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By Robert B. Young, MD

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- What do a couple of well-educated investment professionals have to say about gun control?

A lot, if you’re Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes.

How authoritative are they?  Let’s say that’s a matter of opinion.  Highly, in theirs and in that of The Trace, which published their latest effort,

NEWTOWN, Conn –-(Ammoland.com)- The September 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,071,945 is the highest September on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 4.7 percent compared to the September 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,024,272.

For comparison, the unadjusted September 2015 NICS figure...

Maryland -(Ammoland.com)- Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary (DNR) Mark Belton today announced the appointment of Joanne Throwe as deputy secretary. In this role, Throwe will manage the day-to-day operations and execute the direction and vision of DNR.

“Joanne’s level of energy, experience and expertise made her an obvious choice for this role,” Belton said. “Her past experience in financing various environmental initiatives will be a huge asset for DNR as we work to implement and achieve the...

Georgia -(Ammoland.com)- The sense of anticipation that comes prior to the opening day of firearms deer hunting season is a feeling that many will have this week.

Beginning on Saturday, Oct. 17 and continuing until Jan. 10, 2016 statewide, hunters will have the chance to hit the woods in pursuit of white-tailed deer.

“There is no better way to manage the deer population than by hunting,” said John W. Bowers, chief of game management for...

Fairfax, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- In just the last 10 years alone, the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has donated about $40 million to anti-gun organizations, to conduct research, generate propaganda...

Commentary by John Snyder

Washington, DC – “Republican leaders should get real and unite now behind front-runner Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy to maximize their chances for national electoral victory next year,” gun dean John M. Snyder said here today.

“Make no mistake about it,” Snyder added. “The 2016 presidential contest will be no cakewalk for Republicans.

“Even though the Democrat administration is making a colossal...

Canada – -(Ammoland.com)- This looks as though it could be a very close election for Canada.

Every vote will count. In the last election one riding was won by just 18 votes so don’t think that your vote or the votes that you can bring to the polls are not important.

Yes, you can vote for your Conservative...

NEWTOWN, Conn –-(Ammoland.com)- This week the first Democratic presidential debate was held in Las Vegas and Democrats fell over themselves to see who could pledge support for the most gun control.

Among the talking points discussed were universal background checks, closing the so-called “gun show loophole”, a ban on modern sporting rifles, and repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.

The top three front runner candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley lead the charge for more gun control with second...

Michigan -(Ammoland.com)- Every year, three lucky Pure Michigan Hunt winners get to live out their dreams by pursuing elk, bear, deer, turkey and ducks in Michigan’s great outdoors.

This year has been filled with success for all three winners – Jason Eurich of Saginaw, Mike Sikkenga of Whitehall and Mike DiLorenzo of Rochester.

Eurich and DiLorenzo both were successful in harvesting turkeys during the spring season, and all three Pure Michigan Hunt winners were...

Nebraska -(Ammoland.com)- The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has received a $150,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide habitat for Monarch butterflies.

The grant will allow the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to plant milkweed along stretches of the National Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail. Milkweed is essential to the Monarchs; they lay their eggs on milkweed plants, and larvae feed on milkweed. In recent years, the amount of milkweed along Monarchs’...

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Barack Obama sought as his legacy to bring an end to the two longest wars in U.S. history.

On Oct. 15 2015, he, again, admitted failure.

The 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will remain another year. And, on Inauguration Day 2017, 5,500 U.S. troops will still be there.

Why cannot we leave? Because, if we do, we risk the re-seizure of power by the Taliban we drove out 14 years ago, and...

DFW seeking comments on proposed protective status of greater sage-grouse and western gray squirrel

Washington -(Ammoland.com)- State wildlife managers are seeking public comment on draft status reviews that recommend keeping greater sage-grouse and western gray squirrels on the state’s threatened species list.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) periodically reviews the status of protected species in the state....

West Virginia -(Ammoland.com)- Physically-challenged hunters possessing a Class Q/QQ hunting permit may hunt on designated roads throughout the Monongahela National Forest, portions of the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest in West Virginia and on selected wildlife management areas, according to Paul Johansen, chief of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Resources Section.

“The designation of...

Delaware -(Ammoland.com)- Two new deer stands with access stairs instead of ladders on Old Furnace Wildlife Area near Seaford are available for use by deer hunters with disabilities, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today.

The stands also feature wider dimensions and are placed along a level path close to an interior access road with handicap parking centrally located between the two stands.

“These new stands are part of the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s commitment to both promote hunting...

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- The Arizona Game and Fish Department soon will be part of a new chapter in the conservation history of the iconic American bison.

The Game and Fish Commission recently signed a memorandum of a conservation agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service and Wind Cave National Park (WICA) in western South Dakota to establish a Plains Bison Conservation Herd, with WICA genetic lineage, at the Raymond Wildlife Area (RWA) in northern Arizona. The commission-owned location was identified...

By Marc Cammack, bonus video by Nutnfancy

Bangor, Maine – -(Ammoland.com)- Today one of the most popular and sought after military rifles is the German K98 8mm Mauser bolt action rifle.

The K98 was the standard issue rifle for one of the most notorious and violent regimes in history, Nazi Germany. The rifle went on to see use in other conflicts after...

New York, N.Y. –-(Ammoland.com)- While it may seem a waste of words even to discuss the 2016 Democratic Party Presidential candidates’ positions on the right of the people to keep and bear arms, some elucidation is in order.

We can zero in on the current strategies each of the five Democratic candidates would employ for undermining the Second Amendment were that person elected to the Office of President.

So, let us consider, where each of the five candidates stand on...

By Roger katz

New York, N.Y. –-(Ammoland.com)- This article is the second in a multi-part series.

The purpose of this second article, and of those that follow, is to establish a cogent, coherent case for universal concealed handgun carry reciprocity based on pragmatic grounds.

In our first article of this multi-part series, as posted on the

By Major Van Harl USAF Ret

Wisconsin –-(Ammoland.com)-  In James Wesley Rawles’ Patriots series there is the book “Expatriates: A Novel Of The Coming Global Collapse“.

In that book a radicalized Islamic government takes over Indonesia and starts attacking south Pacific nations that are not Muslim, to eventually include Australia.

The problem is years prior to the attack on Australia, the...

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- The honor of it all aside, Rep. Paul Ryan would do well to decline the speakership of the House.

For it is a poisoned chalice that is being offered to him.

The Republican Party is not, as some commentators wail, in “