This Week

Rock Island Auction Company’s February Regional Firearms Auction is going to be our BIGGEST sale yet and our first ever 4-day auction event! To be held February 19 – 22, the action on Friday, Saturday & Sunday will remain the same, but we’re opening earlier at 8:00 a.m. CST on Thursday and the action will commence at 2:00 p.m. as we begin to sell all the collectible firearms, edged weapons, ammunition, military artifacts & uniforms, book, accessories, bronzes, & parts that buyers have come to expect from these auctions.

Hickok45, “Shooting and showing a very nice 1911, the Warren Tactical Springfield Operator in 9mm.”

The NRA discusses Bloomberg’s recent comments about disarming minorities.

In a move clearly intended by the Obama Administration to suppress the acquisition, ownership and use of AR-15s and other .223 caliber general purpose rifles, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives unexpectedly announced today that it intends to ban commonplace M855 ball ammunition as “armor piercing ammunition.” The decision continues Obama’s use of his executive authority to impose gun control restrictions and bypass Congress.

In a recent article, the New York Times editorial board lamented the fact that more law-abiding citizens in this country are opting to carry firearms for self-defense outside the home.

After the passage of I-594, the universal background check mandate, in November, activists for the group now have their sights set on passing laws that would establish criminal penalties for adults who fail to keep firearms out of the hands of children and “Extreme Risk Protection Orders.”

Accused arsonist and convicted sex offender Christopher Ray Foster, 37, was shot and killed in Van Zandt County, Texas, after he allegedly tried to break into a woman’s home.

A viral video of two women fighting in a Walmart raises the question of how one should respond when someone spits in your face?

For hunters and sport shooters this is the most significant piece sportsmen’s legislation in a generation. It protects the use of traditional ammunition, allows more flexibility of federal funds to be used to build and maintain ranges on public lands and ensures access to federal lands for hunting, shooting and other outdoor activities.