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Introduced on June 21, a Tuesday, the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” was advertised by the 20 Senators– 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans– that worked it out as largely an expansion of Medicaid and CHIP to accommodate mental and behavioral health for youth and schools. However, with some 81-pages, it is much more complicated than that–… Continue reading And Just Like That, the Biggest Gun Control Measure of 28 Years is Now Law

The First State is a governor’s signature away from joining the same club as California, New Jersey, and New York by enacting a statewide ban on “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines.” In all, just seven states have such bans, and the way Delaware is looking to do it is different. While most ban semi-auto rifles… Continue reading Delaware moves for the Big Ban

Now a year down the road from CZ’s acquisition of Colt, CZ subsidiary Dan Wesson keeps wading deeper into traditional Colt waters with two new 1911s. The new guns are mid-sized with 4-inch barrels, falling shorter than the standard Government Issue (5-inch) and Commander (4.25-inch) models but shorter than the Officer (3.5-inch) style 1911s, and… Continue reading Dan Wesson Continues with 1911 Game

Missouri’s CMMG has announced a new AR pistol format that drops the need for a receiver extension or buffer tube. The new series, dubbed the Dissent line, will be available in 5.56, .300BLK, and 5.7x28mm, with each model sporting a 6.5-inch free-floated barrel with a 5.5-inch M-LOK handguard. Overall, this means a very compact PDW-style… Continue reading CMMG Dissent Buffer-less AR

One of the first calibers to bounce back after the Great Ammo Shortage of 2020 was 62-grain M855 “Green tip” 5.56 NATO. The reason for this is that literal truckloads of it come from the U.S. Army’s Ammo Plant in Lake City, Missouri, which is sold surplus on the commercial market by Winchester, who runs… Continue reading Big 5.56 Ammo Supply Crunch (Maybe)

Palmetto State Armory has been busy doing R&D on their new and very curious JAKL series of 5.56 AK/AR hybrids. We caught up with them at the NRA Show in Houston and found the platform to be novel.

Because optics are everything these days, FN has finally introduced a version of their Five-Seven pistol that is MRD compatible, unimaginatively dubbed the FN Five-Seven MRD.

Springfield Armory keeps banging the drum of their oldest product because, like Ruger and the Mini-14, the Springfield M1A just kind of never goes out of style.

Arkansas-based Nighthawk Customs, besides making bespoke 1911s of their own, imports a lot of exotic hardware from Europe. They just announced they are bringing in a shipment of Korth’s new NXR Hunter models in .44 Mag.

Turnbull just announced a series of mounts for the Trijicon RMR/SRO pattern, allowing users to throw an Ade Stingray, Holosun 407/507, Swampfox Kingslayer/Liberty/Justice, et. al. on their Winchester.