High School Trap Shooting Team Fights for Yearbook Photo
Despite being viewed as a tool or piece of equipment such as a baseball bat, hockey stick or golf club, a Minnesota high school trap shooting team was originally barred from having their team picture in the school’s yearbook with their shotguns. Amid controversy, the Big Lake High School’s athletic director said depicting the students […]
Gun Sales Up, Accidental Gun Deaths Down
The headline really says it all, much to the demise of the anti-gun rally. A new report filed by the National Safety Council, an organization whose trademarked slogan reads “Eliminating Preventable Deaths,” shows that the number of fatal accidents involving firearms dropped to an all time low. Fatal firearms accidents declined by 17 percent […]
Oklahoma City Provides Free Gun Locks to Curb Accidental Shootings
Oklahoma City officials alongside advocates from Project ChildSafe Communities launched a federally-funded campaign to get gun locks into the hands of gun owners. Project ChildSafe, a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, is a national firearm safety education program that has distributed more than 37 million firearm safety kits that include a gun […]
National Shooting Sports Foundation Partners with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of all suicides were by firearms in 2014, with suicide accounting for roughly two-thirds of gun deaths in the same year. Using a synergistic approach, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has teamed up with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the nation’s […]
14-Year-Old Boy Scout Promotes Gun Safety
For most of us, the thought of handling a firearm is a serious undertaking, one that has involved a great deal of safety training. The thought of pointing a firearm at another person is so foreign to law-abiding gun owners, despite what the opponents would like the rest of the population to believe. With […]
NY Man Accused of Bribing Cops to Expedite Gun Permits
In case you were worried about it, corruption is alive and well in New York City. Earlier in the month Alex Lichtenstein was indicted on charges of bribing NYPD officers working in the department’s Firearms Licensing Division. The indictment coming after Lichtenstein was able to secure upwards of two dozen carry permits for a […]
NSSF Releases Firearm Industry Economic Impact Report
The 2016 Firearms and Ammunition Industry Economic Impact Report was released last week by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. As the title suggests, this comprehensive report details the economic impact that the firearms and ammunition industry has on the economy of the United States and on each of its individual states. While it is no […]
Watch: Scientists Formulate Metal Foam That Can Destroy an Incoming Bullet
The year 1965 brought the invention of Kevlar, but it wasn’t long before folks started designing bullets that could penetrate the wearable armor in which it was used. In 2016, it looks to be metal foam that measures only a few millimeters in thickness that will be the next line of defense against a bullet. […]
Video: Watch What Happens When You Fire a .50 Cal Down the Barrel of a Shotgun
Richard Ryan, who hosts the FullMag YouTube Channel, wanted to find out what would happen if he took aim at the barrel of a 12 gauge shotgun using his .50 caliber rifle and let a round go. The video shows Ryan lining up the shot, which apparently took him about two hours and then attempting […]
Infographic: 5 Things More Likely to Kill You Than a Firearm
The Gateway Law team down in San Diego, California has crafted an interesting infographic with help from the National Safety Council. The graphic illustrates, for those of us who think about the chances of dying under any given number of circumstances, how likely we are to die from some of the leading causes of death. […]