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Washington Recruits Trainers For Gun-Buy Permits
Washington State Patrol is now certifying firearms instructors for a mandatory training course residents will need starting May 2027 to buy a gun or get a CPL — with results logged directly into a state background-check database. Critics call it a backdoor registry and expect a constitutional fight.
Pennsylvania Bill Cuts NFA Tie
Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Kauffman has introduced a bill to separate state gun regulations from the federal NFA, arguing state law shouldn't be hostage to a federal registration scheme that courts are already unwinding.
Federal Firearm Rights Restoration Returns
NFA Items in 2026: What Actually Changed, and Who It Applies To
New York Blocks ATF Online Sales Reform
Chicago Mayor Targets Gun Vendors
Ghost Gun Law Failed Seattle
B&T USA Scales Utah Suppressor Plant
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.
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Bonfield, IL · Illinois State Rifle Association - Affiliated Clubs Directory
Multi-State Pistol Permit Class
Southington, CT · Lock N' Load Firearms
Pistol Low Light - Day One
Elizabethtown, PA · Lodestone Training and Consulting
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Florence, TX · Staccato Ranch Activities
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…
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…
Alaska 2026 Hunting Regulations: What Changed
Alaska hunters are dealing with a two-track shakeup in 2026 — a major federal proposal to roll back years of restrictions on national preserve hunting, and a state-level bill that would make it harder to qualify as a resident for licensing purposes.
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
Frontline Armoury
Doral, FL
Sportsman's Warehouse
Portland, OR
9 Forward Inc
Oxford, NC
Dunham's Sports
Saginaw, MI
THE HERITAGE GUILD OF RAHWAY LLC
Rahway, NJ
The History of Firearms
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