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Loading Bench: The 6mm Creedmoor
The count of .24-cal. rifles that remain in our home and others that stayed for a while then headed on down the road is rather high. My wife’s 6 mm Rem. has now been her constant companion for hunting deer and antelope for more than 40 years. A couple of …
Ohio: “Duty to Inform” Legislation Scheduled for Senate Committee Hearing
Tomorrow at 3:00pm, the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee is scheduled to consider legislation amending Ohio’s “Duty to Inform” law, House Bill 425. Please contact members of the committee and ask that they please SUPPORT House Bill 425. House Bill 425 removes the requirement that a concealed handgun licensee notify a …
Review: IWI Tavor TS12 Shotgun
The world is witnessing a golden age of tactical shotguns right now, and IWI’s Tavor TS12 represents the cutting edge of new-shotgun design in a market dominated since 1887 by single-magazine-tube guns. Some such designs are even gaining favor. Why? High-capacity, bullpup-style shotguns offer some obvious advantages over traditional models, including a …
How to Store Bulk Ammunition
In last month’s column, we discussed ammunition shortages, ammunition needs and the good sense that should propel each of us to not find ourselves out of ammunition. The first two basic human needs are security and sustenance, and ammunition will allow you to secure both. This means that short of a …
Trump Administration Counteracts Politically-Motivated Banking Discrimination
In late November, the Trump administration took its firmest action yet to counteract ongoing banking discrimination against businesses that serve America’s gun owners. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a significant banking regulator, issued a proposed rule to prohibit politically-motivated service denials and to ensure large, nationwide banks would have …
Obama Still Whining about Gun Owners’ Political Power
Barack Obama is still upset about just how bitterly so many Americans cling to their guns. During an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired November 17, the former president expressed his anger with the fact that gun owners successfully organized to defeat his radical gun control agenda in early 2013. When asked by Winfrey about …
How to Prepare Your Rifle for Home Defense
To ensure success in a home-defense situation, have your rifle sighted in, magazines loaded, gear together and ready to go in an accessible (but safe) location. “Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, 60 rounds powder and ball and be ready to march at a minute’s warning.” That sage …
Trudeau’s Toxic Gun Ban: No Buy-in to the “Buyback”
There is new evidence of problems with the implementation of the “assault weapons” ban imposed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 1st. Readers will recall that under the Liberal Government’s scheme, over 1,500 firearms and devices listed in a government regulation immediately became a “prohibited” firearm or “prohibited …
Some Might See a Pattern, All Should See Rights in Action
November 2020 saw, among other things, another new firearm background checks record. This, after this record, this record, and this record. The FBI NICS office conducted 3,626,335 total background checks last month. November is always a busy month with elections, Black Friday, and holiday deals to be had. Even the year-to-date streak of record numbers …
Georgia Senate Candidate Laughs at Thought of Armed Parishioners
U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock (D) laughed at the idea of churchgoers being armed, during one of his sermons. “Somebody decided that they had a bright idea to pass a piece of legislation that will allow for guns and concealed weapons to be carried in churches. Have you ever been to a …