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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    There’s nothing really new about using black powder in lever action rifles.     After all, the very first repeating rifles which gained real popularity were lever actions in the second half of the 19th Century, and they all used black powder cartridges.  I don’t intend to re-write history […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Constitutional Carry bills introduced and moving through legislature: Nebraska: Gov. Jim Pillen signed LB77 making Nebraska the 27th state with constitutional carry; South Carolina: There are 2 constitutional carry bills in the legislature: HB3594 and SB109. HB3594 has passed the House and is currently inthe subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief As Democrat-run legislatures continue passing increasingly restrictive gun control laws, a not-so-surprising result is being noticed more by the establishment media. More people are buying guns, and according to CNN, women and people of color are often at the front of the line. The network noted over the weekend, “The heightened […]

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By Jim Dickson | Contributing Writer Sixty years ago Tanganyika was unrecognizable to today’s folk. The Southern province there had a population of 10,000 elephants which would increase by 20 percent each year if not harvested. This increase was always at the expense of the native farmers as the elephants ate the crops and were […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Constitutional Carry bills introduced and moving through legislature: Nebraska: LB77 passed the Third reading and is on its way to Gov. Jim Pillen; South Carolina: There are two constitutional carry bills in the legislature: HB3594 and SB109. HB3594 has passed the House and is currently inthe subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief As earlier reported, Washington lawmakers have passed several new gun control bills this session, including one that bans the future sale, import or manufacture of so-called “assault weapons,” none of which are expected to lower gun-related violent crime a single notch by critics in the firearms community. Indeed, as has been […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A bill that would have banned the sale of so-called “assault weapons” in Colorado was derailed Thursday when a trio of Democrat lawmakers reportedly “joined with Republican colleagues” to block the measure, following what the Denver Post described as “hours of heated public testimony.” But according to a report from PBS, […]

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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    The question about whether to resize brass for black powder rifle cartridges seems to come up with certain repetition, and now we’ll look at it again.     First, let me give you just a little background on why or how this subject came up again in my own […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project You can reserve a $1,499 Biofire 9mm Smart Gun today for a refundable deposit of $149. You’ll get to pick the color of the frame, the trigger and the magazine release. You can choose a right or left hand model and add a custom serial number at no […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Nebraska state lawmakers have passed legislation that allows permitless carry of concealed firearms, bringing the number of states to 27 that allow what some people generically call “constitutional carry.” Earlier this year, Florida became number 26 when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed similar legislation. Legislative Bill 77 was passed on a 33-14 […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In what appears to have been a scramble to pass a ban on so-called “assault weapons” by Thursday—the 24th anniversary of the Columbine High School rampage in Littleton, Colo. in 1999—majority Democrats in the Washington State Legislature pushed through House Bill 1240 and sent it to Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk. […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New—Caulkins v. Pritzker: Originally No. 2023-CH-3, has been appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court; Bevis v. Naperville & State of Illinois: appeal for an injunction to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was denied on April 18; Barnett v. Raoul: A twitter thread on the hearing on April […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief A trio of highly-publicized shootings—meaning they can be sensationalized by the establishment media and exploited by the gun prohibition movement—have raised a serious question: Should lawmakers adopt more stringent gun control laws, or simply allow existing statutes to do what they’re supposed to do? Criminal charges have been filed against 84-year-old […]

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By Marcie Young | Contributing Writer For most beginning shooters, choosing the first handgun can be intimidating because the selection of options is huge. The sheer number of handguns often overwhelms first-time gun owners, but a couple of important factors should be considered before purchasing a specific model. Types of Handguns The first challenge is […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief By the rude bridge that arched the flood,    Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood    And fired the shot heard round the world. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord Hymn April 19, 1775. It began as a typical Spring morning in the Massachusetts Colony, and it would end […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Over the past 12 months, the number of active concealed pistol licenses in Washington State has risen more than 61,700—from March 31, 2022 to March 31 this year—and while there have been a couple of months when the totals dipped, the pattern remains on an uphill trajectory. Data provided by the […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Days after a gay couple were attacked and beaten in New York City’s Times Square, while onlookers reportedly did nothing to help, a national gun rights organization condemned the incident and issued a scathing statement about Empire State gun control. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Lawmakers in Tennessee and Rhode Island are reportedly considering gun control legislation this week at the same time President Joe Biden has renewed his call for Congress to act on proposals including safe storage and so-called “universal background checks,” which are invariably on the gun control wish list. According to Republic […]

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Special to TGMThe season is underway for 34,629 student athletes participating in USA Clay Target League (USACTL) programs this spring. Those athletes are competing on 1,625 high school, college, and homeschool teams nationwide, supported by over 9,600 coaches, team staff, and other volunteers.“Parents want safe, school-based, non-traditional outdoor activities for their students. They want their […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Recently-updated research on mass shootings by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) appears to explode a major—and evidently erroneous—claim by the gun prohibition lobby to justify their crusade to ban so-called “assault weapons.” Turns out the majority of mass shootings in public places are committed with handguns, not semi-auto rifles, which […]

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