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After years of incorporating the terms “assault rifle” and “assault weapons” into news reports involving firearms, especially when used in crimes, journalists are now advised by the Associated Press to avoid the “highly politicized terms,” and the Second Amendment Foundation says it’s a “smart gun change.” The notification began appearing earlier this week, and it […]

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By Jim Dickson | Contributing Writer The debate of which is best, single action or double action, has continued for as long as revolvers have existed. Sam Colt made his first revolvers as single actions despite the fact that double action pepperbox pistols were around before his first guns. The reason he went with single […]

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A new Rasmussen survey released this week included the startling revelation that 53 percent of Democrats favor legislation “that would abolish the current Supreme Court of the United States and establish a new, democratically elected Supreme Court with justices chosen by the American people directly.” Overall, however, 53 percent of all likely voters would oppose […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Projec By all accounts, Yunis Isaac Mejia was a good guy – certainly not the type who should be spending his next two birthdays behind bars in a federal prison. Mejia, a former police dispatcher, had never been arrested in his life, until he unknowingly invited an FBI informant […]

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By Mike Nesbitt | Contributing Editor    As we continue with recommendations on reloading with black powder in cartridges, I find that my intentions of going from revolver cartridges to rifle cartridges might be too big of a jump.     The reason is because little details, which really should be mentioned, seem to pop up […]

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CrossBreed® Holsters has announcee the launch of the Modular Belly Band 2.0, which represents a refinement of the original multi-configurable, highly ergonomic Modular Belly Band. Designed for maximum comfort and function for EDC practitioners who live an active lifestyle, the Modular Belly Band 2.0 takes the belly band concept to the next level with several […]

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As if Joe Biden didn’t have enough trouble selling his administration’s agenda failures, a Monday event on the White House South Lawn to celebrate recent passage of a new bipartisan gun control package comes one week after the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park underscored the failure of long-existing laws that promised to reduce […]

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His remarks finally transcribed online at the Fox News website, popular evening commentator Tucker Carlson “cracked the code” as the saying goes, on why gun control laws are invariably prone to failure, especially when it comes to mass killers. After sarcastically crediting Joe Biden with “single-handedly” ending “gun violence in the United States” by signing […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New— U.S. Senate: Dettelbach nomination likely voted upon soon; Arizona: On July 6 Gov. Doug Ducey signed SB1177; California:  six more anti-gun bills are awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s consideration. Additionally, it has come to light that the Attorney General’s office has allowed a leak of a “massive list of gun owners […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project United Parcel Service has issued new rules for shipping firearms and firearm parts, but the announcement comes a week after UPS cancelled the accounts of gun retailers who may have violated the rules that weren’t yet made public or even in effect.   In a story published July […]

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The shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a man using what has been described as a homemade double-barrel firearm underscores what can be called a healthy skepticism about the ability of strict gun control to prevent any kind of mayhem. The suspect, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was quickly taken into […]

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Attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and several partners have filed a federal lawsuit for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in a case challenging the constitutionality of a California law prohibiting gun shops, sporting goods stores, and any “firearm industry member” from advertising, marketing or arranging for placement “any firearm-related product in a manner that is […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued a scathing statement about so-called “police reforms” in various American cities, blaming such policy changes for “hindering law enforcement efforts to remove contraband guns from the streets.” The grassroots gun rights organization said so-called “reforms” allow gun traffickers to […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief In a startling report, NBC News has acknowledged a new law passed swiftly last month by Congress and signed by Joe Biden “probably” would not have prevented the July 4 mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, where seven people were fatally wounded and dozens more were injured. “Experts […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Five Democratic Senators recently sent ominous letters to United Parcel Service and 27 other carriers, blaming them for escalating violent crime rates. “We are concerned that lax shipping security measures are contributing to the epidemic of gun violence in this country by allowing criminals to use stolen firearms […]

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Battle lines are being drawn in Massachusetts after the state Attorney General and Executive Office of Public Safety issued a “Joint Advisory Regarding the Massachusetts Firearms Licensing System After the Supreme Court’s Decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.” Jim Wallace, executive director of the Massachusetts Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Anti-gun California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell posted a tweet Tuesday that appears to attempt linking pro-Second Amendment Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert with the man believed to have been responsible for the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., and Boebert fired right back, according to Fox News. Swalwell’s tweet stated, […]

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Anti-gun politicians moved swiftly to politicize the tragic shooting during the Fourth of July parade event in Highland Park, Illinois while authorities were moving slowly in their investigation of a “person of interest” in the case Tuesday. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a perennial anti-gun Democrat, “called on Americans to vote for politicians who support gun […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New— On the heels of the SCOTUS decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn (NYSR&PA) v. Bruen, all four lawsuits that were being held by the court, have been given a GVR order;  Arizona: the legislature has adjourned; California: Gov. Newsom has signed two bills while six more are […]

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By R.K. Campbell | Contributing Editor    There are several classes of shotguns. Some are sporting guns, others are Turkey guns, riot guns, slug guns and trench brooms. Alley sweepers is another term sometimes used.    While Colonel Thompson called his submachinegun a Trench Broom when it was introduced shortly after World War One there […]

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