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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a “disaster emergency on gun violence” it quickly became evident that he was not interested in taking criminals off the street as he was in attacking the firearms industry and the rights of gun owners, according to critics. His announcement of a new crusade […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief There has been an uptick in self-defense shootings involving burglaries or home invasions in recent weeks, which suggests strongly that private citizens have finally determined they must deal with immediate threats rather than wait for law enforcement to rescue them. Down in Orlando, Fla., the police were called to a home […]

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By Mike Nesbitt Contributing Editor    Here’s a report on a very informal shooting match, following some of our black powder habits but done with .22 rifles.     Most of those rifles were single shots shooting the .22 Long Rifle cartridges but we did have one shooter using an old original Winchester Model 1890 which […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New– Biden-Harris Administration: Please comment on BATFE’s proposed two new rules on “Frames & Receivers” and on “Stabilizing Braces” now awaiting public comment. Over 111,000 comments received on stabilizing braces to date and over 81,000 received on frame or receiver: Vote on David Chipman: Senate Judiciary Committee splits 11-11; vote in […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project According to a recently released report from the FBI, there were far fewer mass shootings over the past four years than were reported by the Gun Violence Archive, a private nonprofit that provides the data cited most often by the mainstream media. The FBI found that while active […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief The Kansas City Star is reporting disagreements among Missouri law enforcement officials over the state’s new Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) preventing state lawmen and women “from enforcing a variety of federal gun laws,” and at least one Democrat state lawmaker has raised an argument about violation of the Supremacy clause […]

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By Jim Irvine In a flagrant case of judicial activism, Ohio’s State Supreme Court has issued a ruling in Gabbard et. al. V Madison Local School Board of Education that affirms a lower court ruling and negates the school emergency response plan for an estimated 200 Ohio school systems. The case before the court was […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his “new” comprehensive strategy” to reduce what he calls an “epidemic of gun violence” that is raising body counts in several American cities, but some of his ideas are clearly rehashed wish list proposals. It all amounts to gun control in new packaging, with Biden […]

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Taxpayer funded National Public Radio tries to downplay and trivialize the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement, without letting the facts get in their way. by Lee Williams SAF Investigative Reporting project To be clear, there are 1,930 counties that have now become Second Amendment Sanctuaries, which is more than 61% of all the counties in the […]

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By Martin J. Dougherty.  Published by Amber Books Ltd, 74-77  White Lion Street, Dept. TGM, London N1 9PF,  UK.  Price:  $34.95.  Available at many bookstores or Amazon.        This 224-page hardbound volume listed as a Collector’s Guide, features an illustrated Induction, six chapters from Early Handguns to The Cold War & the Modern Era, a […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Colorado gun rights have taken a leap backward as Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation gutting the Centennial State’s long-standing firearms preemption law, thus allowing local municipalities to establish their own gun control laws. Anti-gunners celebrated, but rights activists have a far different perspective. The new statute returns Colorado to a […]

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by Kat Ainsworth.  Published by Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street,11th Floor, Dept. TGM, New York, NY 10018.  Price:  $24.99 at most bookstores.    This 316-page softbound volume carries a sub-title of “A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing and Using the Right Firearms for Big and Small Game.”     Following the usual Acknowledgments and Foreword are […]

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By Tanya Metaksa What’s New– Biden_Harris Administration: Please comment on BATFE’s proposed two new rules on “Frames & Receivers” and on “Stabilizing Braces” now awaiting public comment: Arizona: The House of Representatives issued a proclamation opposing David Chipman to be BATFE Director; California: San Jose: The City Council passed File 21-1393 placing more restrictions on […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Editor’s note: This is an opinion column. I alone am responsible for the content. No one makes a better case for abolishing the ATF than the ATF. There has never been a federal agency with such little regard for the sanctity of human life, with such a history […]

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by Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Gun rights activists and organizations have pulled out all the stops in an effort to block the nomination of David Chipman to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, including an Op-Ed by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, published in the Great Falls Tribune. A vote on Chipman’s […]

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A new article in Mother Jones profiling anti-gun Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy’s continuing crusade to push gun control once again misses the mark, suggesting that universal background checks is the goal of the gun prohibition lobby—and may somehow be the panacea everyone is looking for—when it may be nothing more than snake oil. “Since the […]

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The anti-gun group has cost taxpayers more than $1 million By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence will soon receive a second taxpayer-funded PPP loan of $579,530, which was approved by the Small Business Administration just last month. Last year, the gun control group received a PPP bailout […]

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By Jim Dickson Contributing Editor Every year people disappear in our national parks and this should not be surprising, since during the summer season, you have large numbers of people accustomed to city life suddenly thrust into the last great expanses of wilderness in North America. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Wandering off and […]

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By Dave Workman Editor-in-Chief Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed legislation that will allow Texans to carry firearms in public without a permit, leaving gun prohibition proponents furious while gun rights activists are celebrating a victory. House Bill 1927 takes effect Sept. 1, according to the Texas Tribune. The newspaper reported that lawmakers reached a […]

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Uncle Mike’s has announced the release of new range gear, including padded long gun cases and a multipurpose sportsmen’s range bag, each designed for maximum portability and protection. For those frequently transporting firearms, the new Uncle Mike’s padded long gun cases are shaped to accommodate most scoped rifles or shotguns, according to a company news […]

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