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When the Taurus 22TUC tip-up .22 landed in 2024, our only real gripe was the lack of a threaded barrel. Taurus just fixed that — the suppressor-host mouse gun is now real. Taurus just announced a threaded-barrel version of the 22TUC — the 10-ounce, tip-up .22 LR pocket pistol that brought back the spirit of the old PT-22 when it launched in 2024. For the subset of us who’ve been carrying a can-ready rimfire in a pocket since forever, this is the variant the platform always should have shipped with. It’s also the one TTAG specifically asked for. In our…
If you haven’t prepared for some kind of disaster or emergency scenario, now is the time. With the ongoing war in Iran, markets going crazy, and the tension between the East and West higher than it’s been in decades, there’s no time to waste. Especially if prices keep going up. If you have at least $500, then you have enough money to get prepared for all the most likely disaster scenarios. The question is, how exactly do you spend that money? It’s easy to freeze up from analysis paralysis or blow hundreds of dollars on some tactical gear you’ll never…
HK isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel with the new VP9CC. We got hands on it at NRAAM 2026, and the pitch is exactly what it sounds like: take everything people already like about the VP9 and scale it down into something you can carry with ease. No gimmicks. No weird redesign. Just a smaller VP9. And right away, that familiarity stands out. The HK VP9CC pistol has an MSRP of $1,049 wihout the optic. Should be in stores on May 1st. The controls are what you’d expect from HK: fully ambidextrous, paddle mag release, and a layout that feels…
When the FBI’s official crime stats come out later this year, we’re likely to learn that 2025 saw a record-setting decline in homicides nationwide, and that the overall homicide rate is the lowest it’s been since the FBI started keeping track in 1960. That welcome trend seems to be continuing in 2026, with criminologist Jeff Asher’s Real Time Crime Index showing another 22% decline in homicides through the first two months of the year. Still, there are some outliers, and one of them is Denver, Colorado. Last year Denver saw a 48% decrease in homicides, with…
Gun control advocates insist on arguing that gun control works. They go to great pains to “prove” it works, too, which means garbage studies, ridiculous claims, and correlation lacking causation except when it works against them. One of my all-time favorite arguments was one where someone tried arguing that the NFA was proof that gun control works because there are so few crimes carried out with machine guns since it passed. Never mind that it wasn’t sold to the public as gun control; it was proof. Especially with the 1986 ban preventing new weapons from…
Walking the floor at NRAAM 2026, every now and then you run into something that makes you stop and go—wait… what exactly is this supposed to be? That’s pretty much the reaction to the new Springfield Armory Model 2020 Heatseeker .308 Pistol. Is it a pistol? Technically, yes. Does it feel like one? Not really. Springfield Armory’s HeatSeeker Pistol. MSRP is $1,999. This thing is basically a bolt-action .308 stuffed into a compact, modular chassis, and it definitely leans more “mini precision rifle” than anything you’d associate with a traditional handgun. At the core, you’ve got Springfield’s proven Model 2020…
Over the past two years, there’s been an explosion of interest in the right to keep and bear arms in the Jewish community, and for good reason. With a growing number of attacks synagogues and Jewish worshippers across the globe, including the Bondi Beach terror attack in Australia and the recent attack at a Michigan synagogue that was thwarted by armed security, many members of the Jewish faith are taking a vested interest in their own security and safety. That, in turn, has led to the creation of a number of gun clubs and firearm…
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We’re walking the floor at NRAAM 2026 and every now and then something stops you mid-stride and yeah, the new KelTec KP50 did exactly that. This thing is… a lot. In a good way. Right off the bat, the size-to-capacity ratio is what grabs you. You’re looking at a compact 5.7 pistol that can run 50 rounds standard, and if you throw on the jungle mag setup, you’re suddenly sitting on 100 rounds onboard. Flip it, reinsert, and you’re back in business. It’s one of those setups that makes you do a double-take the first time you see it in…
The best sun shirts act like wearable shade, protecting your skin while staying cool and breathable. To finalize this year’s rankings, three testers — GearJunkie Editor Chris Kassar, lead tester Ryan Kempfer, and contributor Rob Simpson — put 10 sun shirts through a grueling nine-month cycle. From Utah’s arches to the mosquito-heavy tundra of Katmai, Alaska, we logged more than 100 days and 400 miles on trail to find the best layers. We crowned the technical Black Diamond Alpenglow Pro Hoody as our best overall pick for its standout mix of protection, mobility, and versatility. Meanwhile, the Patagonia Capilene Cool…
Anyone who assumes women are the more docile sex has clearly never gotten between a mama and her kid. This is something that happens throughout the animal kingdom, but doesn’t stop there. Rudyard Kipling didn’t write, “That the Female of Her Species is more deadly than the Male,” for nothing. And a mom in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, went into mama bear mode when a group of teens was trying to rob her son.While humans weren’t gifted with fangs or claws by the Good Lord, it’s cool. We made our own, and she used them.At 11:20…
Less than a year after promising they weren’t “coming for anyone’s guns,” Rhode Island lawmakers just filed 18 gun control bills — including one that would criminalize possession of firearms purchased lawfully before their last ban even takes full effect. Remember last year, when Rhode Island Democrats rammed through a sweeping ban on modern sporting rifles — the ones they love to mislabel “assault weapons” — and swore up and down they weren’t coming for anyone’s guns? They were just regulating future sales, they said. Law-abiding owners had nothing to worry about. Yeah. About that. At a recent House Judiciary…
A bear attacked and injured two soldiers who were participating in a training exercise in a remote location at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Thursday, military and state wildlife officials said Friday, April 17.The U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division soldiers were hurt in the encounter with a brown bear while participating a “land navigation training event” at the base’s Arctic Valley training area, Lt. Col. Jo Nederhoed, a public affairs officer for the division, said in an email.The soldiers were “receiving appropriate medical care” as of late Friday morning, Nederhoed said. The military was withholding details about their condition pending notification…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. According to two U.S. officials and two additional sources briefed on the talks, Axios’ Barak Ravid reports that the US and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan to end the war. The three-page memorandum of understanding (MOU) the two sides are negotiating over also includes a “voluntary” moratorium on nuclear enrichment by Iran. The U.S. demanded in the last round of talks that Iran agree to a 20-year moratorium. Iran countered with five years. The mediators are still trying to close the gap. As part of the MOU, Iran would be allowed to have…
The modern gun control movement in the United States has been around since the early 1960s, though it wasn’t until the Gun Control Act of 1968 was introduced in the wake of the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy that the movement coalesced and found its footing as a political force. But as a new book by historian Catherine Fletcher reminds us, for as long as firearms have been around there have been forces seeking to limit their availability and place them beyond the reach of the average citizen. Fletcher’s The…
I recently got some bad news from the owners of a well-established pro-gun website. They can no longer publish stories from the Second Amendment Foundation — or from any other pro-gun group, for that matter. The reason? Google. Their site now takes a “hit” from Google’s algorithm whenever it publishes non-original content, they told me. So from here on out, they can only run stories they’ve written themselves and that have never appeared anywhere else. The days of sharing SAF reporting — or reporting from any other Second Amendment outlet — appear to be over. At least for now. One…
Readiness is being strained as funding uncertainty, aging equipment and rising mission demands collide in the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, top Guard and Reserve leaders warned.Guard and Reserve leaders testified before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee on Friday, cautioning that rising mission demands, aging equipment and funding uncertainty are straining readiness across the force as their operational role expands.“We represent 20% of the joint force, yet we operate on less than 4% of the department’s budget,” Army Gen. Steven Nordhaus told lawmakers.Military.com reached out for comment to the Defense Department, Army, Air Force and National Guard Bureau, as…
The right of the people to keep and bear arms isn’t about hunting. It’s never been about hunting. It’s about defending this nation, both from foreign invaders and tyrannical governments, and it seems some people are starting to wake up to that fact. Most gun rights supporters have obviously known this and have said so many times.The problem is that many others on both sides of the fence like to roll their eyes at it. They’ll tell us that we can’t take on the government and win, even if that’s not entirely true.Well, at least,…
