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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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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Former Congressman Bob Barr has been elected to head the National Rifle Association following the organization’s annual convention in Dallas, Texas over the weekend. Barr has served on the NRA Board of Directors and was first vice president going into the weekend. He is joined by newly-elected “reform” board member William […]

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By Michael A. Black | Contributing Writer The recent attempted murder of a minister by an armed psychopath in New Braddock, Pennsylvania was all over the news the last few weeks. A reverend was engaged in a televised service or some sort when an armed man approached the pulpit, stepped over a separating barrier, and […]

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A federal judge in Texas has blocked, at least until June 2, enforcement of the Biden administration’s new “final rule” requiring background checks on gun buyers at gun shows and other places, according to Newsweek. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is hailing the ruling, which does not apply to Louisiana, Mississippi or Utah. Paxton said, […]

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The New York Times has published an analysis of what is being called a “gun violence pandemic” in at least one other newspaper, asserting that over the past three-plus years, an estimated 47 million Americans lived in close proximity of a violent crime involving firearms. According to the 2,100-word report, data for the analysis came […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A recent report from U.S. News identifying what it called the Best States Rankings, Washington came in 8th overall, but one category ranking could play a role in this year’s gubernatorial race: Crime & Corrections, with the Evergreen State coming in at number 39 in the “top 40.” According to Seattle’s […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—SCOTUS: Conference scheduled for May; Hawaii: Nelson v. Honolulu: Permanent Injunction ordered to ensure applicants for Right-to-Carry Permits get a decision within 120 days; California: USA v. Steven Duarte: Question of the constitutionality of 597 U.S. 1 (2022), § 922(g)(1); CRPA, et al. v. LA County Sheriff’s Department informed the judge […]

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There will be plenty to see at the 153rd annual National Rifle Association meetings and exhibits this weekend at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, including new guns from Stoeger and new optics from Burris. As detailed by company announcements, Stoeger will be presenting several new-for-2024 models across its semi-auto shotgun lineup, including […]

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