Guns.com at 15: From News Blog to Premier Online
Guns.com at 15: From News Blog to Premier Online. Guns.com marks 15 years of growth—from a 2A news blog in 2011 to a leading online firearms, ammo, and suppressors retailer. How a freelance operation became { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com#person", "name": "Guns.com", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com", "description": "Guns.com is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/bf709d2c-5917-4bcf-9b86-740396d311c9.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/guns-com-15-years-history-growth#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/guns-com-15-years-history-growth" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/guns-com-15-years-history-growth", "headline": "Guns.com at 15: From News Blog to Premier Online", "name": "Guns.com at 15: From News Blog to Premier Online", "description": "Guns.com marks 15 years of growth—from a 2A news blog in 2011 to a leading online firearms, ammo, and suppressors retailer. How a freelance operation became", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "Guns.com turned 15 this year, and the milestone marks one of the more unusual arcs in the modern firearms industry: a 2A news blog that became a full online firearms retailer selling new and used guns, suppressors, ammo, and accessories. In its own 15th anniversary retrospective on Greyhive, the Guns.com team walks through the whole timeline — 2011 launch, 2013 pivot to video, 2017 decision to start selling guns, 2018 platform launch. That path matters beyond nostalgia. Guns.com is now one of the three large retailer feeds powering contextual product placement inside Greyhive's VAPR™ engine, which means the company that started with a handful of freelance writers scouring the internet for gun news is now part of the commerce infrastructure the industry runs on. Here's how the Guns.com team tells the story, and what the 15-year arc says about where firearms retail is headed. Key Takeaways Guns.com launched in 2011 as a 2A news blog staffed by freelance writers scattered across the U.S. In 2013 the company hired a filmmaker who traveled the country covering machine gun shoots, events, and gun owner interviews. Social accounts grew to millions of fans, and Guns.com became a regular presence at SHOT Show and the NRA Annual Meetings. The decision to sell firearms was made in 2017; the e-commerce platform launched in 2018. The stated mission includes serving local FFLs and manufacturers with a turnkey e-commerce solution, not just r…