The Gun Mag

By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor February was a tough month for anything to do with guns because of the mass murder at the high school in Broward County, FL. The number of NICS checks for the month of February was down only 2 percent from the record numbers in 2016, but the shooting […]

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  By Dave Workman Senior Editor The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to “withhold funds from any local or state government that adopts policies that infringe on the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb made the request in […]

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By Frederick Su How many more students have to die at the hands of a crazed murderer, as has just happened in Broward County, FL, before society lets teachers and administrators carry guns? Police cannot be everywhere, and they take minutes to arrive. The gunman took 3 minutes to slaughter 17 people and wound 15. […]

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By Harold “Budd” Schroeder The recent tragedy in a Florida school predictably brings up the cry for more gun control and it is still not the solution to deal with the acts of evil or crazy people. It is a terrible action and people demand that the government do something to prevent repeats of any […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor GUN DIGEST 2018, 72nd Edition, edited by Jerry Lee. ©2017. Published by Caribou Media, Dept. TGM, PO Box 12219, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448. Price: $36.99. Available at most bookstores and many gun shops. This 568-page, softbound latest edition (72nd.) of what is advertised as “The World’s Greatest […]

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By James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA “Retirement is never having to ask for time off from work from your employer again.” Yes, I am retired now and these words best describe retirement, except I am learning there are only 52 weekends in a year and the only thing I gained is the travel […]

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By Art Merrill | Contributing Editor Sitting here, I count off the top of my head at least eight 30-06 rifles in my fearful arsenal, and if gallon plastic bags filled with fired brass is the only measure, then 30-06 is, indeed, my favorite cartridge. Why 30-06? Maybe you can think of more reasons than […]

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By Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R. 1625; H.R. 4909, DOJ Bump stocks ; H.R. 2810, H.R.38/S.446; H.R. 447; H.R. 3576; H.R. 2706; Trump Administration; Signed H.R. 1625; Due process/Reducing school violence; Political: Oregon, Wisconsin; Screnock moves on to April 3 ballot; Judicial: National Rifle Association of America, Inc. v. Bondi, State Legislation: California, […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor Difficult times may have fallen on some historic brands in the firearms industry, but at Lyman, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, the company is going strong. Company President Rick Ranzinger, who has been with Lyman for three decades and has a considerable amount of institutional knowledge […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Retired U.S. Supreme Justice John Paul Stevens, who authored the dissenting opinion on the 2008 Heller ruling, has advised high school gun control demonstrators to “demand a repeal of the Second Amendment” in an Op-Ed piece published by the New York Times. The retired associate justice’s words might lay bare […]

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By Michael A. Black The 40th annual SHOT Show was once again held at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas this past January. Even though the show is spread over four days, it’s virtually impossible to see all the new guns and products that are on display, even though this year the NSSF offered […]

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By John Lott, Jr. This Op Ed column first appeared in The Hill newspaper If you can’t beat the other side’s arguments, silence them. The idea is to keep yelling that the NRA is racist, that they are murderers and have “blood on their hands,” that they are a “terrorist organization” that they won’t support […]

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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The National Rifle Association (NRA) on March 9 filed a lawsuit in federal district court over Florida lawmakers’ approval of a broad package of gun-control and school security measures just hours after Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed it into law. The NRA contends the bill violates the […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The mayor of Seattle appears poised to take on Washington State’s 35-year-old model preemption law by proposing legislation requiring so-called “safe storage” of firearms and “increased civil penalties…for not reporting lost or stolen firearms.” But Evergreen State gun rights activists are wondering if this effort, launched by Mayor Jenny Durkan, […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The confrontation between an armed school resource officer and a Maryland high school gunman that ended with the shooter’s death might easily underscore the long-standing contention by gun rights organizations that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The […]

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By Joseph P. Tartar | Executive Editor How would you like Massachusetts-style gun licensing laws in your state? Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) has filed a bill—S.2546— in the US Senate that would incentivize other states to adopt similar police-supervised gun licensing everywhere. The measure has one co-sponsor: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, also a Massachusetts Democrat. Markey […]

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Mossberg unveils magazine-fed pump shotgun At the recent SHOT Show, Mossberg unveiled their Model 590M, a new take on their most famous pump-action shotgun. The updated design feeds from detachable box magazines with an impressive capacity. People often recommend pump shotguns for self-defense because they’re affordable, simple and effective. However, most short shotguns used for […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The Pacific Northwest is under attack from gun prohibitionists working on both sides of the Columbia River. Oregon gun prohibitionists are formally launching an initiative effort aimed at getting a gun ban measure on the November ballot, essentially putting the lie to claims that “nobody wants to take your guns,” […]

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By TGM Staff After 79 years in business as the premier supplier of gunsmithing tools, firearms accessories, magazines and ammunition, Brownells has joined the ranks of America’s gun manufacturers. Perhaps it also makes sense that the company’s first firearms are legitimately old school—retro AR-15 rifles. The offering provides an opportunity for people to own authentic […]

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Opinion By Dave Workman Senior Editor In the aftermath of the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, news reports including one in the Washington Post have repeatedly referred to “gun safety” groups that have “jumped into the post-Parkland fray,” but that is a glaring – and perhaps deliberate – error on the part of the […]

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