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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief House Republicans, joined by two Democrats, voted Tuesday to block the Biden administration’s pistol arm brace rule announced in January by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Two Republicans defected to oppose the measure, which passed 219-210, as noted by Roll Call. The resolution now goes to the U.S. […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Texas Gun Rights v. BATFE: New complaint brought on June 6 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on the BATFE Pistol Brace rule that became effective June 1. This is the fifth lawsuit filed on this issue in this district; The Ninth Circuit Court in San […]

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Wildlife Research Center, the leader in attractor Scents and Scent Elimination is celebrating their 40th anniversary. Four decades ago, the Center started out with one simple idea, to make a better deer scent than anything else on the market, the company said in a news release. It had taken many years of extensive field testing on […]

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N8 Tactical by CrossBreed Holsters has expanded its heralded Xecutive IWB holster offerings with the introduction of the new Mini Xecutive for compact handguns. Based on the original Xecutive designed to provide a highly concealable, minimalist holster option for full-size to sub-compact pistols, the new Mini Xecutive brings all the user customization options and comfortable […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A new survey from the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) says Washington’s Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson is the current frontrunner in the race to become the next Evergreen State governor. The survey was conducted for NPI by Public Policy Polling. It shows Ferguson at 25 percent, with Republican Raul Garcia trailing […]

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Claiming his new gun control laws will improve public safety while respecting the rights of gun owners, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont this week signed sweeping legislation which limits the number of handguns that may be purchased in a 30-day period, bans open carry, increases penalties for failure to report lost or stolen guns and requires […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The National Rifle Association has announced its effort “to intervene” in a Second Amendment Foundation lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ new “arm brace rule” for which SAF recently obtained a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. NRA announced […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., v Bruen, which lifted restrictions on carrying defensive firearms and changed forever how lower courts must adjudicate Second Amendment challenges, has created a massive amount of pushback. Bruen was a big win for gun […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched an effort to make his restrictive gun control agenda the law of the land by proposing a constitutional amendment mandating such things as universal background checks, a waiting period on purchases, setting the minimum age for purchase at 21, and prohibiting citizens from purchasing so-called […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Range v. Lombardo: In this precedential case the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s opinion issued on June 6 stated, “Bryan Range appeals the District Court’s summary judgment rejecting his claim that the federal “felon-in- possession” law—18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—violates his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in an 11-4 ruling said Tuesday the federal government cannot ban gun ownership for people convicted of non-violent crimes, a decision which could have huge ramifications. According to NBC News, the decision by an en banc panel of 15 judges “is the latest defeat […]

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N8 Tactical, an innovative holster company with a mission to provide quality products with superior comfort for all day, every day carry, has developed another accessory for the armed-and-ready personal defense community. The company’s new Magna-Clip magazine carrier eliminates the bulk and printing issues of conventional magazine carriers with a design that securely and discretely […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In a setback for gun rights activists, a federal district judge in Tacoma has denied a request from gun rights organizations for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law pending a trial. The motion was filed by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a business in […]

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By Lee Williams   SAF Investigative Journalism Project  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a stern warning last week after Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana.   The author, apparently Jeff Reed, ATF’s Acting Special Agent in Charge of the St. Paul Field Division, sought to provide “clarification for gun owners […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The recent announcement by the Second Amendment Foundation that it is teaming up with veteran Second Amendment strategist Chris Cox and his public policy/public affairs consulting group, Capitol 6 Advisors, could make for some interesting times ahead. Cox, who spent 25 years at the National Rifle Association—including 18 as executive director […]

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Cimarron Firearms, makers of quality replicas of Old West firearms, have been quietly filling a hole left wide open when manufacturers of traditional hunting calibers slowly rode off into the sunset. Since 2020, Cimarron Firearms has partnered with Steinel Ammunition to deliver 45-60 Win. and 50-95 Win. ammunition to support customers and the many true-to-original […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose father and uncle were both murdered by assassins, insisted during a Twitter Spaces conversation he will not be disarming American citizens to prevent mass shootings, according to The Independent. “My position on the gun control is I’m not going to take away anybody’s guns,” he […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A stunning surge in memberships has been reported by the Second Amendment Foundation after a federal judge “clarified” an earlier ruling in a challenge of the Biden administration’s new rule on arm braces, explaining a preliminary injunction she issued applies to all SAF members. U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle had […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Constitutional Carry: South Carolina: S109 advances to a floor vote in the Senate; Louisiana: HB131 was reported out of the Committee on Administration on May 17 and passed in the House on May 23; US House of Representative: H.R. H.J. Res. 44, to overturn the Biden Pistol Brace Rule before it […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) this week asked Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz to launch an investigation into whistleblower allegations that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) had engaged in “substantial waste, mismanagement and unlawful employment practices.” The announcement came less than a week after […]

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