Guns for Beginners: What Is An ‘Assault Weapon’?
Reader Corey Roberts writes:
The calls to ban 'assault weapons' never seem to subside. Images of AR-15s, the media's favorite rifle to demonize, flash across countless headlines, and Moms Demand an end to “weapons of...
The Guns of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre [VIDEO]
Ninety-one years ago today, a group of police officers entered a Chicago garage to confront a group of gangster-bootleggers as they unloaded a shipment of illegal hooch. Except the officers weren't real...they were from...
The WAMO Powermaster .22LR Pistol: One Dangerous Gun
Have you ever had a gun store give you a gun? As in, you walk in to buy some 9mm ammo and leave with a free gun (minus the $6 extortion fee to have...
Gun Review: Colt Single Action Army Revolver in .45 Colt
By Virgil Caldwell
Colt enjoys perhaps the greatest name recognition of any gun maker. Iconic handguns and the uses they have been put to in times of war and trouble are part of the reason....
A Gun in the Right Hands Can Determine the Difference
For me, purchasing a Walther P38 with the Nazi insignia is the purest form of revenge. It is also the perfect educational tool to help ensure freedom. I explained to my son after buying...
Gun Design Genius: Rollin White and His Bored-Through Revolver Cylinder
Patent infringement is an age-old problem and the firearms industry is not immune to it.
One of the most important design breakthroughs in terms of handgun development was the bored-through revolver cylinder. In 1849, while...
‘Nuts!’ 75 Years Ago US Troops Stopped Hitler’s Last Advance
By Raf Casert, Associated Press
Pvt. Arthur Jacobson was seeking cover in the snow behind a tank moving slowly through the wooded hills of Belgium's Ardennes, German bullets whizzing by.
That was when he lost his...
As a Matter of Fact, the Founding Fathers Did Know About Repeating Rifles
Gun control advocates love to claim that the Founding Fathers couldn’t possibly have conceived of repeating rifles when they drafted the Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights. The history of Joseph Belton, an...
Obscure Object of Desire: AMT Backup 380 Semi-Automatic Pistol
Way back when the ultra-small handgun market seemed to be dominated by the J-frame revolver. The small .380 semi-automatic seemed to barely be a thing. Of course, classics like the Walther PPK and PPK/S...
The World’s Deadliest Inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47
The inventor with his eponymous weapon.
AP Photo/Vladimir Vyatkin
By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century?
Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as many as...
Obscure Object of Desire: Cobray M11/9 Pistol
Spoiler alert, this isn't a good gun. It's not a useful gun. Hell, it's not even really that historic. The Cobray M11/9 could best be described as one of the most useless handguns in...
Do Citizens Owe Deference to the Police or Vice Versa?
In the wake of the murder of Atatiana Jefferson by a Fort Worth cop, many people have been noting a point that I have tried to make for years: police need to cease viewing...