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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Anti-gun Capitol Hill Democrats and their gun prohibitionist cheerleaders are once again pushing an agenda that seems to have become their “one-size-fits-all” solution to violent crimes, even though none of the measures they want adopted would have prevented the mayhem. This comes as lawmakers in Illinois rejected a proposed ban […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Hours before he was honored by the Second Amendment Foundation with a Lifetime Achievement Award, SAF President Joe Tartaro told a large audience at the 32nd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas on Sept. 30 that in order to “make the Second Amendment great again,” gun owners need […]

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Armed police chief told to leave doctor’s office Conroe, TX, Police Chief Philip Dupuis is allowed by law to open carry a firearm anywhere in the State of Texas, but apparently not in some “gun free” doctor’s offices. Dupuis was asked to leave the Texas Ear Nose and Throat Specialists office in The Woodlands one […]

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Christensen Arms releases new Mesa Long Range Rifle Building upon the successful Mesa line, Christensen Arms is expanding their steel-barreled offerings with the Mesa Long Range. The new Mesa Long Range rifle was created to offer both precision shooters and long range hunters the ideal, long-range precision rifle. The medium Palma stainless steel barrel, mated […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Symbols are important, at least to some people. To others, they are little more than a meaningless emoji. The problem seems to be what the symbols represent. Much has been written and said recently about the evil connotations of statuary honoring long dead heroes of a longer dead […]

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Reader offers thoughts on July issue of TGM Dear Editor: Re: Don Schwartz’s “Massachusetts can’t Impose tax on firearms,” legislators there seem to think otherwise. What is especially hard to take is the fact that the courts allow these money grabbers to get away with such crap. On “Media matters,” Joe Tartaro’s piece in same […]

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Review by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor THE SANTA SHOOTER: Guilty until proven innocent, by Marcus Allen Weldon. ©2017. Published by True Vine Publishing, Nashville, TN. 220 page Paperback. Prices: $20 in print; less in e-book form and discounted by Amazon and other online book stores. This is autobiographical account of an actual defensive […]

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Review by | Chris Bird WARNINGS UNHEEDED: TWIN TRAGEDIES AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, by Andy Brown. ©t 2016. Published by WU Press, Spokane, Wash. List Price $19.99. Trade paperback, available on Amazon. In June 1994, Andy Brown was a Security Police officer in his early twenties at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, WA. […]

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  By Dave Workman Senior Editor Second Amendment activists and gun control proponents were equally surprised when anti-gun Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) admitted to CBS’ “Face the Nation” that no gun control law could have prevented mass killer Stephen Paddock from launching his deadly attack in Las Vegas on Oct. 2. Asked by host John Dickerson […]

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 by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R.38/S.446; H.R. 3576; H.R. 2810, Appropriations bill for Justice, H.R. 2706; Secretary of the Interior; Dept of Justice: Operation Choke Point; Judicial: Wrenn v. District of Columbia, and Matthew Grace & Pink Pistols v. District of Columbia; Northwest School of Safety v. Bob Ferguson; State of Arizona v. […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor Over the years I have found myself owning and shooting more Sig Sauer (Phone: 603-610-3000; Online: sigsauer.com) pistols than any other brand. The main reason is they simply shoot. Not that long ago Sig’s catch phrase was “To hell and back reliability.” This was not a marketing hype, the […]

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Forefront, a pioneering suicide prevention program sponsored jointly by state legislators, health care professionals, pro-gun activists and gun dealers, officially launched its Safer Homes public education campaign Sept. 10 at Franklin Field in Aberdeen in Washington State’s Grays Harbor County. Dr. Jennifer Stuber, a professor at Washington University and a founder of a suicide prevention […]

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  By Dave Workman Senior Editor In the wake of the deadly attack on concert goers in Las Vegas Sunday evening, the National Rifle Association has called on the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to “immediately review” whether “bump stock” devices comply with federal law. The statement, issued by NRA Executive Vice […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The District of Columbia will not be appealing its loss in the Second Amendment Foundation’s concealed carry challenge of city permit laws, apparently fearing a Supreme Court loss that could jeopardize “good cause” requirements in various states. That’s what SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb surmised when […]

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by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor Cartridge caliber designations, contrary to common knowledge and the good mental discipline of uniform logic, are not always based on bullet diameters. Keep in mind that bores have rifling and that the rifling is cut or swaged several thousandths of an inch deep into the metal. Though a smooth […]

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Browning adds six new 1911-22 pistols Browning® is adding six new models to their very popular Black Label 1911-22 line of pistols. The new Black Label 1911-22 Medallion will come in both Full Size and Compact models. Features include a matte black finish slide with brush polished flats, aluminum alloy frame and intricately checkered rosewood […]

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Law to arm congressmen doesn’t go far enough Dear Editor: That the Congress is advocating a bill to allow its members to carry concealed anywhere in the US except on Capitol Hill and the White House makes two facts self-evident. That armed response on the spot is the only truly effective response deterrent in the […]

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Gun Rights Policy Conference set for Texas Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Second Amendment activists and advocates from across the map will converge in Dallas, TX, next month for the 32nd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC). Co-sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the GRPC will […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments— Fed. Legislative: H.R. 3576; H.R. 2810, Appropriations bill for Justice, H.R. 2706; H.R.38/S.446; Interior Dept: proposed regulation; Judicial: Englund v. World Pawn-J&G, Glass, Moore & Carter v. University of Texas, State of Florida v. Liletha Rutherford, Peruta v. California; Duncan v. Becerra Politics: VA; State Legislation: California, Maine, Massachusetts, New […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor More than a year after TGM filed a Public Records Act request with the City of Seattle for its “gun violence tax” revenue, the city – under court order – finally released data that confirmed what tax opponents long suspected, that the revenue forecast was grossly overestimated. The city provided […]

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