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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Evergreen State gun owners who surrendered their bump stocks in exchange for financial compensation from the state are sounding alarms since learning of a Public Records Act (PRA) request from an individual seeking their names and addresses in order to build a database and publicly reveal their identities. Gun […]

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  By Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R. 1222; S. 821; H.R. 1263; H.R. 8; H.R. 1112, S.8; Judicial: Daniel Mitchell, et al, v. Chuck Atkins, et al, Livingston v. Ballard, Anderson v. City of Pittsburgh, Duncan v. Becerra; People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Vivian Brown, Appellee; CT Supreme Court-Soto v. […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Hardball-playing Republican state senators in Oregon used a parliamentary maneuver to compel majority Democrats to discard a major piece of gun control legislation in exchange for returning to the Senate chambers, where a subsequent party-line vote allowed Democrats to adopt a major tax package for education. In Oregon, there […]

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The Portuguese gun rights group Associação Nacional da Arma de Portugal (ANARMA) has joined the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR), the international coalition of 33 associations in 23 countries dedicated to defending civilian firearms rights. ANARMA’s membership in the civilian arms rights coalition expands the European membership to 12 groups […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Oregon outdoorsmen and women were stunned when a state Senate committee declined to consider the nomination of a lifelong hunter and Marine Corps veteran to the state Fish & Wildlife Commission after environmental groups raised a fuss over the fact that the nominee had killed big game in Africa. […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor   For 32-year-old Piper Smith, Armed Equality is an effort that just makes sense, and she’s determined to see it grow. A San Diego, CA, native, Smith founded the project just after the terror attack at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando in an effort to reach out to the […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor It may have been the first time in history for a major gun prohibition lobbying organization to offer a public apology for trying to turn a somber vigil for the victims of a high school shooting in Colorado, but the Brady Campaign did exactly that. However, for Alan Gottlieb, […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The National Rifle Association has reportedly filed a second lawsuit against its advertising agency as an open letter of support for embattled Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre has been posted on the organization’s website. Meanwhile, the CEO of United Airlines was challenged during a stockholders’ meeting this week about the […]

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Counties join 17 state amici in 2A Supreme Court case There is some irony in the following report of little governments challenging the big guys. The Schuyler County, NY, legislature has voted to join a constitutional challenge to a New York City law that could have broad implications for the state’s gun control measures. The […]

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    A federal lawsuit challenging Washington State’s gun control Initiative 1639 advanced one more step when a federal judge in Tacoma denied a motion to dismiss the action, saying that law-abiding gun owners and firearms retailers do not have to violate the law and risk punishment in order to challenge infringements of the Second […]

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Ruger adds new Security-9 Compact Sturm, Ruger has added a new, compact version of the popular Security-9® pistol. Smaller, lighter and more concealable than its full-size counterpart, the Security-9 Compact is ideal for everyday carry with an overall length of 6.5” and weighing in at just under 22 ounces. It ships with two, 9mm 10-round, […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor I don’t mind carrying a small handgun that is very efficient for its size. Some handguns are a wonder of downsizing. But small 9mm handguns have a set of problems that isn’t easily addressed. These include lower magazine capacity and lower hit probability. A short sight radius doesn’t make […]

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By Art Merrill | Contributing Editor The simple pleasure of shooting led somebody somewhere to invent a device with which we can shoot more cheaply and more often by reducing the feeding requirements of a larger cartridge to that of a smaller. Or perhaps its impetus was in developing a less expensive means of training […]

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7th Concealed Handgun Manual important modern survival guide Review by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor THE CONCEALED HANDGUN MANUAL, Seventh Edition, by Chris Bird. © 2019. Privateer Publiations, San Antonio, TX. 566 pages, soft cover, with some illustrations. $24.95. This is a book of advice and guidance subtitled How to choose, carry, and shoot […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The Connecticut Supreme Court on March 14 by a narrow 4-3 vote reversed a ruling by a lower court judge dismissing a lawsuit by the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting against Remington Arms Company and others in the industry, thus allowing the […]

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By Scott Smith | Contributing Editor As always the SHOT Show can be overwhelming. A snippet I read put out by a blogger said if you visited every booth you could spend 33 seconds. You could see a lot and walk about 12 miles, but that would be it. I opted to look for a […]

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On March 13, the Iowa state Senate voted 33-16 to pass Senate Joint Resolution 18 to propose an amendment to the state Constitution affirming and recognizing the right of Iowans’ to keep and bear arms as a fundamental individual right, the National Rifle Association reported. Later the same day, the state House of Representatives voted […]

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A recent report published by FiveThirtyEight.com alleged that annual estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the number of people sustaining non-fatal injuries from firearms “may not be trustworthy.” The agency reportedly estimated that in 2017, there were “somewhere between 31,000 and 236,000 people…injured by guns.” The story quoted Dr. David Hemenway, […]

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Less than a week after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) outlined his $38.6 billion state budget, including a proposed $9 million hike on gun fees and taxes, shockwaves could be felt throughout the state’s community of licensed gun owners and second amendment supporters, New Jersey 101.5 reported. Higher taxes and fees for guns and […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor A federal judge’s ruling that the California ban on “large capacity magazines” is unconstitutional prompted state Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the defendant in the case, to quickly file for a stay of the judge’s ruling while an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco proceeds. U.S. District Judge […]

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