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60-vote rule originated with Reid’s Democrats Dear Editor: Funny how things work out, or so it seems. Back a couple of years or so ago, when the Democrats controlled the US Senate, Harry Reid and Company pushed through this 60 vote “cloture vote” rule change. Recently, it seemed to have taken a large bite out of […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor    Two different Rasmussen surveys, taken within days of one another in August, show a higher degree of importance for the Second Amendment among likely U.S. voters than support for either Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton or Republican nominee Donald Trump.    One of those surveys also shows more support (54%) […]

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The National Rifle Association’s Eddie the Eagle gun safety program that has taught important gun safety rules to some 28 million school children since it was launched in 1988 may be the target of a kidnapping by the Michael Bloomberg anti-gun crowd. The NRA recently reported that “if there’s any truth to a recent blog […]

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Shock jock media star Howard Stern once again put his pro-gun views on display recently as Democrats on Capitol Hill were pushing anti-gun proposals in the Senate and the House. Stern said in essence that disarming America only creates more defenseless people thus making it easier for terrorists to commit their evil deeds. “I’m so […]

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A vintage pistol that was once owned by legendary performer, gun enthusiast and quick-draw artist Sammy Davis Jr. was among 791 guns that the Los Angeles Police Department collected during a weekend gun buy-up program in early May, according to city officials quoted by the Los Angeles Times. The Rat Pack member’s 1911 .45-caliber pistol […]

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Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to turn over all of its gun owners to a federal database, but it hopes to be a model for other states to do the same. The database, called “Rap Back,” is run by the FBI and informs police when a gunowner is arrested anywhere in […]

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By Mark Walters The old saying claims you should stay away from politics and religion during family gatherings, right? Yeah, well that doesn’t always fly around my house—particularly when the political end of that equation involves my livelihood. (It has damaged relationships within my own family: not because of me, but because the liberal family […]

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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who served as secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, criticized Democrats for trying to pass gun control measures after the mass shooting in Orlando, The Hill reported. “You kind of wonder what kind of glasses some of the Democrats are wearing as they look at that horrible […]

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For the first time since 2013, the member groups that comprise the National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban have reunited against federal gun control measures being pushed in the wake of recent mass homicides, and sent a joint Open Letter to Congress on July 6. In particular, coalition members vowed to fight any “compromise” […]

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By Alan Gottlieb   The current flap over the appearance of a handgun in a Matt Damon movie poster seems like political correctness run amok, even considering recent violent acts in Dallas, Baton Rouge and elsewhere. It’s a movie poster, after all, not a declaration of war. And frankly, it strains credulity that somebody’s sensitivities […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Patriot movement activist and self-identified “citizen journalist” Mike Vanderboegh, who was instrumental in uncovering the Obama administration’s Operation Fast and Furious scandal, passed away Aug. 10 following a five-year battle with cancer. Vanderboegh, who worked with blogger and investigative journalist David Codrea to expose the scandal, was 64. The founder of […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Days after three Washington State teens enjoying a summer gathering at a private home north of Seattle were murdered in a shooting, 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 […]

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The Daniel Defense Ambush .308 Winchester in Kryptek Highlander is the new benchmark for anyone demanding an accurate, fast-handling, hard-hitting platform capable of taking down any North American big-game animal. Built from the ground up, this rifle has been engineered to help you harvest that trophy with the precision and dependability you expect from Daniel […]

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   Winchester Ammunition has introduced a new shotshell load for predators that ups the odds of hitting a moving animal such as a coyote. The new Varmint X load is designed with Winchester’s Shot-Lok Technology, which features a liquid gel that surrounds pellets in the shot cup and then hardens. The result is a shot charge […]

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Review by John Markwell | Contributing Editor GUN GUY, by Bill Wilson/Michael Bane. ©2016. Published by Wilson Combat, 2452 CR 719, Berryville, AR 72616. Illustrated, hard cover, 386 pages. Price: $35. Online at: wilsoncombat.com. Some signed copies still available. Here’s the complete story behind the rise of Wilson Combat as the premier custom builder of […]

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Review by John Markwell | Contributing Editor AMMO ENCYCLOPEDIA 5th Edition, by Michael Bussard: edited by John B. Allen, David Kosowski, and Charlie F. Priore, Jr. ©2014, Published by Blue Book Publications, Inc., 8009 34th Ave. S., Suite 250, Minneapolis, MN 55425: phone 800-887-4867. Large 8½x11”, soft cover, 1008 pages. MSRP $34.95. Also from online […]

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by TGM Staff California Gov. Jerry Brown on July 1 signed six gun-control bills into law, including new restrictions on semi-automatic rifles and a requirement that ammunition purchasers undergo background checks, saying they will help “enhance public safety” in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Brown moved quickly after the legislature passed the measures, […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor The growth of competitive shooting has taken the industry by storm. It was not all that long ago that everything was geared to be Tactical Ted or Tactical Sally. We were hanging more stuff on AR15/M4 platforms than those who are actually in harm’s way. One day folks realized […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted more than 2.1 million background checks in June 2016, compared to about 1.5 million in June 2015, according to a government announcement release July 1. CNN Money said “that’s an increase of about 40%.” This means that 2016 is on track to […]

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When House Democrats staged a gun control sit-in to demand votes on more restrictive regulations in reaction to the Orlando terror attack, they were quickly subjected to an ethics complaint by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). Almost immediately, the Second Amendment Foundation said that members of Congress who violated House rules, as […]

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