Author: Jack Bogart

Gun Owners of America is mobilizing its members against a provision in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ recent package of 34 rulemaking notices — specifically the rule governing how long FFLs must retain Form 4473 transaction records and how long ATF itself can hold those records after a dealer goes out of business. The pro-gun rights organization is calling the proposed rule a “step in the right direction” but ultimately inadequate, arguing that the federal government’s long-term retention of firearms transaction records functions as a de facto national gun registry — something explicitly prohibited by federal law.…

When it comes to suppressors, the marketing tends to focus on decibel ratings and exotic materials, but one of the most practical decisions you’ll make is also one of the most overlooked: how long do you want your firearm to be? The compact versus full-size debate cuts across rifles, pistols, and PCCs alike, and like most things in the shooting world, there’s no universally correct answer. What works great for a backcountry hunter packing miles into a remote area might be completely wrong for a competition shooter running a heavy precision rig or someone with a suppressed PCC for home…

I’ve spent a lot of time behind glass over the years, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that high magnification binoculars are only as useful as your ability to hold them steady. At 16x, even the slightest hand tremor turns a crisp image into an abstract blur. That’s exactly the problem Sig Sauer set out to solve with the ZULU6 HDX OIS 16x42mm binoculars, and after putting these through their paces for several months, I can tell you they’ve done a remarkable job of it. Out of the box, the ZULU6 HDX binos carry that unmistakable Sig Sauer…

Bear Creek Arsenal launched its line of bolt action upper AR rifles and pistols at SHOT Show last year. A lot of folks might be scratching their heads and wondering why you’d want a bolt action AR. If you’re a state where you can’t hunt with semi-automatics, like Pennsylvania where I live, that’s certainly one reason. Furthermore, it’s an option for folks behind enemy lines in ban states. It allows them to take advantage of AR ergonomics and parts, with a state-compliant upper. It also gives them a ready-to-use lower to use if their state finally gets a spurt of…

I’ll be upfront: I’ve been a longtime Olight doubter. On top of that, I find it incredibly difficult to gather my thoughts on something that I actually like. For context, back in the day, when a much younger me first started writing firearm and gear reviews, a few of their early lights (specifically the S2R Baton II) left me initially amused, but eventually unimpressed with their long-term durability. Olight products, in their early days, in my experience, didn’t always hold up in real use, with durability questions and performance that sometimes pushed the envelope of what you could squeeze out…

ATF Director Robert Cekada and Chief Counsel Robert Leider sat down with journalist Shermichel Singleton for a wide-ranging interview that ran on the We the Free Network and was subsequently broken down by Guns and Gadgets host Jared Yanis. The conversation marks one of the most candid public discussions of the agency’s reform direction since Cekada’s April 29 confirmation and the simultaneous announcement of 34 new rulemaking notices. For an agency that gun owners have spent the better part of a decade viewing as an adversary, the substance of what Cekada and Leider said in the interview matters — and…

With the 250th anniversary of American independence less than two months away, Revolutionary War reenactors are loading their flintlocks for events that will run from now through July 4 and beyond. They’ll do most of it without filling out a single Form 4473. Under federal law and the laws of most states, the muskets, flintlocks, and percussion-cap firearms used in 1776, and the modern replicas of those guns, aren’t legally classified as firearms at all. The exemption, written into the Gun Control Act of 1968, has been on the books for nearly six decades. It’s getting fresh attention this spring…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed a sweeping gun control ordinance on Wednesday that bans semiautomatic rifles classified as “assault-style weapons,” magazines holding more than a state-set capacity, and unserialized firearms, and that the City of Minneapolis has limited authority to actually enforce. The Minneapolis “Safe Firearms Act” was passed unanimously by the City Council the previous week. It now sits in legal territory that has already produced one active lawsuit in a neighboring Minnesota city and is poised to generate another. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which filed suit against a similar St. Paul ordinance last fall and recently launched…

The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by the National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and two private plaintiffs, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging Virginia’s newly enacted ban on semiautomatic rifles classified as “assault firearms” and on magazines holding more than 15 rounds. The suit, McDonald v. Katz, was filed in U.S. District Court following Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s signing of the legislation earlier this month into law. The bans take effect July 1, 2026. What the Virginia law does Under House Bill 217 and Senate Bill 749, signed by Spanberger as part of a broader gun legislation package, importing, selling, manufacturing,…

While many in the gun-rights community are hailing the proposed federal rule that would permit gun buyers to do much of the purchasing process remotely and even have guns shipped to their homes, one pro-liberty group is cautioning that the move is just a step in the right direction — not a complete solution to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ many problems. The pro-gun organization Texas Gun Rights (TXGR) is warning its members not to get too excited about the proposed rule change. “Compared to the nonstop gun confiscation agenda pushed by the Biden Administration, this proposal…