This Week

Customers who purchase select XD® and 1911 pistols, as part of Springfield Armory’s Instant Gear Up program, will receive 5 magazines, a holster, double mag pouch, range bag and a hard case packaged with the firearm.

The gun buyback program in New Zealand is not progressing as officials had hoped. After the county’s parliament banned most semi-automatic weapons in the wake of a deadly massacre, less than one percent of the now-prohibited firearms have been turned in.

he Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation are seeking an injunction against a section of California’s penal code that prohibits young adults, ages 18-20 from purchasing or acquiring firearms, and they are asking the federal court to declare this prohibition to be unconstitutional.

A new study from researchers at Duke and the University of Chicago suggests that stricter enforcement of current gun laws would have an “immediate and substantial impact on gun crime” because most criminals obtain their firearms illegally and within six months of committing a crime.

A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the California Department of Justice and Attorney General Xavier Becerra over the state’s failure and refusal to establish a properly functioning internet-based firearms registration system that was mandated by law.

Ed Brown Products, Inc. announces the KC9 Lightweight as the newest model in the Evolution Series.

Meprolight USA, the US Subsidiary company of Meprolight®, a world leader in a variety of optic solutions from electro-optics sights, thermal sights and devices, self-illuminated sights, and innovative pistol sights, has announced that is has named Bill Yerby as General Manager, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Meprolight USA.

A Ford dealership in Alabama used a classic marketing technique this week, but instead of a free hotdog or free movie tickets with purchase, they were offering a free shotgun. But once corporate got involved, the promotion was short-lived.

A member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shot a perfect score at a National Rifle Association High-Power Event earlier his month, a feat never-before accomplished with a service rifle at this type of competition.