You would be hard-pressed to find a veteran with as colorful of a military career as USCCA Member John R. Cronin. He can trace his family’s military service back more than 200 years to the American…

You may have heard about the hostile shooting event that took place at a Texas high school a few weeks ago. According to the available details, calls came into local law enforcement around 9:15 a.m.…

Family Feud Turns Violent in Kentucky A Pikeville man was digging in his yard when a neighboring family complained he was working on their land. What had been an ongoing property dispute turned…

“Mr. Wirkkala, you are free to go.” With those words, Circuit Court Judge Randy Miller closed the book on an eight-year nightmare for Oregon native Luke Wirkkala. “I breathed free air for the first…

By 1857, the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company was bankrupt. Most of its investors pulled out, including Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, who formed the company two years before. However, shirt…

Handgun Beats Shotgun: Oregon Man Defends Family Against Shotgun-Wielding Neighbor A man armed with a shotgun attempted to force his way into two Elmira neighborhood homes. At the second home, the…

Rising numbers of COVID cases and unrest around the U.S. brought with it a record number of gun sales. And while the related ammo shortage may have firearms enthusiasts scrambling, new gun owners can…

I recently had an opportunity to participate in USCCA’s unique #RealityCheck panel discussion and pop-up training event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that included several amazing members of the 2A…

It’s difficult to say exactly how many tattoos Ralph Friedman has accumulated over the course of his life, though at last count the tally stood at more than 100. As several decades have passed, he’s…

With the revival of the Olympics in 1896, Baron Pierre de Coubertin decided to incorporate five shooting events into the games. Today, the number of shooting events is 15. There were two years the…

Bad Breaks: Washington State Gun Store Robbery Foiled By Armed Clerk A man entered a Bellingham gun store, produced a hammer and tried several times to break the glass of a gun case. When he failed,…

Police detectives pulled up to Baldwin’s father’s house a few hours later. The police had been at the scene of the shooting, where Joseph Smith was now confirmed dead, since shortly after shots were…