Guns & Gear

Two gun rights advocacy groups have taken legal action against a New York law regarding concealed carry of firearms inside the state.  The Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) re-filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York over the so-called Concealed Carry Improvement …

by Friedrich Seiltgen The Chief Financial Officer of Florida is striking back against credit card companies using a new system that can track firearms purchases by law abiding citizens. Credit card companies have said they will apply a new sales code for purchases at U.S. gun stores.  The Geneva-based International …

While critics warn that a new credit card merchant code could serve as a back-door way to form a national gun registry, at least one credit card company, Visa, has vowed to reject the system. “Visa is firmly against this,” the company wrote in a statement.  The Geneva-based International Organization …

by Friedrich Seiltgen Taurus Firearms has been on a tear lately. They’re introducing new models, updating older ones,and establishing themselves as a major player in the EDC market. Improvements in qualitycontrol have been made, and the addition of a new U.S. based manufacturing facility has helpedTaurus keep up with demand. …

One of the most iconic machine guns ever made is the Soviet-built DShK – known mostly as the Dushka. It has been used in wars from Vietnam to Syria and an adapted version is being used by the Ukrainian military. The Dushka was originally developed in the 1930s as an anti-aircraft gun, …

by Owen Thorne Spending the better part of five months on the ground in Ukraine, beginning with the siege of Kyiv and then on to most of the major battlefields, has built a strong bond with the Ukrainian patriots fighting there.  On those battlefields I observed not only the maelstrom of …

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) went to Finland, and met the Finnish army’s Leopard 2 main battle tank. Soldier of Fortune’s new YouTube channel shows you what they saw in Sodankyla.

by Friedrich Seiltgen A Florida Democrat is battling the federal government over whether state residents can buy firearms if they also use medical marijuana.   Federal law says you can’t do both. But Florida’s Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Nikki Fried believes the law should be changed. Earlier this year, she …

How fast can an M777 be fired in succession? These Marines with the 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, can give you an idea. They recently conduced live fire training with their M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at the Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, during Rim of the Pacific Exercise …

This bladed missile is believed to be the weapon that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri while he stood on a balcony in downtown Kabul. The Hellfire missiles, made by Lockheed Martin, are precision-guided munitions for air-to-ground strikes that usually cause significant damage. Here’s how they work.