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.
Posts about "checks"
Virginia Gun Owners Defeat $500 Suppressor Tax
The proposed suppressor tax has been removed, at least for now. It would seem Abigail Spanberger and her gang of anti-gun tyrants are getting the pushback they deserve.
ATF Reverses Course After Denying NFA Applications for Wanting to “Exercise God-Given Rights”
Approvals don't erase the infringement. They reveal the needless bureaucracy of fingerprints, photos, forms, and months-long waits.
January 2026 NICS Background Checks Dip Slightly While NFA Checks Surge
The adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System numbers from the NSSF show January firearm sales to be slightly lower from last years report.
Billionaire-funded 5th Edition of RAND’s Gun Policy Report as Anti-gun as First Four
Six RAND researchers needed more than 440 pages to claim that guns are bad, and that more anti-gun laws are needed.
Julie Golob: Springfield Echelon 4.0FC Review
Does the sweet spot between compact speed and full-size confidence actually exist? Pro shooter Julie Golob puts the Springfield Armory 4.0FC pistol through its paces to see how this hybrid Echelon rethinks balance, recoil and real-world performance. Springfield provided the loaner handg...
Gatalog Sued By California Over 3D Gun CAD Files
California officials are targeting digital firearm code and online gun blueprints in a First and Second Amendment showdown.
Anti-gun Group 97Percent is Back, Now Led by Anti-gun Ex-cop
It appears the anti-gun nonprofit 97Percent has returned, although there have been massive internal changes and it is much less now than it used to be.
First M16 Rifles in the Vietnam War
In the late 1950s, there were basically two camps in the U.S. military on what the next service rifle should be — those who thought a service rifle should be made of wood and blued steel and wanted a modified version of the M1 Garand, and those who thought the future of the modern service ...