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More on AG Healey’s ‘copycat’ guns ban   RE: Recent Alan Gottlieb’s comments on Massachusetts Att. General gun bans. “Attorney General Healey has declared war on guns,” Gottlieb said. “Her goal is to eliminate gun ownership. What we need is a ban on assault politicians who do not respect constitutional rights.” Yikes! AG Healey imagines […]

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Review by  John Markwell Lyman 50th Edition Reloading Manual; Thomas J. Griffon, Editor. 2016.Lyman Products Corp., 475 Smith St., Dept. TGM, Middletown, CT 06457. 81/2×11” illustrated soft cover, 528 pages $ 29.98 (hardcover available for $39.98) Debuted at the 2016 NRA convention, this is #50 in a long line of Lyman Reloading Handbooks. Lyman has […]

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By John Markwell | Contributing Editor If you’ve been lucky enough to live at your rural retreat, spend time there on weekends, or are contemplating the big move, there are a myriad of things to think about and occupy your time. We have been fortunate to have lived in truly rural America since 1969.During the […]

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by Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor Cimarron Firearms Company is recognized as a leader in quality and authenticity for replica firearms. Since 1984 they have worked hard to bring replicas into this country that represent the best in authentic detail, fit, and finish in addition to the function and performance of the frontier-style firearms. We […]

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by Jim Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA When I was asked to do a review of one of Davide Pedersoli’s latest firearms, I jumped at the opportunity. The firearm company Davide Pedersoli started building modern double-barrel and over-under shotguns in 1958. It was in 1960 that the company began to build muzzleloaders. The company is […]

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by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor As you’ve doubtless experienced, shooters can be an obstinate, opinionated bunch of individuals who like to speak in flat statements. But we start running up against reality when we speak in absolutes like, “They’re exactly the same,” or “You’ll blow up your gun.” Sometimes those absolutes are the result […]

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By Scott Smith | Contributing Editor Today manufacturers are offering handguns to meet shooters needs for competition and practice. We find old school pistols such as 1911s being offered in 9mm for personal protection and competition and numerous “air guns” that look and feel like their centerfire counterparts for practice. It is good to see […]

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by Alan Gottlieb When Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton openly declared war on the so-called “gun lobby” in 2015 as a cornerstone of her White House campaign, she was essentially telling tens of millions of honest American citizens that she considered their fundamental right to keep and bear arms to be a government-regulated privilege. At a […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor    Almost immediately after the Wall Street Journal revealed that federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement “persuaded” local police officers in Southern California in 2010 to scan the license plates of gun show customers, the Second Amendment Foundation called for a Congressional investigation.    SAF founder and executive Vice […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor    When an Oregon Circuit Court judge went off on guns from the bench during the sentencing of a convicted killer, admitting that he would prefer to dump all the guns in America in the ocean, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms publicly called on […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor    Murders were up sharply in 2015, jumping to 13,455 reported slayings, according to the 2015 FBI Uniform Crime Report, which was released the final week of September. Homicides involving firearms were up, too, from the 8,124 posted in 2014 to 9,616 last year. However, even with these upward spikes, […]

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An Oregon clergyman who spent $3,000 of his church’s “discretionary funds” on tickets to win an AR-15 rifle that was being raffled by a girls’ softball team may soon understand the downside of extremist gun control laws. According to the Lake Oswego Review, the Rev. Jeremy Lucas of the Christ Church Episcopal Parish in Lake […]

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The display of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, or the Gadsden flag with its timber rattlesnake often seen at pro-gun rallies, is under investigation by the federal government as constituting race-based harassment, according to the Houston Chronicle. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a complaint in early 2014 from an African-American man who […]

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A county sheriff in southwest Ohio is reportedly encouraging his non-commissioned staffers who have carry licenses to pack their sidearms at the office, according to WLWT and the Associated Press. The Hamilton Journal-News also noted that Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones encourages those same employees “to carry their weapon while operating any department vehicle away […]

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Boston’s Roman Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, has called for a total ban on military-lookalike semi-auto rifles and full capacity magazines as well as universal background checks for all prospective gun buyers, according to The Pilot, a diocesan newspaper. In a statement made in response to the violence at the gay nightclub in Orlando […]

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Notoriously anti-gun Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said in a new interview with Politico’s Glenn Thrush that it’s important for top Democrats to have the right opinions on gun control. “This has become a litmus test issue for leadership in the Democratic Party,” he told Thrush, according to The Hill. “I mean, if you want to […]

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In July Democrat presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat down with Fox News’ Chris Wallace for her first official interview since accepting her Party’s nomination at the DNC convention in Philadelphia. During the interview, Clinton was asked about the storing and transfer of top secret, classified information on her private email […]

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Days after three Washington State teens enjoying a summer gathering at a private home north of Seattle were murdered; a columnist for the Seattle Times penned an article that essentially blamed the gun and the company that made it. Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat talked plenty about the firearm, a Ruger SR556, and about the […]

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A new partnership between the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the nation’s largest suicide prevention organization, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, will allow for both organizations to embark on a first-of-its-kind national plan to build and implement public education resources for firearms retailers, shooting ranges […]

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New Browning: BXR big game ammunition In time for this fall’s deer hunt comes Browning’s new BXR ammunition, created specifically for deer and other big game, including elk, moose and bear. It features a bonded bullet with what Browning calls the BXC Controlled Expansion Terminal Tip, made from aluminum. This projectile is designed for deep […]

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