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Gun Talk this past Sunday:  Hour two guests Alan Gottlieb, Second Amendment Foundation and Jim Shepherd, The Wires. Direct:  http://traffic.libsyn.com/guntalk/140105guntalkB.mp3 Download:  http://guntalk.libsyn.com/guntalk-2014-01-05-part-b    

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The National Football League (NFL), leaning on its own rules, has sidelined a proposed ad for Daniel Defense, which the company wanted to run during the upcoming Super Bowl, usually one of the highest rated scheduled television programs of the year. The NFL and the network that shows the Super Bowl (this year on Fox) […]

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TGM highlights many new rifles and shotguns debuting for 2014 Every year at this time, the firearms industry unleashes a new selection of guns and gear for American sportsmen and women, competitors and armed citizens, and TGM has the lowdown on some of the hot items that should be making headlines in the weeks and […]

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The Second Amendment Foundation and Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal in the challenge to New Jersey’s unconstitutional carry laws. The case is Drake v. Jerejian. Prepared by attorneys Alan Gura (who won Second Amendment victories in the groundbreaking Heller and McDonald cases) […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Anti-gun New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy will not seek re-election in the fall, announcing her decision just days after the Washington Times and other outlets reported record background checks in 2013 that signal a continued uptick in gun sales. Booming firearms activity, in gun sales, training and concealed carry permit […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns quietly contributed $30,000 in December to an anti-gun initiative campaign in Washington State, putting the lie to suggestions that the now-former New York City mayor was cooling his jets on the gun issue. TGM learned of the contribution from Public Disclosure Commission […]

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Monday’s federal court ruling that a ban on gun sales in Chicago is unconstitutional cited three significant Second Amendment Foundation court victories, and SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb is delighted that his organization’s legal work “paved the way.” “While this was not our case,” Gottlieb said, “Monday’s ruling by District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Has the American public grown sick of the continuing gun debate? The anti-gunners had planned to make a big public showing on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on Dec. 14. Pro-gunners were prepared to respond. And the general media was geared up to get […]

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by Tanya Metaksa On Dec. 3, 2013, the US House of Representatives voted to reauthorize, but not expand the Undetectable Firearms Act by passing HR-3826. This Act, which was originally passed in 1988, makes it illegal to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer or receive any firearm that is not detectable by walk-through metal […]

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by John C. Krull | TheGunMag Production Manager FIREARMS GUIDE 4th EDITION, by Impressum Media, Inc., DVD for both PC and MAC computer platforms. Retail Price: $39.95. Go to firearmsguide.com to order. This is a review of the 4th version of the Firearms Guide DVD, the second version that I have had to use and […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor NILES’ GUIDE TO “AFFORDABLE” DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS IN AMERICA 1875–1945, by Nicholas Niles, Jr. ©2012. Published by Mowbray Publishing, 54 East School Street, Dept. TGM, Woonsocket, RI 02895. Price: $69.95, plus $4.50 shipping. Available through most bookstores, or direct by phone: 800- 999–4697 in USA. This 512-page […]

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by Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor Olde Eynsford is a brand new match grade blackpowder introduced by GOEX and this powder can really be blazing new trails for old blackpowder shooters. So far I’ve done only a little shooting with this new powder, so an introduction is just about all I can give you at […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor We’d be willing to bet that most readers of TGM are closet gunsmiths. Most of us either like, or sometimes have, to tinker with our handguns. Whether simply swapping out a set of grips (stocks, if you prefer), doing a complete strip and cleaning of a Colt, Smith & […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Murders declined in Chicago during 2013, and according to gun rights advocate Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, the reduction may have something to do with an increasing number of legally-armed citizens willing and able to fight back. According to ABC News and the […]

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Last year saw the City of Chicago reportedly post the fewest homicides since 1965, and the Second Amendment Foundation says one plausible explanation for at least part of the decline is because criminals can no longer be certain that their intended victim is not legally armed. Since SAF’s landmark Supreme Court victory in the 2010 […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Last year saw an eight percent decline in the number of police officers killed in the line of duty, and that includes a whopping 33 percent decline in the number of cops who died from gunshot wounds, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, an independent organization that […]

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An amended complaint has been filed by the Second Amendment Foundation in its challenge of a section of New York’s “SAFE Act” relating to an arbitrary limit on the number of cartridges that may be loaded into a magazine, arguing that such a limit violates the Second Amendment. SAF is joined by Long Island Firearms, […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The year ending in a couple of weeks as we go to press with the last issue of 1213 has been marked by some strange political shenanigans, particularly as it involves information, or more correctly intelligence. The WikiLeaks scandal broke months ago and high officials in the US […]

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by James C. Fulmer | NMLRA Past President The last major lead ore smelter that is left in the United States will probably be closed by the time you read this article. The Doe Run plant in Herculaneum, MO, was the last primary lead smelter in the country. The facility used raw ore mined from […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Yet another gun linked to the disastrous Operation Fast and Furious has turned up at the scene of a bloody gun battle in Mexico, and this time, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a statement that the agency “has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made” in […]

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