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Uncle Ted, rock legend, political hell-raiser and Second Amendment devotee.

A gun control group is currently putting pressure on organizers of a summer music and food festival in Maumee, Ohio, to nix the Motor City Madman from the lineup.

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence wants The Toledo Blade newspaper, which is sponsoring the event, known as the Northwest Ohio Rib-Off, to “Cancel Ted Nugent’s appearance immediately.”

Citing examples of Ted Nugent’s inflammatory rhetoric, including at the 2014 SHOT Show where he called the president a “subhuman mongrel” in an

SIG Sauer is getting into the ammo business. They’re launching a new line of self-defense ammunition called SIG Elite Performance in popular semi-automatic handgun calibers from .380 to .45 ACP.

The cartridges use what SIG calls a “stacked” V-Crown hollow-point projectile that has a standard cavity up front with a small, deep cavity that reaches deep into the lead core of the bullet. This is to help deliver controlled, even expansion.

SIG is launching with five loads for five calibers, a 90-grain .380 ACP, a 124-grain 9mm, a 125-grain .357 SIG, a 165-grain .40 S&W and a 200-grain .45 ACP. SIG has clearly tailored their ammo for the mainstream with these calibers and bullet weights.

These are “introductory loads,” SIG will be expanding with more bullet weight options and rifle calibers as well.

“Every product SIG Sauer produces will have the same attributes for which our firearms are known around the world — 

Wilshire Gun is looking to make Oklahoma history by becoming the first gun range in the state to serve alcohol on-site.

Wilshire Gun is scheduled to open this coming spring and if everything goes according to plan, patrons will be able to do more than just get behind a gun. Co-owner Jeff Swanson says the 40,000 square foot establishment will have 24 firearm lanes, 10 archery lanes, a simulation room, classrooms, a VIP Lounge and a bar, FOX-Oklahoma City reports.

“As a group we wanted to build a place, the first one in Oklahoma, where you could go in, shoot, enjoy the retail area and then go to the café,” Swanson said.

While Swanson’s plans of including an on-site bar at his shooting range have caused concern for some, he says certain safety measures will be put in place to ensure alcohol and fir

A massive standoff between hundreds of armed protestors and federal agents over the long-disputed grazing rights of a Nevada rancher ended peacefully Saturday after law enforcement retreated from their positions.

Cliven Bundy, a 68-year-old rancher, along with hundreds who supported his stand against the Bureau of Land Management’s confiscation of his “trespass cattle,” held their ground against federal agents. After protesting for over a week, Bundy and the protestors finally won out. The BLM agents backed down and returned 300 cattle back to Bundy, Newsweek reports.

Guns.com previously reported that Bundy and his ancestors have raised cattle on BLM land since 1887. He currently has nearly 900 cattle roaming over a 600,000-acre area in Bunkerville, but after a 21-year-long legal battle between Bundy and the National Park Service over his right to graze his cattle on the BLM land, the government finally upped the ante.

On April 5 armed

A Russian Air Force Su-24 made repeated low-level fly-bys near the USS Donald Cook.

A Russian Air Force Su-24 Fencer made repeated low-level fly-bys near a Navy destroyer in the Black Sea Saturday. The Russian fighter buzzed the tower of the USS Donald Cook a total of 12 times, barely skimming the surface at just 500 feet above sea level and coming within 1,000 yards of the vessel. The USS Donald Cook tried hailing the Fencer several times during its 90-minute flight, but was met with nothing but radio silence, the Associated Press reports.

The USS Donald Cook trie

The ghost of former Gov. Jerry Brown, who banned lawful open carry in California in 2011, continue to haunt gun owners in that state. (Photo credit: KALW News)

With gaining momentum for shall issue in California, there are now renewed calls for open carry to make a comeback as well.

The practice, which was regulated away 4 years ago after a series of public events by open carry advocates brought retribution from lawmakers, is seen by many as ready for reinstatement in the Golden State.

“That’s the next logical step in the evolution of gun rights in California,” Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California in Folsom, told the

In this Military Arms Channel review of the R51, we get to see  this interesting new Remington R51 demonstrate a whole lot of problems with a relatively short number of rounds.

A lot of these problems are probably caused by a tight or rough chamber.

A tight or rough chamber can prevent the slide from going into battery completely, which would cause the failures to fire and sometimes allow out-of-battery firing. The stretched case is a pretty solid example of a round fired out of battery. It swelled and locked into the chamber so tight that the slide was unable to cycle, increasing the recoil and failing to eject the spent case and load the next cartridge.

Given that this gun’s recoil operation system begins to cycle the round immediately — the breech is not locked, it starts to travel rearward the instant the round goes off — if it fires even just a little out of battery it will have a lot more case hanging out of the chamber while the gun is still pressurized.

As the number of rounds increases between cleanings, there will

This isn’t the first time Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, has made headlines due to his extreme beliefs. (Photo credit: The Springfield News-Leader)

A 73-year-old well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader was arrested and now faces murder charges related to yesterday’s shooting near Kansas City that claimed the lives of three Jewish residents.

Multiple sources reported that Frazier Glenn Cross opened fired in the parking lot of a Jewish community center around 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The center was filled with teenagers and other young people participating in a singing contest and other activities the day before the Jewish festival of

Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration has apparently tied a $100,000 anchor to the pending open-carry legislation in Tennessee by demanding a change in format to gun permits in the state. (Photo credit: AP)

After passing the state Senate by a landslide last week, Tennessee’s open carry bill is stalled over word that it would cost $100,000 to implement.

The reason for this expenditure would be to pay the state’s vendor for handgun permit cards to modify the design to remove open carry language from its layout. Currently the permit allows either concealed or open carry.

Since the state’s $32 billion operating budget is all but finalized, shoehorning the extra expenditure into its ledger is unlikely.

“I would say it’s in grave doubt, because the o

CPT. Krug advising a Combined Battalion level mission with the Afghan National Police and Afghan Army in Kunar Province, Afghanistan (Photo credit: Colby Krug)

In the wake of a mass shooting like the recent one at Fort Hood, we often hear from folks who reflexively say, “Our mental health care system in this country needs improvement, we need to do more to address those who suffer from various mental health disorders.”

Nearly everyone agrees with the sentiment that “we need to do more,” however, the problem is that’s typically where the conversation ends. It seems that everyone’s in favor of doing more, but no one has any idea what that entails, where we should begin or the long-term objectives that need to be reali

A heroic Air Force bomb-sniffing dog that has been credited with saving dozens of military lives throughout his career retired with full military honors Friday during a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

Eddie, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, has seen combat in Afghanistan and has also served to protect the president and vice president. He’s detected multiple improvised explosive devices and saved many lives throughout his service, but his military days have finally come to a close and Eddie will now be reunited with his first handler, Fox News reports.

While deployed in Afghanistan in 2012, Eddie sniffed out two IEDs containing 10 pounds of homemade explosives. Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto, Eddie’s handler at the time, spotted the bomb just 6 inches away from his foot. Later that year Eddie detected another IED, this time concealed on a bridge that was about to be crossed. Eddie’s keen sense of smell and high discipline helped save dozens of military lives, and countless more civilians.

Eddie was honored during the retirement ceremony. Dozens of troops clapped and saluted him and he was even given a cake made out of peanut butter and bananas.

While Eddie was required

Testing bullet proof vests in 1923. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Following a controversial ruling that banned a specific type of surplus Russian ammo, three congressmen penned a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asking it to clarify its ruling on armor piercing ammunition.

The letter — signed by Reps. Bob Goodlatte, James Sensenbrenner and Howard Coble — suggests that the ATF’s interpretation of “armor piercing ammunition” is much broader than the previously understood definition and it expands the definition further than the authors’ original intention.

According to the letter, when lawmakers introduced the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act they outlawed armor-piercing ammunition in order to protect law enforcement officers from harm. Additionally, they f

Point shooting has fallen out of vogue lately, but still has its uses (Photo by Kay T.)

If you’ve watched any films or played any video games in the past decade, you’ll notice that everyone uses their weapon sights all the time, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln not included. Every high-speed, low-drag operator’s cheek may as well literally be welded to the stock. Logically this makes sense, you can’t hit what you’re not aiming at. But, what about those times when the target is too close to aim at?

The U.S. military addressed this in its manual of arms for the venerable M1911 in the “Field Manual 23-35 – Combat Training with Pistols and Revolvers” it reads, “When the ey

The Vatican’s Swiss Guard has been on protection detail since the 1500s.

Pope Francis and a saluting Swiss Guardsman.

Sure, they may look funny in their brightly colored costumes, complete with feathered metal headgear, but these soldiers are the only military force for the smallest country in the world. They are also one of the best equipped.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders applaud after Cuomo signed New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act into law during a ceremony in 2013. Its registration deadline is April 15, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Mike Groll)

New Yorkers have a choice to make by Tuesday about their newly designated ‘assault rifles’ as  SAFE Act registration requirements soon kick into effect.

Under the protocols of the 2013 New York SAFE Act, effective April 15, those with a regulated firearm must register it with the state to keep it legal.

The require

Local authorities have urged residents to learn to protect themselves in the bankrupt city with out-of-control crime. (Photo credit: Click on Detroit)

A Detroit homeowner opened fire on two teens who broke into his home early Wednesday morning, wounding one and killing the other, making seven suspects fatally shot by their intended victims in Detroit in just as many weeks.

Police were called to the home just before 6:00 a.m. after the two suspects, one male and one female, broke into the home, local media reported.

The two teens were confronted by the 47-year-old homeowner, Kenneth Morissette, and although the details of what transpired are not entirely clear, at some point the homeowner

One of the iconic light machine gun designs of the past century has to be the British Bren gun with their distinctive top-mounted magazine and WWII starring role. Yet ironically, if you look into the history of these guns, they may owe more to a town in central Europe named Brno and Toronto Canada than they do to England.

Czechoslovakian soldiers with a ZB vz. 26.

China was the main ZB-26 user during WWII.

In 1921, the Czech firm of Zbrojovka Brno, (ZB) began experimenting with a compact light machine gun that fired a full sized round from a 20

A gunman opened fire and injured two people at a Philadelphia nightclub March 31 after being told he wasn’t allowed to enter.

Around 3:30 a.m. the suspect wanted to enter Candela’s Bar & Restaurant, but was denied entry. Angered, he hurled a grate through the window and left. He returned several minutes and fired four shots into the club, hitting a security guard in his left cheek and a female patron in the back of the head, HLNTV reports.

The security guard was transported to Einstein Hospital where he was listed in critical condition. The female victim suffered only minor injuries and was released from the hospital.

Police responded less than 15 minutes after the shooting occurred, but the suspect had already fled and remains at large.

[ HLNTV ]

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Many of the L.A. populace mistook a supersonic Navy flight for an earthquake.

Many of the Los Angeles populace mistook a supersonic Navy flight for an earthquake Wednesday.

A U.S. Navy aircraft broke the sound barrier over Orange County and the sonic boom was mistaken for an earthquake. The flight departed from the USS Ronald Reagan, which was stationed nearly 50 miles off the coast, and the reverberations from the supersonic flight were felt from Malibu to Orange County, L.A. Times reports.

Caltech seismologists confirmed there was no seismic activity, but many were convinced the shock waves from the aircraft were an earthquake.

“It was really just a short, sharp jolt,” said Kit Fox, who works at Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall, “I think the shaking went on for about three to five seconds at most, but it definitely rattled people.”

Navy Commander Kevin Stephens said this wasn’t the first time supersonic flight caused confusion

Los Angeles sheriff deputies mistakenly shot and killed a “Tosh.O” production assistant during a hostage situation in West Hollywood Monday night.

When John Winkler, 30, went over to his friend’s apartment to investigate screaming he was taken hostage by Alexander McDonald and held at knifepoint along with the two others that were already inside. At one point, Winkler and one of the hostages managed to escape and as they fled from the apartment, deputies opened fire on Winkler, L.A. Times reports.

John Winkler was fatally sh