The Gun Mag

By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the National Rifle Association in a First Amendment case against a former New York State official who allegedly pressured financial institutions to stop doing business with the 153-year-old gun rights organization. Writing for the court, Associate Justice Sonia […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Five months after Seattle, Washington set a new homicide record, Police Chief Adrian Diaz is out as the top cop, and former King County Sheriff Sue Rahr has been named interim chief while a nationwide search gets underway for a permanent replacement. Rahr, known as a no-nonsense administrator who left the […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Russell Fincher needed three jobs just to provide for his family in Joe Biden’s economy. He taught high school history, served as a Baptist minister and sold guns and ammunition out of a small shed in the backyard of his Tuskahoma, Oklahoma home. Somehow, he also found time […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont has allowed a bill banning unserialized “ghost guns” to take effect without his signature. In a letter to lawmakers, Scott explained, “As a public safety measure, I agree firearms should be serialized, which is why I’m allowing this bill to become law despite some concerns […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A staggering 66 percent of Democrat respondents to a new Rasmussen poll approve of the Department of Justice’s authorizing the use of “deadly force” in the FBI raid at former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, while Republicans and Independents disapprove. According to data provided by Rasmussen Reports, 71 […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—SCOTUS: A relist is scheduled for US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: Harrel v. Raoul, Federal Firearms Licenses of Illinois v. Pritzker, Caleb Barnet v. Raoul, and Langley v. Kelly, now known as Barnet v. Raoul; Hawaii: Ninth District: Teter v. Lopez: Case: 20-15948: Oral argument in this en […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A stunning Rasmussen survey released Tuesday shows 54 percent of Democratic voters would approve of their party a different presidential candidate than Joe Biden, including 25 percent who would “strongly approve” of such a move prior to the November election. Overall, according to Rasmussen, 49 percent of likely voters “would approve […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A 53-year-old woman waiting in a parked vehicle outside a Walmart in Auburn, Wash., Tuesday morning sent two would-be robbers beating a hasty retreat after meeting their demands for her property with gunshots. A spokesman for the Auburn Police Department could not confirm whether the woman was licensed to carry a […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Despite court losses to the Second Amendment Foundation, Illinois State Rifle Association and others in gun rights legal actions over the past 14 years since the landmark McDonald ruling by the Supreme Court, Illinois still has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, yet Chicago remains a slaughterhouse. This […]

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Special to TGM The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry trade association, has announced it will launch Gun Storage Check Week June 1-7, a national campaign to remind gun owners to review their firearm storage practices and consider how they can do their part to prevent unwanted access. The campaign’s motto is “Make Sure […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A new Rasmussen survey released this week shows 50 percent of likely voters “Voters personally feel less safe than they did four years ago, while just 20% say they feel more safe.” Translation: With Joe Biden in the White House, things just aren’t the same in terms of public safety. Rasmussen […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Thursday was the 10th anniversary of the infamous Isla Vista rampage in which six young people were murdered by Elliot Rodger, and in that decade, some misunderstandings about the incident have become almost mythical. In an interview with KEYT News marking the somber anniversary, Richard Martinez, whose only son, Christopher, was […]

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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    The annual Paper Patch Match of the Black River Buffalo Runners, at the Capitol City Rifle & Pistol Club near Olympia, Washington, for this year is over.     While my shooting could have been better, the match itself was almost perfect. That reflection is aimed at almost everything; […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project ATF agents cut off the electricity to Bryan Malinowski’s Little Rock home before executing their search warrant March 19. None of the agents wore body cameras, and they covered Malinowski’s doorbell camera with tape to hide their actions. Fifty-seven seconds after kicking down the front door, Malinowski was […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief While new generations of shooters have adopted carry guns featuring polymer frames, optical or red dot sights, striker-fire mechanisms and sometimes without external safeties, there remain a handful of classic sidearms which have stood the test of time and are still as reliable as they were a half-century ago, or even […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In  its fifth report in a series about what appears to be a “mass migration” of West Coast citizens to Idaho, Fox News is looking at the flight of police officers from Washington, Oregon and especially California to the Gem State, where lawmen and women are respected rather than disdained. As […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Second Amendment Foundation and a coalition of 26 state attorneys general plus the Arizona Legislature have submitted separate amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Smith & Wesson and other companies in a legal battle involving Mexico’s claim the American gun manufacturer can be held liable for violent crime […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief OPINION—Buried near the end of a Fox News report about suburban school districts outside of New York City favoring armed security is an observation from a former FBI agent which should be required reading for every politician whose answer to mass shootings is to call for more gun restrictions. “Many politicians […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—SCOTUS: Two petitions for certiorari were denied; Texas: Fifth Circuit: ATF is now prohibited from enforcing its new rule on all GOA members, VCDL members, TFA members, and anyone in the whole state of Texas; RMGO v. Polis: Case #23-4354: Oral arguments were held in this case on May 15; USA […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project New York Democratic Congresswoman Grace Meng apparently wants to make it easier for criminals to shoot you. Meng has reintroduced legislation – for the third time – that would ban civilian body armor if it can defeat rifle ammunition. Meng’s bill, H.R. 3247, which is titled the “Aaron […]

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