This Week

“In an attempt to intimidate lawmakers and subvert the will of voters, the NRA gave away dangerous high-capacity magazines – similar to those used in the country’s deadliest mass shootings – to random civilians at the Virginia statehouse today,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

An alert went out earlier this month from the Hawaii Firearms Coalition (HFC) concerning talk amongst legislators and law enforcement to limit magazine capacity to five rounds.

An increase in the number of shootings and gun-related homicides in Seattle during the past year is more evidence of the failure of gun control laws adopted in recent years, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

“When we began this project, we started with a single goal – create the world’s premier low power variable riflescope,” said David Hamilton, Vortex Optics Chief Development Officer in a press release obtained by GunsAmerica.

Two armed self-defense stories this week illustrate why it pays to be prepared at all hours of the day. In both cases, the would-be burglars attempted a home invasion in broad daylight—until they met the armed, unhappy homeowners.

Savage’s new semiautomatic shotgun is available in three configurations: Field, Turkey, and Waterfowl.

Smith & Wesson is starting the new year by introducing a bunch of new Performance Center guns, with M&P pistols and Thompson/Center rifles.

SCCY brags about the pistols’ flat triggers, suggesting that beyond its “aggressive appearance,” it can provide “shooters additional leverage making the already-light 5.5lb trigger pull even smoother.”

The NRA’s indoor range at the organization’s headquarters in Fairfax, VA. (Photo: NRA) In Virginia this week, Democratic lawmakers are busy throwing the proverbial spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.  Thus far, over 100 anti-gun bills have been introduced, covering everything from black rifle bans and bump stock prohibitions to universal background checks [...]