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Americans Aren’t Buying More Gun Control…They’re Buying More Guns

Historic numbers of law-abiding Americans joined the gun-owning community for the first time in recent years, including large numbers of women and minorities. National gun control groups at the same time continue to shout for…

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Millions of New Gun Owners Defy the Image Created by the Media and Gun Control Industry

By Larry Keane It must be deflating for national gun control groups. They push for more and more restrictions on law-abiding Americans whom they label “dangerous” and “impulsive” only to watch as millions of new gun owners…


Annette Evans Scares the Hell Out of the Gun Control Industry

Picture a gunslinger and Annette Evans probably does not spring to mind. She is Chinese-American, lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia and identifies herself as socially liberal—not the archetypal conservative, rural white man. Yet she…


Random Thoughts On That First Home Defense Gun

As a firearms and personal defense instructor for just shy of 25 years, I’ve had countless people ask me what’s the best gun for home defense. If only it were so simple. That question is…


Rutgers ‘Research’ Says 2020 First-Time Gun Buyers Are More Impulsive Than Longtime Owners

By Larry Keane Antigun think tanks and politicians push narratives that private citizens don’t “need” firearms for self-defense…so they shouldn’t have them. That narrative has fallen apart over the past two years of rampant rioting…


Guns 101: A First-Timer’s Guide to Buying a Self-Defense Firearm

By Lee Williams People around the country are increasingly realizing something gun owners have known for decades: You are your own first responder, because when seconds count, police will be there in minutes. After police…


WATCH: ‘The View’ Guest Host Sherri Shepherd Explains Why She’s a First-Time Gun Owner

Since the pandemic began, we have continually seen month-over-month increases in the number of first-time gun owners, particularly among women. Violence stemming from the George Floyd riots along with defunded police departments and prisoner release…


Gun Grabbers’ Lament: More Americans Than Ever Are Deciding That Owning a Gun is a Very Good Idea

By Larry Keane There’s an interesting shift concerning Americans’ attitudes toward guns and gun control. Pew Research Center, a Washington, D.C. think tank that tracks attitudes on social issues, public opinion and demographic trends updated…