4 Car Holster Options for Those Carrying While on the Move
More Americans than ever are carrying firearms for self-protection these days, and the many combinations of weapons and specialized carry...
FIRST LOOK: Legendary 9mm SIG P210 Standard Pistol Comes to the US
Back in the 80s, the SIG Sauer P210 target pistol was the stuff of legend — the Lamborghini of handguns....
A Beginner’s Guide to Home-Defense Weapons and Protecting Your Castle
What is the ideal home-defense weapon? A river of ink has been spilt chasing that thorny question. Everywhere there are...
How the Walther PPK & Mauser HSc Shaped Modern Pocket Pistols
On July 20, 1944, German Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg slipped a leather satchel underneath a briefing table at Adolph...
Holy Defense: Why Carrying Guns in Church Is a Good Idea
On the evening of July 17, 2015, 13 people joined together for a Bible study at the 201-year-old Emanuel African...
Comparing the Walther CCP and Walther PPK/S for Self Defense
In 1929, Carl Walther Waffenfabrik introduced a revolutionary new pistol that changed literally everything about combat handguns. The Polizeipistole (PP)...
Striker-Fired .40: A Look at the Steyr L40-A1 Pistol
Everything on the planet can be distilled down to physics. Actions have their reactions. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion. Unless, of course, an external force is applied to it. Those aren’t just good ideas. They’re laws. It is in the clever manipulation of these physical laws that firearms can be...
The Hardware, Truths & Fallacies of the New ‘Death Wish’ Remake
The new Bruce Willis "Death Wish" remake hit theaters March 2. The emotional wounds from the Parkland, Fla., shooting are still...
HK VP70: The Gun That Started the Polymer-Framed Party
The year 1970 was the apogee of the Space Age. The unpopular war in Vietnam was straining American patience, and...
11 Questions with Professional Shooter Corinne Mosher
Corinne Mosher is a professional shooter. Trained at the University of Missouri as a classical violinist, Corinne is now a...
Gunshot Wounds: 8 Real-Life Cases on the Receiving End of Gunfire
All of my gunshot wounds were cataloged in an urban ER. In each case the victims — and I use...
Gun Review: The Canik TP9SF Elite-S 9mm Pistol
Who doesn’t like money? Rich folks, poor folks, short folks, tall folks—everybody likes money. Families, industries and nations rise and...
Gun Review: The Trailblazer LifeCard .22 LR Pistol
What is the ideal defensive firearm? A river of ink has been spilt over that thorny question. Is an unadorned...
Gun Review: The Flint River Armory CSA45 Carbine
Personal defense is the single greatest impetus behind new firearm purchases in America. America’s moral compass spins faster than a...
Gun Review: North American Arms Bug Out Box Mini-Revolver
If the zombies ever come moaning up my driveway for real, I want to be ready. In a perfect world, that...
The Concealed Carrier Bible: 6 Things to Keep in Mind at All Times
An unprecedented percentage of the American population now carries a gun for personal protection. In the free states at least,...
We Tested Hollywood Gun Techniques on a Pair of Umarex Airsoft HKs
The lock of hair hung perfectly, suspended jauntily in space above the hero’s left eye in silent wispy tribute to the...
Ruminations on Concealed Carry Reciprocity and Why It Needs to Happen
I’m not a lawyer. I'm just a guy who likes guns and has done some reading on the proposed Concealed...
A Quick Look at AGI’s Armorer’s Course for Glock Pistols
In my day, I read every gun magazine I could find for half a century. After a literal lifetime of...
4 Things You Absolutely Shouldn’t Do During a Home Invasion
It’s 3:15 a.m. and you are dreaming something ethereal about your wife, a vat full of cottage cheese, and 30...