It’s the Fourth of July Weekend, and this particular Independence Day falls in the middle of our nation’s 250th anniversary.  All the more reason to...

In 1975 a guy named Richard Davis invited some friends – including some cops whose lives had been saved by Davis’ Second Chance brand...

It’s not just a cliché to say that the children are the future.  With the rights of law-abiding firearms owners constantly under attack, it’s politically...

This month I shot what I believe will be the last of The Pin Shoots, my all-time favorite shooting match that began in the...

A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting fellow Backwoods Home writer Jeff Yago and found him to be a very smart guy. Here’s...

Fifty years ago my friend Richard Davis created a new gun sport, bowling pin shooting. Half a century later I am writing this midway through the...

The Evil Princess and I just finished up a great fifty-year reunion of shooters from the early days of practical pistol matches. Hosted by...

When I was young, I set aside a Beretta .380 with a tip-up barrel for when I got too old to run the slide...

Because I work in the criminal justice system, some readers ask me why I don’t generally comment on high profile shooting cases that are...

In the world of America’s most popular rifle, the AR15, one debate is whether to top the gun with an RDS (red dot sight)...