"Tuebor" – latin verb meaning "I will defend" | Firearms education, regulation news, and gear guidance for American shooters and hunters.
Every firearms accident has violated at least one of these four rules. Most violated more than one. That is not a coincidence. The rules work as a system, where any single one of them, followed, prevents a tragedy even if another fails. Colonel Jeff Cooper formalized these rules around 1976 when he founded Gunsite, the … Read more
On April 29, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and newly confirmed ATF Director Robert Cekada announced 34 firearms regulatory changes at a single press conference, the largest single regulatory release in the history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They called it the “New Era of Reform.” The package was issued … Read more
Not to frighten you, but hearing loss from shooting can be permanent and cumulative. Every shot without adequate protection does damage that does not heal. A single unsuppressed gunshot can exceed 140 decibels, well above the 85 dB threshold where sustained exposure begins causing damage, and in the range where a single exposure can cause … Read more
A ballistics chart tells the story about how a bullet behaves from the moment it leaves the barrel to the moment it hits the target. Once you know what each column means, the chart becomes one of the most useful tools in deciding what ammunition to buy and how to shoot accurately at distance. What … Read more
After more than nine hours of debate at the May 13 meeting in Gaylord, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted to limit Lower Peninsula hunters to one antlered deer per season starting March 1, 2027. The vote was the conclusion of a months-long public process that drew packed meeting rooms, dozens of public commenters, and … Read more