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BELLEVUE, WA – Following a year of organization, the Second Amendment Foundation Training Division (SAFTD) has embarked on the development of a program specifically directed at training the new and inexperienced shooters in the defensive use of pistols, shotguns and carbines. In early 2014, experienced trainers from throughout the country were recruited to act as […]

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By Dave Workman | Senior Editor The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash., that challenges the constitutionality of portions of Initiative 594, the billionaire-backed 18-page gun control measure passed by voters Nov. 4 that could be the most important election issue of 2014. I-594 was supported […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor When the FBI notified federal firearms licenses (FFLs) on Oct. 31 of the status of the forthcoming New NICS system, the message may have been to allay fears about any new procedures required for E-system background checks. However, the message suggested that the FBI and ATF were also […]

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At the annual GRPC awards luncheon, several state and national activists, organizations, lawyers and scholars from across the county were honored with awards presented by either the Citizen’s Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) or the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). The awards and recipients, together with the sponsoring organizations, were as […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The first-of-its-kind international symposium on so-called “smart guns” is scheduled Jan. 28 in downtown Seattle, Wash., with sponsorship from Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and Washington Ceasefire, but there will also be representation from two leading gun rights organizations, and some firearms technology experts. Representatives from the Bellevue-based Citizens Committee […]

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A Montana jury has found a Missoula man guilty of deliberate homicide in the April shooting death of a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany who was attending a local high school. Markus Hendrik Kaarma faces sentencing Feb. 11 and he could spend at least ten years behind bars. According to the Missoulian newspaper, a jury […]

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by J. B. Wood | Contributing Editor The story goes like this: Several years ago, the Israeli Mossad located a notorious terrorist chief in a hotel room in one of the Arab Emirates. Two black ops agents were sent, and the man responsible for killing a lot of Israeli citizens was summarily dispatched. The instrument […]

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A New Jersey shooting club that caters to the needs of Orthodox Jewish gunowners is challenging two major Jewish organizations in an effort to get the Orthodox community to become more accepting of the idea of gun ownership, according to a report on JPupdates.com. Golani Rifle and Pistol Club was established in 2003 to enable […]

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By Tanya Metaksa Federal During the second session of the 113th Congress, there were two items that were of significance to gunowners. The first one was S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act. In July Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) brought up the bill allowing only one amendment—his. On a vote to close debate and proceed to […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor In a unanimous ruling, the Connecticut Supreme Court has said that the Second Amendment protects possession of so-called “dirk knives” and even police batons, and that a section of the state law banning transport of such weapons in a motor vehicle violates the right to keep and bear arms. The […]

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A new tool for shotguns is now available, and it is designed to remove gunpowder, wad, casing and bullet residue to provide a superior finish for any cylinder, slide, chamber, magazine tube or smooth bore barrel of any size. Called the Flex-Hone, the new accessory was invented and manufactured by Los Angeles-based Brush Research Manufacturing, […]

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by Miko Tempski Thirty-odd years have passed since the modern generation of striker-fired pistols first revolutionized the police and defensive handgun markets. Heckler & Koch (HK) was heavily involved in early striker-fired pistol development, with the VP70 and then the awesome P7 line. If you have never experienced the joy of a P7, I highly […]

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by Steve Ware Technology has changed our lives in many ways. For example, I can remember picking up the telephone and telling the operator “25” to call my father at his office. That changed to a rotary dial and no operator. Then, the rotary dial disappeared and was replaced by push buttons. Now, we carry […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Four California gun dealers have filed an unusual federal lawsuit against State Attorney General Kamala Harris, alleging that enforcement of a law that prohibits them from displaying images of handguns or even the word “handguns” where they would be visible to passersby is an unconstitutional violation of their First […]

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Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Lancaster and five Democratic state lawmakers filed suit against the state of Pennsylvania on Nov. 10 in Commonwealth Court to overturn a new firearms preemption law signed by Gov. Tom Corbett just four days earlier. The law broadens who can sue cities over gun ordinances that are tougher than state law, including gun […]

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A procedural decision in a landmark Second Amendment case could spell the end for California laws restricting the issuance of permits to carry concealed handguns, FoxNews.com reported on Nov. 12. The decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals would bar other law enforcement officials, including state Attorney General Kamala Harris, from gaining “intervener […]

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On Oct. 28, Julianne Versnel, director of operations for the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), addressed the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of both SAF and the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR), of which SAF is a founding member. IAPCAR members currently include 31 groups from […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor “Gun free zones have become hunting preserves for psychopathic murderers.” That was the assessment from nationally-recognized firearms and self-defense authority Massad Ayoob, speaking at the 2014 Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Chicago. His was among the most compelling presentations during the two-day event that, despite massive travel problems […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Whatever else one might say about 2014, a lot of people are glad it’s almost over. It has been a year of wins and losses on the gun rights front, complete with in-fighting, deft legal maneuvering, small and large fortunes raised and spent, and political turmoil. From political campaigns […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed yet another lawsuit in federal district court in Illinois, this time challenging that state’s concealed carry law, which was forced—and perhaps hastily written last year—because of an earlier SAF legal action, Moore v. Madigan and a similar action by the National Rifle […]

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