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| MOA | Optics |
| Twist rate | Ballistics |
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| NFA tax stamp | $0 |
| Permitless carry | 29 states |
| Suppressors legal | 42 states |
50+ NFA, carry and gun-law terms, from Freedom's Lodge.
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Find out why Ed Brown 1911 magazines are the very best you can get! A few months ago, Ed Brown trusted us to treat you to the Ed Brown 1911 Magazine Experience. If you missed out, now’s your chance to let us show you why you can trust Ed Brown 1911 magazines with your life….
Positive stories in which armed citizens lawfully defend themselves are missing from the legacy media… Today, the Second Amendment Foundation‘s Alan Gottlieb has some questions for the mainstream media. _____________________________________ While the legacy media is quick to sensationalize every incident involving misuse of firearms, they just as quickly downplay or completely dismiss reports of lawful…
Meet the best dollar-for-dollar training tool we’ve seen yet! On the one hand, shooting is like riding a bike; you never really forget how to do it. On the other hand, shooting well is an extremely perishable skill. Legion Targets understands that our time on the range, and our ammunition budget, are precious resources. Conserving…
Years ago, they promised to kill the Second Amendment with “a thousand cuts,” meaning specious lawsuits. Back in the mid-1990s through the early 2000s, the anti-gunners of America got what passes–for them–as a bright idea. “I know,” they said, “let’s just get someone with deep pockets to sue gun manufacturers because criminals sometimes use their…
What does freedom sound like? Forget Zen, forget the “sound of silence”: Freedom has its own soundtrack, and the album is dropping today! Starting now and ending at midnight EST on July 31, 2021, you have the opportunity to enter our Freedom Goes BANG! $6K Guns & Gear Giveaway! This red, white, and blue giveaway…
The USCCA (the United States Concealed Carry Association) is hosting its annual Concealed Carry and Home Defense Expo Oct. 1-3 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX. Sponsored by firearms manufacturer, Staccato, the 2021 expo is expected to draw 20,000 attendees who can participate in self-defense and training seminars, demonstrations and explore hundreds of…
Legal issues do come into play, but let’s talk about responsibility first … When it comes to carrying a concealed firearm for personal defense, everything is a series of tradeoffs. We may sacrifice stopping power in favor of concealability (or vice versa). We may choose to dress in a different way to better conceal our…
Some shocking news today about the U.S. Olympic team that’s heading to Tokyo… USA Shooting, the governing body for America’s shooting sports, has just learned that Olympic Team Nominee Keith Sanderson will not be allowed to compete in the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Sanderson has been excluded from the team for sexual misconduct and…
Why should the AXIL GS EXTREME earbuds be your new go-to ears? AXIL GS Extreme earbuds are, hands-down, best in class. The GS Extreme earbud reduces harmful noise by 29 decibels (dB), which is 50% more than most earmuffs. Any sound over 85 dB–which is, of course, where damage to the ear begins–is automatically shut…
If there’s any one trend in armed self-defense that’s going to stick around for the long haul, it’s pistol-mounted reflex sights…and Holosun’s open reflex sights are already delighting shooters with their reliability, ruggedness, and ease of use. Now, Holosun has introduced a pistol sight that’ll make your accuracy training intuitive and effective: 507C V2. The…
Biden’s britches are burnin’ today… President Joe Biden was being intellectually dishonest, and the legacy media has allowed him get away with it by pushing gun control on the anniversary of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Joe Biden told…
The Fueled by Ed Brown Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 is a Smith the same way a Shelby Mustang is a go-cart. Ed Brown has been justly famous for over 50 years for their high-end, high-performance 1911 pistols. When the elite firearms engineers of Ed Brown turned their genius towards perfecting other pistol platforms, however,…
