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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor BLUE BOOK OF GUN VALUES, 39th Edition, by S. P. Fjestad. ©2018. Published by Blue Book Publications, Inc., Dept. TGM, 8009 34th Avenue S., Suite 250, Minneapolis, MN 55425. Price: $54.95, plus postage. There is also an online subscription with over 8,000 color photographs. Available at storefront […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor A columnist for a Detroit newspaper recently noted that “About the only merchandise Dick’s Sporting Goods sells that you can’t also find on Amazon are guns. And yet the major retailer of athletic and outdoor gear is turning on that captive customer base, throwing its lot in with […]

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Yes, all rights are absolute! Dear Editor: Have you heard the new “chant” about rights? That rights aren’t “absolute.” WRONG! The constitutional and lawful exercise of EVERY RIGHT is ABSOLUTE. As long as the rights of others are not infringed, the exercise of all rights are ABSOLUTE. Gee, now how do I know this but […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor Glock’s Generation 5 guns are proving successful and ever more interesting. I have fired the Glock 17 and Glock 19 Gen 5 and found each good. My personal favorite, however, is the Glock 19X, a hybrid of the Glock 17 and Glock 19. The 19X indicates that Glock is […]

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By Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R. 2; H.R. 1625; H.R. 4909, DOJ Bump stocks ; H.R. 5087, H.R. 2810, H.R.38/S.446; H.R. 447; H.R. 3576; H.R. 2706; Political: Oregon Judicial: Boulder, CO Ordinance 8245; Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et. al. v. Gurbir Grewal, et. al; Minnesota Voters Alliance Et […]

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By John Markwell | Contributing Editor We have always had a soft spot for Smith & Wesson’s Hand Ejector revolvers. Development of the classic S&W revolver, as we know it today, began in 1894 and upgrades in the design continue to this day. According to Roy Jinks, the K-Frame revolvers have been “the most important […]

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By Jim Dickson Because of the longer reach involved in using a crossdraw holster compared to a conventional holster it is slightly slower and therefore less popular. The speed difference is not as much as you might think though and there are times when the crossdraw holster is the best choice. A lot of people […]

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By Scott Smith | Contributing Editor While working on this article it is hard to believe we are thinking about graduations and Father’s Day. We just had a foot of snow, its thirtyish raining, and the weather folks say this could be the weather for a couple more weeks. I looked at that calendar to […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Two gun rights organizations based in Washington State have issued a demand to backers of Initiative 1639, the new gun control measure aimed at blocking sales of so-called “assault rifles” to 18-20-year-olds in that state, asserting that the typeface used to print the text of the initiative on the rear […]

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  By Dave Workman Senior Editor The armed Samaritan who fatally shot a rampaging gunman at a Washington State Walmart has issued a statement detailing the incident from his perspective, while asking for privacy. “The events of last Sunday evening were tragic and shocking from all points of view,” said David George the armed citizen […]

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By Michael A. Black I first saw Ideal Conceal’s cellphone gun at the 2018 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The gun is the same size and shape as your standard smart phone, so it’s easily concealable, and can be deployed as a weapon in a matter of seconds. Since the company is located in Minneapolis […]

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By James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA When you go to the Rice Barrel Company website the first thing you will see is that quote. I appreciated that quote because as a young Tool & Die Maker my seniors always told me the same “Once what you made leaves this shop, it will never […]

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By Art Merrill | Contributing Editor Probably the most prolific years for the invention of wildcat cartridges spanned the period from about 1910 through the Great Depression, and again following WWII and into the 1960s. Open any gun magazine from those periods and it will be the rare one indeed that doesn’t include mention of […]

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  By Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R. 1625; H.R. 4909, DOJ Bump stocks ; H.R. 5087, H.R. 2810, H.R.38/S.446; H.R. 447; H.R. 3576; H.R. 2706; Political: Alabama; California; Nevada Judicial: NRA v. Cuomo; Village of Deerfield; Workman v. Healey: National Rifle Association of America, Inc. v. Bondi; State Legislation: California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, […]

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A federal judge ruled in May that anonymous teenage plaintiffs helping to challenge Florida’s sweeping anti-gun law must identify themselves publicly, even as he acknowledged the order would probably expose them to intense leftist “vitriol” and “harassment.” In what media reports indicated was “a surprising turn,” US District Judge Mark Walker even suggested that he […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivered a fiery — some might call it pure boilerplate — speech to a crowded members’ meeting in Dallas during which he urged gun owners to “stand and fight like hell to save our great nation.” It was one of the […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor A pregnant Michigan woman was due to deliver her second child in prison after being convicted of assault and felony firearms – a term alluding to the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony – in a case from 2017 that has fired up gun rights […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor   About 2,500 Evergreen State gun owners recently gathered at the Washington State capitol in Olympia, promising to fight a new anti-gun ballot initiative that would raise the minimum age for purchasing a modern sporting rifle to 21, and add other requirements including a 10-day waiting period. The turnout […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor When Sturm Ruger CEO Christopher Killoy reacted to a push by so-called “gun safety advocates” to force the company to adopt policies that required a report on how the company keeps tabs on so-called “gun violence,” it brought chuckles from gun owners and Second Amendment activists. Quoted by the […]

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By Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor The 1979 SHOT Show was held in St. Louis, MO, some 200 miles southwest of its predecessor the National Sporting Goods Show held at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The entire show was on one octagon-shaped floor, and could easily be covered in one day. (The floor plan […]

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