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In this week’s American Rifleman Television web-exclusive video, Robert McCue, general manager of MILO Range SMART, explains just how realistic and useful this virtual firearm training is for law enforcement officers, soldiers and armed citizens. The MILO simulators provide life-saving learning opportunities that let you maximize your training. Taking lessons from dangerous situations all over the world, MILO combines them into top-notch real-world experiences, and you can see American Rifleman's Brian Sheetz put into some tough simulated situations.
Despite being early adopters of several semi-automatic rifles for military use, the French army took several decades to work out a standardized semi-automatic rifle for general service use. The rifle that finally came to being was the MAS-49.
"An armed society is a polite society," goes the famous quote, which is also the inspiration behind Polite Society Industries, a new suppressor manufacturer that now has a complete line available to consumers.
Iconic American firearms maker Smith & Wesson will join NRA-ILA on the road as nation's leading firearm group turns out voters ahead of the 2026 midterm.
The 2026 National Firearms Survey conducted by William English of Georgetown University estimates that armed citizens in America use their guns 2.2 million to defend themselves or others.