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After staying away from the gun issue for 15 years, the New Jersey Supreme Court is about to take up a gun law case, according to a report from The Record written by Salvador Rizzo of the newspaper’s State House Bureau. The issue involved probably won’t improve the state of gun rights in the Garden […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes has confirmed that the City of Seattle is getting free legal assistance from a high-powered international law firm to fight a lawsuit filed by three major Second Amendment groups against the city’s so-called “gun violence tax.” The lawsuit, filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor No sooner had Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine proposed a new gun control measure that would require gun sellers to take “reasonable steps” to assure they were not selling firearms to disqualified people—without defining those steps—than did the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms come […]

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Gun enthusiasts and historians are likely to be thrill by a new Smithsonian Channel™ series “The Weapon Hunter” hosted by history buff and restoration expert Paul Shull that will premiere on Oct. 5 and run for six weeks at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. Shull goes on a quest to get his hands on […]

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The Polite Society Podcast streamed the 2015 Gun Rights Policy Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona.  Here are the links to the video along with the scheduled program for each segment. Segment 1- GRPC 2015 Saturday 8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER- Julianne Versnel 8:15 a.m. State of the Gun Rights Battle- Joseph Tartaro, Alan M. Gottlieb 8:45 […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down some of the District of Columbia’s handgun registration laws as unconstitutional including a regulation that limited District gun owners to one handgun registration per month. The 46-page ruling may be read here. There was […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor A full-court press on the right to keep and bear arms was announced by Democrat president wannabe Martin O’Malley recently, and it brought immediate backlash from gun owners and the head of one of the largest gun rights groups in the country. O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland who pushed […]

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Rhode wins more gold at Pan Am Games Five-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode successfully defended her Pan American Games gold medal from 2011 in record-setting fashion in Toronto in July. Rhode, of El Monte, CA, set a Pan American Games record and tied the world record of 74/75 targets during Qualification. In the Semifinal, Rhode […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor Rambling around the SHOT show we normally give the many knife displays just a casual glance, and then move along, as we need more knives like another hole in our head. 2015 was different in that two knives in particular caught our eye. One was from an Italian maker, […]

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Waterfowl hunters should be in for a good season this year. In July, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its report on 2015 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS and the Canadian Wildlife Service. Overall duck numbers in the survey area are statistically […]

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by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor On a strictly practical level, to successfully handload your own ammunition you could simply use the smokeless powders in the amounts called for in your reloading manual and never need to know anything more about them. But the same impulse that makes us DIY in the first place also […]

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by TGM staff In at least one noteworthy law enforcement response to the July 16 Chattanooga, TN, shooting, neighboring DeKalb County, AL, Sheriff Jimmy Harris has changed the off-duty gun policy at his office and urged all citizens to get firearms training and be prepared to protect themselves, according to WAAYTV in Huntsville and other […]

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Novel anti-gun suit based on ‘civil rights’ A group of Chicagoans is suing nearby local governments, claiming Chicago residents have a “civil right” to force the city’s strict gun control laws on other locales, the Associated Press reported last month: The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a long-time anti-gun activist, announced the lawsuits against Lincolnwood, Lyons and […]

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New Tenzing Upland Bird Vest The all-new Tenzing TZ BV15 Upland Bird Vest is the next evolution in Tenzing performance for the upland hunter. It takes all the features upland hunters want in a vest and combines them with the functionality of a pack to provide the ultimate bird-hunting accessory. Like all Tenzing packs, the […]

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Sharp Shoot R Precision Products has added a new page to their website called “GroupTherapy”™, which should fast become an important resource for people seriously interested in ammunition and rifle performance. Group Therapy is a way of sharing data with other shooters worldwide. The idea is that there is a wealth of information out there […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor LEGALLY ARMED: A Concealed Carry Gun Law Guide, by the Editors of the 2nd Amendment Media. Photography by Oleg Volk. ©2013. Published by 2nd Amendment Media, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Dept. TGM, 3101 Clairmont Road, Suite G, Atlanta, GA 30329. Price: $14.95, plus shipping. Available at many bookstores. […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor VIS Radom A Study and Photographic Album of Poland’s Finest Pistol, by William J. York. ©2011. Published by Wet Dog Publications, Dept. TGM, 5603-B West Friendly Avenue, Suite 166, Greensboro, NC 27410. Price: $57.95, plus postage. Mention this review when ordering and receive an autographed copy and […]

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by Richard Smith | SAFTD Program Director A bit of an introduction and background information is in order, so as to put the rest of this article in context. My name is Richard Smith and I am a full time Firearms Instructor. I am fully licensed by my state (Florida “K” license) and certified by […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor Every year around the first week of July, watching the various outdoor channels you start to see more hunting-related shows, and hunting-related catalogs start arriving in the mail. Like the rest of the industry, TheGunMag starts getting our readers ready for hunting season. While it is hard to think […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) has announced a new starting date for Phase 1 of the New NICS which had originally been scheduled to launch on July 14 but was postponed. The new start date for Phase 1 of the new NICS is Jan. 12, 2016. […]

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