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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor The police chief of Sedro-Woolley, a community of about 11,000 residents in Washington’s Skagit County, got quite a reaction from citizens in and outside the town when he posted some advice for armed citizens who have been getting concealed pistol licenses, and the feedback was all positive. Sedro-Woolley is […]

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by Jim Dickson Survival is a hot topic these days but not everyone grasps that it must be a sustainable lifestyle that can carry you through the rest of your life. Too many people think of it as a B-movie endurance epic. There is no long term future there. The key to it is to […]

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by Richard Smith | Director, SAFTD Ever hear the expression “A fool with a tool is still a fool”? Not to call anyone a fool, but if you think your gun is the best protection you have, you are fooling yourself. Your gun is one tool in your defensive toolbox, and it is the last […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Gun rights advocates were cheering when a federal appeals court reversed a lower court ruling in a challenge of Maryland’s 2013 gun control law that banned so-called “assault weapons” and magazines with a capacity of more than ten rounds, saying that such laws must be reviewed under a “strict scrutiny” […]

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German gun club lobbyists were invited to the German Interior Ministry (BMI) in December to discuss something that has been bothering them for a while—the European Commission’s proposed plans to further tighten Europe’s gun laws, which were suddenly revived from legislative stagnation in the wake of the Islamic State attacks in Paris in November. The […]

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The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), the state’s National Rifle Association affiliate, announced recently that it had nominated five-time Olympic shotgunning medalist Kim Rhode to be a member of its honorary board of directors. Rhode, 36, is an outspoken leader in the shooting sports and a strong advocate for the Second Amendment, the CRPA […]

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by Joseph Tartaro | Executive Editor Just days before the 2016 edition of the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show opened, Sturm, Ruger announced the introduction of a new platform for revolutionary duty pistols, the Ruger American™. Almost simultaneously, Colt announced three new products: the Colt Competition Pistol™, the Colt Expanse™ M4 Carbine, […]

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Smart gun crowd praises Obama plan While many Americans, including readers of TheGunMag, were less than impressed with President Obama’s gun control plans announced on Jan. 5, promoters of smart guns (user recognition technology) were delighted. “With the support of the White House behind them, these innovators can pursue building companies that not only create […]

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Weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill barring concealed weapons on K-12 school grounds, one district in Northern California is reaffirming its policy to allow the practice, and the local police chief agrees, FoxNews reported on Jan. 6. The Anderson Union High School District will continue to allow licensed employees to carry concealed weapons […]

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by Tanya Metaksa The San Bernardino massacre by two Jihadiis was the catalyst to President Obama meeting with former anti-gun proponent Rep. Gabby Giffords. Then two weeks later, before Obama took his annual Christmas vacation to Hawaii, it was widely reported that he met on Dec. 16, 2015 with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, […]

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by J. David Truby © J. David Truby, 2016 With the gun control debate raging the gun banners of President Barack Obama think they have compelling evidence to castrate our Second Amendment rights. Despite the “Duh Logic” of soaring crime in our nation’s myriad “Gun Free Zones” where laws prohibit lawful citizens from carrying or […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Accusations of “murder” and “assassination” have been swirling around the fatal shooting of Oregon protester LaVoy Finicum on the afternoon of Jan. 26 along a highway north of Burns and several miles from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that had been occupied for three weeks by critics of federal land […]

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by Dr. Timothy Wheeler, MD | First posted on DRGO.US on November 3, 2015 The growth in both types and numbers of gunowners, and the coincident drop in violent crime have not induced gun prohibitionists to reconsider their position. A rational person might look on these big-picture truths as evidence that their thinking could be […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor A huge industry turnout, some hot new guns, ammunition and gear, and a warning from the president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation about remaining on the alert; that was the 2016 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas. Among the highlights of the 38th annual SHOT […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Four historically anti-gun Democrats have introduced legislation to repeal the 2005 “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” (PLCAA), alleging that the law made gun companies “immune from lawsuits.” Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, quickly asserted that the legislation is aimed at bankrupting the firearms […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor More guns, fewer problems. That, at least, is Detroit Police Chief’s James Craig’s view of Detroit and fears about a possible terrorist attack. While cities around the world were on heightened alert following a devastating ISIS attack in Paris but before the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, CA, […]

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by Tanya Metaksa The San Bernardino massacre by two Jihadiis was the catalyst to President Obama meeting with former anti-gun proponent Rep. Gabby Giffords. Then two weeks later before Obama took his annual Christmas vacation to Hawaii, it was widely reported that he met on Dec. 16, 2015 with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, […]

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Detroit police unions oppose NFL ban on guns in stadium In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Detroit police union officials are expressing their opposition to an NFL policy that prohibits off-duty cops from bringing firearms into stadiums, saying the rule puts lives in danger, The Detroit News reported. “This policy is ill-advised […]

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GrovTec GT Backpack Slings The GT Backpack sling offers versatile options to hunters for safe-carry of rifles and shotguns when trekking through the woods or riding to hunt locations on ATV/UTV’s. By slinging the firearm safely across the middle of the hunter’s back similar to a backpack, this comfortable, shock-absorbing GrovTec sling evenly distributes firearms […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor 101 CLASSIC FIRARMS by John Markshall. ©2014. Published by Dillon Precision Products, Inc., Dept. TGM, 8009 E. Dillon’s Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85260-1809. Price: $29.95, plus postage, or $34.95 autographed, plus postage. Also available at online bookstores. This 224-page hardbound volume provides a chronological foray into what has […]

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