The Gun Mag

By Dave Workman Senior Editor A Wisconsin jury has awarded $5.73 million to two Milwaukee police officers in their lawsuit against a local suburban gun store that they alleged had been negligent in the sale of a handgun to a so-called “straw buyer” that was used by a teen to shoot both of them about […]

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by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor A friend once told me that, as a teen who didn’t know any better, his first foray into handloading was to simply dump pistol powder into .44 Special cases to where he estimated the bullet base would be upon seating. “I’m lucky to still have all my fingers,” he […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor There’s all kinds of pressure being applied against the firearms industry at all levels these days, from taxes and fees for customers to limitations on the number of licensed firearms retailers permitted in a locality. Seattle’s gun and ammo tax scheme is not new, just the latest of […]

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by James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA Every year in October thousands of Americans take up the sport of shooting. Both young and old alike become interested in the shooting sports as the days get shorter. Many are interested in hunting and that is why they are interested in learning to shoot a rifle […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor A psychiatric group complained that fashion designer-manufacturer Kenneth Cole’s gun control billboard posted in New York City is off target and it wants him to take it down. Curiously, there has been little reaction so far from gun rights activists. CNNMoney reported that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) […]

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By John Markwell | Contributing Editor When folks refer to me as tradition bound, I have to plead guilty-as-charged. Having been seriously involved in pistol craft since 1977, my outlook on much of what is now marketed to shooters is viewed with a somewhat jaundiced eye. Most especially I have a hard time with much […]

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by Dave Workman Senior Editor About the same time that President Barack Obama landed in Roseburg, Oregon to visit with families of the Umpqua Community College shooting victims, the Second Amendment Foundation announced the launch of a television campaign challenging him for “gun control lies.” The Bellevue, Washington-based gun rights organization advertisement urges at least one million people […]

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When the Honolulu, Hawaii Police Department switched from 9mm Smith & Wesson sidearms to the less expensive and lighter Glock 17, the agency and city officials decided that instead of selling the older handguns—some of which were still unused and in boxes—they would be destroyed. Amount of loss: According to Fox News, the guns were […]

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by R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor I have enjoyed firing and using single-action revolvers for over 40 years. I like the comfortable, well balanced handling. I enjoy handling, loading, unloading and firing these revolvers. Original examples are too valuable to fire and too expensive to obtain for the most part. I use a number of […]

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The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has announced the next big southern event—the Talladega 600. The match is set to begin Dec. 8 and conclude Dec. 13, at CMP’s new Talladega Marksmanship Park. Events to be fired at the Talladega 600 include popular CMP Games Matches, such as the Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Matches, as […]

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The anti-gun Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) recently raised eyebrows, and even blood pressure, when it suggested that anybody who spots a citizen carrying openly or concealed should call the police immediately if they feel that person constitutes “a threat.” The supposition was that anybody making such a call will believe that any armed […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Following the early-morning Labor Day shooting of a “top lawyer in his administration,” anti-gun New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo quickly demanded more gun control legislation at the federal level, and according to CNN, he “insisted that all people looking to purchase a firearm should undergo background checks to prevent […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Almost as if to confirm everything said about her by a leading gun rights advocate, Democratic presidential candicate Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced plans for tighter restrictions on gun rights if she is elected president, including the use of “executive action” if she can’t get Congress to roll over. The […]

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by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor Everybody knows you can’t reload fired rimfire cases, right? Well, the guys at Sharpshooter 22 Long Rifle Reloader, LLC just changed everybody’s knowledge. You indeed CAN reload your fired .22 Long Rifle cases using their simple kit containing two tools, a powder dipper and funnel, and eyedropper bottle. A […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor Over the past years I have seen many firearms come and go. The reasons vary: from not being marketed well; or there were too many cool must haves out there; or they were too pricey, or they were just overlooked. Today and for the last five or six years […]

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by Jim Dickson When we think of the Sioux Indians we think of buffalo and that leads to the question: “How did they fix it and how good was it?” Wonder no longer because the Sioux are using their ancient buffalo pemmican recipes to make commercial pemmican bars called Tanka Bars. The only concession to […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor The cold-blooded slaying of a Roanoke, VA, television news crew doing a live report at a popular resort sent a shock wave across the country and ignited a new debate about gun control that seemed to carefully avoid much mention that the gunman was African-American, gay and had been […]

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by Tanya Metaksa 114th Congress On the last day of the current fiscal year, September 30, 2015, the House and Senate passed continuing resolutions to fund the government until December 11, 2015. Thus none of the Authorization Acts have been enacted as of Oct. 1, 2015. Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor In the aftermath of the campus shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College (UCC), President Barack Obama wasted little time in politicizing the event, but at least this time he admitted it. During a press conference, the president set the stage for a confrontation with Second Amendment advocates, and it was […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Walmart is set to stop selling so-called assault rifles, semi-automatic shotguns and other modern-capacity firearms of the sort anti-gun media and politicians blame for mass murders, Forbes and other business news publications reported in late August. That may be bad news for Walmart customers, but good news for […]

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