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Six months after launching the unprecedented national Unlocking Sportsmen’s Access campaign at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) reports that nearly 18,000 sportsmen have signed a petition to oppose the sale or transfer of federal public lands to the states. More than 174,000 letters have been sent […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor It may seem like the anti-gunners are attacking everywhere, but they are only nibbling at the edges of the Second Amendment. Their real agenda remains the same as it was 50 years ago. They want to get rid of every handgun and most of the long “sporting” guns. […]

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by TGM staff In at least one noteworthy law enforcement response to the July 16 Chattanooga, TN, shooting, neighboring DeKelb 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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by James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA When Deborah Wehr approached me two years ago to bring the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association’s reproduction 18th century rifling machine to Union County “Rural Heritage Days” in my home state of Pennsylvania, I had to turn her down. The rifling machine that was built by Ron […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor When I saw the cover of the September 2015 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine, I shouldn’t have been surprised. The cover picture was of an automobile built using a 3-D printer. The story about the latest technological/mechanical leap was headlined: “How to make a car…in 2 days. I […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Just in case you hadn’t heard, the arrow that killed Cecil the Zimbabwean lion, was a shot heard round the world. The cat had barely hit the ground when social media went viral and the downside of that archery safari is still being felt around the world. The […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Fall hunting seasons are fast approaching, and for some folks, hunting is already underway with the arrival of mourning dove seasons in several states, and early grouse hunting in several western states. Now is the time to be doing several of the following: Watching the advertising from sporting goods […]

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For the second time, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has upheld Florida’s controversial “Docs v. Glocks” law and lifted an injunction that now allows the state to enforce the measure. Under the statute, physicians are restricted in the questions and comments they can make regarding firearms ownership. The law was passed in […]

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  IMR Legendary Powders has announced a product safety warning and recall for IMR 4007 SSC propellants, on six lot numbers, according to Chris Hodgdon at Hodgdon Powders, which markets the IMR brand. The lot numbers are 10130139, 10131139, 10429139, 10430139, 80425139 and 80426139. This lot number can be found on the rear label on […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Two years after police in Santa Clara, CA. seized firearms belonging to a woman whose husband suffered an episode that resulted in his being held for a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a lawsuit on her behalf in federal court, seeking the return of […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Four Second Amendment organizations, including the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation, have pooled their resources and are offering a $4,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the slaying of Donnie […]

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A circuit court judge in Genesee County, MI, handed down a ruling early last month that a local man could legally carry a sidearm openly into an elementary school to pick up his daughter. However, according to the Detroit Free Press, the victory could be short-lived depending upon an appeal by the school district in […]

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by Joseph P. Tarataro | Executive Editor Fifty-three journalism and open government groups on Aug. 10 for the second time called on President Barack Obama to stop practices in federal agencies that prevent important information from getting to the public, likening them to censorship. The national organizations sent a letter to Obama urging changes to […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor A Pew Research Center poll conducted in July shows widespread support for background checks, and a majority of Democrats backing a ban on so-called assault weapons while less than half of Republicans support such a ban, according to People-Press.org. According to the Pew survey, 85 percent of Americans support […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The man allegedly responsible for the on-air slaying of a Virginia television reporter and cameraman apparently claimed in a 23-page fax to ABC News that the Charleston church shooting had “sent me over the top.” The Washington Times headlined a report saying that the gunman claimed that “Jehovah spoke to […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor In a historic move, gun rights and gun industry groups have joined forces in a lawsuit against the City of Seattle’s new ordinance that puts a tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition inside the city, just three days after anti-gun Mayor Ed Murray signed the ordinances. The Second […]

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NY Senate adjourns, knife rights bill dies Legislation that would have added protection to the owners of so-called “gravity knives” in New York state died when the session ended, as the Republican-controlled state Senate did not vote on the measure, Knife Rights has reported. Todd Rathner, Knife Rights director of legislative affairs, even traveled to […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor After the deadly terrorist attack on unarmed military service facilities in Chattanooga, TN, on July 16, there is a two-pronged debate on security in the age of Al Qaeda and ISIS. One part of the debate focuses on the question of whether or not active US military personnel […]

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Robber chooses pizza with pepperoni, olives and lead A would-be robber picked the wrong target in Albuquerque, NM, when it turned out that the pizza delivery driver he tried to rob had a gun, and this was already after the suspect allegedly held up the Domino’s pizza place where the driver worked. According to the […]

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Six Savage Arms rifles in 338 Federal introduced Savage Arms™, a division of Vista Outdoors Inc., has introduced six 338 Federal models available in its most popular big game rifle platforms. Since its introduction in 2006, the 338 Federal caliber has established itself as an extremely versatile, high-performance big game cartridge. Built on the .308 […]

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