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The National Rifle Association of America today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to strike down bans on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles, including AR-15s, in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins. The cases challenge bans in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut. The Court is considering whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect the right to possess AR-platform and similar semiautomatic rifles that tens of millions of Americans already own for lawful purposes. “Tens of millions of law-abiding Americans own these rifles for self-defense, sport, and the same freedoms our Founders fought to…

Steiner Optics—a member of the Beretta Holding Group family of firms—has launched the Steiner Overwatch Program, a new individual-officer purchase initiative created to provide qualified military, law enforcement, first responders, corrections personnel and court officials with special pricing on select products. It is available exclusively through select, authorized brick-and-mortar Steiner dealers and applies to in-store purchases only. Participants must provide qualifying credentials to take advantage of the cash savings. Those who qualify include active and retired sworn law enforcement officers (federal, state, county and city) as well as active-duty military, reservists, National Guard members and retired military personnel. In addition,…

Editor’s Note: The following recipe for Survival Cookies is from fellow preparedness blogger Patrice Lewis. It was first published with many photos in her Rural Revolution blog. We highly recommend bookmarking her blog. – JWR When I put up the recent post on making strawberry preserves, a reader asked why I canned it up in quart jars instead of pints. Short answer: Just about the only thing we use strawberry preserves for is as a filling for so-called “survival cookies.” Back in our old home, these incredibly delicious filled oatmeal sandwich cookies made the rounds among our group of homeschooling…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired2Hunt Foundations Podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting. Presented by First Light, creating proven, versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle, or blind. First Light, go farther, stay longer. And now, your host, Tony Peterson. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired2Hunt Foundations Podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today is all about loss in life and in the deer woods. I know that last week I said I was going to write about early season buck sign this…

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Introductory Disclaimer:  I am not an attorney, and the following is not legal advice. I am just a reasonably knowledgeable individual. Be sure to consult an attorney licensed in your state before making any changes to you gun collection! –  JWR A pair of consolidated court cases were recently appealed and a very strong and favorable Permanent Injunction was issued, nullifying a large portion of the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, but only for the plaintiffs and for those in a “Protected Class” linking them to the plaintiffs. On August 5, 2026, a federal district court for the Northern…

This Week in History On September 8, 1664, the Dutch surrendered their colony of New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, to 300 English soldiers. Following the capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, to honor the Duke of York, who had organized the mission. — September 9, 1000: Battle of Svolder, Baltic Sea: King Olaf on board the Long Serpent was defeated in one of the greatest naval battles of the Viking Age. He leapt to his death, overboard. — September 10, 1919:  Treaty of Saint-Germain. Austria ended its incorporation with Germany. But its independence was short-lived. In the…

Armed Citizen® Today In Ann Arbor, Mich., on the afternoon of Aug. 27, a man entered a stamps and coins business and produced a firearm. A clerk responded by drawing their gun and firing one shot. The suspect fled on foot with another adult male who had entered the business earlier than the presumptive robber. No one was struck by the gunfire, and no injuries were reported. Responding officers searched the surrounding area but were unable to locate either suspect. (Breaking News 989 Facebook post; Saginaw, Mich.; 8/28/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – Jan. 23, 1987 An elderly Grass…

The two most iconic submachine muzzle profiles would have to be the Cutts Compensator on the Thompson submachine guns and the tri-lug mount of the Heckler & Koch MP5. It is the latter that Springfield Armory is incorporating into its popular and award-winning Kuna large-format pistol. Springfield Armory has taken its award-winning Kuna pistol and added a model with a tri-lug mount barrel. Image courtesy of Springfield Armory. The MP5 was born in an era when the use of suppressors was becoming more common among military and law enforcement users, and the tri-lug mount allowed a suppressor to quickly be…