Firearm: Taurus 650 revolver (MSRP: $454.99) For 2025, Taurus brought back an old favorite in its revolver line, the 650, an enclosed-hammer, double-action only .357 Magnum revolver with a five-shot cylinder. Originally launched in the early 2000s, Taurus discontinued the 650 in 2017, but has brought it back as interest in wheelguns increases. With approximately the same dimensions as the ...

A birthday party in Harris County, Texas, turned into a violent shootout when a 63-year-old neighbor allegedly started firing at attendees. The homeowner was hit, and partygoers returned fire, striking the suspect. The suspect, James Thompson, faces multiple felony charges. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE HARRIS COUNTY, TX (2-minute read) — A birthday celebration in northeast Harris County took a dangerous ...

A Pennsylvania grocery store employee was arrested after allegedly making mass shooting threats while gaming on Xbox. Authorities in Cambria County say the suspect, 25-year-old Dylan Shaffer, was reported by an online gamer in Minnesota who recorded the conversation. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, PA (3-minute read) — A Cambria County grocery store employee has been jailed after allegedly ...

Smith & Wesson has just announced the new CSX E-Series, the next step in the company’s CSX line of small carry pistols. Both the original CSX and the new CSX E-Series pistols are alloy-framed, hammer-fired micro-compact carry guns chambered in 9mm. The new E-Series version gives Smith & Wesson customers the choice between 3.1- and 3.6-inch barreled pistols. Besides the ...

Tanfoglio Firearms has recently launched the new Pugio, a single-stack, compact 1911 pistol in 9 mm named after the ancient Roman Pugio dagger that was once carried by legionnaires and centurions. This new pistol takes after some of the same qualities, such as sleek, purpose-driven design and lighter weight along with the inherent accuracy afforded by 1911-pattern pistols. To save ...

Editor’s Note: Massad Ayoob has been covering Post-Shooting Trauma in his classes both for police and armed citizens around the world, currently is teaching through Massad Ayoob Group (MAG), and has been an expert witness for the courts in weapons- and homicide-related cases since 1979. He began debriefing gunfight survivors in 1972. In the wake of a lawful self-defense shooting, the stress can ...

The Nevada Department of Public Safety—Highway Patrol Division has selected the KGM Technologies R556A2 Suppressor for deployment across its law enforcement divisions. The selection underscores KGM’s commitment to providing superior sound suppression, recoil mitigation and operational efficiency to law enforcement professionals. The R556A2 was chosen after extensive evaluation and is currently being fielded across the state. “We are honored to ...

Those who choose to protect themselves and their families inside their home with a rifle or shotgun may find that keeping their defensive long-arm in a traditional gun safe (think giant metal locking box) isn’t practical. Accessing this kind of safe can be slow and cumbersome, and since everyone’s floorplans and living situations are different, that big gun safe may ...

We hit the range to test out the PSA JAKL, a long-stroke hybrid child of the AR and the AK. An AR-15 and a Kalashnikov walk into a bar. They hit it off, go home together, and 9 months later a JAKL rolls off Palmetto State Armory’s production line. At least, that’s how I imagine it happened. Jokes aside, the ...

Franklin Armory is releasing the new Franklin Armory AR Essential Binary trigger for AR-15 and AR-10 pattern firearms. Franklin Armory created the new AR Essential Binary trigger to serve as a budget-friendly alternative to its top-of-the line AR Elite Binary trigger, which retails for $429. The new AR Essential Binary trigger, on the other hand has a retail price of ...