The Gun Mag

by Dave Workman | Senior Editor Whatever else one learns from the annual SHOT Show is that there is a great emphasis on shooting, and that’s where the nation’s ammunition manufacturers unfailingly step in with new loads for rifles, handguns and shotguns. The ammo industry is catching up to the heavy consumer demands over the […]

The post SHOT Show Preview: Ammo companies loading-up with new use-specific loads appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

by Dave Workman | Senior Editor There’s nothing like zeroing in on big game or even small game at a distance, through a good rifle scope or pair of quality binoculars. This year will find some new optics entries from many of the top names in the industry. Watch for some “new and improved” Grand […]

The post SHOT Show Preview: New optics will broaden horizons, bring them closer appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has indicated that she won’t stand for the state to defend in court a challenge filed by three cities and five legislators opposed to the recently adopted firearms preemption that expands the rights of groups like the National Rifle Association to challenge local gun ordinances in cities and towns across […]

The post Pennsylvania AG won’t defend new preemption law appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

JAN. 10-11 Brookings, SD— Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Show, Swiftel Center, Brookings, SD. Vic Carter, 18299 US Hwy. 81, Castlewood, SD 57223. (605) 793-2347. JAN. 17-18 Bismarck, ND— Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Show, Civic Center, Bismarck, ND. Roger Krumm, PO Box 158, Strasburg, ND 58573. (701) 336-7533. Ft. Lauderdale, FL— Sun Coast Gun Collectors Show, […]

The post Gun Shows Around the U.S. appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

Beginning in the February 2015 issue, TheGunMag.com will begin a series of handloading columns by Art Merrill.   by Art Merrill | Handloading Editor January is “out with the old and in with the new” time, so let’s take it alphabetically to see what’s new for handloaders at the upcoming Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade […]

The post What’s new for handloaders in 2015? appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

American gun rights activists are infuriated by reports that police in Buffalo, NY, will apparently begin confiscating guns legally owned by people who have recently passed away. Angry gunowners contend that this is proof of what they have been saying for years—and being roundly criticized as paranoids for doing so—about how registration leads to confiscation. […]

The post Gun confiscations from deceased NY licensees rebuked appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

  by Tanya Metaksa Welcome to 2015 This is the beginning of a new Congress with new leadership in the US Senate. For the majority of Americans a change in leadership means very little, but in Washington it is a big deal. I remember 1980 when the Republicans took over the Senate and I was […]

The post Grassroots Alert: Legislative Update January 2015 appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The universal background check scheme, like the one voters accepted in Washington State in November, is creeping closer in other states, particularly in Nevada, and to a lesser degree in Arizona. In Nevada, Secretary of State Ross Miller said in early December, that petitions seeking to expand background […]

The post Certification of background check petitions challenged in Nevada appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

In response to the recent launch of a new gun control organization consisting of state legislators from all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) immediately called on the new American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention (ASLGVP) to immediately publish a roster of their […]

The post CCRKBA seeks disclosure from anti-gun legislative group appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

by Dave Workman | Senior Editor No sooner will the holidays fade into the background than tens of thousands of people in the firearms industry will descend on Las Vegas for the 2015 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, the largest firearms industry show of its kind in the world. TGM will be covering […]

The post SHOT Show Preview: Industry preps for SHOT Show with new handguns, rifles appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The Ohio House and Senate in early December passed legislation that would make major changes to the state’s concealed carry licensing requirements, including reducing training requirements and expanding recognition of out-of-state licenses. The House vote was 69-16, the Senate vote was 24-6, sending the measure to Gov. John […]

The post Ohio CCW reform measure passed, sent to governor appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

by Dave Workman | Senior Editor The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has launched what it calls a “national media campaign and petition effort,” complete with an advertisement that will appear on Fox News and Blaze networks, and be broadcast on national talk radio, in an effort to stop a possible executive order by President Barack […]

The post SAF launches national campaign to preempt Obama UN exec order appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION LAUNCHES FIREARMS TRAINING DIVISION appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post SAF sues to derail Washington State gun control initiative 594 appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post New NICS starting April 2015; NASGW honors manufacturers appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post 2014 GRPC awards presented to scholars, activists and groups appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post International ‘Smart gun’ symposium slated Jan. 28 in Seattle appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post MT jury convicts Missoula man of homicide in death of alleged prowler appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post A unique Beretta .22 pistol that could be a movie prop appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.

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 […]

The post Orthodox Jewish NJ gun club counters groups on gun control appeared first on TheGunMag - The Official Gun Magazine of the Second Amendment Foundation.