Author: Jack Bogart

A major gun-rights organization is rallying its membership to urge President Donald Trump to replace recently fired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi with someone with stronger convictions about protecting the Second Amendment.  Gun Owners of America (GOA) recently said that gun owners across America are “breathing a sigh of relief” with Bondi’s departure. “Bondi came in with a weak 2A record and made things worse as attorney general,” GOA said in a national alert to members. “Under her watch, two Biden-era gun rules Trump promised to kill on day one are still on the books: the pistol brace ban and…

NEXTORCH North America, the primary U.S. distributor for NEXTORCH Industries, has officially launched the Snow Guard Winter Tactical Gloves. Meant for real winter operations in freezing temperatures, the gloves aim to provide warmth and durability while preserving the dexterity shooters and tactical users need, including compatibility with modern touchscreen devices. According to the company, the Snow Guard gloves use a zoned insulation approach using 40 grams of insulation in the palms for better feel and then an additional 100 grams on the backs for heat retention. This combined with a waterproof-breathable membrane. CORDURA stretch fabric forms the outer shell, and…

IWI US has officially announced the launch of the ARAD 5 for the American market, produced at the company’s expanded domestic operations in Andersonville, TN. The ARAD 5 was developed in direct response to a request from Israel’s Tier 1 military and law enforcement units. After extensive service on the global stage, the rifle is now being brought stateside. The Rifle The ARAD 5 is built around a semi-monolithic upper receiver featuring IWI’s patented CamLok barrel lock-up mechanism, which secures a free-floated barrel assembly and a two-position short-stroke piston gas system. The rifle is designed for both suppressed and unsuppressed…

Pro-gun rights advocates fighting for the Kentucky government to recognize the Second Amendment-protected rights of young adults aged 18 to 20 have hit a roadblock. On April 2, Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed House Bill 312, which had been overwhelmingly in both the state House and the Senate. The measure would have created a provisional concealed carry permit for 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds, granting them the same rights as other adults in the Bluegrass State. The Kentucky Senate approved the measure 30-7, and the House passed the measure by a 73-to-17 margin. To get a provisional license, young adults would have…

If you’ve spent any serious time behind a suppressed firearm, you’ve either burned yourself, nearly burned yourself, or developed the kind of cautious respect for hot metal that takes a good scare to earn. You may also know the frustration of heat mirage rising off a hot can and ruining an otherwise clean scope picture. For many years, the suppressor industry’s answer to heat was essentially “wait.” Or strap a cover on it. Neither solution is particularly satisfying when you’re on the clock, whether that clock is measured in shooting strings at a match, minutes in a hunting blind, or…

*All photos by author Thanks to the Marine Corps, I’ve got natural hearing protection — lol (moderate-to-severe hearing loss). So these days, I take ear pro seriously and rely on solid in-ear earplugs every time I hit the range. I’ve grown to prefer this style of hearing protection for its minimalist footprint. Yeah, there are some slick electronic in-ear options on the market, and they work great — but they also tend to be pretty damn expensive. I keep a set of electronic over-ear muffs in my range bag for when some guy decides to mag dump with a comp…

The old phrase, “Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile,” is nowhere more apparent than in the modern gun control movement. Gun-rights groups have warned for decades about the incremental nature of gun bans, while those on the other side of the debate have always laughed the notion off as “conspiracy theory.” Today, we are seeing more proof of this truth in Rhode Island, where anti-gun lawmakers are trying to expand on a bad law they passed last year. Last June, Democrat Gov. Dan McKee signed into law a ban on the manufacture, purchase, sale, or transfer of…

In a very disappointing move, the U.S. Supreme Court chose to not hear an important lawsuit challenging the Illinois law banning carry of firearms for self-defense on modes of public transportation. In the case Schoenthal v. Raoul, the justices denied certiorari, leaving in place a disastrous 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld the ban. In a poorly thought-out decision last September, the court ruled that “crowded spaces” like subways qualify as “sensitive places” where the government may broadly prohibit the exercise of the right to bear arms. “The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to self-defense… It does…

Colorado Senate Bill 26-043 would require background checks, dealer transfers, and five-year recordkeeping for the sale of a simple metal tube — a move critics say is a textbook step toward de facto disarmament. Colorado Democrats are pushing legislation that would regulate firearm barrels — the metal tube the bullet travels through — as if they were complete firearms. Under Senate Bill 26-043, selling or transferring a barrel to a fellow gun owner without routing it through a federally licensed dealer would be a crime, carrying up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine on the first offense.…

What Is Going On? Drama in the firearms industry is not unheard of, but it is fairly rare. Given the industry’s relatively smaller size, there just usually aren’t a lot of eyebrow-raising events that happen. However, that has changed recently with interactions between Ruger and Beretta. These two stalwart bastions of gun design and manufacture have not exactly come to blows, but there are developments raising some eyebrows. Let’s take a quick look at the situation. According to outdoorlifecom, in September of 2025, Beretta – the oldest gun manufacturer in the world, since 1526 – acquired 7.7% of Sturm, Ruger…