The Gun Mag

by Steve Ware I was first introduced to Otis Technology ( PO Box 582, Dept. TGM, Lyons Falls, NY 13368.; phone 800-OTIS-GUN; online: otistec.com) in 1987 or 1988. I was living in Ohio and shooting IHMSA sanctioned handgun matches. One of our clubs was in Elmore, just a hop, skip and a jump to Camp […]

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by John Markwell Contributing Editor Somehow, over time, we seem to end up with a lot of small but pretty useful outdoor related items. These are often little things (like lights or tape) which when needed, turn out to be pretty important additions to our kit. We thought the Grads and Dads edition of TGM […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor For more than three decades, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) has gotten a reputation as something of a cowboy operation or even a rogue agency over such incidents as Waco and Ruby Ridge, and operations Fast and Furious and “Fearless.” Now, veteran Wisconsin Rep. Jim […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro Executive Editor Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) announced on April 29 that it will be merging its defense and aerospace divisions with satellite manufacturer Orbital Sciences, while its popular sporting division will be spun off as its own separate entity. ATK Sporting Group is a giant in the ammunition industry, owning brands […]

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by James C. Fulmer Past President, NMLRA This spring has been one great shooting sports event after another for me. It began with the 143rd National Rifle Association Annual Meeting and Exhibits, which was held April 25-27 in Indianapolis, IN. I have been attending the NRA Annual Convention for a few years now and this […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Ray Nagin, the anti-gun former mayor of New Orleans who presided over the post-Hurricane Katrina gun grab that was stopped by a federal lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association, has been sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of corruption during his administration. A […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Federal NSSF reported that the US Senate may take up S. 2363, the Sportsmen’s Act, after the Fourth of July recess. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has been quoted in the media as saying “We need some more votes” on gun control legislation. Many anti-gun groups have been working to bring […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor New Jersey Gov. Christ Christie’s veto of a gun control measure that would have reduced magazine capacity for firearms in the Garden State to ten rounds was a win for gun owners, but there are many in the gun rights community who remain skeptical of the blunt-speaking Republican. Christie vetoed […]

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The request by Target stores interim CEO John Mulligan that customers not openly carry firearms on their premises is not a ban, and many in the gun rights community look at it as being the same position taken by Starbucks several months ago. Translation, the store has not banned guns, they’ve just asked customers to […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs (WACOPS) confirmed to TGM via telephone that it will oppose Initiative 594 and support Initiative 591, making it the second statewide law enforcement group to take that position. Earlier, the Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association (WSLEFIA) also voted to oppose the […]

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by Dick Jones Contributing Editor I’ve been a fan of Mossberg since high school. A high school friend bought a Mossberg 500 pump in 1968 and I was totally impressed that it had good, solid walnut wood, decent bluing, and worked flawlessly. I’ve been a Mossberg fan ever since and once went through a duck […]

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By Mike Nesbitt Contributing Editor Lyman is offering something really good for black powder cartridge rifle shooting, a very new Sharps Model 1877 rifle and this one is really quite special. In fact, this rifle is more than good enough that it should help introduce some new shooters to blackpowder cartridge shooting. Let’s hope so […]

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by Scott Smith Contributing Editor This year for Father’s Day and the latest group of graduates, TheGunMag will look at products offered in Kryptek camouflage. Kryptek was one of the finalists for the Army’s new camouflage pattern. Like one of the previous patterns, Multicam, Kryptek is a pattern that serves hunters and other outdoorsman in […]

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by Dave Workman Senior Editor Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, had a message for Attorney General Eric Holder when he spoke to NRA members at the association’s Indianapolis convention. “Just last year,” Cox recalled, “Holder tried to equate self-defense with gun violence. He said ‘It’s time to […]

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by Dave Workman Senior Editor In a rousing speech before more than two thousand National Rifle Association members who attended the annual members’ meeting in Indianapolis, Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre declared that gunowners “have always been the good guys.” He wasted no time in launching an attack on billionaire anti-gunner Michael Bloomberg, who launched […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro Executive Editor Francis G. “Red” Winters, 89, onetime national coordinator of the group which led the 1977 reform movement that transformed the National Rifle Association into the political powerhouse it is today, passed away at his Houston, TX, home on May 3. He was presented with a Defender of Liberty Award […]

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Legislative Update by Tanya Metaksa Federal NSSF reported that the US Senate may take up S. 2363, the Sportsmen’s Act, before the Fourth of July recess. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has been quoted in the media as saying “We need some more votes” on gun control legislation. Many anti-gun groups have been working […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The Second Amendment Foundation has advised a Connecticut school district superintendent that prompt action must be taken to remove blocks from district computers that prevent student access to websites belonging to firearms rights advocacy groups, while allowing access to gun control organizations in what appears to be a clear violation […]

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by Conor Higgins TGM Contrbutor   Hillary Clinton has never been an avid supporter of gun rights in the United States. Despite her constant attempts to paint herself as the backwater belle of Arkansas, a state with a strong gun culture, she is still a Chicagoan when it comes down to it. Up until her […]

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The United Nations is “on a collision course” with the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment and the natural right of all people to defend themselves,” the Second Amendment Foundation said today in a statement to the U.N.’s Programme of Action (POA) meeting in New York. SAF Operations Director Julianne Versnel told the committee that “the POA […]

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