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Gun rights activists in the Show Me State won a major victory when state lawmakers overrode a veto by Democrat Gov. Jay Nixon that had allowed local governments to prohibit the open carry of firearms. The Missouri House easily overrode the veto on a 117-39 vote, according to St. Louis public radio, and the measure […]

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A lawsuit that challenges the ban on possession and use of handguns in Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands is getting support from the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association’s Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund. The lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Northern Marianas, is also supported […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) will not help defend the state’s controversial gun control law in court as originally encouraged to do so by one of its members and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. According to the Hartford Courant, the organization conducted a referendum on Aug. […]

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The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Seattle, WA, billionaire Paul Allen, who recently gave a half-million dollars to the anti-gun Initiative 594 gun control campaign in the Evergreen State, is locked in a legal battle over possession of a WWII German Panzer tank. According to the story, Allen paid $2.5 million for the tank two […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Congress The Congress returned on Sept. 8 and has already recessed for the election season. A lame-duck session is scheduled after the elections. It is not expected that any controversial bills will be voted upon. The first item on the Senate agenda after they returned from their August break was a debate […]

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A trio of veteran anti-gun Senate Democrats are now openly working in support of the relatively new Moms Demand Action (MDA), a group founded and funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The senators are demanding that the Kroger grocery store chain ban firearms from its stores, warning that “gun extremists” are taking […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor The Luddites in the anti-gun movement don’t like anything high tech involving firearms unless it is a system that will limit or eliminate guns altogether, like user recognition or microstamping technology. In their latest sortie against civilian firearms, the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) called publicly for […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Congress The Congress returned on Sept. 8 and has already recessed for the election season. A lame-duck session is scheduled after the elections. It is not expected that any controversial bills will be voted upon. The first item on the Senate agenda after they returned from their August break was a debate […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Congress    The Congress returned on Sept. 8 and will probably recess at the beginning of October for the mid-term elections. All political pundits expect there will be a lame-duck session after the elections. The first item on the Senate agenda after they returned from their August break was a debate on […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Reacting to the a revealing story published by the Washington Times that questioned the necessity of asking race and ethnicity questions on the Federal Form 4473 to purchase a firearm, two members of Congress have introduced legislation that would outlaw the practice. Reps. Diane Black (R-TN) and Ted Poe (R-TX) have introduced the FIREARM […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor Most of the established media in the US thinks that what they call “gun buybacks” are such a wonderful idea. Actually, they should more properly be called “gun buy-ups,” because the people buying them with cash or merchandise gift cards never owned the guns before they got someone […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor THE BRITISH BOXLOCK GUN & RIFLE by Diggory Hadoke. ©2013. Published by the Safari Press PO Box 3095, Dept. TGM, Long Beach, CA 90803 Price: $50, plus shipping. Available at most bookstores. This 224-page hardbound volume is devoted to a subject dear to the heart of any […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett | Contributing Editor AMERICAN FIGHTING VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II IN FOCUS, Volume 1. Compiled by Ray Merriam, © 2014 Published by Merriam Press 133 Elm Street, Dept. TGM Bennington, VT 05201. Price: $39.95, plus shipping. Available direct, or in some bookstores. This 102-page softbound, magazine size volume is really […]

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At the outdoor ceremony in the park surrounding the CaseZippo Museum in Bradford, PA, on July 23, a special large commemorative display knife for the museum, made by Mike DuBois, right, was presented to Case historian Katie Shonts Saar, while Case President Greg Booth, left, and Case-Zippo CEO George Duke, behind knife display, provide commentary. […]

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by Jim Fulmer | Past President, NMLRA When do stories become legends? When do myths become facts? There are many stories, legends, and myths told about the accuracy of the flintlock long rifle. All Pennsylvanians are proud of their heritage and many Pennsylvanians answered the call with their flintlock long rifles when rifle companies were […]

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by Scott Smith | Contributing Editor I have been shooting and hunting since I was 12 years old; that was a long time ago. Growing up in southwestern Pennsylvania I had the opportunity to shoot many real Kentucky/Pennsylvania long rifles that were 200 years old. My god father’s father-in-law was one of the period’s finest […]

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by Art Merrill | TGM Correspondent An acquaintance recently told me that some of her neighbors decline to join the Arizona State Rifle & Pistol Association, or any other firearms related groups, because “…they don’t want their names on any lists.” “What do you mean?” I asked her. “Mailing lists?” “No, lists of gun owners, […]

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by J.B. Wood | Contributing Editor Are you looking for a high-quality semi-auto carbine in .22 Magnum, with a lot of neat accessories? Well, here it is; Mitchell calls it the Black Lightning, but it’s not all black—there’s that heavy, fluted stainless-steel barrel, left in its natural finish. Actually, it makes a nice contrast. The […]

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by Jim Dickson The innovative new Quiet-.22 from CCI enables the shooter to get the quiet of a silencer’s report without having to buy a silencer covered by the NFA of 1934. Remarkably, this new round delivers a 75% lower perceived noise level than a standard .22LR. This is possible because once the volumetric capacity […]

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