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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Los Angeles Times is reporting a “troubling trend” in California violent crime, which includes an “increased use of firearms in homicides and aggravated assaults” despite passage in recent years of increasingly restrictive gun control laws. The report quotes Magnus Lofstrom, policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms have submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in a complicated, and controversial, gun rights case out of Texas which could provide a “reset” opportunity on a federal law that many believe is used to […]

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A man hunting elk in southeast Idaho near Henry’s Lake State Park used a handgun to shoot and kill a charging female grizzly over the weekend, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and various published reports. Henry’s Lake is located near the Idaho-Montana border several miles northeast from Idaho Falls. According to […]

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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    In Part 1 of this discussion about reloading the .38 Special with black powder, we talked about loads for general revolvers in this caliber, including the fact that the .38 Special was originally a black powder cartridge.     Now we’re going to focus on the conversion revolvers, the […]

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September’s National Instant Check System (NICS) numbers were down from the previous month, and from September 2022, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s “adjusted” numbers confirm the decrease in activity. The NSSF report was published by The Outdoor Wire. According to the FBI chart, which is updated monthly, September saw a raw number of 2,104,825 […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New— California—Ninth Circuit: Duncan v. Bonta; Attorney General Rob Bonta lost no time in appealing the the Ninth Circuit and filing a motion to stay Judge Roger Benitez’s order enjoining California’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds; May v. Bonta: CRPA, GOA, SAF lawsuit against California SB2, sensitive places […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Author/researcher John Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said gun prohibitionists “want you to believe that if we can just get rid of the guns, we can save all these kids’ lives.” It’s not so, and he offered illustrations during a 20-minute talk at the Gun Rights Policy […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project On December 14, 2012, a 20-year-old madman stalked the halls of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 20 young children and six adults. Just 14 days later, the nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise was founded by three Newtown residents, Mark Barden, Nicole Hockley and Tim Makris. […]

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Mission First Tactical (MFT), manufacturer of the state-of-the-art Band holster family, is introducing the new Belly Band Ultralite. This new belly band holster was specifically designed without additional storage and engineered for smaller carry firearms.  “We listened to the market and the end user when they asked for a smaller foot print for smaller framed […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A new gun control law described by the Associated Press as Connecticut’s “most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting” took effect Sunday, and the President Pro Tempore of the state Senate indicated there is more to come. The report quoted Sen. Martin Loomey […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A controversial gun control law took effect in Maryland this week, even though a federal judge partially granted a motion for a preliminary injunction against the law in two cases, one of which involves the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). CBS News and the Associated Press are reporting that Maryland’s new laws […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Registration has begun this week for Illinois gun owners who must now register their so-called “assault weapons” with the State Police, while the new law bans the further sale of these firearms under legislation by Gov. J.B. Pritzker back in January. According to WLS News, registration of guns already owned in […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Violent crime is continuing to surge in the city of Seattle and surrounding King County, where the number of homicides in the city this year has already surpassed last year’s body count, and with three months remaining in 2024, a new record could be reached. According to the Seattle Times, there […]

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By R.E. Campbell | Contributing Editor    Performance reliability and practical accuracy are top of my list in a carry gun.    Just the same, the Kimber KHX 1911 has a certain eye appeal, adding to the equation.    Kimber offers a number of distinctive pistols. While a black finish Custom II with hard grips […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The National Rifle Association has declared a “pivotal victory” after a New York judge ordered the state to pay the association more than $447,000 to cover legal fees in the case of New York State Rifle &U Pistol Association v. Bruen. Fox News is reporting the order was issued at the […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Operation Choke Point 2.0:  Congress: House passes H.R.5110 and anti gun Senators introduce a ban on guns at polling places; California—All anti-gun bills passed by the legislature have been signed by Gov. Newsom;  Colorado—Initiative #91 was filed to be on the ballot in the November 2024 election. New Mexico: Donk v. […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Robert Cottrol, professor of law, history and sociology at George Washington University and co-author of the soon-to-be-released book on the Supreme Court and the Second Amendment (see related review), gives lots of credit for gun rights victories before the high court to the state preemption movement of the 1970s and 80s. […]

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To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment Hardcover – 376 pages University Press of Kansas Robert J. Cottrol and Brannon P. Denning Available at Amazon Oct. 6, 2023 In nine tightly-written and well-researched chapters, Professors Robert Cottrol and Brannon Denning tell an interesting story about how the U.S. Supreme […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of the Senate and outspoken gun prohibitionist who once acknowledged that if she’d had the votes, she would have outright banned so-called “assault weapons,” has died, multiple reports confirm. She was 90. Feinstein, now being portrayed by NBC News as a “centrist Democrat…known for […]

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By John Markwell | Contributing Editor    Right up front, I have to admit to a limited amount of experience with Ruger handguns.    I’ve had a few single-actions over the years but until recently, the only one that stayed around for very long is our 4-digit, Old Model .44 Magnum Super Blackhawk. Built in […]

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