The Gun Mag

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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By Dave Workman Senior Editor When pro-gun South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican with a pro-taxpayer rising star, revealed on Facebook that her husband had given her a new Beretta Px4 Storm semiautomatic pistol, anti-gunners reacted with vitriol. An image of the pistol was posted along with her Facebook note about the new Christmas […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor It took several days to happen, but the City of Seattle finally paid off on Dec. 26 with a $38,000 settlement check to the Second Amendment Foundation, ending a legal dispute over the city’s failure to adequately provide hundreds of documents under the Public Records Act. The documents were related […]

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The International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR) announced today that French gun rights group National Union of Owners Arms Hunting and Shooting (UNPACT) have joined the international coalition of 29 associations in 21 countries dedicated to defending civilian firearms rights. UNPACT’s membership in the civilian arms rights coalition expands the European […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The National Shooting Sports Foundation has released the results of an early November survey that challenges the notion that an overwhelming majority of Americans want universal background checks, including at gun shows. The scientific survey, conducted by the highly-respected firm McKeon and Associates, revealed “only four out of ten Americans […]

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A steady rise in the number of concealed pistol licenses in Washington State shows the public supports gun rights and self-defense, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Figures obtained yesterday from the Department of Licensing in Olympia showed 448,983 active CPLs, and CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb anticipates that […]

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The merger between Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will help the mayors’ group mask the bad deeds of some of its members, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. “Michael Bloomberg is essentially getting Moms to clean his organization’s dirty laundry and present a more wholesome image […]

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