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How Often Do You Clean Your Guns?

By Matthew Maruster / March 23, 2023

How frequently do you clean your firearms? This is a gun topic people seem to like to debate. Do you clean them every time you shoot them? Or do you…

S8E7: Don’t Blast Away AT Targets

By Riley Bowman / March 22, 2023

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss the problem some shooters have of blasting away AT targets instead of picking a specific aiming point and SHOOTING the target. We talk about this in the context of the Steel Challenge stage known as “Smoke and Hope.”

Judge Grants Injunction Against Parts of CA Handgun Roster

By Matthew Maruster / March 21, 2023

Yesterday, Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney granted an injunction for the plaintiffs in court case Boland v. Bonta. The plaintiffs challenge3 requirements in California’s restrictive handgun roster that prohibits Californians’…

Verdict & Sentencing for 2 Men Involved In 2018 Shooting Over Dumped Mattress

By Matthew Maruster / March 20, 2023

You may remember a 2018 shooting incident out of Abilene, Texas, that made national news. The people involved were arguing over a mattress one man left in an alley dumpster.…

Overcoming the Top 4 Reasons People Are Scared to Get a Federal Firearms License (FFL)

By Matthew Maruster / March 17, 2023

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) is the agency that regulates any entity that sells or manufactures a firearm. Those businesses need a Federal Firearms License (FFL) to…

Dad Shoots at Roommate Found in Daughters Bed

By Matthew Maruster / March 15, 2023

In an incident that happened last week, a man shot at two roommates inside his Cape Coral, Florida home. That man faces 3 felony charges. Here is what happened. Late…

S8E6: Fostering Growth and Success Through Building Diverse 2A Communities

By Riley Bowman / March 14, 2023

Riley Bowman sits down with three fellow members of “The Tribe,” which is a community of like-minded but diverse shooters and gun carriers. It is made up of all ages from 22 to 62, all sorts of races and ethnicities, varying socioeconomic backgrounds, and a variety of careers and employment types including farmers, welders, HVAC techs, cops, retail workers, etc.

White House:Biden Executive Order Brings U.S. “As Close to Universal Background Checks as Possible”

By Matthew Maruster / March 14, 2023

Back in January, a 72-year-old lunatic shot and killed 11 people at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California. Today Biden is in that same California town to announce his…

Do You Carry Your Gun As Often as You Should?

By Matthew Maruster / March 13, 2023

I was looking at a Gallup Poll Article from November 2021 which discussed Americans’ reasons for owning firearms. The organization which has been conducting this poll for decades found a…

Anti-Public Safety Legislators in Colorado Push Closer To Disarming The Proletariat

By J. Gibson / March 10, 2023

I live in Colorado; I own guns and the latest round of proposed anti-freedom, anti-gun legislation has me concerned. Like all authoritarian communist regimes throughout history, anti-public safety legislators in…

Another Unsecured Gun, Another Dead Child

By Matthew Maruster / March 8, 2023

According to WAAF News 48, an 8-year-old child died after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot injury. What makes this tragic death even worse is that it didn’t have to happen. Child…

Will Donna’s Law Reduce Gun Related Suicides

By Matthew Maruster / March 7, 2023

An ABC News article from earlier this week covered a daughter’s tragic story of her mother’s 2018 suicide. That tragedy was the catalyst for legislation called Donna’s Law. Today, three…

WATCH— Neighbor Intervenes During Domestic Battery

By Matthew Maruster / March 6, 2023

Here is a video I pulled off of an online forum. Typically, I post these videos and try to pull some lessons that can help us better respond to various…

Victim Uses Awareness And a Gun to End Armed Attacker

By Matthew Maruster / February 28, 2023

A video from a ring doorbell camera captured a deadly encounter between two men. One of the two men involved walked away, the other is dead. Looking at the brief…

S8E5: The Battle over Gun Registration & Assault Weapon Ban Rages On

By Jacob Paulsen / February 27, 2023

Jacob and Matthew review 7 recent stories that affect your gun rights and the gun industry at large. The ATF is being called out, judges are making important decisions, and those in Constitutional Carry States are getting an important reminder.