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SIG Sauer presented the set of four pistols to the Sentinals, guardians of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers a few days ago.

Oh, I certainly love the electronic optics available today … more on that below. But every now and again it’s just fun to have a carry handle with the integrated sights. Here’s what I love — and hate — about the UTG.

Manufacturing firearms at home for personal use is perfectly legal, according to the federal government. But not according to Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose mayor recently signed a measure that would levy a $250/day fine to anyone caught in the possession of a “ghost gun.”

Crimson Trace, has just announced the release of a new line of riflescopes designed for tactical, long range, hunting, and recreational uses. There are 11 new scopes.

Democrat Phil Bredesen is running for Tennessee’s U.S. Senate seat as a pro-gun moderate who can work with folks from across the aisle. If that’s the case (which is probably isn’t), his own party’s apparatus is doing a great job undermining those efforts.

A school superintendent in Illinois decided that she was ready to everyday carry at her schools in Hutsonville. To carry in class she had to become a cop.

“The condition is easily identified during routine maintenance and cleaning, and the crack should be visible long before the pistol becomes unsafe to shoot,” adds Ruger.

A harrowing incident at a smoke shop in Savannah, Georgia, offers several key takeaways for practitioners of armed self-defense. Jerry Lawrence had just opened Mary Jane’s Vape and Smoke Shop when two customers entered the store. Thinking they were innocent patrons, Lawrence turned his back as walked behind the counter while speaking on the phone with the store’s owner.

“I am vocal about common-sense gun safety and gun laws. For instance, I fully support an assault weapon ban, I fully support a bump stock ban.”