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by Dave Workman Senior Editor He was a soft-spoken, gentle man from the proverbial “old school,” and when Otis McDonald passed away in April, the firearms community remembered him fondly as having played a pivotal role in the fight to restore Second Amendment rights. Mr. McDonald’s final resting place is the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor The Tacoma, Wash. city council voted to require that commercial gun shows held in the famous Tacoma Dome – a city-owned facility – conduct background checks on all firearms transactions, a mandate that appears to be legal under a 2006 state Supreme Court ruling. Firearms rights activists don’t care for the […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor World shooting champion Julie Golob, whose marksmanship feats have been demonstrated on television and in many competitions, moved swiftly when the anti-gun Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America announced prior to Mother’s Day that it would be lobbying Congress on behalf of “gun safety.” Golob launched her own […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Federal    Sen. John Coryn (R-TX) has requested that Attorney General Eric Holder explain his testimony to Congress that the government needs to spend $2 million taxpayer dollars to enable so-called “smart gun” technology. This expenditure would be part of Obama’s $382 million dollar “gun safety” program. There is an effort by […]

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by Joseph P. Tartaro Executive Editor Given the time and the story assignment, most journalists, print or electronic, will get something wrong in any news story involving guns. In some cases, this is a result of bias against guns—or at least an unwillingness to seek sound information from real experts who might have pro-gun credentials […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett Contributing Editor ­A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO MILITARY PISTOL & REVOLVER DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY, by Stuart C. Mowbray & Joe Puleo. ©2011. Published by Mowbray Publishing, 54 East School Street, Dept. TGM, Woonsocket, RI 02895. Price: $39.99, plus $4.50 shipping. Available direct, or through most bookstores. Phone: 800-999-4697; online at: orders@manatarmsbooks.com […]

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Review by Dick Jones Contributing Editor GUNS ACRIOSS THE BORDER: How and Why the US Government Smuggled Guns into Mexico: The Inside Story, by Mike Detty, with an Introduction by David Codrea, and a Foreword by Sharyl Attkisson. © 2013. Hardcover, MSRP $24.95, but also available in Kindle and Audio editions, for less at Amazon.com. […]

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Review by Larry S. Sterett Contributing Editor SPECIAL OPERATIONS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by Robert L. Tonsetic. ©2013. Published by Casemate Publishers, Dept. TGM, 980 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083. Price: $32.95, plus shipping. Available at most bookstores. This 276-page hardbound volume is devoted to a subject often overlooked among devotees of military history. Although […]

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By Dave Workman Senior Editor Extreme disappointment has followed in the wake of a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that it would not grant review of a challenge to New Jersey’s ultra-restrictive concealed carry law that prevents virtually everyone from obtaining a carry license. The arbitrary nature of New Jersey’s concealed carry permitting scheme […]

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by Chris Cerino With this year’s training classes in full swing I find myself often questioning what I am trying to impart to students. Much more than just sharing with shooters what it takes to hit, I find more valuable training in why we miss. If you can’t answer why you missed a specific shot, […]

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By Scott Smith Contributing Editor I have been involved in the shooting sports since my early teenage years. Back then it was shooting skeet and trap to improve small game hunting skills. Other options would have been shooting NRA and CMP style matches, but those are just too slow moving. Today all of those disciplines […]

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by James C. Fulmer Past President, NMLRA Feb. 1-9, a great event returned to Pennsylvania and not only to Pennsylvania, but to our country. The nation’s largest hunting and outdoor show had been held at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg since 1955. In 2013 the show owners decided not to allow modern tactical […]

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The Second Amendment Foundation and Florida Carry, Inc., have filed a lawsuit against the City of Tallahassee over an the city’s reluctance to amend a local ordinance that conflicts with the state’s preemption law that puts firearms regulation solely under the authority of the state legislature. Tallahassee has refused to amend its ordinance against discharge of firearms […]

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by Michael A. Black Once again this year I had the privilege of roaming the 12.6 miles of aisles at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas in covering the 36th annual SHOT Show for TheGunMag.com. This year’s show had a record-setting 65,000 spectators, which was about 5,000 more than last year. The National Shooting […]

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by Mike Nesbitt Contributing Editor In his fantastic book, Sharps Firearms, Frank Sellers makes the statement that the .44/90 Sharps was the favorite of the buffalo hunters. I do wish Sellers had mentioned what his statement was based upon. We can guess his statement was based on sales records through the 1870s. It was from […]

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by Dave Workman | Senior Editor A trio of Portland, OR, 8th graders is getting attention for producing a “documentary” on gun control that aired on C-SPAN, which sponsored the national Student Cam documentary contest, according to KOIN News. But this is no typical one-sided project that gives only obligatory lip service to firearms rights […]

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FNH USA launches new product line FNH USA has launched a brand-new product line for 2014: the FN 15™ family of modern sporting rifles. “The FN 15™ category is a very important and exciting launch,” said John Goliber, FNH USA Chief Technology Officer. “Like the SCAR® platform, the FN 15™ product line incorporates all of […]

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Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, the notoriously anti-gun ex-Mayor of New York City, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grassroots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence, according to The New York Times. He hopes the new organization can eventually outmuscle the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the […]

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by Tanya Metaksa Federal President Barack Obama’s nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has been an outspoken advocate for gun control, as the next Surgeon General appears to be in trouble. The National Rifle Association announced that it will grade the votes on this nomination. In a letter to Senate leaders the NRA stated, “Given […]

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by Miko Tempski | SAF General Counsel Let’s start this out by getting straight to the point. The Glock 42 is exactly what it purports to be. It is a reliable, stealthily small, and lightweight defensive handgun. For those who need deep concealment or those generally willing to carry a .380 ACP as a primary […]

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