FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that NICS Monitoring tracked firearm transactions involving Americans who remained legally eligible to buy guns. The program violates the Brady Act’s written restrictions and turns a lawful Second Amendment exercise into a federal investigative alert.
Transfers look like a $25-$50 paperwork fee. They are the highest-intent buyer your shop sees all week - and the cheapest customer-acquisition channel you own, if the four touchpoints between arrival and pickup are handled right.
The U.S. buck harvest sits near record levels, and the share of mature bucks in that harvest is the highest it has been in more than a century. The part of deer management that keeps herds healthy, though, is antlerless harvest. Deer numbers are climbing across much of whitetail range, and while ...
A few months back, I was invited down to the Cross Bell Ranch in Oklahoma for a Zeiss media event introducing their new V3 lineup. We spent a couple of solid days behind pre-production samples of these scopes, running everything from rimfire out to 150 yards up to 6.5 Creedmoor stretching past 70...
SAF attorney Kostas Moros publishes a law review article arguing California's 11% and Colorado's 6.5% firearm taxes fail under Bruen. Read the original story: SAF Attorney Kostas Moros Argues California’s 11% Gun ‘Sin Tax’ and Colorado’s 6.5% Levy Fail Bruen in New Law Rev...
A Colerain, NC homeowner caught a break-in suspect in the act and held him at gunpoint until Bertie County deputies arrived. No shots fired. Read the original story: Homeowner Catches Break-In Suspect in the Act and Holds Him at Gunpoint Until County Deputies Arrive
The world of defensive-style shooting has long been filled with controversy and differences of opinion. One point we might all agree on is that the road to success involves putting decisive hits on an adversary in the shortest possible time. But how we achieve this has been open to debate for yea...
An Illinois concealed carry holder pumping gas shot an armed robbery suspect at an Orland Park Shell station Tuesday, police say. Read the original story: Armed Robbery Suspect Picks the Wrong Customer at an Orland Park Shell Station and Ends Up in the Hospital
Virginia's FAIR Unit can now investigate and sue firearm dealers under the state's reasonable-controls standard. Plus: why SIG SAUER's new dealer locator makes accurate in-stock data a marketing asset.
Five years after AmmoLand’s John Crump exposed a secret program monitoring lawful firearm purchases through NICS, FBI Director Kash Patel has confirmed its existence before Congress. ATF restricted the surveillance system in 2025 but did not eliminate it.