The Second Amendment Foundation announced an agreement on October 8, 2026, addressing concealed-carry equipment restrictions in Contra Costa County, California. The group says the county will remove bans covering red-dot sights, weapon-mounted lights and semiautomatic single-action 1911/2011 pist...
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...
When a bear closes the distance, the specifications on the label matter less than three things working together: enough volume to keep spraying, enough range to deploy before the animal reaches you, and a delivery system you can operate under stress. In the assessment of Meg Carney, a spray consi...
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . The ATF released its long-awaited guidance letter regarding changes to the National Firearms Act today. It i...
Rebuilt from the scuttled hull of the USS Merrimack, the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads and changed naval warfare forever. Tom Laemlein details how this armored Civil War ram sank the USS Cumberland, destroyed the USS Congress, and spread panic through Washington D.C...
Contra Costa County agrees to drop CCW bans on pistol optics, weapon lights, and single-action 1911 and 2011 handguns after an SAF lawsuit. The post Contra Costa Drops Ban on 1911s, Red Dots, Pistol Lights appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
NICS stands for National Instant Criminal Background Check System, an FBI database that licensed gun dealers must use to determine whether or not a potential purchaser is legally barred from buying a gun. Obviously, if you know how many NICS checks happen in a month, you have a very rough idea ho...
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is how agency procurement cycles produce gear that is already behind the curve by the time it hits the field, and why the officers holding that gear are right to be frustrated. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead ...
Editor’s Note: For this Hornady case trimmer review, the author received the unit for testing from the company. All opinions are those of the author’s. Reloading can be a meticulous and laborious task—but also rewarding. It can also feel intimidating. There are many steps, different met...
The best deer hunting advice tends to be specific, hard-won, and born of time in the woods rather than a product catalog. What follows pulls together practical tips gathered from experienced hunters, organized around the decisions you actually make in the field: when to go, where to set up, how t...