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By Michael A. Black | Contributing Writer    I grew up watching westerns on TV and in the movies and always marveled at the fast draws those heroes exhibited.    Years later, when I studied the actual historical aspects of the Old West, I found out that the “fast draw” depicted in those westerns was […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A federal court judge in New Mexico has granted a temporary restraining order covering several legal challenges, including one filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, to Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s “suspension” of the right to carry, openly or concealed, in Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County. U.S. District Judge David H. […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Having already sued to force one member of the Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission to obey state law by not serving in any other government capacity, the Sportsmen’s Alliance—a national organization of outdoorsmen and women—is looking at the Evergreen State as a battleground. Todd Adkins, vice president of Government Affairs […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief One of my prized possessions is a Colt Diamondback six-shot revolver, acquired in late summer 2010 from an estate sale for probably much less than it was worth, and it has served quite well over the past 13 years primarily because it has not been abused with pushing-the-edge handloads. Chambered for […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Whether the crowd numbers in the hundreds, or in the thousands, Massachusetts gun owners are preparing for a mid-week rally at the Boston Common on Sept. 27, to oppose HD 4420, an onerous gun control package they claim flies in the face of last year’s Supreme Court ruling in New York […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Reporting Project Oklahoma’s Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the ATF for its recent SWAT raid of one of their county’s most respected residents, Russell Fincher, PCSO Undersheriff Dustin Bray said Tuesday. No one at the ATF warned the Sheriff’s Office in advance that heavily armed federal agents would be […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Newly-released data from the FBI National Instant Check System (NICS) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation shows a decline of 16.4 percent in the number of background checks from the same time last year, but it also reveals firearms sales across the are still healthy. According to the FBI raw data, […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Several members of the U.S. Senate from both parties have sent letters to Biden administration officials expressing their opposition to administration plans to withhold funding for archery and hunter education programs using the argument that such programs cannot receive taxpayer money under the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). BSCA is […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Florida: Eleventh Circuit: Kiloton Tactical v. ATF: As a result of BATFE’s announcements prior to proposing the rule Kiloton was filed on Aug. 29. Bringing the action to preserve the current status quo against the Department of Justice’s “zero tolerance” policy; Texas: Fifth Circuit: NAGR v. Garland: On Aug. 9, this […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Nowadays, the ATF operates above the law, and it’s become clear that despite their frequent high crimes and civil rights abuse, no one in the federal government is going to hold the agency accountable as long as Joe Biden occupies the White House. But one Oklahoma state representative […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Following a four-month period beginning in April when the number of active concealed pistol licenses declined by almost 9,000 in Washington State, the Department of Licensing reported a turnaround in August, with the number climbing back upwards. August ended with 693,551 active CPLs, up from the 689,436 reported at the end […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor    Some time ago I grudgingly purchased a Beretta 92FS 9mm handgun.    I was getting quite a few police and military students who deployed the Beretta pistol. I had to be able to teach on a level playing field.    I was all about a good 1911 then […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey (R-Lane) sent a letter to the Oklahoma Attorney General, the Sheriff of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and “All Oklahoma judicial authorities and other law enforcement entities,” requesting an investigation into ATF’s SWAT team raid at the home of his constituent, Russell […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—President Biden’s DOJ and BATFE on the Friday before Labor Day presented a new rule, docket number ATF 2022R-17.Congress is in recess until after Labor Day; California: Two new bills have been added to the list of gun bills being considered in the last month of 2023 legislature: AB135 and SB135, […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The chairman of a Washington State-based gun rights organization has thrown a challenge to the gun control crowd after a Yakima news agency reported the upwards climb of traffic fatalities, yet nobody is calling for a ban on cars. Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief It may go down as one of the biggest political snafus in history; the arrest of former President Donald Trump and having him pose for a booking mugshot. The image, taken by the Fulton County, Georgia Sheriff’s Department, has gone viral, and according to published reports, has raised at least $7.1 […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Saturday’s fatal triple shooting at a Jacksonville, Florida Dollar General store has been followed by the almost obligatory media reports concerning gun ownership in the United States, comparison of U.S. gun deaths versus other countries, and public support for more gun control. Largely missing—although the data is right there—is any perspective […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Congress is in recess until after Labor Day; California: the legislature returned on Aug. 15, and it has already passed SJR7 in the Senate and other bills; Missouri: Mayor Tishaura Jones’ proposal to ban guns and stop minors from purchasing guns has been noticed by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey; Tennessee: […]

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The Second Amendment Foundation—a group which has become a litigation powerhouse in defense of the right to keep and bear arms—is celebrating its 49th anniversary this Saturday. The organization was officially founded on Aug. 26, 1974. Already, SAF is looking ahead to its 50th anniversary in 2024. “As the saying goes,” noted SAF founder and […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Hunting and fishing, and other outdoor recreation on public lands, may be in trouble due to “politicized environmental efforts,” according to a report at Fox News, which points at “rules coming down from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.” “The Biden administration has repeatedly prioritized policies critics […]

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