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By Jim Dickson | Contributing Editor The lure of one caliber for both the pistol and rifle is a strong one going back to the beginning of cartridge firearms and for good reason. The logistical advantage of having to carry only one type of ammunition eliminated the problem of running out of one caliber first […]

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By Paul Lathrop | Contributing Editor The Orlando Weekly is reporting that a bill is currently being considered in several house committees that would restore the rights of convicted felons to keep and bear arms. For the former offender to qualify to have their rights restored, the crime must have been non-violent. The convicted person […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Federal: Reports suggest US House to move on anti-gun legislation this week: Biden-Harris Administration: Haaland nomination moves to full Senate; Alabama: HB477 passed House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee;Constitutional carry is stuck in committees; Arizona: The House passed HB2840 and HB2552; Arkansas:  SB24, eliminating the duty fo retreat, was signed […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Second Amendment activists across the country should pay close attention to the trial of a Des Moines Register reporter, scheduled to begin Monday, not so much because of the charges, but because of something the newspaper’s executive editor said that is important about rights. At the time of her arrest, […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Chicago Sun Times reported that carjackings across the Windy City were down in February while the month saw shootings spike and police logged 31 homicides, while law-abiding Illinois citizens are having a hard time getting concealed carry licenses. To remedy that, the Second Amendment Foundation and Illinois State Rifle Association […]

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Jim Dickson Contributing Editor The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbine Technical Drawings and Data By Larry L. Ruth Published by John A. Baum 5678 State Rt. 45 Lisbon Ohio 44432 www.Germanmanuals.com 182 pages, 12” X 18”, $95 which includes U.S. Postage and Insurance This epic compilation of the Rock Island Arsenal drawings for making the M1 […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Gun sales continued strongly in February, as the FBI reported its raw National Instant Check System (NICS) number of 3,442,777 initiated checks for the month were well above the raw number posted for February 2020, which was 2,802,467. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s “NSSF-adjusted” figures, there were 1,387,076 […]

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By Paul Lathrop Contributing Editor We knew it was coming, and on Tuesday, Democrats in both the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation that would begin the process of restricting Americans’ ability to keep and bear arms. The legislation, entitled the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” has a stated purpose of requiring a federal […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Writing this week at Ammoland News, Lawrence Keane—senior vice president and general counsel at the National Shooting Sports Foundation—reported that Nebraska, Mississippi, Texas, New Hampshire, Utah and other state legislatures “are working to strengthen their state’s preemption laws. But what about Washington, the Evergreen State, with a rich history of […]

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Democrats in the U.S. House are poised to launch a major gun control offensive with universal and so-called “enhanced” background checks on the front burner, anti-gun lawmakers in the Pacific Northwest are also putting on the pressure. Lawmakers in Olympia, Washington are moving a bill to prohibit open carry of firearms “and other weapons” on […]

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Mar. 1, 2021 By Tanya Metaksa What’s New— Arkansas: SB24, stand your ground legislation, passed both Houses; Colorado: Hearings on two anti-gun bills the first week of March; Georgia: HB218, grants recognition to non-Georgia Right-to-Carry permittees passed the House; Indiana: HB1369, constitutional carry bill, passes the House 65-31; Iowa: HB254, a permit less carry bill […]

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Text and Photos By Kat Ainsworth Stevens Contributing Editor Since their inception well over a century ago 1911s have been understandably relegated to the realm of steel pistols. They’re heavier, tough, and single-stacks, right? Not exactly. Double-stack 1911s – often referred to as 2011s by manufacturers like Stacatto – are a thing now as are […]

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By Tanya Metaksa Tanya Metaksa Contributing Editor On February 23 and 24 Biden’s nominee for Interior Secretary, Representative Deb Haaland, faced the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Senator Manchin. Most of the Republican Senators questioned her about the Keystone pipeline and fracking and her answer to their questions was to say she […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor    One of the wonders of modern manufacture is that classics of the past are easily duplicated with precision CNC machinery.    Often the price is high, other times the firearms are surprisingly affordable. Resurrection of the Colt Python was big news. Close copies of the GI .45 are […]

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A grassroots gun rights organization is launching a national television advertising campaign warning American gun owners about a sweeping gun control bill—H.R. 127 sponsored by Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, Texas—that they call “an alarming new threat to the Bill of Rights.” The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms […]

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By Paul Lathrop | Contributing Editor The Newton County Missouri Commission has passed a Second Amendment sanctuary resolution with some teeth. Calling the new measure the Newton County Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, it went into effect upon passage by the county commission. The law itself is relatively simple. It is only a page and […]

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By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief Remarking on a unanimous ruling by a state appeals court upholding Washington State’s 36-year-old model firearms preemption law, nationally-recognized gun rights advocate Alan Gottlieb offered what may be the perfect argument to counter efforts by the gun prohibition lobby to nullify such statutes. “State preemption is the most common sense approach to […]

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By Paul Lathrop | Contributing Editor During an exchange with Utah Senator Mike Lee, President Biden’s pick for Attorney General made comments that shed light on what to expect from the Biden Administration regarding Second Amendment rights. On Tuesday, Judge Merrick Garland answered questions in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his appointment when this […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New— Arizona: HB2827, HB2840 passed by Judiciary Committee; Colorado: Legislature has convened;   Connecticut: SB125: Gun rationing bill; AB5531: State tax on ammunition;  Florida: SB372: bans 3D printed firearms; Hawaii: Judiciary committees from both Houses pass anti-gun measures; Indiana: HB1369, constitutional carry bill, passes the House Public Safety Committee advance to House […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor    The revolver featured in this report is a handgun with considerable appeal, because I am never happier than when firing “cowboy” guns.    Recently a well-meaning media rep asked if I could not use the term cowboy gun as often, as the firearms her company offers are suitable […]

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