What Gun, What Ammo, and What to Do Now
JWT for TTAG We are all getting a lot of advice these days. Some of it is even good advice. If you are reading someone telling you what to carry, how much ammunition you should…
New Jersey Shuts Down NICS Background Check Access for Unknown Length of Time
Bigstock Those who live in New Jersey have been given a “shelter in place” order. The order includes the closure of whatever the New Jersey government considers non-essential businesses, and on that list is every…
Illinois Governor Pritzker Gets it Right, Designates Gun and Ammunition Suppliers as Essential in Emergency
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) From the Second Amendment Foundation: The Second Amendment Foundation applauds Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for including firearm and ammunition suppliers on the list of “essential businesses and…
The Four Rules of Gun Safety for New Gun Owners…and Everyone Else [VIDEO]
[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…
Post-Gazette: Buying Firearms and Carrying a Gun Right Now Isn’t Helpful
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…
Welcome All the New Gun Owners Who Are Now Buying Firearms…But . . .
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…
NSSF Asks Homeland Security to Designate Gun Manufacturers, Retailers a ‘National Critical Infrastructure Industry’
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 Implores Government Officials to Designate Gun Business ‘Critical’ During Emergency
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…
Hi-Point Raffling Off 50 Carbines to Benefit Virginia Citizens Defense League, Gun Rights
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…
Tell Us: What Are You Carrying Now?
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…