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Wisconsin Bear Season Opens Sept. 9
Wisconsin's 2026 bear season opens Sept. 9 with zone-specific rules on dogs and bait running through Oct. 13. Only 15,245 of 34,000-plus applicants drew tags this year.
SCOTUS Strikes Hawaii Gun-Free Default
The Supreme Court struck down Hawaii's law presuming private property closed to armed visitors absent explicit owner permission, ruling 6-3 that the default violates the Second Amendment. Justice Jackson's dissent leaned on the post-Civil War Black Codes as historical justification — an argument the majority rejected outright.
Judge Strikes Down Ghost Gun Rule
Washington Recruits Trainers For Gun-Buy Permits
Pennsylvania Bill Cuts NFA Tie
Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Returns
NFA Items in 2026: What Actually Changed, and Who It Applies To
New York Blocks ATF Online Sales Reform
NFA Items in 2026: What Actually Changed, and Who It Applies To
Two changes eleven months apart did more to the National Firearms Act than anything since 1934. The $200 tax on suppressors, SBRs and SBSs went to zero on January 1. On August 5 a federal judge struck the registration scheme itself. But that injunction covers a specific list of people, and living in a plaintiff state does not put you on it.
Basics and Re-Familiarization Night
Port Angeles, WA · Peninsula Rifle and Pistol Club
Adult Competitive Fundamentals Archery
Newberry, FL · Easton Newberry Archery Center
Public Trap & Skeet Shooting
Knoxville, IA · Marion County Sportsmen Club
Muzzleloader League
Germantown, MD · Izaak Walton League-Rockville Chapter
NFA Items in 2026: What Actually Changed, and Who It Applies To
Two changes eleven months apart did more to the National Firearms Act than anything since 1934. The $200 tax on suppressors, SBRs and SBSs went to zero on January 1. On August 5 a federal judge struck the registration scheme itself. But that injunction covers a specific list of people, and living in a plaintiff state does not put you on it.
Arizona 2026 Hunting Regulations: What Changed
Arizona came into 2026 with a handful of real regulatory changes on the books — amended Article 4 wildlife rules now in effect, a legislative push to lock in the right to hunt at the statutory level, and a proposed landowner deer permit system that could reshape how private-land deer hunting works…
Utah 2026 Hunting Regulations: What Changed
Utah's 2026 season is coming in with more deer permits on the table, a raft of new laws out of the legislative session, and a harvest reporting system that now has real teeth.
Colorado 2026 Hunting Regulations: What Changed
Colorado's 2026 hunting seasons came with a handful of changes worth knowing before you put in your applications — bison hunting is now a legal thing under specific conditions, CWD testing rules shifted depending on whether you're chasing elk or deer, and the Gunnison Basin just closed the door on…
Home Defense Firearms: Shotgun vs Pistol vs AR-15
Somebody breaks your front door at 2 a.m. You've got maybe seconds to get to your firearm, get your family clear, and be ready. The gun sitting in your nightstand better be one you can actually run -- not the one that looked cool at the gun store six months ago.
Concealed Carry Holster Types Explained
You bought the gun. You took the class. Now you're standing in a gun store or scrolling through Amazon at midnight, staring at roughly four hundred holster options and wondering how any of this is supposed to make sense. It doesn't — until someone explains what the trade-offs actually are.
Beginner's Guide to Shotgun Sports: Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays
You show up at a clay range for the first time and someone hands you a shotgun, points at an orange disc screaming across the sky, and says "just follow it." You shoot. You miss. You shoot again. And somewhere around the third or fourth broken clay, something clicks -- and you get it.
Walther P99
Complete reference on the Walther P99 — specs, variants, trigger systems, history, notable users, and an honest shooter's assessment of this German duty pistol.
CZ 82
Complete reference on the CZ 82 (Vz. 82): specs, history, variants, performance, and honest assessment of the Czech military surplus 9x18 Makarov pistol.
SIG Sauer SP2022
Complete reference on the SIG Sauer SP2022 — specs, variants, history, French police contract, and honest shooter's assessment of SIG's polymer workhorse.
History of Firearms
A comprehensive overview tracing 800 years of firearms history — from Chinese fire lances to 3D-printed receivers — across seven major eras of innovation.
Pelcher Outdoors
Lansing, IL
Extreme Stress Shooting
Great Falls, MT
OBUR
Polaris, MT
Xcel Shooting Sports, LLC
Kalispell, MT
Great Falls Shooting Sports Complex
Great Falls, MT
Dunham's Sports
Saginaw, MI
Sportsman's Warehouse
Portland, OR
Heritage Gold & Diamond Exchange
Deltona, FL
Rural King
Connellsville, PA
Frontline Armoury
Doral, FL
The History of Firearms
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