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…
We got hands on the new Cabot Apocalypse MAX here at NRAAM 2026, and let’s just get this out of the way up front: This thing is ridiculous. In the best (and most Cabot) way possible. If you’ve ever handled one of their pistols before, you already know the deal. Cabot Guns doesn’t really build guns for the average shooter. They build mechanical art pieces that just happen to go bang, and the Apocalypse MAX fits that mold perfectly. Visually, it’s hard to ignore. The Damascus steel slide gives every single pistol a unique look, and in person, it’s one…
Over at the FN booth, there’s one optic getting a lot of second looks and once you actually get behind it, you understand why. The new FN PUREVIEW isn’t just another micro red dot trying to squeeze into an already crowded market. FN is doing something different here. This is being billed as the first holographic pistol optic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKn6gI8_z0w Not “red dot with tweaks.” Not “slightly better glass.” Actually different. Instead of the typical curved lens setup you see on most pistol optics, the PUREVIEW uses a flat pane of glass and projects the reticle using holographic-style technology. The result…
Every show has at least one gun that makes you stop and go… WTF? This year, that might be the Pistollo 77°. We got hands on it at NRAAM 2026, and it’s definitely not your typical pistol-caliber setup. At its core, this is a lever-delayed blowback 9mm platform, which already puts it in a pretty small club. But it’s the overall design that really stands out. MSRP on the Pistollo 77° is in the $4K range. The whole thing has this blocky, one-piece look, almost like everything is wrapped inside a shell. There’s a protective shroud over the optic, another…
University of Chicago’s Dr. Anthony Douglas — architect of Illinois’ firearms tax scheme — told a legislative hearing that “poor people don’t benefit from owning firearms.” In a city where half of 911 emergency calls go unanswered, that’s not public health policy. It’s sanctioned helplessness. Dr. Anthony Douglas, a University of Chicago trauma resident and the brains behind Illinois’ Responsibility in Firearm Legislation (RIFL) Act, showed up at a legislative hearing last week and said the quiet part out loud. “I think poor people don’t benefit from owning firearms,” he told the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. “I think…
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,…
When the siren wails and the sky turns that bruised shade of green, not having a good option is not an option. Your greatest asset in that moment isn’t luck—it’s a plan. And the cornerstone of that plan is knowing exactly where you and your family will ride out the storm. For many, the idea of a “safe room” conjures images of expensive, contractor-built bunkers that cost as much as a new car. But safety shouldn’t be a luxury item. You can build a highly effective tornado safe room yourself on a standard budget, using materials you can find at…
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