An Open Letter to Gun Owners from NSSF
There’s only one way to put it – gun owners, hunters, outdoorsmen and women, firearm and ammunition industry members and Second Amendment supporters across the country made their voices loudly heard last night and gave a resounding victory to President-elect Donald Trump and pro-Second Amendment...
Reaction To Trump Landslide Runs From Elation To Devastation
With former president Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election and Republicans retaking the majority in the U.S. Senate (votes are still being counted in some close House races, but it’s likely they will keep that, too), the response from various groups invested in the...
Obscure Object of Desire – S&W Regulation Police .32 S&W Long
The evolution of American police arms is an interesting one. It’s often one that highlights a difference between back east and out west. While the western states had a degree of lawlessness to them, which demanded large frame revolvers and calibers that start with .4,...
Why Kamala Harris Lost
I fell asleep last night watching election coverage and praying for a resounding Trump victory, waking myself several times to the sound of talking heads on the television pouring over predictions and discussing both candidates’ paths to the White House. I’m not sure exactly what...
U.S. Reps Introduce Measure Targeting Gun-Specific Merchant Category Code
The controversy over a new Merchant Category Code (MCC) specifically for purchase of guns and ammunition continues to grow and is now gaining attention at the federal level. At issue is a new MCC for gun purchases adopted by the International Organization for Standardization in...
Election 2024: A Great Night For America’s Gun Owners
Anti-gun candidates took a beating in Tuesday night’s election, with Republicans winning not only the presidency but also the U.S. Senate. At the time of this writing, House races in some districts were still too close to call, so declaring a Republican sweep is still...
TRUMP WINS!
Fox News is projecting Donald J. Trump has locked up Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to get to 277 electoral votes and will be elected as our country’s 47th president. This is a developing story. Continue reading TRUMP WINS! at The Truth About Guns. Read the...
2024 Election Fears Fail to Drive Increase in Gun Sales
As election day finally arrives, gun sales in the U.S. haven’t experienced the usual surge that has become common with presidential elections over the past 20 years. In fact, October 2024 actually saw a slight decline in FBI background checks on gun-related transactions with numbers...
At a Loss: Voters Still Have No Idea What Harris Stands For, Neither Does She
Kamala Harris said in a recent tweet she will be “president for all Americans.” However, like most of what she serves up on her public Twitter account, her tweet is long on smiles and handshakes but short on actual information. There is no credible source for whatever...