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Despite the juggernaut passage of increasingly restrictive gun laws in Maryland, at least one Eastern-Shore county sheriff there has taken a stand that has been getting a fair amount of attention, thanks to a YouTube video in which this lawman makes it clear he will not allow his citizens to be stripped of their right […]

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The Durham County, NC, Sheriff’s Office has confirmed with evidence via its Facebook page that records kept as part of the county’s handgun registry have been destroyed after threats of litigation. The records had been maintained since 1935 as part of a Jim Crow-era law intended to discourage the exercise of Second Amendment rights by […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor In mid-October, District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced that the District would soon begin accepting applications from residents and visitors with licenses to carry in their home states for licenses to carry a concealed pistol on the basis of a temporary change in Washington’s law designed […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor “Courts are not necessarily our friends when it comes to the Second Amendment.” That was the observation from Stephen Aldstadt, president of New York’s Shooter’s Committee on Political Education (SCOPE). He was part of one of two state legislative affairs briefings at the 29TH Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Billionaires can support their public policy causes with infinite ease and grace. What’s more, they seldom are criticized for the policy positions they take, unless they do or say something incredibly flagrant or stupid like Donald Sterling or Ray Rice. It has always been thus as far as […]

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by Bob Lesmeister | National Correspondent Now that the US Army is content with an amended M4 rifle in lieu of ongoing tests of the next best infantry HK P2000 weapon, it is concentrating on fulfilling a “need” for 400,000 new military handguns. The military has dubbed their ideal pistol the Modular Handgun System (MHS). […]

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      Bloomberg heading back to publishing business Michael Bloomberg, the Daddy Warbucks of the gun control movement, has decided to reassume the leadership of his business empire only eight months after ending his final term as mayor of New York, according to a New York Times report. Late Sept. 3, Bloomberg told close […]

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Blind marksman “sees” targets and hears success Jim Miekka, known at his local Hermosa, FL, gun club as “The Midnight Gunslinger,” lost his sight at the youthful age of 26. The accident that claimed Miekka’s vision damaged a hand as well, but the accredited marksman points out emphatically that the injury hasn’t hampered his gun […]

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Book Review by J.B. Wood | Contributing Editor 101 CLASSIC FIREARMS, by John Marshall. © 2014. Published by Dillon Precision Products, 8009 E. Dillon’s Way, Dept. TGM, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; phone: 800-223-1570; online: dillonprecision.com. Hardbound, 9 X ll.5 inches, 224 pages, more than a hundred photos. Price: $39.95, including shipping. For a long time, I […]

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Review by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor SMITHSONIAN FIREARMS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. ©2014. Published by DK Books, 345 Hudson St., Floor 4, Dept. TGM, New York, NY 10014. phone: 646-674-4112. Oversized hardcover, 320-pages, lavishly illustrated. Price: $40. If you’ve never seen the Smithsonian’s arms and armor collection, you’re in for a treat with this […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor UNITED STATES vs. GERMAN EQUIPMENT, by Isaac D. White. ©2011. Published by Merriam Press, Elm St., Suite 3R, Dept. TGM, 133 Bennington, VT 05201. Price: $19.95, $3.00 plus shipping. Available direct, or at most bookstores. This 172-page softbound volume, written by Maj. Gen. White , and prepared […]

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by Timothy Wheeler, MD Three Democrat members of California’s House of Representatives delegation seem to be taking the lead in pushing for the confirmation of President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy. The nomination has been mired in controversy because of accusations that Murthy is a more political operative than healer, more gun […]

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By Dave Workman’ Senior Editor The Second Amendment Foundation has filed yet another lawsuit in federal district court in Illinois, this time challenging that state’s concealed carry law, which was forced – and perhaps hastily written last year – because of an earlier SAF legal action, Moore v. Madigan and a similar action by the […]

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by Chris Cerino Getting the time, money and equipment necessary to attend a training session can be tough. For some of us it comes but once a year, or even less. So when I leave training I want to have something tangible to take with me, something more than just having had fun and sending […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor I have spent most of my life carrying a handgun on duty, as well as for personal protection or competition. My first experience with handguns was a .22LR revolver that my dad owned; it was fun and easy to shoot. When I was old enough my godfather allowed me […]

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by Chris Bird | Author of Thank God I Had a Gun Recently, I sold a couple of books to a fellow who lives a few blocks from me in San Antonio. When he came by to pick them up, he lent me a book that he said I would enjoy reading. The book was […]

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by Jim Fulmer | Past President NMLRA I don’t know who said it first, but the first time I heard it was in 2014 at the Pennsylvania Federation of Black Powder Shooters State Shoot. Don Blazier always referred to upcoming young shooters as the “young lions.” There has always been a lot of good natured […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor The day after we finished our article on the Guncrafter Industries CCO 1911 carry gun, a box arrived from HSM Ammunition, Stevensville, MT, 59870. Inside was some sample 9mm ammo from their new Double-Duty Combo Pack line of handgun ammunition. The idea is simple and caters to those who […]

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Team Colt shooters Mark Redl and Maggie Reese competed together for the first time this season and walked away with high honors at the USPSA EGW Area 8 Championship. Redl took first overall in the Limited 10 division, with 1,064.7355 match points. Reese placed second in the Ladies Production division, with 625.9016 match points. “It […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor My first thought upon opening the zippered case was “man, this is a pistol meant for serious business.” The CCO (Concealed Carry Option) pistol is starkly black and it lacks any of the self-promoting slide logo/roll marks, or lawyer driven liability warnings, so common in this day and age. […]

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