[ED: With tens of thousands of first-time gun owners having bought firearms during the current national emergency, this is a good time to emphasize basic gun safety, so I’ve bumped this post up to the…
People wait in line to enter gun seller Tanner’s Sports Center in Jamison, Pa., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Pennsylvania’s state-run background check system for gun purchases processed about three times its typical daily rate on…
Stephanie Miller, of Atlanta, places shotgun in her shopping cart as she checks out Adventure Outdoors Monday, March 16, 2020, in Smyrna, Ga. Miller said she had been on the fence about guns but with…
Dan Z. for TTAG As more states issue shelter-in-place orders, closing businesses and confining people to their homes unless shopping for food or medicine, the nation’s firearms and ammunition manufacturers have begun to be affected….
NSSF The National Shooting Sports Foundation has just sent this message to member businesses: As your industry’s trade association, we want you to know the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) is hard at work for…
Courtesy Hi-Point From Hi-Point . . . The families and management of Hi-Point Firearms and MKS Supply have always been strong supporters of our Constitution’s Bill of Rights and Second Amendment. We always look for…
We’ve talked to a large number of gun owners in recent days about what they’re carrying now. Some have changed their EDC gun and gear based on an increased level of perceived risk. Some are…
People wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif., Sunday, March 15, 2020. Coronavirus concerns have led to consumer panic buying of grocery staples and now gun stores are seeing…
The news hasn’t been good these last few days. It’s easy to get caught up in the hour-by-hour, sometimes minute-by-minute reports of quarantines, shut-downs and shelter-in-place orders and let it overwhelm you. While that’s certainly…
Courtesy NSSF From the NSSF . . . The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) and its partners urge gun owners to keep firearm safety a top priority and are making safety resources widely available as gun…