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Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973.
He taught the Arizona concealed & carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained.
The June 2019 numbers for the National Instant background Check System are the highest on record. Increasing numbers of permit and permit rechecks show June 2019 as third highest for firearm sales.
The Supreme Court has upheld a reform in the Gun Owners Protection Act of 1986, that a person must know they are a prohibited possessor to be convicted of illegally possessing a firearm.
A challenge to California’s ban on gun sales to young adults has been filed in the United States District Court in Southern California, by the Second Amendment Foundation, Calguns, and others.
On 1 January 1915, two Muslim men heeded a call to Jihad and attacked a picnic train at Broken Hill Australia. They killed four and wounded seven.
Billy Cowart shot two people in self defense, in a union hall parking lot. He was exonerated, got his job back, and a years worth of back pay. It took three years.
A young Zimbabwe man has been arrested for making and possessing 3D printed guns in London, England. The pistols were popular composite designs that use steel tubes for barrel liners.
The emotion driven New Zealand gun ban is moving forward. Mistakes were made, a new gun control group has been organized, and 198 Million dollars set aside to confiscate banned guns.
A 75-year-old grandmother in Alabama uses a semi-automatic rifle to hold a suspect for the police. The rifle is a Ruger 10/22.
Alex Burton is a prominent professional Geologist and Engineer. He used his legally carried revolver to defend against bears several times over his more than six decade long career.
In the ongoing internal struggles at the NRA, Christopher Cox, the second most powerful executive in the organization, has been suspended. He denies the allegations against him.
Australian telecommunications companies, then the Australian government, have censored ar15.com. It is now very difficult to access ar15.com in Australia.
An article from Virginia illustrates the illogic of those who wish for a disarmed society.
A case in Minnesota, where a bumper sticker was used as evidence of probable cause, has resulted in a hung jury. The prosecution says they will retry the case.
A ballot initiative to change the Florida Constitution, and ban “assault weapons” suffers from a fundamental ignorance about firearms and the law.
The case of a bear attack on a woman hiker in Colorado shows how useful pistols could be in stopping these sort of attacks.
A rifle was used in defense against a home invader. Multiple shots were fired. At this point, we do not know the caliber or model of the rifle.
Governor Abbott and the Texas Legislature just made pig hunting in Texas a little easier. Now, you do not need a hunting license to hunt this feral pest.
The May, 2019 National Instant background Check System (NICS) has set a new record for the month. The 2019 May NICS is about 17% higher than the last record.
The Supreme Court should agree to hear the appeal by Remington of the Connecticut Supreme Court decision to create an exception to the PLCAA based on an advertising law.
In late November of 2018, a young mother and her 10 month old daughter were killed by a grizzly bear. If she had a handgun, and known how to use it, could it have made a difference?
Another mass murder by shooting in Australia. Australian gun control proponents can no longer claim their extreme gun laws stopped mass murder by shooting.
The mass murder suspect in the Virginia Beach killings had no criminal record. He used handguns, had been a member of the Virginia National Guard, and was black. It was a gun free zone.
H.B. 1177 has been sent to Governor Abbott of Texas. The bill would restore Constitutional Carry during evacuations of declared disasters, and for a week after the declaration.
Ashley Gribble used bear spray, but it did not stop the predatory black bear from attacking her dog. She used an improvised club to stop the attack on her dog.
A puff piece about Shannon Watts of Everytown pushes restrictions on gun owners with emotion and false “fact”.
