NRA Supports Silencers. Finally.
Silencers (or suppressors or whatever you want to call them) have long been ignored in the conversation about "gun rights." Regulations regarding ownership and manufacture of silencers haven't changed much since the National Firearms...
NRA Turns 140 Today
On November 17, 1871 the National Rifle Association was officially chartered in the state of New York. The founders, Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate, formed the organization to promote marksmanship among the...
NRA Rips Gun Rights Groups a New You-Know-What on H.R. 822
Our man parsed H.R. 822 (The "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011") over a month ago. Despite his definitive analysis, the exact "meaning" of the bill continues to be a matter of debate and confusion...
Is The NRA Doomed?
In Gun Fight; the Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, Adam Winkler tries to play it both ways. He acknowledges the inescapable fact of American gun ownership while arguing for "common sense" gun...
NRA’s LaPierre: U.S. Doesn’t Supply Mexican Cartels’ Guns
The NRA reckons it's OK, now, to excoriate the Obama administration on the whole ATF Gunwalker screw-up. No surprise there. NRA fund raising has relied on fear-mongering (with or without reality-based justification) for quite...
An Interview with Kevin Brittingham, founder of AAC
A few weeks ago, I was flown down to take a tour of the Advanced Armament Corp. factory, meet their employees, and test out their stuff. You've seen the results of that trip in...
NRA Lawyers Massed on Border Over New Regulations
You had to see this coming, didn't you? The Obama administration announced that they’re going to implement new “common sense” gun control measures. On their own. Without going through Congress. In apparent violation of...
Bridgeville High Powered Rifle Match: How NOT to Shoot HPR
Everyone has an "off" day, where you just can't catch a break no matter how hard you try. Yesterday was one of those days. It just happened to be the first regional competition of...
Full Text: Wayne LaPerre’s Speech to the NRA Membership
Good morning! We meet today amid swirling reports of a growing government scandal. Most of the major media have ignored news that our federal government sanctioned the running of illegal guns into Mexico. Leaks from...
Gun Control advocates like cheap motels, too
I went to sleep last night exhausted from the convention. This morning, I woke up and was greeted by this truck sitting outside my motel room and I could not resist the opportunity to...
Pittsburgh 2011 vs. Charlotte 2010. What a Difference a Year Makes.
Well, we're at it again at the NRA show. And it's about everything you'd expect – more exhibits, more speeches, more rallying the troops against those who would take away our 2nd Amendment rights....