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Sheriff Dave Daniel of Oregon’s Josephine County made national headlines recently for declaring that he would not enforce a so-called “universal background check” bill if it became law. Daniel was quoted by the Herald and News in Klamath Falls as saying that “it appears” the proposed law would conflict with the existing Josephine County charter. […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) scored another legal victory recently when the District of Columbia decided to drop its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling in a case that declared the city’s ban on carrying firearms outside of the home is unconstitutional, according to the Washington Post. The case, […]

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Nathan Brasfield, a one-time animal rights extremist, will be spending the next 48 months in a federal prison and three additional years on supervised release after being found guilty in federal court in Seattle for illegal gun possession. It wasn’t just any gun, according to the Seattle P-I.com. Brasfield had a sawed-off rifle that had […]

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The National Rifle Association’s Board of Directors election did not cause any mayor ripples, and Sean Maloney of Ohio, whose supporters ran a spirited social media campaign, won the one-year 76th seat in Nashville balloting. In addition to Maloney, those elected or re-elected to full three-year terms are (in alphabetical order): Scott Bach William Bachenberg […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor It was the second largest turnout in National Rifle Association history as 78,865 people attended the organization’s 144th annual meetings and exhibits in Nashville, where Allan D. Cors of Florida was elected president of the association, succeeding James Porter. It was, according to the Baltimore Sun, the largest convention […]

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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced on Apr. 22 that Emmy award-winning investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson, the reporter who broke the Fast and Furious story while working at CBS, will be hosting a new, national Sunday morning news program that will air on Sinclair’s ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliates nationwide. The 30-minute program, which will […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro and J. David Truby An easily obtained protection from abuse (PFA) order from a local court can open a Pandora’s box of complications, expense and grief if you are a gun collector on the wrong-side of such a ruling, which might even have been brought out of spite. In March, Rick […]

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Winchester Repeating Arms has announced a recall on a limited number of SXP (also called the “Super X Pump) shotguns chambered for 3 ½-inch 12-gauge magnum shells. According to the Winchester notice, this shotgun may, “under certain circumstances, unintentionally discharge while closing the action.” “Failure to return any affected shotguns for inspection and/or repair may […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Less than a day after the Cleveland, Ohio city council passed a gun control law that one member admitted was “not designed to stop gun violence,” but only reflect the “council’s values,” the city was sued by Ohioans for Concealed Carry and one of its individual members who resides in […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor A highly-publicized self-defense shooting in Chicago’s Logan Square area by a legally-armed Uber driver would not have happened without federal court action spearheaded by the Second Amendment Foundation, which forced the Illinois legislature to adopt a concealed carry law in 2013. The unidentified Uber driver fired several rounds at a […]

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is requesting an explanation for why nearly all of the names on the Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department gun ban list in the “mental defective” category belong to veterans or their dependents. “It’s disturbing to think that the men and women who dedicated themselves […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Latest Updates and Developments Federal: H.R. 1365, S. 670 and H.R. 1316, S. 874 and H.R. 1701; Judicial: Belemjian v. Harris, Kolbe v. O’Malley; New Jersey; States with new bills introduced: Colorado, Illinois, Rhode Island, Vermont; Legislation changes: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia 114th […]

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A trio of Oregon legislators is facing recall over their involvement in pushing gun control in the Beaver State this year, and Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms noted that, “When politicians work to undermine not only Second Amendment rights, but privacy rights as well, gun […]

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    by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The slogan on official US documents and American money, “E Pluribus Unum,” is there for a reason. It is a constant reminder that this is one nation that is unified first from many states, from many people of different ethnic and racial origins, and different cultures. […]

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Holder bemoans only his failure on gun ban By his own admission, outgoing US Attorney General Eric Holder got nearly everything right during his time at the Department of Justice. In fact, he only had one single failure: failing to advance federal gun control. Reflecting on his career with a sympathetic interviewer, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry, […]

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    The Featherweight Vests for men and women are the lightest outerwear products ever made by SCOTTeVEST, but with 14 pockets, they are not light on features. SCOTTeVEST is known for creating clothing with dozens of hidden pockets to carry gadgets and travel gear. The Featherweight Vests bring a new, lighter dimension to the […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor BLUE BOOK OF AIRGUNS, 11th Edition, by Robert D. Beeman and John B. Allen. Edited by S.P. Fjectad. ©2014. Published by Blue Book Publications, Inc., Dept. TGM, 8009 34th Avenue South, Suite 250, Minneapolis, MN 55425. Price: $29.95 (softback) or $44.95 (hardback), plus shipping. Available in most […]

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In response to the growing interest in target shooting and firearms ownership by those who speak Spanish, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has made its website, NSSF.org , available in a Spanish translation for the first time. Simply clicking on the “en Español” button on the upper right of the NSSF.org homepage allows viewers to […]

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Review by Charles Murray AMERICAN GUN, by Chris Kyle with William Doyle and editorial contributions by Jim Defelice, forward and afterword by Taya Kyle, © 2013. Hardback published by HarperCollins and paperback published by William Morrow. Paperback list price $15.99. Also available in audio CD. Available at bookstores and online bookstores. It would be a […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Attempts to push a so-called “universal background check” measure in Vermont have failed, as the chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee was quoted by the Burlington Free Press as stating the measure is “dead.” “Quite frankly,” Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington) told the newspaper, “it’s dead.” He was referring […]

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