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Davidsons – one of the largest firearms wholesale companies in the nation – has announced a brand new, exclusive-to-its-dealers “NRA Special Edition” takedown model of the famous Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle. According to Davidson’s, with the sale of each rifle, they and Ruger contribute $10 to the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action. Each […]

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by Jim Dickson When we think of pocket pistols we think of small caliber guns chosen for their ease of concealment, but that is not necessarily so. In this article we will look at two splendid pocket pistols in caliber .45 Colt and .357 Magnum. They are the US Firearms Double Eagle .45 Colt and […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor While President Obama is vacationing in Hawaii, the White House inched forward again on Jan. 3 with two additional executive actions aimed at boosting the federal background-check system through the mental health approach. According to materials provided by the White House, some states have raised concerns about ambiguous […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Federal    President Obama in his State of the Union address again called for universal background checks, plus bans on semi-automatic rifles and magazines. The Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2013 has been introduced. One of the provisions in this act would protect the use of lead ammunition and […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Months before his death from an apparent drug overdose, Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was the co-narrator of an anti-gun cartoon with backing from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and he was remembered by MAIG Executive Director in a Twitter message as “a friend to our movement.” The 46-year-old Hoffman […]

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Jessie Duff, world renowned champion shooter, has set a new record in the  world of shooting sports as the first woman to ever earn the title of Grand Master  (GM). The United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) designates GM  as the highest rating a shooter can achieve. The United States Practical Shooting Association is a […]

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by Chris Cerino Back in the hills of North Carolina, on a balmy winter day, my family and a couple friends spent an entire day shooting in an informal setting. We set out to learn, reinforce, have fun and burn every .22 round we brought out. Finding a day to shoot non-stop from morning to […]

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by James C. Fulmer | NMLRA Past President The Great American Outdoor Show will be hosted by the National Rifle Association, Feb. 1-9 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA. There has been a “Sportsman and Outdoor Show” at the Farm Show Complex for over 65 years and it has […]

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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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