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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief UPDATED, 2/4/22 @ 12 Noon: Once again, while appearing in New York City to talk about the problem of violent crime, Joe Biden went off script and repeated a couple of canards for which he has already been skewered by the Washington Post Fact Checker. About midway through his remarks, Biden—a […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief UPDATED, 2-4 @ 7:25 a.m. PST–When Joe Biden went to New York City Thursday to, as explained by UPI, “promote a new suite of federal efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States,” a remark from an unidentified “senior administration official” seemed curiously familiar. According to Fox News, the unidentified […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A “Shots Fired” annual report from the King County (WA) Prosecutor’s Office showing a spike in gun-related murders and injuries last year provides positive proof that Evergreen State gun control laws have failed, and that anti-gunners “lied” to voters when they pushed through various schemes including a pair of gun control […]

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The number of background checks conducted by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in January was down 40.9 percent from the unadjusted number conducted in January 2021, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. NSSF routinely publishes an “adjusted” number reflecting the organization’s estimate about the NICS checks that actually resulted in […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project (Editor’s Note: The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this.) For more than 70 years, the American Civil Liberties Union’s official position on the Second Amendment has been rather silly and […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor    Many years ago Colonel Jeff Cooper and other learned shooters and professionals promoted the 1911 .45 automatic as the best personal defense pistol available.    In this logic they arrived at a consensus of what was needed to make the 1911 most viable as a defensive handgun. Good […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A new ABC News/Ipsos poll released over the weekend shows an overwhelming majority of Americans believe Joe Biden should consider all possible nominees to replace retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, rather than focus only on selecting a Black woman, as he promised on the campaign trail. According to Ipsos, […]

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by Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project The Los Angeles Times is in serious trouble. The once-great newspaper has lost the pulse of its own community. Its leaders can no longer read the room. They keep shoveling their anti-gun propaganda, but no one is listening. Their readers are too busy trying to buy guns. If […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—U.S. Congress: changing the filibuster vote fails in Senate; BATFE: Rule on firearms storage for FFLs to be finalized February 3;  possible Forced Reset Triggers activity; Alabama: Alabama Sheriffs Association lobbying against SB1 and HB66; Arizona: The Game and Fish Department is accepting public comments on hunting Guidelines for Fall 2023;  […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A group of gun rights organizations, led by the Second Amendment Foundation, filed a lawsuit Friday in San Diego County Superior Court against California Attorney General Rob Bonta. They are challenging the constitutionality of a recently-enacted section of the state Penal Code requiring the state Department of Justice to share private […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Friday in New York City, the widow of murdered Police Officer Jason Rivera delivered a eulogy during his funeral service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, telling mourners the system “continues to fail us.” Dominique Luzuriaga spoke out of grief, and strength. It was clear she was not alone in her thoughts. While […]

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The City of San Jose may be headed for a court battle as the city council is preparing to adopt a new gun control scheme that will require gun owners in the city to carry liability insurance, and also pay an annual fee, estimated somewhere between $25-$35, ostensibly to provide “services” from a new non-profit, […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—U.S. Congress: changing the filibuster vote fails in Senate; California: AB311, more restrictions on precursor parts before Assembly Appropriation Committee; San Jose: ordinance to tax gun owners and require liability insurance to be hear Jan. 25;  Indiana-HB1077, constitutional carry, passed by the House 64-29, but is being blocked in Senate Judiciary […]

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by Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. Every year Florida gun owners have watched our legislative sessions begin and end with barely a mention of the gold standard of gun […]

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By Michael A. Black | Contributing Editor    After being cancelled in 2021, the Shot Show bounced back with a vengeance this year with more exhibits and more space, having the usual multi-level sections in the Venetian Expo Center (formerly the Sands Convention Center) and branched out into the adjacent Caesar’s Forum across Koval Lane. […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Gun rights organizations scored a double victory in California with a unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court panel declaring COVID-19 related shutdowns of gun stores and shooting ranges in Los Angeles and Ventura counties in the spring of 2020 violated the Second Amendment. The cases are known as McDougall v. Ventura County […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing editor    A generation ago the most common home defense long gun was a pump action shotgun.    Today a good many home owners deploy a semi auto carbine in 5.56mm. 300 Blackout, or 9mm. That ok for an experienced shooter. But even for the best trained and most experienced […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Second Amendment Foundation has announced it will take its successful information/education campaign warning about Joe Biden’s gun control agenda to the radio airwaves, beginning next week. SAF announced the upcoming radio blitz only a week after its newest television ad began appearing on several cable networks. The timing, according to […]

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After changing the muzzleloading industry in 2020 with the introduction of the NitroFire® in collaboration for Federal Premium and Hodgdon, Traditions has just announced the the NitroFire® with the VAPR™ Twist. New for 2022, this version of the NitroFire® will now feature a 1:24” VAPR™ Twist barrel. The faster twist helps to better stabilize bullets, […]

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Stoeger Industries has announced an optic-ready option to its STR-9C Compact 9mm pistol line. Increasingly, red dot optics are being adopted by EDC and CCW practitioners for their fast sight acquisition and ready visibility in all lighting conditions. Stoeger answers that growing demand with their STR-9C Optic-Ready—a polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol that fits the optimal balance […]

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