Author: Jack Bogart

Anti-gun lawmakers like to brag about how many “lives are saved” by the restrictive laws they pass that severely infringe on the Second Amendment rights of lawful citizens. Usually, of course, they have no proof that their laws actually save lives, but they love to brag about it anyway. And their cronies in the anti-gun media join in on the farce, parroting their talking points and bragging about supposed lives saved. Now, in the category of “things we didn’t expect, but should have,” a gun-ban proponent in the Minnesota legislature is bragging about lives saved by a law she says…

Images by the author If you’ve ever priced out suppressors, you know the math gets painful fast. A quality can isn’t cheap, and between the cost, the wait, and the paperwork, most of us aren’t building a collection — we’re picking one, maybe two, and hoping we chose well. That’s the problem I think about every time someone asks me which suppressor they should buy: how do you get the most out of a single can? The folks at Silencer Shop have been answering that question for many shooters over the years. They’re one of the largest suppressor dealers in…

A federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government can pursue illegal gun possession charges against a Mexican immigrant living in the country illegally, nixing the idea that illegal aliens have the same Second Amendment rights as American citizens. Using the Bruen standard, on May 5, a three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that 8 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), which bans illegals from possessing firearms, fits within the history and tradition of this nation’s regulation of firearms rooted in English law and because it was enacted in the context of modern societal concerns about security…

When a liberal Trump hater legally purchased a budget pistol and pump shotgun, hauled them across the country and stormed the White House Correspondence Dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump and other administration officials, many gun-ban advocates reacted by blaming “lax gun laws.” That claim holds no water, however, as California, where many purchased the guns, and Washington, D.C., where he used them in the violent attack, have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. The Bloomberg-funded anti-gun media mouthpiece The Trace, however, chose to place the blame in another place it didn’t belong—on…

Some in the pro-gun rights community continue to be hopeful that the Trump Administration will finally back away from enforcing the Biden Administration’s Final Rule on what constitutes a “firearm.” Others, however, remain somewhat hopeful but continue to pursue the demise of the so-called “Frame & Receiver” rule in the courtroom. As we reported a couple of weeks ago,  on April 8, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would “maintain the current definition of ‘firearm’ and ‘receiver.’” However, after heavy pushback from gun-rights groups, the DOJ, less than a week later, informed plaintiffs’ counsel in cases challenging…

Following any criminal incident involving a gun, we all expect the so-called “mainstream” media to call for more restrictions on lawful gun owners. After all, that’s all they know how to do, even if the violent criminal in the report had to jump through many hoops to acquire his or her guns. What you might not expect, however, is a rant as ridiculous and illogical as the one published by the New York Post following the April 25 shooting attack on the Trump Administration at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump, the first lady, and…

When Barnes Bullets announced they were jumping into the 6mm ARC game with factory ammunition, I’ll admit I got more than a little excited. Barnes has been making some of the best hunting bullets on the planet for decades, but it’s been slower than other manufacturers to embrace newer cartridges. Their solid copper bullets have a well-deserved reputation for deep penetration, reliable expansion, and impressive accuracy. So when they finally released two factory loads for the 6mm ARC—the VOR-TX 90 grain TAC-TX and the Harvest 100 grain GameKing—I knew I had to put them through their paces. My test platform…

At the time of writing, the Springfield Lipsey’s Exclusive 10-8 Performance Master Class has fired just over one thousand rounds. A Return to the Platform I have been carrying the 10-8 Master Class full-time since my first impressions, shooting it almost daily. I like to use the first thousand rounds as a “get to know you” stage to really figure a gun out. Coming from a 12 oz J-frame, I’ve been spending a bit more time dry-firing the 10-8 to adjust to the platform. I have been a “1911 guy” for as long as I’ve been a “gun guy,” but…

Aero Precision isn’t bankrupt. But something is clearly wrong. Inventory has vanished. Orders are delayed for months. Lawsuits are piling up. And the company hasn’t said a word—until now. (see below). If you’ve spent any time on AR15.com, Sniper’s Hide, Ruger Forum, or gun-Reddit in the last few months, you’ve seen the question over and over: Is Aero Precision dying? Builder sets are gone. Lowers are unobtainium. Dealers say wholesale orders take months. Forum posts claim insurance got yanked from employees. So what’s actually going on at the Tacoma-based AR-15 giant? We pulled together public records, court filings, the company’s…

Remember when Sarah Brady’s heirs and the rest of the gun-control hacks insisted suppressors were sinister assassin tools that no decent American had any business owning? Pour one out for that talking point, because it’s officially dead. American gun owners just buried it under a mountain of registered cans. The ATF’s NFA Division has processed more than one million forms in the first four months of 2026 alone, according to numbers flagged last week by the American Suppressor Association. As of April 23, the Division had cleared seven figures of paperwork — and over half of that pile is Form…