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Springfield 1911 Loaded Model
Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. When it comes to firearms pride, ego and emotional investment seem to take precedence over calm detachment among many shooters. Cold and pragmatic aren’t in the cards. Some make statements with enough conceit to honor a Democratic caucus with enough leftover to feed …
Loads and Logic — Big Calibers Rule!
Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. There is a tremendous interest in research and development of defense loads for handguns. The majority of offerings use some variation on the jacketed hollowpoint bullet although a new trend is toward bullets that have a cutting mechanism. JHP bullets may have a …
Hillary Admits Support for Legislation to Kill Gun Industry
Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. There is no chance of burying the lead in this story. Hillary Clinton has vowed to support legislation to kill the gun industry. I am not here to advocate for one political party over another or one particular politician for President. The Shooter’s …
Poll: Voters Not Swayed by Clinton’s Anti-Gun Duplicity
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. We’ve been reporting on Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and her anti-gun mentality for months. She has been especially focused on the alleged immunity gun manufacturers have under federal law, the Protection in Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). She has often claimed, incorrectly, that …
Say What? Gun Control Advocates Try to Change the Language of Crime
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. As a cabinet level official in the Obama administration, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both reflected and informed the regime’s values and tactics, some of which she has carried forward into her own campaign for the White House. This includes careful and selective use …
Hollywood Ramps up Anti-gun Campaign
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. Gun control advocates and Hollywood have long been allied in an effort propagandize the public against firearm ownership. However, as detailed in an April 27 piece in entertainment industry trade publication Variety, anti-gun groups and television and film producers are increasingly collaborating on projects and …
Aging Rocker to College Students: You’re Too Drunk, Violent, and Stupid for Your Rights
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. Throughout its history, rock-n-roll music has provided youth who are fed up with being lectured and condescended to by out-of-touch or hypocritical elders a voice to respond and to advocate for their own generation. Athens, GA, rocker Micheal Stipe and his band R.E.M. helped fulfill …
Social Security Administration Releases Proposed Rulemaking on Disability-Related Gun Ban
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. On Friday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a draft of a proposed rulemaking that would supposedly bring the agency into compliance with what it claims is its responsibility to report prohibited persons to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The proposal focuses …
NRA Statement on President Obama’s Latest Gun Control
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) issued the following statements on President Obama’s latest gun control push. In response to the President’s call for “smart gun” technology: Buy All-American! Bring health and vitality back to your body with these non-transdermal …
Hillary Clinton to Attack Gun Owners Her “Very First Day” in Office
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. In what has become as reliable as clockwork, with the passing of another week comes another Hillary Clinton attack on gun owners. This time, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination explained to supporters her intent to make an assault on gun rights and NRA …