The Gun Mag

By Dave Workman Senior Editor Two days of emotion-laden hearings before Washington State House and Senate committees regarding an anti-gun initiative revealed that proponents of the 18-page gun control measure, Initiative 594, insist their proposal will help prevent mass shootings and keep guns out of the wrong hands, and they even brought in former Congresswoman […]

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Military-Grade Survival Kits for Civilians For several years SOLKOA, Inc. has been quietly producing a huge variety of specialized survival kits for the military and other high-risk organizations and government agencies. SOLKOA has recently taken their experience and recognized expertise in those venues and is now entering the consumer market (fast-fire.com) with several offerings of […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor According to a Dec. 16, 2013 article in the marketing trade magazine Ad Age, gun-control groups are heavy on spending but light on return on investment (ROI) based on their campaigns in the past year. Both sides of the gun debate have raised and spent big dollars in […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Federal After both the US House of Representatives and US Senate voted to reauthorize, but not expand the Undetectable Firearms Act, H.R. 3826, by voice votes, President Obama signed the bill into law. 2013 was the third time this bill has been reauthorized by Congress. It was originally passed in 1988, making […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Magpul Industries, making good on promises made last spring, will relocate its extensive manufacturing facilities to Texas and Wyoming, keeping only a token presence in Colorado, in response to the Centennial State legislature’s enactment of sweeping gun control legislation early in 2013, the company announced on Jan. 2. […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor For years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helped underwrite and push research that would support passage of more gun control laws. Much of what was published was termed junk science but it was justified by supporters who claimed that the criminal misuse of firearms was a […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Gun owners, sheriffs, county legislatures and other public officials have been calling for repeal of New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act since it was passed with unseemly haste on Jan. 15, 2013. Many lawsuits have been filed, and many are still in various courts. And […]

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The Second Amendment Foundation is expressing heartfelt gratitude today to three major firearms companies – Ruger, Smith & Wesson and Glock – for their supporting documents in the on-going case of Pena v. Lindley, a lawsuit challenging the California handgun roster requirements that include microstamping and magazine disconnects. Earlier this week, Ruger CEO Michael O. […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Adopted less than one year ago, Maryland’s tough new gun laws – pandered as a way to prevent tragedies like Sandy Hook – are now proven failures in the wake of the shooting at the Columbia Mall. Alleged gunman Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park did not use a […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor A proposed editorial project, uncovered by the Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA), that would have examined the “explosion” of concealed carry permits and licenses across the country by building “a state-by-state database” of permit holders has been shelved by a newspaper chain because many states have laws that prevent release of that […]

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Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and founder of the Second Amendment Foundation will appear this Sunday, Jan. 26 on the nationally-syndicated “Gun Talk” with Tom Gresham to discuss the controversy surrounding California’s microstamping law that now has major gun companies essentially dropping off of the […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor State legislatures are now in full swing, and among the various bills that have already been introduced are a couple of pro-gun measures in Washington State, a gun control bill in neighboring Oregon and one in West Virginia that would render federal gun laws unenforceable. In Arizona, they’re considering allowing […]

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by Art Merrill | TGM Correspondent Meeting fierce opposition on frontal assaults against America’s strong pro-rights defenses, anti-gun forces have successfully penetrated the US back door of Latin American countries, where they intend a domino effect of harsh restrictions and bans to eventually topple gun ownership in the US. “The anti-gun and anti-hunting groups are […]

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Photos & Report by Dave Workman | Senior Editor “Guns Save Lives Day” was underscored by the shooting outcome at Colorado’s Arapahoe High School in which gunman Karl Pierson took his own life as “a good guy with a gun”– the school’s resource officer, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy James Englert—responded to the mayhem. Pierson shot […]

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Hunters, anglers, backpackers, and armed citizens almost invariably have some kind of knife in their pocket or on their belt, and this year will see more new blades coming from some of the top names in knives. Spyderco (spyderco.com) has announced the Hungarian Folder Clipit, featuring a CTS XHP blade with a long, straight spine […]

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by R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor When I think of Taurus I often think of .38 revolvers or the .22s I have used so often in training. The PT 92, clone gun of the Beretta 92, also comes to mind. But Taurus has designed and executed a number of handguns during the past decade that […]

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Ammunition is like gas for a car; without ammunition, a firearm makes a great paperweight, but it doesn’t accomplish much else. This year, the top ammo manufacturers have been able to crank out some new cartridges even while working almost non-stop to keep up with the demand for existing ammunition. Reports from the field, by […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor This is a tale about a holster. It all began in the late summer of 1977; it’s hard to remember exactly, but that’s close enough. I’d made a call to Ken Hackathorn about the new sport of “combat shooting.” The call was made after I’d received a response to […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett Contributing Editor DANCING WITH DEVILS: I AM SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, by Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown, USAR (Ret.), with Vann Spencer. ©2013. Published by Casemate Publishers, 908 Darby Road, Dept. TGM, Havertown, PA 19083. Price: $29.95, plus shipping. Available at most bookstores, on online at: casematepublishing.com Anyone familiar with books […]

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by Chris Cerino Cerino Training Group had a busy year in 2013. We started early, long before any guarantee of kind weather, then pressed on late into the cold, wet, snowy days of fall. Anyone who has trained with me before knows that my presentation is always similar but rarely the same. As classes go […]

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