By Dave Workman | Senior Editor If there is a single lesson to be learned from the current strife in Venezuela, it’s that civilian disarmament by a socialist government never...

By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Evergreen State gun owners who surrendered their bump stocks in exchange for financial compensation from the state are sounding alarms since learning of a...

  By Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R. 1222; S. 821; H.R. 1263; H.R. 8; H.R. 1112, S.8; Judicial: Daniel Mitchell, et al, v. Chuck Atkins, et al, Livingston...

By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Hardball-playing Republican state senators in Oregon used a parliamentary maneuver to compel majority Democrats to discard a major piece of gun control legislation in...

The Portuguese gun rights group Associação Nacional da Arma de Portugal (ANARMA) has joined the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR), the international coalition of 33...

By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Oregon outdoorsmen and women were stunned when a state Senate committee declined to consider the nomination of a lifelong hunter and Marine Corps veteran...

By Dave Workman | Senior Editor   Piper Smith. For 32-year-old Piper Smith, Armed Equality is an effort that just makes sense, and she’s determined to see it grow. A...

By Dave Workman | Senior Editor It may have been the first time in history for a major gun prohibition lobbying organization to offer a public apology for trying to...

Counties join 17 state amici in 2A Supreme Court case There is some irony in the following report of little governments challenging the big guys. The Schuyler County, NY, legislature...

Ruger adds new Security-9 Compact Sturm, Ruger has added a new, compact version of the popular Security-9® pistol. Smaller, lighter and more concealable than its full-size counterpart, the Security-9 Compact...

By Joseph P Tartaro | Executive Editor Gillibrand During her recent presidential candidate CNN town hall program, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York addressed a question on gun control...

Reader provides sources for Auxiliary cartridges Dear Editor: Re Art Merrill’s article on auxiliary cartridges TGM April 2019. The Backwoodsman magazine routinely carries ads for a couple. My latest copy...

By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor Contacts: SIG-Sauer.com Walkersgameear.com Black-Hills.com Sharpshootersgreenville.com Blackhawk.com Sig-Sauer is riding the wave of optics-ready handguns and has gone one better. The SIG P229 RX is...