By Lee Williams

Americans have been making guns in their homes since before there was a United States of America – but not this American.

My gun-building history was nonexistent. I’ve replaced some furniture and muzzle devices on a few AKs, but that’s about it. So, when David from 80% Arms called and said he wanted to send me a pistol build kit to review, I thought he’d called the wrong number.

Continue reading It’s Still Perfectly Legal to Build Your Own Handgun…And You Should at The Truth About Guns.

Apache Armaments has been making and building quality AR-15 and AR10 parts in all calibers and configurations for decades. If you have an AR build in your future, you owe it to yourself to check out Apache for barrels, upper receivers, and lower parts and accessories.

Apache Armaments was founded in 1992 by a pure bred Apache native American hunter and shooting enthusiast. Originally a barrel maker for long range shooters and hunters offering quality, Apache specialized in precision products at prices the average shooter can afford.

Continue reading Look to Apache Armaments When You Build Your Next AR Platform Rifle at The Truth About Guns.

By Garrett Owens

Surely designed to withstand doomsday, the exterior of the store is blood red cinder blocks. The windows are barred and it’s located just on the other side of the tracks from our sleepy, happy town.

In bright yellow paint, “Don’t be a Victim” and “Second is our Right” is enscribed on the exterior leaving little to imagination as to what lies inside. “Not a place you want to bring the family,” reads the only online review I found.

Continue reading I Bought My First Gun In a Pawn Shop…Here’s How That Went at The Truth About Guns.

By Lee Williams

Law enforcement is dangerous. That’s why departments issue handguns, spare mags, Tasers, pepper spray, batons, shotguns, ARs and body armor, and spend millions of taxpayer dollars every year making sure their officers know how to use deadly force with some modicum of proficiency. If you can’t accept the danger, do not apply.

Pinning on a badge once came with an implied agreement. It meant you were willing to risk your life to protect the lives of others, regardless of how the courts have ruled.

Continue reading The New Anti-Gun Narrative: Uvalde Cops Stood Down Because the Shooter Had an AR-15 at The Truth About Guns.

[Heller and McDonald] allowed opponents to wage new battles against longstanding gun laws. When District Judge Roger Benitez overturned California’s 34-year-old assault weapons ban two years ago, he pointed to Heller, saying that under the decision, “it is obvious that the California assault weapon ban is unconstitutional.”

Because the Heller ruling applied to guns in common use, the sheer volume of semi-automatic rifles in America protects them under the Second Amendment, according to Mark Oliva, a spokesperson for the National Shooting Sports Federation.

Continue reading Heller, McDonald and Bruen are Affecting How State Legislatures View Pending Gun Control Legislation at The Truth About Guns.

You gotta put yourself first sometimes, ya know?

Continue reading Gun Meme of the Day: Don’t Feel Bad Edition at The Truth About Guns.

Alaska is a place that many of us dream of visiting. I’ve wanted to see the state ever since I can remember. The mountains and the wilderness call to me, but alas I’m not in a place in life to make such a journey. Instead, I decided to live vicariously and review the simply awesome Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan double action revolver chambered in .454 Casull/.45 Colt to get me through until I can make it up there.

Continue reading Gun Review: Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan Revolver at The Truth About Guns.

By Mark Oliva

There’s no bigger proof that the merchant category code (MCC) specific to firearm retailers is really a bad idea than those losing their minds now that major credit card companies announced they won’t put it into practice.

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice and Treasury Department to publish “any policy advisory, enforcement guidance and other materials needed by financial institutions retailers and law enforcement as the new code is implemented for gun an ammunition stores.” That was followed by a letter from 14 state attorneys general, led by New Jersey Democrat AG Matthew Platkin, to the CEOs of the major credit card companies telling them they see “no justifiable reason” to pause implementation of the tracking code.

Continue reading Gun Control Orgs, Politicians Lose Their Minds, Threaten Credit Card Companies Over ‘Pause’ in Gun Purchase Tracking at The Truth About Guns.

From the CCRKBA . . .

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is today calling on Congress to block funding for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget until Democrats and federal bureaucrats publicly recognize Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and stop their attacks on legal gun ownership.

CCRKBA issued its call to eliminate funding as the U.S.

Continue reading Zero Out the ATF Budget Until They Recognize Americans’ 2nd Amendment Gun Rights at The Truth About Guns.

From the NSSF . . .

NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, praises the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division’s order granting a preliminary injunction for the plaintiffs blocking enforcement of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act. The case, Boland v. Bonta, was filed shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. The court issued the preliminary injunction today.

“This order is a victory for lawful gun ownership in California.

Continue reading Order Blocking California’s ‘Unsafe Handgun Act’ is a Correct Application of the Bruen Decision at The Truth About Guns.

This dragnet collection of social media information by the government has a chilling effect on [concealed carry permit] applicants’ exercise of their right to speak and associate with others online. The statute requires a list of all “social media accounts” — a broad term that includes platforms like Goodreads, MyFitnessPal, LinkedIn, and countless others that are unlikely to shed light on whether applicants are likely to harm themselves or others.

Disclosing those accounts will, however, expose a wealth of personal information to government scrutiny.

Continue reading Diakun: Collecting Carry Permit Applicants’ Social Media Data is the First Step on a Slippery Slope at The Truth About Guns.

I mean, yeah, 500 Magnum is a heck of a thing! Sure ain’t easy to shoot fast, though. Meme from The Gun Collective.

Continue reading Gun Meme of the Day: 500 S&W Edition at The Truth About Guns.

“The government cannot credibly argue that handguns without CLI, MDM, and microstamping features pose unacceptable public safety risks when virtually all of the handguns available on the Roster and sold in California today lack those features.”

That’s the eminently reasonable conclusion of US District Judge Cormac J. Carney in his ruling today in Boland v. Bonta, a lawsuit challenging the state of California’s approved handgun roster and related mandates that pistols have magazine disconnects and loaded chamber indicators.

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This is a knife I shouldn’t like very much. I prefer to carry something smaller. A knife that’s lighter and more pocketable. I tend to like slim, no-frills drop point blades. My EDC needs don’t usually extend much beyond opening a cardboard box with a grin printed on it or maybe slicing through the packaging on a new piece of gear to review.

And yet . . .

Despite myself, I really love this knife.

Continue reading Things That Don’t Suck: SOG Kiku XR Blackout Folder at The Truth About Guns.

Unfortunately, whether it’s a car crash or a spree shooter, the option of self-defense doesn’t always exist. Even if you technically could engage with a ballistic solution, the best option may very well be to unass the A-O, seek cover or a barricade, and have basic trauma care gear and training under your belt. Some basic training and a small medical kit can go a very long way.

At a recent gun industry press trip, I met with writers and professionals from around the country.

Continue reading When a Gun Isn’t the Answer to the Problem: Carry Basic First Aid Gear at The Truth About Guns.

I’m a SnagMag salesman. No, I don’t work for them and I don’t get freebies either. I buy their products just like everyone else. But I’ve bought a lot of them, I tell everyone about them and I often don’t have one on me because I’ve given it away to someone I meet that isn’t carrying spare ammunition.

Please note I said “spare.” There is no such thing as “extra” ammunition. Extra is what you don’t need.

Continue reading Gear Review: NeoMag Spare Magazine Pocket Clips at The Truth About Guns.

Buying a gun, especially a handgun for concealed carry, can be intimidating for new gun owners but it doesn’t have to be. All you have to do is ask yourself a few key questions to take the guesswork and stress out of selecting and carrying your new handgun.

Here are five critical questions that will make buying and carrying the right handgun stress-free . . .

Does it fit my hand?

Continue reading 5 Questions to Ask That Make Buying (and Carrying) the Right Gun Much Easier at The Truth About Guns.

In the New York ruling known as Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court justices established a new test for Second Amendment cases, focused on whether there’s a historic precedent for the regulation in contention.

So Friday, the opposing attorneys spent much of the hearing trying to show why history dating back to the colonial era was on their side — or why it shouldn’t necessarily carry the weight Bruen afforded it.

Continue reading Judge Bumb: Attorneys Didn’t Tell the Whole Story in Their Defense of New Jersey’s Gun Control Laws at The Truth About Guns.

Thanks to the internet and social media, EDC or everyday carry have become ultra-popular terms. Thousands upon thousands of Instagram users post their EDC photos on a daily basis. Rather than consider the pros and cons of such activity, I would instead pose a couple of serious questions. 

What does it truly mean to carry every day? Or, what items are genuinely the most practical and valuable for the armed citizen when it comes to everyday carry?

Continue reading Everyday Carry: Make Sure You Have the Fundamental Four When You Leave the House at The Truth About Guns.

From Bear Creek Arsenal . . .

Bear Creek Arsenal, an industry leader in AR-style rifles and components, announces the release of their .45 ACP and 10mm pistol caliber carbines. Shooters can now enjoy the high stopping power of .45 ACP and 10mm with carbine ease of use and capacity.

Bear Creek Arsenal’s .45 ACP PCC is built on an all-new “AR-45” platform that accepts GLOCK 21 style magazines.

Continue reading Bear Creek Arsenal Announces New 10mm and .45 ACP Pistol Caliber Carbines at The Truth About Guns.