This Week

Honor Defense announced this week nine new SKUs of the Honor Guard compact and sub-compact models, bringing their total offerings to 16 pistols. Not too shabby for a company that’s only been around for approximately two years.

Lawmakers have proposed legislation that would prohibit gun companies from selling a firearm if it can be operated by an “average five-year-old child.”

On a hunt in Zimbabwe, trophy hunter Theunis Botha was crushed after a fellow hunter shot and killed an elephant which collapsed and crushed Botha.

A University of Kansas professor resigned earlier this month ostensibly due to fear of the state’s new campus carry law, which is set to take effect at public universities on July 1.

“It’s that time of the year where kids will be getting out of school, bored with nothing to do, so you will see a lot more activities, especially burglaries,” Mapes said.

“These “toys” are also sending mixed messages and diluting the most important ones: guns are no joke. Guns aren’t innocent, even if they are “harmless” and in plastic form,” wrote Levy.

In light of new technologies there is a push to improve firearms safety with 21st century electronics. But is this really different or new?

“No Texan should be deprived of their right to self-protection because of onerous licensing fees imposed by the state,” said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Lemonis has been posting updates on his Twitter account, and he says he plans to rebrand Gander Mountain under the name “Gander Outdoors” and price firearms more competitively.