The Shooters Hangout

We all complain about our gun rights being taken away. Rarely do we have an opportunity to directly prevent that from happening. That opportunity is this Wednesday evening. On Feb 18th at 6pm the Carlsbad Planning Commission will have a hearing to decide if they will allow a gun range to open in the city […]

NRA-ILA In a move clearly intended by the Obama Administration to suppress the acquisition, ownership and use of AR-15s and other .223 caliber general purpose rifles, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives unexpectedly announced today that it intends to ban commonplace M855 ball ammunition as “armor piercing ammunition.” The decision continues Obama’s use […]

There is imminent news for CCW permits in San Diego and California! Very, very soon we will be getting news from the 9th Circuit Court. 🙂 Get the news right here on this news site www.TheShootersHangout.com There is only one way to be the first to get the news- scroll to the bottom of the […]

by AWR Hawkins6 Feb 2015142 On February 4, Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-5th Dist.) introduced a bill to ban “high capacity” ammunition magazines, and it was supported by 100 Democrat cosponsors. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the same legislation to the Senate. And Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said Democrats are starting with magazine bans, but the […]

by Tom McHale “Here’s a bold statement. When you fly the friendly skies, you’ll experience more invasion of privacy, groping and unwanted scrutiny when you walk through the TSA checkpoint than when you try to check guns in your baggage. I fly enough that the majority of currently employed TSA agents are intimately familiar with […]

February 12, 2015 By Greg Campbell “In what is perhaps the most-logical and long-overdue idea to emerge from our legislative body, Senators will soon have the opportunity to consider allowing citizens with concealed carry permits to exercise their Second Amendment rights across state lines. While some might call this notion “radical,” many who understand the […]

By nssfnews “More than half of women (55.6 percent) participating in a new study commissioned by the National Shooting Sports Foundation said they intend to purchase at least one firearm in the next 12 months. That finding and many others reflect the growing popularity of firearms ownership by women, who represent the fastest growing segment […]

The Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015 The Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015 (S.405), NSSF’s top legislative priority, has been introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM). For hunters and sport shooters this is the most significant piece sportsmen’s legislation in a generation. It protects the use of […]

Larry Provost | Jul 31, 2014 “I was never a big fan of weapons, until I got married and moved South. Thank God I escaped Leftist Stockholm Syndrome. My family was never big into weapons, even though we grew up on the farm. Tragically, I think much of it stemmed from a close relative who […]

February 4, 2015 By Greg Campbell “In states with a conservative populace, we are seeing a renaissance of freedom vis-à-vis Second Amendment rights. For years, those who sought to uphold the Second Amendment’s protections were bombarded with a massive assault from all angles. As Americans worked to try and fight-back outright bans and increased federal […]