Walk into any gun shop or scroll through any firearms retailer online, and you'll find an overwhelming wall of handgun accessories promising to make you faster, more accurate, or more prepared. Some of these upgrades genuinely improve your firearm's performance and your safety. Others are little more than marketing dressed up as necessity. Here's an honest breakdown of what deserves a spot on your handgun — and what you can skip. Start With the Foundation: Why Your Holster Matters More Tha …

If you've shopped for an AR-15 handguard lately, you've probably noticed something: KeyMod options are getting harder to find, and the ones that remain are often sitting in the clearance bin. Meanwhile, M-LOK dominates nearly every new product release. This isn't your imagination. KeyMod really is fading from the market, and there are clear, documented reasons why. A Quick Refresher: What KeyMod Actually Is KeyMod launched in 2012 as a joint effort between VLTOR Weapon Systems and Noveske Riflew …

For nearly a century, anyone who wanted to legally own a suppressor faced the same obstacle: a $200 federal tax stamp, a holdover from Prohibition-era gun control that hadn't budged a dollar since 1934. That changed on July 4, 2025, when the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law, reducing the National Firearms Act (NFA) transfer tax on suppressors — along with short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and "Any Other Weapons" (AOWs) — from $200 to …