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NICS Gun Data Sales up 137% Last Month, Highest June in History

Background check data suggests Americans are more fond of their right to keep and bear arms than ever. (Photo: Guns.com) Continuing to set new monthly records, last month was the highest June in terms of…


Lawmakers to ATF: Pump the Brakes on Banning Braces

It is estimated that as many as 2 million pistol braces. which have exploded in popularity in the past decade, are in circulation of numerous types. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) A group of Republican Congressmen is…


Grandmother Takes Virginia Handgun Rationing Law to Court

Virginia has tried to ration guns off and on since 1748, and the latest attempt, set to take effect in July, is the subject of a lawsuit. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) A Northern Virginia woman, with the…


Iowa Pro-Gun Bill Passes to the Governor’s Desk

Cities and counties looking to drop the hammer on gun owners in Iowa will find it harder under a pending bill headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) Lawmakers in the Hawkeye State last…


NICS Gun Check Figures Highest on Record for Any May in History

Last month saw the highest number of FBI NICS checks processed in the agency’s history for the month of May, with the firearms industry trade group noting many purchases were of handguns for personal protection….


Bloomberg Anti-Gun Group to Drop $5 Million to Turn Arizona Blue

Everytown, funded in large part by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, is planning on spending upwards of $5 million in Arizona this year in select races, with the goal to enact more restrictive gun laws in the…


NICS Gun Sales Figures up 69 % Last Month, Best April on Record

Last month saw the highest number of FBI NICS checks processed during April in the agency’s history. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) The month of April 2020 was the highest April in terms of federal background checks…


How to Clean Your AR-15 the Daniel Defense Way

The AR-15-style rifle has been around since the late 1950s and has been called “America’s rifle.” Here is how to clean and maintain it. Jim Ross with Daniel Defense holds class in the above sub-30-minute…


Priorities: Virginia Governor Signs 5 Anti-Gun Bills into Law

Among the five-pack of new gun laws signed last week by Gov. Ralph Northam is a measure to ration handgun sales to one-per-month. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Friday signed the vanguard…


March Sees Highest Number of Daily, Weekly NICS Checks in History

Late March saw the highest number of FBI NICS checks processed in the agency’s history. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System recently logged its highest volume day…