Rose 33% Despite Tougher Laws
Everytown ranks Washington among America’s strongest gun-control states. But the group’s own data says Washington’s gun homicide rate rose 33% from 2015 to 2024—more than twice the national increase.
Supreme Court Ducks the 1791 vs. 1868 Second Amendment Fight—Again
After striking down Hawaii’s “vampire rule” in Wolford, the Supreme Court again refused to settle whether 1791 or 1868 controls the Second Amendment’s historical test.
The Meridian Defense Corp Trench-103 Rifle
Meridian Defense's new Trench-103 doesn't chase the worn-in aesthetic; it claims to earn it. Inspired by improvised field-painted rifles emerging from modern trench warfare, the rifle pairs a hand-finished Cerakote treatment with a production process that refuses shortcuts. Every Trench...
POTD: The Detonics Pocket 9 – The Last Gun from the Explosives Guys
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a small 9mm with an outsized backstory. This is the Detonics Pocket 9, and to get it you have to get Detonics. The company was founded in Seattle around 1976 by a couple of explosives engineers, Pat Yates and Sid Woodcock, with money man Chu...
Weatherby Anniversary Mark V: A Quarter-Bore for a Quarter Millennium
Weatherby's new 250th Anniversary Mark V isn't just another limited-edition rifle timed to capitalize on patriotic sentiment. It's a deliberate declaration, built on a frame that's been holding American hunters' ambitions since 1957, honoring 250 years of the freedom that...
TFB Review: SDS Imports MAC IX 9mm Pistol
Military Armament Corporation is an SDS Arms brand, and they have been putting out some interesting guns at prices that are hard to argue with. The MAC IX is their newest offering, a 9mm direct blowback pistol that feeds from MP5-style magazines and runs on AR-15 controls. It is a hybrid co...
Five Democrats Cross Over as House Votes to Block Credit Card Tracking of Gun Buyers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House on Tuesday passed H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, a bill that would prohibit payment card networks from requiring firearm-specific merchant category codes and block payment processors from assigning them. The vote was 221 to 201. According t...
POTD: Show Low Mfg Blackjack Omega 9mm - 200 Built, None Repeated
Not all limited editions are created equal, and only a few become a Photo Of The Day here on TFB. When Show Low Manufacturing and CNC Firearms teamed up on the Blackjack Omega, they put together a genuinely spec'd build rather than just slapping a special finish on a catalog gun.
12 Ways to Get More Out of Your Next Firearms Training Class
You paid for the class. Here are 12 things to do before, during, and after a firearms training class so you actually collect what you paid for.