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by Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, but the real birth of the nation occurred 15 months before, on April 19, 1775, when—as poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in ‘Concord Hymn’—the first shots of the American revolution were fired. “By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their […]

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By Scott Smith Contributing Editor    Over the fifty years I have been shooting, the area that has brought shooters more options is optics.    In my youth if you wanted high end precision optics, you purchased a Unertl. In my youth these scopes sold for $50-200 which would be $1,700 today. For affordable scopes […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A strong majority of American voters (58.1%) are more likely to “support a candidate for Congress who supports the 2nd Amendment and the right to bear arms” than would vote (21.9%) against such a candidate, according to a new national survey by McLaughlin & Associates, done for the Second Amendment Foundation. […]

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A national poll on gun ownership by Politico and Morning Consult that was reported in The Hill included an interesting note: Just over two-thirds of the participants say nobody in their household owns a gun of any kind. TGM discovered this by simply perusing the survey. The data is on Page 11, Question 13. The […]

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By Jim Dickson Contributing Editor For many years the .22 rimfire was a penny a shot and that price enabled many young shooters to become expert shots. Back in those days I always fired 500 to 1,000 rounds of .22’s through my pistol every time I shot it. The main use of the .22 rimfire […]

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Nevada news agencies are reporting that former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, a Democrat, was arrested on Easter Sunday following a reported shooting in front of his home in northwest Las Vegas. Brooks was expelled from the Nevada Legislature in March 2013. According to KLAS News, the Las Vegas CBS affiliate, he was dismissed for threatening […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief MSN.com is reporting that Democrat strategists are worried Joe Biden’s current gun control push could make the party “vulnerable” during the 2022 mid-term elections. It would not be the first time an administration’s gun control policies resulted in voter backlash. Twenty-seven years ago, Democrats lost dozens of seats largely on the […]

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by Laura Trevelyan. Published by Yale University Press, Dept. TGM.  Price: $28.00.   Available at many bookstores, or Amazon.    Written by the great-great-great-granddaughter of Oliver Winchester, the author is well fitted to write this history of one of the best-known firearms lines in history.  Married to an Englishman, she has held the position of BBC […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Joe Biden made “false” and “misleading” statements about gun laws and gun shows during his recent introduction of his “initial” gun control package, which suggests there is more to come and it will be bad news for gun owners. According to the CNN fact checker, when Biden “claimed that ‘the only […]

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With the nomination of Chipman our prediction that the BATFE would be "an overactive and aggressive BATFE agency that is adversarial in both tone and substance" is hardly an exaggeration.

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By Paul Lathrop Contributing Editor Thursday during a speech at the White House, President Biden announced several actions that he plans to take to curb “gun violence.” At the same time, across America, legislatures pushed to expand Second Amendment rights and block future gun control. We wrote Thursday that Arizona became a Second Amendment sanctuary. […]

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By Paul Lathrop Contributing Editor Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed House Bill 2111 into law, bringing Arizona into the family of states that are popularly called Second Amendment Sanctuaries. House Bill 2111, titled the 2nd Amendment Firearm Freedom Act, is very brief, filling all of one-half of a page, and like the 2nd Amendment to […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Thursday’s nomination by President Joe Biden of David Chipman, a former agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to head that agency, along with his announcement of  “six initial actions” on gun control is causing a firestorm. CNN is describing this as Biden’s “first, limited actions on gun […]

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Cold Steel, manufacturer of purpose-built knives and blade tools for everyday carry, tactical, and hunting applications, has introduced the new Gunsite™ Counter Point 1 folding knife. Featuring the Gunsite Raven logo across the blade, the Gunsite™ Counter Point 1 is the perfect addition to any range bag or for everyday carry needs, Cold Steel said […]

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By Paul Lathrop Contributing Editor Texas may be about to do something that Lone Star State gun owners were promised two years ago, pass permitless carry legislation. Texas is unique among the states in that their legislature only meets every other year to pass new laws. In 2019 the House Bill that would have done […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Spurred by renewed talk of gun control in the wake of mass shootings last month, gun sales in the U.S. continue to spike. The National Shooting Sports Foundation is reporting that the “NSSF-adjusted” figures for background checks related to gun sales in March were the second strongest for the month on […]

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THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR by Svetlana Alexievich.  Published by Random House LLC, New York, NY.  Price $30.00.  Available at Amazon, or through some bookstores. By Larry Sterett Contributing Editor    Translated from the Russian language by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, this 350-page plus hardbound volume won the Nobel Prize for Literature.     Sub-titled […]

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Cimarron Firearms, recognized as the leader in quality and authenticity in Old West replica firearms, has introduced its newest product offering—a historically accurate replica of the famed Winchester Model 1887 Lever-Action Shotgun—via the popular YouTube video series, “Cimarron Originals with Mike Harvey.” The Winchester 1887 lever-action shotgun was originally designed by John M. Browning and […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A national grassroots gun rights organization has launched a national radio advertising campaign, taking the fight to Capitol Hill anti-gunners. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is on full offense this week with its campaign on the Salem Radio Network and Westwood One. According to CCRKBA […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Federal: HR8 and HR1446 pass in the House of Representatives and may be viable in the Senate:H.R. 1207, Stop the Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2021. Alabama: HB477, Lifetime carry bill passes House; California: AB1223 to be considered by the Assembly Public Safety Committee; Colorado: Senate floor votes--HB1106; House floor votes–SB78; […]

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