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Search engine AI snippets choking traffic to 2A news sites

by F Riehl, Editor in Chief

6:00am Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Across the internet, artificial intelligence “snippets” are pulling content from pro-gun publishers, summarizing it directly on search platforms, and stripping away the need for readers to actually click through to the original sites.

Uh-oh! Anti-gun group Everytown's online 'firearm training' triggers org's own followers

6:00am Tuesday, September 30, 2025

A revealing article in USA Today last week reported that Everytown for Gun Safety’s new “firearms training” program, Train SMART, “met stiff opposition from [Everytown’s] own members and longtime supporters.” You can't make this up.

Canada gun grab: Amnesty expiration nears as top officials sow confusion

6:00am Monday, September 29, 2025

Canada’s Liberal government has used “buyback” to describe the 2020 mandatory “assault weapon” confiscation law in an attempt to make the scheme appear less hostile to property rights and responsible gun owners and more palatable to the general public. Recent pronouncements on the gun ban and confiscation have veered even further down the road of disingenuous political messaging.

From censorship rise to dollar dive, AI kicking 2A sites off a cliff

by Jenn Jacques

6:00am Friday, September 26, 2025

One adverse effect of artificial intelligence (AI) is silenced voices within the firearms industry. Firearm news sites and gun blogs have reported a decline in readership traffic due to several factors, one being search platforms using AI to divert traffic from independent websites.

BFA-sponsored Protecting Houses of Worship class earns participants' praise

by Angela Armstrong

6:00am Thursday, September 25, 2025

A recent "Protecting Houses of Worship" training brought together community members, church leaders, and safety volunteers with a shared mission: to safeguard places of worship while preserving their welcoming environment. Here's what participants had to say about it.

NRA files brief in challenge to federal suppressor registration mandate

6:00am Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The National Rifle Association, American Suppressor Association, and Independence Institute filed an amicus brief Sept. 17, urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant rehearing en banc (in full court) in a challenge to the National Firearms Act’s registration requirement for suppressors.

Ohio House bill would let certain officials carry concealed firearms in government facilities

by Joe D. "Buck" Ruth

6:00am Tuesday, September 23, 2025

A new gun-related bill introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives would give certain state officials, judges, and magistrates permission to carry a concealed handgun in a government facility of the state or a political subdivision.

Protecting Houses of Worship - November 1 in Mayfield Heights

6:00am Monday, September 22, 2025

Does your church or organization have a security team ready to go and are they prepared to counter an active killing event? This all-new training class scheduled Nov. 1 at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Heights is designed as an intro to help identify security needs, as well as organizational and team training standards.