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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor A Pew Research Center poll conducted in July shows widespread support for background checks, and a majority of Democrats backing a ban on so-called assault weapons while less than half of Republicans support such a ban, according to People-Press.org. According to the Pew survey, 85 percent of Americans support […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The man allegedly responsible for the on-air slaying of a Virginia television reporter and cameraman apparently claimed in a 23-page fax to ABC News that the Charleston church shooting had “sent me over the top.” The Washington Times headlined a report saying that the gunman claimed that “Jehovah spoke to […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor In a historic move, gun rights and gun industry groups have joined forces in a lawsuit against the City of Seattle’s new ordinance that puts a tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition inside the city, just three days after anti-gun Mayor Ed Murray signed the ordinances. The Second […]

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NY Senate adjourns, knife rights bill dies Legislation that would have added protection to the owners of so-called “gravity knives” in New York state died when the session ended, as the Republican-controlled state Senate did not vote on the measure, Knife Rights has reported. Todd Rathner, Knife Rights director of legislative affairs, even traveled to […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor After the deadly terrorist attack on unarmed military service facilities in Chattanooga, TN, on July 16, there is a two-pronged debate on security in the age of Al Qaeda and ISIS. One part of the debate focuses on the question of whether or not active US military personnel […]

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Robber chooses pizza with pepperoni, olives and lead A would-be robber picked the wrong target in Albuquerque, NM, when it turned out that the pizza delivery driver he tried to rob had a gun, and this was already after the suspect allegedly held up the Domino’s pizza place where the driver worked. According to the […]

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Six Savage Arms rifles in 338 Federal introduced Savage Arms™, a division of Vista Outdoors Inc., has introduced six 338 Federal models available in its most popular big game rifle platforms. Since its introduction in 2006, the 338 Federal caliber has established itself as an extremely versatile, high-performance big game cartridge. Built on the .308 […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. ©2010. Published by Random House, Dept. TGM, New York, NY. Price: $27. Available at most bookstore now in paperback. This 498-page hardbound volume deserves to be read by everyone. Written by the author of Seabiscuit, it is a World War II story of […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor GUN BUYER’S ANNUAL 2015. Published by Harris Publications, Inc., Dept. TGM, 1115 Broadway, New York, NY 10010. Price: $9.95. Available at most bookstore and newsstands. This 178–page softbound magazine-size tome is reminiscent of the type published two-score or so years back, such as the 1973 GUNS ANNUAL. […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor ARMED & SMART – A Beginner’s Guide to Concealed Carry, by David Bahde, Paul Markel & Terrill Hoffman. ©2014. Published by 2nd Amendment Media, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Dept. TGM, 3101 Clairmont Road, Atlanta, GA 30329. Price: $16.95, plus postage. Available in most bookstores. This 192-page color illustrated […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor The success of the Colt 1911 Government Model handgun was the result of more than a decade of painstaking development. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge was developed in a shorter period with input from many of the great minds of the day including General John T. Thompson. The […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Legal action against the City of Seattle is almost a certainty following the unanimous adoption of a special tax on firearms and ammunition sales within the city that critics say violates Washington state’s longstanding preemption statute. Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation and chairman of the Citizens Committee […]

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by John Markwell | Contributing Editor With the great success of Wilson Combat AR-platform rifles chambered for 5.56/.223 and other calibers compatible with that receiver size, it was only a matter of time. That time is now here with the introduction of the Wilson Combat 308 AR series of rifles. Billed simply as the 308 […]

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“It’s a hot summer for the gun industry,” CNN Money headlined an early July report. Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever in the history of the National Instant Check System (NICS), citing the FBI’s background check data. Last month the FBI conducted […]

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by James C. Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA Every organization that is to last more than a generation needs endowments. An endowment is simply money or even property given to a person or institution to provide an income. Many endowments have restrictions placed on them so the money can only be used for specific needs […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments—Federal; Judicial; Obama Administration; Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia 114th Congress Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US House passed the Defense Authorization Act, the budget bill for the Department of Defense—HR3979. Included in this bill was an amendment by Rep. Mike Rogers […]

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by Tom Givens | Chief Firearms Instructor, SAF-TD Ammunition made in the US is of very high quality. American manufacturers, however, turn out tens of millions of rounds of ammunition each day. Any product that is made by the millions per day will suffer from defective, out of spec, or damaged specimens and these will […]

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by J.B. Wood | Contributing Editor In the old days, they would refer to a person like this writer as “numbers-stupid.”   In modern, non-offensive, politically-correct speech, I’d be “mathematically-challenged.” I have to be careful with things like dimensional data. So, I looked up “Pico” in my dictionary. The definition is a numerical prefix meaning “one […]

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  by Art Merrill | Contributing Editor For the beginning handloader primers are both simple to understand and yet slightly more complex than they first appear. Rifle and pistol primers are the same physical size, so what makes them different? Can we substitute one for the other? What secret ingredient goes into making Match grade […]

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by TGM staff US Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC), the Assistant Democratic Leader in the House, on July 14 introduced a measure titled the Background Check Completion Act, following the revelation by the FBI that Dylann Root, the alleged shooter in the Charleston church mass murders, was allowed to buy a handgun because of the […]

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