1934 National Firearms Act

Gun Control for Beginners: What Is The National Firearms Act (NFA)?

With the nomination of David Chipman and some proposed new regulations by the ATF, there’s been more talk lately about the National Firearms act. If Chipman gets the top job at ATF and gets his…

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The ATF’s Interpretation of the National Firearms Act is an Absurd Anachronism

By Harry Vallejo, photographer – International Photographer, Volume 3, Number 3 (page 18), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51674606 [T]he NFA’s minimum size rules (and the ATF’s interpretations thereof) are an absurd anachronism. Those restrictions originated in a…


President Teddy Roosevelt Liked His Rifles Suppressed

President Teddy Roosevelt was a big fan of silencers. The only silencers available to him were made by Maxim. A silencer for his takedown model 94 Winchester .30-30, above, cost a whopping $9.70 back in…



Americans Have Mostly Dodged Further Limits Their Gun Rights During the Coronavirus Pandemic…So Far

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Those looking to expand government power and limit Americans’ freedoms and civil rights hate to let an opportunity like a global pandemic go to waste. What history books gloss over is…