Even though the firearms market is full of slick, high-tech weapons with modern optics and polymer frames, a surprising number of gun owners continue to carry designs that are a hundred years old—or even…
24/7 Wall St. Insights Hunting rifles vary in power and caliber, and should be chosen based on what game is being hunted. Rifles like the BMG are too powerful to hunt with in most…
Rifles are a type of long gun that lack the concealability typical of a handgun or the versatility of most shotguns. Despite these limitations, rifles have several characteristics that make them ideal firearms for…
Multiple states have passed new gun-related legislation so far in 2025. North Carolina approved a bill allowing permitless concealed carry, becoming the 30th state to do so. Colorado enacted Bull 3, which mandates a…
The United States is the largest consumer market for firearms in the world, and that market is largely dominated by pistols. Pistols — a specific category of handguns that excludes revolvers — accounted for…
Early June has been a busy time for gun legislation regarding high-capacity magazines. On June 2, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review challenges to bans on assault-rifles. The refusal upheld lower court rulings…
Compared to other high-income countries, the United States has one of the worst rates of gun violence in the world. A 2022 analysis from the Everytown Gun Safety Support Fund found that the U.S.…
In March of 2025, a state appellate court decided that gun control measure 114 is constitutional. Now, an Oregon Supreme Court has agreed to review the previous decision. Measure 114 was just barely approved…
Our nation’s history of firearm ownership began with the Second Amendment in 1791. This infamous and often cited amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. Many decades passed before major legislation was enacted in…
Precision bolt-action rifles are sought-after firearms and continue to surge in popularity in 2025. Hunters and long-range shooters are particularly fond of these guns. According to Shooting Illustrated and Gun Tests, some top sellers…
Handguns are a category of firearms that includes both semi-automatic pistols and revolvers — and over the last decade, handguns have surged in popularity. In 2023 alone, Americans bought an estimated 8.3 million handguns,…
A gun-related lawsuit in New Mexico has just been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The state had previously sued gun manufacturers, claiming the companies were aware of illegal trafficking of their weapons. However, the…
Widely carried by American law enforcement for much of the 20th century, revolvers have been all but replaced in professional circles by semi-automatic pistols in recent decades. Law enforcement’s transition to semi-automatics is attributable…
Estimates as to the total number of firearms in circulation in the United States range from about 392 million to over 500 million. Even assuming the low-end estimate, a report from the Geneva-based research…
Since hitting a multi-decade high of 15.9 million in 2021, the number of licensed hunters in the United States has ticked down slightly. As of 2023, the latest year of available data from the…
