The Shooters Hangout

A 30-year-old mother is lucky today after the quick-thinking of a stranger helped save her from a mugging. The mother of two who was dragged across a Texas shopping center parking lot this week, clinging to her purse while two suspects in a sedan tried to snatch it. That’s when the stranger, who was armed, […]

What happens when a 56-year-old engineer becomes a high-speed photographer? This. Photographer captures the moment a bullet rips through a droplet of water. (Image courtesy of Lex Augusteijn) Dutch photographer Lex Augusteijn told TheBlaze he loves to make art and engineering meet. “That reveals scenes which cannot be captured by the naked eye and require […]

A record surge in recent firearms production and transactions have swamped the federal government’s automated registration system for select weapons, including machine guns. In a notice earlier this month to the firearms industry, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it was temporarily suspending parts of its computerized system to shore up capacity […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2014 (Sacramento, CA) – Following a landmark Ninth Circuit decision correctly holding that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental right to bear arms for self-defense outside of our homes, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-Twin Peaks) has introduced the most sweeping reform of California’s handgun carry license laws since their establishment in […]

With concealed weapons now legal in all 50 states, the National Rifle Association’s focus at this week’s annual meeting is less about enacting additional state protections than on making sure the permits already issued still apply when the gun owners travel across the country. The nation’s largest gun-rights group, which officially opens its meeting of […]

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Wednesday signed legislation significantly expanding gun rights in the state. The bill, described by the National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm as “the most comprehensive pro-gun reform legislation introduced in recent state history,” expands the scope of public places where licensed owners are allowed to carry firearms. The bill makes several […]

Author, economist and researcher John Lott announced on Wednesday that he is creating a new research center to “advance the scientific understanding of the relationship between laws regulating the ownership or use of guns, crime and public safety.” John Lott (YouTube) The Crime Prevention Research Center will seek to educate the “public, journalists and policy makers” […]

Blaze contributor S.E. Cupp took just 17 seconds to explain why former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns has “crumbled” and failed to make the case for more gun control. “Mayors Against Illegal Guns has crumbled because he duped mayors into thinking they were actually going to fight illegal guns,” Cupp — […]

Hitting a target more than 2,500 meters away proved to be no sweat for this long-range shooter, even though the bullet had to travel for almost a full five seconds in the air. The shooter’s .338 Lapua Magnum lined up for the long shot. (Image source: LiveLeak) LiveLeak user Grizzman uploaded a video showing viewers […]

“Because it’s the law, that’s why.” How many times have you heard that excuse or justification for some regulation or statute that seems to be prima facie punitive or unjust? Notice how I dropped a bit of Latin legalese on you? Prima Facie means “on the face of it” or obvious, or at first glance. […]