NYC Residents Realize They Need Guns as City Descends Into Chaos
New York isn’t moving toward constitutional carry, but the demand for firearms in New York City is exploding. Gun shops and instructors are slammed with residents trying to navigate the state’s maze of requirements just to exercise a basic constitutional right. What many first-time buyers...
Florida Bill to Restore Gun Rights for 18-20 Year Olds Advances
A measure that would restore the rights of 18-, 19- and 20-year-old Floridians has passed its first hurdle in the state legislature. Following the terrible mass murder at Parkland High School in Parkland, Florida, back in 2018, the state legislature hastily passed several new gun...
Lighter 11-Inch NGSW Carbine Tested
When the Army picked the SIG MCX Spear as its Next Generation Squad Weapon, the reaction in a lot of gun circles was mixed. On paper, the 6.8×51 cartridge promised better armor-penetration and range than 5.56. In the real world, the original M7 Spear carbine...
FBI Monitored Socialist Rifle Association for Years, No Charges
The Truth About Guns has long tracked the federal government’s habit of pushing past constitutional limits in the name of law enforcement. Now we have another example of the FBI taking an interest in a gun-rights organisation for reasons that remain unclear and unexplained. Cato...
Police Unions Oppose Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill HR 38
Concealed Carry Reciprocity legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress is facing opposition from two large police unions that seemingly want officers to be armed and nobody else. Apparently unaware that all states have laws that allow carry of concealed handguns for self-defense and...
Savage 1911 Two-Tone Review: Forged Steel, Novak Sights
I admit it. I’m incurable. I like 1911s. There, I said it. I really like .45ACP 1911s, and the 9mm double-stacks are growing on me, but the old slabsides started this love affair. It started with me in the late 1970s when I acquired my...
Everytown’s Gun Myths Campaign Uses Defunct Data Sources
Everytown rolled out a new anti-gun campaign this week titled “Debunking Gun Myths at the Dinner Table.” It crossed our desk here at The Truth About Guns the same way most Bloomberg-funded propaganda does, without warning and usually with a few unintentional laughs baked in....
