Author: Jack Bogart

My first suppressor was a traditional K-baffle user-serviceable design, and honestly, it never felt overly complicated to me. I’d take it apart after a good range session, brush everything down, and put it back together. At the same time, I can totally see the appeal of a monocore design. Sometimes you just want to yank out one solid core, give it a quick clean, and be done. Both styles get the job done when it comes to quieting your rifle or pistol, but they each bring their own trade-offs depending on how you shoot and how much maintenance you actually…

We reported recently how the proposed new “Revised Mailing Standards for Firearms” rule, which would permit the mailing of handguns through the U.S. Postal Service,  is being opposed by the head law enforcement officials in 23 anti-gun states, including New Jersey.Earlier this month, attorneys general from 22 states sent a letter to the USPS asking leaders to withdraw the Final Rule, arguing: “The federal government’s refusal to follow a century-old commonsense firearm safety law threatens the rule of law and public safety. Turning the Postal Service into a tool to ship guns into our states, in violation of our laws,…

A constitutional carry bill that would eliminate Pennsylvania’s concealed firearm permit requirement cleared the state Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, advancing to the full Senate as supporters press for a floor vote. Senate Bill 357 would allow lawful Pennsylvania gun owners to carry a concealed firearm without obtaining a License to Carry Firearms (LTCF) or paying the associated fee. The bill keeps the LTCF available as an optional license for residents who want reciprocity when traveling to states that require a permit. It does not change who is legally prohibited from possessing firearms under existing state and federal law.…

Everytown for Gun Safety senior firearms analyst Greg Lickenbrock has come out swinging against the Trump Department of Justice’s recent package of ATF reforms, including the proposed new Form 4473 and the rule allowing federally licensed firearms dealers to ship guns directly to verified buyers. The problem with his critique, published on Everytown’s The Smoking Gun website, is that several of his central factual claims don’t match the actual proposals. Claim: The new Form 4473 is “significantly longer” In his op-ed, Lickenbrock writes that the ATF “has also proposed a new, significantly longer version of the Form 4473.” The actual…

The recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that it had filed lawsuits against Denver and the state of Colorado, challenging unconstitutional gun laws, drew praise from many on the gun-rights side of the issue. On May 5, the DOJ filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado seeking to have the city’s longstanding ban on common semi-automatic rifles ruled unconstitutional and stricken from the books.  The next day, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado, challenging its ban on standard-capacity firearm magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of…

When the Glock 43X came out, it was an impressive package. Same slide as the 43, but with a slightly larger grip frame. That gave you a little more to hold on to, while still being compact and also allowed for an increase in magazine capacity to 10 rounds with Glock’s “stack and a half” magazine. That was pretty good until a wave of other subcompacts came along with higher magazine capacities in similar-sized packages. There have been some higher-capacity aftermarket solutions that have worked with mixed results. Glock actually just released 15-round factory mags, but it’s too soon to…

If you have bought enough guns in recent years that you can answer all the questions on the background check form without really reading them, future trips to your local gun retailer might require a little more attention to detail. Among the changes of focus for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently announced by the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is an updated Form 4473, the “Firearms Transition Record,” which includes several recent changes to the form, which must be filled out each time a gun is purchased from a licensed retailer.  The draft greatly reduces…

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…