Assault Weapon Archives

AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, magazines and ammunition. (Photo credit: AP/Ted S. Warren)

Tenn. Firearms Association raffles AR-15; stirs controversy for promoting the ‘same weapon used by Adam Lanza’

The Tennessee Firearms Association recently put together a raffle for a Bushmaster AR-15. While the… Read more →

12 reasons I hunt with an AR-15 (and you should too)

“For those people in my life who like to question my experience and how I spend my weekends, who don’t see the ‘reasons’ why AR-15s can be the best hunting rifle tool for the job—well how about 13…” Read more →

EDITORIAL: After Restrictive Legislation in Maryland, What’s Next for Beretta?

3/12/13 | by David Higginbotham

Beretta has invested heavily in Maryland. The Accokeek plant is home to all of Beretta USA’s production. But Maryland’s legislature is set to pass some restrictive new measures that will affect the way the world’s oldest firearms company does business. Staying in Maryland seems doubtful, but what will be lost if they move? Read more →

Brownells Explains PMAG Shipping Issues

2/08/13 | by David Higginbotham

Everything related to the AR-15 is hard to come by. The guns. Magazines. Ammunition. But some of the more reputable online retailers, like Brownells, have allowed some back-orders. But when rumors started circulating that some PMAG orders were shipping before others, and out of order…well you can imagine the backlash. Read more →

EDITORIAL: Rambo Supports Assault Weapon Ban

2/07/13 | by David Higginbotham

So I was kicking back on the couch the last night, really wishing there was a way to pack even more murder and mayhem into Death Race 2000, when I wondered what old “Machine Gun” Joe Viterbo would say about our current national gun conversations? I didn’t have to look far. Sly Stallone, the man who immortalized the fictional John Rambo, has weighed in on the debate. Read more →