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Data Reveals Murders and Violent Crime Decrease as More People Carry Guns

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John Lott has published his Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2020 and there's lots of good news in it. The number of concealed handgun permits has soared to...
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Handgun Ammunition: What Is The Difference Between 9mm and 9mm Luger?

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The difference between 9mm and 9mm Luger ammunition is either nothing or the latter is part of the former. Depending on how you define it. Huh? Most of the time, when a person says "9mm" when...
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The 3 Best Handgun Calibers for Armed Self-Defense

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Caliber wars -- gun owners arguing over the relative merits of various calibers of self-defense ammunition -- are an ugly, protracted business. This article will do nothing to reduce the hostility and much to...
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Americans are Buying Guns. Lots and Lots of Guns

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The National Shooting Sports Foundation has released adjusted data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for March 2020 — and the figures were the highest for any month since record-keeping...
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Senior Citizen Defender Now On Sale

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In January, we wrote of the Senior Citizen Defender, a laser-equipped, horizontal forward grip for pistols. The device is an assist tool for people with manual dexterity or mobility problems. Mounted with a laser...
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If an AR-15 Lower Isn’t a Firearm Under the Law, Why is a Semi-Auto...

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There has been much notice taken lately that judges are having a bit of trouble with the ATF's interpretation of the law by which AR lower receivers are firearms in and of themselves. By...

Sturm, Ruger Leads Firearms Manufacturing in the U.S.

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Sturm, Ruger is the country's largest gun maker, according to the most-recent figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE). The agency's "Firearms Commerce in the United States Annual Statistical Update" interim...

6 Best .308 Rifle Plaftorms For Beginners

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Is .223 just not cutting the tactical mustard anymore and you're looking to get into your first .308 rifle? Atta boy. (Or girl. Or other, if you thusly identify.) The .308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO is one...

What You Should Know Before Buying A Bullpup Rifle

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So you want to be tacticool, but break from those unoriginal so-and-so's with their boring ARs and AKs by getting a bullpup rifle? Well...you may want to hold your horses. There are a few...

Today’s Best 9mm Self-Defense Ammo

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We are living in an era in which 9mm is king in terms of popularity and widespread availability. There is a large number of reasons for the success of the cartridge, among them low...

Battle of the Black Rifles: AR-10 vs AR-15

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So...you want a black rifle to make some pews with, leading you to consider an AR-10 vs. AR-15. But you hear that one of the two flavors of ArmaLite Rifle (because that's what "AR"...

Classic Caliber Comparison: .270 vs .30-06

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The caliber wars were old long before tactical enthusiasts left angry comments on blogs via their cell phones whilst patrolling their local mart store for Isis, and indeed among the oldest debates is 270...