Best Budget Optics-Ready 9mm: 5 Picks Under $550 (2026)
The best budget optics-ready 9mm pistols of 2026, ranked. Five factory red-dot-ready picks under $550, compared on price, capacity, and reliability.
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Kimber DS Warrior: Double-Stack 1911 Specs, Prices & Picks (2026)
Kimber’s 1911 DS Warrior delivers American-made double-stack capacity, an optics-ready slide and four calibers at an attainable price.
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Gun Laws 2026: Essential Changes Effective January 1
As we approach the new year, gun laws 2026 bring a mix of victories and challenges for Second Amendment advocates. Effective January 1, 2026, federal reforms promise to reduce burdensome taxes on everyday tools like suppressors, while a few states introduce measures that demand vigilance, let’s dive in. Firearm Law Changes Coming January 1, 2026…
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2025 Election Gun Control: Threats to 2A in VA & NJ
2025 Election Gun Control: Threats to 2A in VA & NJ By Guns & Gadgets Daily Editorial Team | November 5, 2025 2025 Election Gun Control: A Wake-Up Call for Second Amendment Defenders 2025 election gun control fears are mounting after the blue blowout of November 4, 2025, off-year elections, delivering stinging Democratic victories in…
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WHODATHUNK? “Gun-Free Zones” Cause Firearm Theft
The word is out: If you love having more guns in the hands of criminals (and what anti-gunner doesn’t?), then you need to make some more “gun-free zones.” To be fair, it’s just common sense. When a law-abiding concealed-carrier gets to a destination and sees a sign saying they can’t bring their guns, their most…
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Second Amendment A-Team in Action: CCRKBA + NRA + NJFOS
Very recently, a small but significant victory in Englishtown, New Jersey signaled that the Second Amendment may be undergoing a renaissance in the Garden State. As you may know, New Jersey does allow concealed-carry in accordance with the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. However, just as in New York, Massachusetts, and California, the state’s legislature continues…
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A Tale of Two Sh*ties: NYC vs. Englishtown, NJ
It was the worst of times, it was terrible times, it was poo on the sidewalks, it was shuttered downtowns, it was burning cars, it was a “gun-free paradise,” and when we called 911, a social worker answered. With apologies to Charles Dickens, the truth is that both New York City and Englishtown, N.J. are…
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Saddest Lesson: Austrian Gun Control Didn’t Stop School Shooting (But We Know What Would)
The saddest lesson is that there is no law that will stop a determined criminal from doing what he wants. That’s because a criminal, by definition, breaks or ignores laws. Laws only constrain the law-abiding. The most effective way to deter a criminal is with the threat of arrest or reciprocal, defensive violence, and the…
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Why Do “Gun Buybacks” Keep Going Hilariously Wrong?
Let’s start with the fact that they’re based on a logical fallacy. When a local government decides to buy firearms out of the hands of its citizens, they’re not buying those guns back. The government never had possession of them in the first place. Any time you’re going to have an entire operation that’s based…
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TRUE News from NRA-ILA: Concealed Carry Makes Everyone Safer
The capping of USAID‘s firehose of cash means that we’re no longer paying the mainstream media to lie. But that doesn’t mean they’re going to start telling the truth. That’s not because they have any shame; quite the opposite. It’s because the mainstream media is so thoroughly wedded to anti-gun non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that it…
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Second Amendment Foundation Members Eligible for Cali Carry Permits
Yes, this is real. What a time to be alive! According to the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), a district court has ruled that members of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) nationwide can soon apply for a non-resident carry permit in California. The United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary…
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Go On, Squeal: Anti-Gunners’ Purty Mouths Vs. National CCW Reciprocity
Of all the people who are shocked and upset that Donald Trump won the Presidential election, nobody is squealing louder than anti-gunners. From the moment Kamala staggered offstage after delivering her concession speech, the nation’s anti-gunners have been in an absolute panic. It wasn’t just that America had elected Trump, a strongly pro-gun candidate. It…
