As anyone who has passed a basic civics class knows, the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land. All legislation and official government actions are subject to its limits. Yet there exists a zone within the New York City metropolitan area where law-abiding gun owners are not just imperiled but specifically targeted for exercising their rights. It is an outrage that has continued for far too long but reemerged into the public’s awareness with the high-profile arrest in January of NFL player Rasheed Walker at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. The federal government must end this disgrace. The legal…

Too often, new products promise a world of dreams but don’t set your heart on fire. Our annual Golden Bullseye Awards go to those introductions that give you everything you need, combining innovation, value, utility, reliability and outstanding performance. From firearms to accessories to optics to ammo and suppressors, we’ve determined these winners to be better than all the rest. Handgun of the Year | KelTec PR57You CAN call it a clip now! The latest ingenious invention from KelTec—a company known for incredible innovation—is an internal-magazine-fed 5.7×28 mm handgun that is easy to shoot, concealable and affordable. It also functioned…

On April 21, 1864 the U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864, which led to the “In God We Trust” wording on U.S. coins. The phrase was eventually added to all of our country’s currency. — And on April 21, 1961: USAF Major Robert M White took the X-15-2 to the edge of space with a record-breaking flight to an altitude of 107,700 feet and a speed of 3,603 miles per hour. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A…

Armed Citizen® Today On the morning of April 2 in Puyallup, Wash., a man got into an argument with his two adult stepdaughters. The argument spilled out into the home’s driveway, where the man fired shots at both women. A neighbor heard the commotion and responded to the attack, firing at the stepfather and killing him. One of the women died at the scene but the other was able to be transported to the hospital, though her condition was serious. (foxnews.com, New York, N.Y., 4/9/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – August 1976 After asking to see a rifle on…

Today, the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), unanimously reelected Bill Bachenberg of Pennsylvania as President of the NRA, and Doug Hamlin as NRA Executive Vice President & CEO. The meeting of NRA’s Board of Directors followed the 155th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Houston, Texas, where more than 70,000 NRA members, their families, and supporters of the Second Amendment gathered at the George R. Brown Convention Center to check out the latest guns, gear, and accessories from over 550 exhibitors—as well as attend seminars and special events that celebrated 250 years of American…

The considerable accomplishments of the United States Marine Corps in World War II have been the subject of innumerable books, articles, movies and television programs. Anyone with a modicum of knowledge of the Pacific campaigns is well aware of the pivotal and heroic role played by the Corps during the war. What is not as well-known is the interesting story of the Marine Corps Parachute units of World War II. Although the U.S. Army explored the concept of dropping troops by parachute as early as World War I, little real progress was made in the interwar period and the actual…

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Dateline: The Swamp. I am writing this in the depths of winter, but I cannot rest from my labors. I must press forward with the ongoing campaign. The objective is to push back the tangled undergrowth threatening to swallow up our property. Only ceaseless effort can prevent the undergrowth from reclaiming our land for The Swamp. Without the protecting cover of leaves, my enemy is more vulnerable to my counter-attacks. I can better see to cut the various tendrils, stems, and saplings. The newest weapon in my arsenal is the Husqvarna 26 Inch Clearing Axe. The clearing axe consists of…

On April 20th, 1653 Oliver Cromwell and 40 musketeers forcibly dissolved the English Rump Parliament, after it failed to establish a caretaker government. In Cromwell’s words “You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately … In the name of God, go!” — April 20, 2010: An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and began spewing an estimated 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months, creating the worst known offshore oil spill. — April 20th is also the day that we remember…