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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Democrat lawmakers in New Mexico are pushing for more gun control, but they’ve got only a 30-day session to do it, and there is going to be a fight. According to KOAT News, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is determined to press “public safety” and Democrats want more gun laws. High on […]

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By Jim Dickson | Contributing Writer What the world needs now is a good $500 dollar M1911A1 pistol. Well here it is. Armscor’s Rock Island G.I. Standard M1911A1 is a high quality, reliable M1911A1 at an affordable price. Fit and finish is flawless, and accuracy is superb. The pistol is made in the Philippines with […]

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Designed in conjunction with Thunder Ranch Director Clint Smith and the Thunder Ranch staff, the Mossberg 590 Thunder Ranch pump-action and 940 Pro Thunder Ranch autoloader may be the ultimate personal defense shotguns. Both 12-gauge platforms are chock full of features including a patent-pending optic-cut receiver for the direct mounting of low-profile microdot sights, Cerakote® […]

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More than 50 years ago Daisy brought the Model 880 pellet gun to the public. It was the first multipump pneumatic pellet gun to reach the lofty velocity of 800 feet per second. Since that industry shaking intro in 1972, that airgun niche has sat stagnant…until now! Introducing the new GAMO Vaper 10X Multipump Pneumatic […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Second Amendment Foundation is celebrating what it calls an important court victory in Pennsylvania with a 2-1 ruling by a Third Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversing and remanding a lower court, dismissing a state prohibition on open carry of firearms by young adults ages18-20 during a declared emergency. The […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A trio of civil rights organizations and a coalition of 23 state attorneys general have filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a federal lawsuit brought by the National Rifle Association against Maria Vullo, former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, alleging she […]

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In a packed hearing on five gun control bills under consideration by the Washington State Legislature Tuesday, the one certainty was that gun prohibitionists and Second Amendment advocates have far different opinions. While supporters of all five measures largely based their arguments on emotion, including personal loss, opponents told the House Civil Rights and Judiciary […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project A recent report by the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, which is part of Johns Hopkins (Michael) Bloomberg School of Public Health, conflates private gun ownership with armed insurrection in order to advocate for expanded gun control. The 32-page study, which is titled “Defending Democracy: Addressing the Danger […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—California: Richards v. Newsom: This case is fighting the new law mandating that gun dealers must have audio and video recording in their stores and keep the recordings for one year. Prior to the actual hearing Judge Siena issued a ruling that he did not believe the plaintiffs would win this […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief After Monday’s “Lobby Day” at the Virginia capitol in Richmond, there is no doubt that gun control is in the spotlight, and that once again, with Democrats in control of the legislature, the fight is on. Democrats arrived in Richmond with gun restrictions high on their agenda, including a ban on […]

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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    Proof positive it takes more than a drop in the mercury to keep the lead from flying, was the recent turnout of a hardy band of lever-action rifle shooters in cold temperatures out in Washington state.    Our first Lever-Gun Match for the year was shot on a […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced her legislative wish list for the 30-day legislative session beginning Tuesday in Santa Fe, and gun control is at the top, with calls for raising the minimum age for purchasing semi-auto firearms and a 14-day waiting period on gun purchases. She also wants […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A federal law dating back more than 50 years which bans firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, according to a ruling by a U.S. District Court judge in Florida. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Donald Trump appointee, issued her ruling last Friday in Tampa. According to Reuters, the judge dismissed […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Biden Administration &Ammunition: The Attorneys General of 20 states have written to the White House Office of Gun Violence to express their displeasure that ammunition from Lake City Arsenal has been sold to civilians; California: On Jan. 9, the Senate Public Safety Committee heard and passed a new storage requirement that […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The same year that so-called “constitutional carry” achieved majority acceptance among the states, the Gun Violence Archive (GVA)—a source frequently quoted by the establishment media—shows the number of homicides and suicides decreased. According to the GVA, 2023 saw fewer murders (18,906) than in 2022 (20,396), and suicides were also down, 24,090 […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief CNN is reporting on a new study conducted by the Everytown for Gun Safety gun control group, which claims “nearly 300,000 lives could be saved” if the entire country adopted restrictive gun control laws such as those in California. But are there some big holes in that assertion? Could be. First, […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Wayne LaPierre, the embattled longtime chief executive of the National Rifle Association, announced Friday he will step down from the post he has held for more than three decades, effective Jan. 31. The announcement comes just days ahead of a scheduled civil corruption trial in New York. An official announcement was […]

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It’s looking like Mossberg is roaring into 2024 with one of the biggest lineups of new shotguns in recent memory, and in this continuation of yesterday’s roundup, TGM takes a look at smoothbores for waterfowl and sport shooting. Here are the details as provided by Mossberg: Launched in 2021, the 940 Pro Waterfowl and the […]

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Mossberg is one of the most famous names in the American firearms industry, known for producing workhorse shotguns and rifles, and the company has just announced its 2024 lineup of new products as the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show looms in Las Vegas.The new product selection is nothing short of overwhelming, with […]

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Various gun prohibition lobbying groups use subtle, and sometimes not-so-subtle, wording to sway public opinion about firearms, to the point that blame for deadly violence involving guns is shifted from the perpetrator to the firearm. For example, the Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility posts a “Gun Violence Fact Sheet” on its website. There, the reader […]

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