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Judging by the new shotguns of SHOT Show 2024, it’s clear that gun makers are anticipating an as-yet untapped horde of optic-buyers: duck and upland hunters. Several manufacturers have introduced ...

In my younger days, my buddies and I always went to a bar after work. Every now and then we’d get into arguments with a bar fly—from politics to our favorite bird gun—and suddenly were all in a fight.

It’s called “plucking the bird,” a strategy based on the analogy of pulling one feather at a time so the bird doesn’t notice until it realizes it can’t fly. That appears to be how the National Rifle ...

Monday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for firearms hearings to determine whether someone is eligible to own a gun, protections for birds, and a ban on some electrical stimulation ...

Andrew Bird's newest album, Are You Serious, is out April 1. Bird is touring behind the album, and this week, he's announced a partnership with the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, a movement ...

Everytown For Gun Safety teamed up with Andrew Bird and actor and director Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation, Girls) for a heartbreaking anti-gun violence video. The video, directed by Morales, is ...

Over the course of the last few weeks, I've received dozens of messages from bird hunters excited to welcome a puppy into their lives for the first time this spring. Most of these messages have ...