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   Winchester Ammunition has introduced a new shotshell load for predators that ups the odds of hitting a moving animal such as a coyote. The new Varmint X load is designed with Winchester’s Shot-Lok Technology, which features a liquid gel that surrounds pellets in the shot cup and then hardens. The result is a shot charge […]

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Review by John Markwell | Contributing Editor GUN GUY, by Bill Wilson/Michael Bane. ©2016. Published by Wilson Combat, 2452 CR 719, Berryville, AR 72616. Illustrated, hard cover, 386 pages. Price: $35. Online at: wilsoncombat.com. Some signed copies still available. Here’s the complete story behind the rise of Wilson Combat as the premier custom builder of […]

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Review by John Markwell | Contributing Editor AMMO ENCYCLOPEDIA 5th Edition, by Michael Bussard: edited by John B. Allen, David Kosowski, and Charlie F. Priore, Jr. ©2014, Published by Blue Book Publications, Inc., 8009 34th Ave. S., Suite 250, Minneapolis, MN 55425: phone 800-887-4867. Large 8½x11”, soft cover, 1008 pages. MSRP $34.95. Also from online […]

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by TGM Staff California Gov. Jerry Brown on July 1 signed six gun-control bills into law, including new restrictions on semi-automatic rifles and a requirement that ammunition purchasers undergo background checks, saying they will help “enhance public safety” in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Brown moved quickly after the legislature passed the measures, […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor The growth of competitive shooting has taken the industry by storm. It was not all that long ago that everything was geared to be Tactical Ted or Tactical Sally. We were hanging more stuff on AR15/M4 platforms than those who are actually in harm’s way. One day folks realized […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted more than 2.1 million background checks in June 2016, compared to about 1.5 million in June 2015, according to a government announcement release July 1. CNN Money said “that’s an increase of about 40%.” This means that 2016 is on track to […]

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When House Democrats staged a gun control sit-in to demand votes on more restrictive regulations in reaction to the Orlando terror attack, they were quickly subjected to an ethics complaint by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). Almost immediately, the Second Amendment Foundation said that members of Congress who violated House rules, as […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor A Harvard Economics professor has released a new study that seems to deflate a popular opinion that racial bias is a factor in police shootings. The New York Times broke the story, noting that the study by Prof. Roland G. Fryer Jr. “confirms that black men and women are […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Using data from a mid-June CBS News opinion poll, the Washington Post reported that gun ownership in the United States is on the decline, with only 36 percent of respondents reporting that they live in households where guns are present. However, the newspaper acknowledged that FBI background checks “are […]

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by R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor America’s largest gunmaker has jumped into the AR 15 market in a big way. The original Ruger rifle was a good but expensive rifle based on gas piston operation. The SR 556 is a good rifle but the new AR 556 is based on the original gas impingement system […]

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Review by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor READY THE CANNONS, by William Gurstelle. ©2016. Published by Chicago Review Press. Orders: 800-888-4741; online: ipgbook.com. 7×10 trade paperback, 129 pages. Price: $16.99. Available at storefront and online book stores. This is more than a fun book by a professional engineer who has been researching and building […]

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France is again reeling after another night of carnage in Nice left at least 84 Bastille Day revelers dead and dozens more injured. While the suspect, identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, was armed with a pistol, his weapon of choice for mass murder was a large truck, not explosives. While it may be too early to […]

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Colonial Williamsburg fans, 18th century history and arms buffs and metal heads alike can tune into the series premiere of “Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour,” on Sunday, July 24 at 10 p.m. eastern on the History channel. The series follows rock legend and “history nerd” Ozzy Osbourne and his son Jack as they visit the […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor When gunman Micah Johnson opened fire in Dallas during a “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) protest march, there were several armed citizens involved in the demonstration and contrary to long-standing rhetoric from the gun prohibition lobby, those citizens posed a threat to nobody. Still, President Barack Obama, speaking at a […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor There is no basis for criminal charges to be filed against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State, FBI Director James Comey said in a special press conference on July 5. Even so, he emphasized […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Continuing a string of admonishments for Barack Obama in the pages of the Washington Post, the newspaper’s popular “Fact Checker” recently awarded the president “three Pinocchios” for his assertion that it is easier for a teen to buy a Glock than it is to get a book. During his remarks […]

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Maine gun control advocates preparing for a big, costly fight over a background checks referendum on the November ballot have received more than $3 million from a nonprofit backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Associated Press reported. Maine voters this fall will consider an initiative requiring background checks before gun transfers […]

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Weldon H. Clark, Jr., 75, a member of the 1977 National Rifle Association reform leadership and later a member of the NRA board for 13 years, as well as a political activist for firearms civil rights nationally and in South Carolina, Maryland and other states, passed away in hospital of pneumonia on March 30. Born […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor The Portland, OR, police chief was placed on administrative leave as an investigation unfolds into an accidental shooting more than a month ago to determine whether he provided misleading information to investigators, according to Fox News and the Portland Oregonian. In an ironic twist, the Oregonian reported that Portland […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor When the National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP) published the results of a national survey of “command-level” police and sheriffs, the results were stunning: the overwhelming majority supports national concealed carry recognition. And that’s not the only positive result from the 28th annual NACOP survey. The results were published […]

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