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The Russian-Italian collaboration Strike One pistol first announced by TGM in August 2012 and later exhibited at the 2013 SHOT Show is now available in the United States. So too is its pioneering stablemate, the AF2011-A1 Double Barrel .45 ACP pistol. Both pistols are manufactured by Arsenal Arms in Italy and are now distributed in […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Colt Defense LLC announced on June 14 that it had voluntarily filed a Chapter 11 petition in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, a process that should allow for an accelerated sale of Colt’s business operations in the US and Canada. Colt’s current sponsor, Sciens […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments and updates —Federal; Judicial; Obama Administration; California, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina 114th Congress Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US House passed the Defense Authorization Act, the budget bill for the Department of Defense—HR3979. Included in this bill was an amendment by Rep. Mike Rogers to allow qualified […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The man identified as the killer who fatally shot two women and wounded several other people in a Lafayette, La., theater before taking his own life is being described by authorities as a person with past mental problems who was denied a carry permit in 2006. According to CNN, John […]

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by James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA The Continental Congress, on June 7, 1776, appointed a committee of five that consisted of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Livingston, to explore the drafting of a resolution for the independence of the colonies from Great Britain. They turned to Jefferson to […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments—Federal; Delaware 114th Congress Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US House passed the Defense Authorization Act, the budget bill for the Department of Defense—HR3979. Included in this bill was an amendment by Rep. Mike Rogers to allow qualified applicants to purchase surplus M1911 .45 caliber handguns. Additional amendments […]

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by R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor I have to admit to a certain amount of skepticism when first examining laser sights. I do not like to depend upon any device that requires batteries. They tend to fail at the worst moment. Just the same the advantages are such that we may simply learn to do […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor I should never have gotten Brownells’ “How to Build an AR-15” video. This video, narrated by Tim Dillon, made the whole process of building an AR-15 from a pile of parts look so easy I just had to try it. After the 2015 SHOT show, stuff started showing up: […]

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When the US Supreme Court recently declined to review a lower court decision upholding San Francisco’s law requiring that handguns be stored in a lockbox or secured with a trigger lock, they opened the door to other cities to adopt similar restrictions. Under San Francisco’s law, handguns kept at home must be kept unloaded in […]

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An Aug. 3 deadline has been set for public comment on a controversial State Department proposal that could allegedly clamp down on “unregulated” internet discussions to include videos that deal with firearms and ammunition; everything from reloading data to working on firearms, according to critics of the proposal. Chief among those critics is the National […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The revelation that “no guns” signs were posted in the glass doors of two military offices in Chattanooga where shots were fired ignited a firestorm because four Marines gunned down at one of the sites were not allowed to have weapons on duty. Gun control groups were silent about the […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Maine Gov. Paul LePage “quietly’ signed legislation allowing the carrying of concealed handguns without a permit, making the Pine Tree State fifth in the nation to adopt a so-called “constitutional carry” statute. There was little fanfare outside of the gun rights forums, but the legislation is significant because it is […]

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An apparent breakdown in the National Instant Check System is being blamed for a handgun purchase made by accused Charleston, S.C. church gunman Dylann Roof about two months before the deadly shooting that left nine people dead and ignited a wave of indignation over the Confederate battle flag. The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments—Federal; Judicial: Daylin Leach et al v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Bonidy et al v. US Postal Service et al; Legislative changes: California, Delaware, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin. 114th Congress Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US House passed […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess has proposed new gun control legislation that would impose a $25 tax on every firearm sale, and five cents for every cartridge sold in the city, but the plan might not be legal, according to the head of a major Washington State-based gun rights […]

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Spiking murder rates in New York City – up 19% over the same period last year – and a jump in felony assaults on the subway have critics of the SAFE (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement) Act arguing that the two-year-old legislation is a failure. “During the last election, Governor Cuomo ran political ads stating […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor Over the last few years the AR15/M4, Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR) has become the biggest selling firearm in the industry. Reports indicate that the MSR accounts for one in four of all firearms sales. With the huge number of firearms sold since 2008 that is a significant number of […]

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by Tom Givens | Chief Firearms Instructor, SAF-TD “Dry firing” or “dry practice” consists of practicing firearms manipulations without the presence of any live ammunition. There are a couple of excellent reasons for engaging in this practice. For one thing, the rising cost of ammunition and the time burden of traveling to and from a […]

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China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5% share remains small compared to the combined 58% of exports from the US and Russia, according to the Associated Press. China’s share of the global arms market rose 143% from 2010 to 2014, a period during which the total volume of […]

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by J.B. Wood The knife shown with the SIG P320 photo deserves some extra comment. Designed by Mikkel Willumsen of Copenhagen, Denmark, it is legal for carrying in 156 countries (but, probably, not in certain US states!). It accomplishes this by blade length and the fact that it has no manually-operated lock. Blade positioning uses […]

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