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Born Gordon William Lillie in Bloogton, Ill., on Valentine’s Day in 1860, Pawnee Bill was a rival of Buffalo Bill Cody before joining forces with the legend in the business of selling the Wild West. Pawnee Bill was an Indian interpreter, trapper, cowboy, land boomer, and businessman, but was best known as proprietor of his Wild West show, “Pawnee Bill’s Historical Wild West, Indian Museum and Encampment.” A Savage Model 1907 inscribed to Wild West showman Pawnee Bill. His family moved to Kansas when he was a boy. That is where he met the Pawnee people and became an interpreter to the U.S. Indian Agent who worked with the tribe, earning his nickname. In 1883, Buffalo Bill, aly larger than life, was putting together his “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West,” a circus-style extravaganza, and hired Pawnee Bill to translate and coordinate with the Pawnee troupe in the show. Within a few […]

The firearms media is saturated by “Best Of” articles. Best of this, best of that. Maybe the Top 5 or Top 10 of whatever. Those articles are always subjective, as they must be. They sometimes qualify their choices, but certainly not always. So, when I was assigned to write about the best SilencerCo .45 caliber suppressors, I […]

The Texas Rangers, having fought Native Americans, Mexican guerillas, and lawlessness along the border and in cow towns and oil boomtowns across the Lone Star State, have a larger-than-life image. Texas Rangers history is at times messy with moments of exceptional valor and violence, but as they celebrate their 200th anniversary this year, it is an opportunity to honor and reflect on how they helped shape the southwestern United States. Rock Island Auction Company has offered an immensity of items with connection to the Texas Rangers from the Colt Paterson that provided remarkable firepower as Rangers fought on the open range, and the Colt Walker, an improvement on that amazing firearm as the Rangers fought the Mexican Army, to the personal firearms and mementos of legendary lawmen like Frank Hamer and Manuel T. “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas. As we salute 200 years of service of the Texas Rangers, Rock Island Auction […]

For 40 years, Gun Owners of California has been at the tip of the spear in fighting for effective crime control and opposing ineffective gun control. We do this by boldly jumping into the legislative fray to impact public policy. Make no mistake this is a battle, and we are far more productive when you join us! From the very moment the United States was founded, the right of citizens to “petition” the government; this has long been vital to the success of our country as a representative democracy. One of the most effective tools available to GOC has been our ability to engage in grassroots advocacy. What is grassroots advocacy, you ask? This is what GOC is all about. Grassroots advocacy is “the basic source of support from the ground up” engaging the public to advocate, organize and mobilize for themselves. There is a huge value in […]

A group of over 50 YouTuber personalities, including myself, has sent a letter to Congress demanding that they counteract the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) pistol brace rule. The group is organized by Gun Owners of America (GOA) and calls itself the Second Amendment Action Alliance. The group has over 30 million combined followers. The letter was signed by some of the biggest stars in the gun world, including Jared Yanis from Guns and Gadgets, Tim Harmsen from the Military Arms Channel, and Eric Blandford of Iraqveteran8888. The YouTubers want Congress to take on the ever-growing power of the ATF, which is poised to make millions of Americans felons overnight once the new rule on pistol-stabilizing devices kicks in on June 1, 2023. The new regulation was made at the urging of the Biden Adistration and would reclassify almost all braced pistols as short-barreled rifles (SBR). Anyone caught with an unregistered SBR could […]

Gun rights advocates and the owners of pistol stabilizing braces are scrambling to stop a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that will make possession of the brace a felony after May 31. “I think this is going to be a very fluid situation over the next week or so,” William Kirk, a Second Amendment lawyer, YouTuber, and president of Washington Gun Law in Washington state, told The Epoch Times. “I would recommend my clients find a reliable news site and check it a couple of times a day.” On May 31, the ATF’s 120-day amnesty period for pistol brace owners will end. Pistol brace owners who don’t destroy, register, or surrender the braces to the government by the deadline will possess contraband and be subject to arrest, according to the ATF. “Our members are going to start going to jail,” Aidan Johnston, director of […]

Birgham gun maker William Tranter manufactured a double action revolver that featured an early version with double triggers that were considered second only to the guns of Robert Adams in quality and accuracy among British gun manufacturers, with some finding their way into Confederate hands. Tranter revolvers found some popularity in Australia where they were carried by Bushrangers (a.k.a. outlaws) and adventurers alike, and a cased double action revolver presented to Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart by his chief of staff is in the Smithsonian Institution. Several cased Tranter double action revolvers achieved fine realized prices in the recently completed Premier Auction while several examples of this fascinating British percussion revolver will be on offer in Rock Island Auction Company’s upcog Sporting & Collector Auction, June 21-23. The extended trigger located below the trigger guard makes this early double action Tranter revolver iconic. This firearm will be available in the June […]

Dear Speaker McCarthy, Majority Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, Minority Leader Jeffries, and Whip Clark, We, the undersigned members of the Second Amendment community, urge that Congress reject the arbitrary and tyrannical ban on up to 40 million lawfully owned pistols by the Biden Adistration. Congress must not sit on its hands while President Biden and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) actively usurps the lawmaking process to ban millions of firearms. Prior to the Biden Adistration, ATF issued numerous interpretive guidance letters approving pistol braced weapons for manufacture, sale, and possession without additional restrictions, such as federal gun registration and fingerprinting. For nearly a decade, gun stores sold braced pistols and law-abiding gun owners added them to their collections and home defense setups. Despite there being millions of braced pistols in common use around the country, there has been no statistically significant rise in violent crimes committed […]

Dear Speaker McCarthy, Majority Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, Minority Leader Jeffries, and Whip Clark, We, the undersigned members of the Second Amendment community, urge that Congress reject the arbitrary and tyrannical ban on up to 40 million lawfully owned pistols by the Biden Adistration. Congress must not sit on its hands while President Biden and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) actively usurps the lawmaking process to ban millions of firearms. Prior to the Biden Adistration, ATF issued numerous interpretive guidance letters approving pistol braced weapons for manufacture, sale, and possession without additional restrictions, such as federal gun registration and fingerprinting. For nearly a decade, gun stores sold braced pistols and law-abiding gun owners added them to their collections and home defense setups. Despite there being millions of braced pistols in common use around the country, there has been no statistically significant rise in violent crimes committed […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2023 Washington, D.C. — Gun Owners of America (GOA) issued the following statements after the 5th Circuit Court partially enjoined the Biden Pistol Brace Ban this morning. GOA and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) had filed an amicus brief in Mock v. Garland, as well as filed their own challenge to the rule in conjunction with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a different federal court. “This is an encouraging step from the Fifth Circuit, and we hope that the judge in our own case will see this ruling and in turn grant a more robust injunction to relief the millions of Americans nationwide who may soon be in legal jeopardy,” said Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior VP. “This is just the latest attempt by the Biden Adistration to weaponize federal agencies against the American people, and we will continue to stand in the way in defense of our rights.” “This injunction is welcome news, but […]

Some Representatives in the House are FURIOUS that Gun Owners of America has so many Americans up in arms demanding a vote on H.J. Res. 44 before June 1st. Along with the tens of thousands of letters sent by grassroots gun owners like YOU, we just spearheaded three industry coalition letters to House leadership. The first was from Second Amendment Action Alliance which is made up of YouTube influencers that represent over 30 million viewers and the other two letters represented both gun makers and gun dealers. All three letters urged Speaker McCarthy and other House leaders to pass H.J. Res. 44 and block Biden’s pistol ban BEFORE it goes into effect on June 1st. Since our pressure campaign is upsetting Representatives in the House so much, we know it’s working… This is not the first time Representatives have complained about GOA’s grassroots activists being so loud. Remember when anti-gun Rep. Sylvia […]

Located very close to lakes, stream and rivers, and in possession of some relic class fishing gear, fishing, in advance of going to work is a… thing. However, standing and fishing near deserted rural roadside, in today’s society, is less than exciting. My first line of defense against robbers, liars and thieves passing through Maine, has been my disheveled appearance, sweatsuit ensemble, and mass produced rod and reel. Unfortunately, crials are so dumb and desparate these days, they might not recognize a guy with $10 in his wallet, or not care. Maine has constitutional carry, and so I do. My backup CC is a Ruger 380 Max, carried in a Crossbreed SuperTuck® IWB Holster. A spare mag is carried in a N8 Tactical Magna-Clip, magnetic magazine carrier. I have had the holster for a long time and the carrier for a couple of weeks. The carrier secures a magazine with […]

Most Americans are unaware that a new rule from President Biden’s ATF is less than two weeks away from turning millions of our fellow citizens into felons overnight. The new rule targets firearms that utilize a brace, commonly referred to as pistol braced firearms. Originally designed in 2012 to aid disabled veterans in shooting guns without assistance, these attachments quickly ballooned in popularity amongst firearms enthusiasts as a fun and interesting new way to use guns and target shoot. Let’s be clear, despite claims to the contrary, these braces do not enhance the rate of fire, lethality, or effectiveness of firearms in the hands of someone hellbent on taking innocent lives. While activists recite the extremely rare instance where a firearm used in a high-profile murder had one of these pieces of plastic added on, that does not mean that it emboldened or enhanced their ability to carry out their evil deed. So, […]

On June 1st, the Biden Pistol Ban is set to go into effect. This rule, concocted by the bureaucrats at ATF, crializes ownership of an estimated 40 million firearms currently in possession by law-abiding citizens. According to the final rule, gun owners who possess braced firearms will have to destroy, reconfigure, register, and turn in their firearms to ATF, or face NFA violations which include $250,000 in fines and a hefty prison sentence. This rule will have some of the most wide-reaching impacts nationwide compared to other ATF adistrative rulemaking actions. In comparison, ATF’s bump stock rule was estimated to have affected 520,000 Americans, whereas this pistol brace ruling affects 80 times more law-abiding citizens. In response, the No Compromise Alliance sent a letter signed by notable firearms industry companies to Congress. Among the undersigned are notable firearms industry companies such as Rifle Dynamics, Kahr Arms Group, KCI USA, Tippmann Arms, and more. Additionally, two other letters were sent to Congress, […]