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Biden Bets on Gun Control for 2024
With the 2024 presidential election on the not-so-distant horizon, President Joe Biden (D) is set to make gun control a central component of his campaign. This will reportedly start with the rollout of yet another executive action from Biden, with this one set to supposedly eliminate noncommercial, private firearms sales. Put another …
NSSF FILES AMICUS TO INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed an amicus brief in response to a request for an advisory opinion submitted by Mexico to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). NSSF argues the Court should decline Mexico’s invitation to issue an advisory position as Mexico is attempting to use …
Review: Multigun Cleaning Kit from Radcolube and Otis
I recently had the opportunity to try out the new Multigun Cleaning Kit from Radcolube CLP and turned out thoroughly impressed with its performance and the value it offers. I’m not easily impressed by cleaning kits because many of them are fine, but nothing out of the ordinary. After using the Multigun …
Freshening Up Your Training
Ask any high-level competitor and they’ll admit there was a point in their career where they thought they had peaked, and it likely wasn’t anywhere near where they are now. Invariably, we all hit walls in our training, and we shouldn’t shy away from that fact. Similar to any other …
I Have This Old Gun: Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle
Prior to the 1850s, the British military was still largely armed with a .75-cal. smoothbore musket, and despite a change from flintlock to percussion priming, the shoulder arm of the 1840s wasn’t all that different from the flintlock Brown Bess made famous on the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars in the early …
Rifleman Q&A: Syracuse Arms Co.
Q: I came by a double-barrel 12-ga. shotgun made by Syracuse Arms Co.: Serial No. 11300. It is marked “Improved Damascus.” What can you tell me about the company and gun? A: Your Syracuse Arms Co. shotgun was made in Syracuse, N.Y., the company being in business from 1893 until 1908. Its …
Preview: MGM Targets MLS 2 Target Package
The MLS 2 Target Package from MGM Targets economically bundles one of the company’s two-hook Modular Locking System (MLS) target stands with a pair of its steel targets The portable unit—which measures just 25″ tall and weighs only 18 lbs. fully assembled—can be set up in only seconds without the …
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS PROPOSES PUBLIC HEALTH GUN CONTROL REMEDY
Vice President Kamala Harris believes gun control is a public health issue, giving Americans more reasons to be wary of gun control efforts. The problem is, crime isn’t a disease, as much as gun control advocates want to treat it as such. Criminal activity is a behavior and science has …
GOA WINS 2A VICTORY ON FIRST AMENDMENT CASE
An assistant U.S. Attorney withdrew a motion to muzzle an internet reporter covering the sentencing of a man convicted of transferring machine gun parts during an August 11 hearing, according to the targeted reporter. “I think she just didn’t like the mean comments (on the YouTube video),” John Crump told The …
Turning It On and Turning It Off
We often talk about studying mindset and preparing ourselves to deal with a deadly encounter. And, we have discussed the amount of stress that this puts on a person and how it affects one’s actions and decision-making process. What is rarely discussed is the need to stand down when that …