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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments—Federal; Judicial: Daylin Leach et al v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Bonidy et al v. US Postal Service et al; Legislative changes: California, Delaware, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin. 114th Congress Pro-gun bills awaiting votes: On May 15, the US House passed […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess has proposed new gun control legislation that would impose a $25 tax on every firearm sale, and five cents for every cartridge sold in the city, but the plan might not be legal, according to the head of a major Washington State-based gun rights […]

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Spiking murder rates in New York City – up 19% over the same period last year – and a jump in felony assaults on the subway have critics of the SAFE (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement) Act arguing that the two-year-old legislation is a failure. “During the last election, Governor Cuomo ran political ads stating […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor Over the last few years the AR15/M4, Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR) has become the biggest selling firearm in the industry. Reports indicate that the MSR accounts for one in four of all firearms sales. With the huge number of firearms sold since 2008 that is a significant number of […]

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by Tom Givens | Chief Firearms Instructor, SAF-TD “Dry firing” or “dry practice” consists of practicing firearms manipulations without the presence of any live ammunition. There are a couple of excellent reasons for engaging in this practice. For one thing, the rising cost of ammunition and the time burden of traveling to and from a […]

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China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5% share remains small compared to the combined 58% of exports from the US and Russia, according to the Associated Press. China’s share of the global arms market rose 143% from 2010 to 2014, a period during which the total volume of […]

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by J.B. Wood The knife shown with the SIG P320 photo deserves some extra comment. Designed by Mikkel Willumsen of Copenhagen, Denmark, it is legal for carrying in 156 countries (but, probably, not in certain US states!). It accomplishes this by blade length and the fact that it has no manually-operated lock. Blade positioning uses […]

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by J.B. Wood | Contributing Editor If you asked a gun-person about the first full-sized 9mm striker-fired pistol, they’d probably say “Glock.” And, they’d be wrong.   It was the Heckler & Koch VP70 and VP70Z, introduced in 1970, as the model number suggests. Around ten years later, the Glock continued the trend. Now, finally, SIG […]

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by Timothy Wheeler, MD The strategy of public health gun prohibitionists has long been to convince Americans that guns are “dirty, deadly, and banned,” as former Centers for Disease Control official Mark Rosenberg once said. We have yet another example of advocacy research toward this goal with a new article in Preventive Medicine from University […]

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Gun rights activists across the country are watching closely to see whether the Obama administration’s Justice Department presses more than a dozen proposed new gun control measures that may be pushed in Congress that include restrictions on .223-caliber pistols and expanding the criteria for disqualifying people from gun ownership, according to published reports. The New […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Following the landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms raised the point that the same principle should apply to nationwide state recognition of concealed carry licenses and permits from all other […]

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BELLEVUE, WA – Following today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said that the same principle should apply to nationwide state recognition of concealed carry licenses and permits from all other states. “To paraphrase what Associate […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed two pieces of legislation that push gun rights ahead in the Badger State, including one measure that is already being criticized by anti-gunners. One bill puts an end to the state’s 48-hour waiting period on handgun sales, while another legalizes the carry of concealed […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Gun owners in Puerto Rico won a big victory when the Commonwealth Court eliminated the firearms registry and licensing requirements to purchase and carry guns by declaring such provisions unconstitutional, and the Second Amendment Foundation is delighted because it provided some strategic advice. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest developments and updates Federal: DOJ, Choke Point; Judicial: Robinson v. Cuomo, ACLU v. Clapper, City Arms East & National Shooting Sports Foundation v. City of Pleasant Hill, Gadomski v. Tavares:; Legislation introduced: New Jersey; Legislation changes: Florida, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin 114th Congress […]

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By Conor Higgins Last year Washington, DC was told that it could no longer ban its citizens, or any American, from carrying a concealed weapon within the District. DC responded by creating a conceal carry application system the likes of New Jersey and Maryland, meaning, incredibly restricted, and based on the perceived “need” of the […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor President Barack Obama’s quick move to exploit the tragic shooting in Charleston, S.C. may have left him with egg on his face, not only for pushing gun control almost immediately, but for his astonishing disregard for history regarding mass-victim attacks around the globe. “Let’s be clear,” the president said during […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The arrest of Charleston, S.C. mass shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof, 21, about 12 hours after nine people were gunned down during a bible study may open a new debate about gun control laws on several levels. That much seemed certain when President Barack Obama, speaking to reporters, stated, “I […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Several leading gun rights organizations have thrown their weight behind federal legislation that would replace the “sporting purposes” and “sporting use” standards set down in the 1968 Gun Control Act, and ostensibly rein in what the bill’s sponsor called “the over-reaching hand of the federal government.” Congressman Rob Bishop’s H.R. […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest legislative and judicial developments—Federal: DOJ, Choke Point; Judicial: Robinson v. Cuomo, ACLU v. Clapper, City Arms East & National Shooting Sports Foundation v. City of Pleasant Hill, Gadomski v. Tavares:; Legislation introduced: New Jersey; Legislation changes: Florida, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin 114th Congress […]

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