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ATF DIRECTOR LAMENTS CONGRESSIONAL, AMERICANS’ DISTRUST TO UPEND SECOND AMENDMENT
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach joined CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan to talk about violent crime committed with firearms and the tools he wants from Congress. The problem is those requests have already been rejected by Congress for good reason. Those tools would …
Remington Launches Full Safe Sweepstakes
Remington Ammunition has officially kicked off the Full Safe Sweepstakes—Big Green’s biggest consumer sweepstakes yet. Featuring a massive prize assortment from leading industry brands including Remington Arms, Remington Safes, Nighthawk Custom, Leupold Optics, Silencer Central, and Remington Ammunition, sweepstakes entrants can win one of two prize packages, detailed below. With prizes …
Voices of Experience
I have spent my entire adult life making my living, one way or another, with firearms. And you can bet that, along the way, I have crossed paths with some extremely interesting folks. Here are three that come readily to mind. Mr. Gibbs was an old-time Texas deputy sheriff. He wore …
First Look: New Rail-Mounted Lights from Streamlight
Streamlight Inc. is introduced upgraded models of its TLR RM 1 and TLR RM 2 series of lights which now feature an HPL (High Performance, High Lumen) face cap for a brighter beam of up to 1,000 lumens and an extended reach of up to 22,000 candela. In addition to this, the TLR RM …
DESPITE AG’S URGING, NEW JERSEY ‘STUDY’ STILL PROVES MICROSTAMPING NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
New Jersey’s Attorney General has finally reached a determination about the viability of firearm microstamping technology. The decision comes over a year late with wasted tax dollars to boot. The state’s report only proved that the idea of microstamping is still severely flawed and not ready for implementation. The media attempted to sell the study, …
The Return Of The Taurus 917C Pistol
While the semi-automatic pistol market continues to yield innovative and truly new models from time to time, we currently live in an era of copious copies and clones of existing models and designs. In recent years, the Glock Gen3 G19 pattern pistol has become one of the more popular subjects …
RADICAL GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM SIGNS TWO GUN CONTROL BILLS
Yesterday, Governor Lujan Grisham signed into law two gun control measures passed by the New Mexico Legislature during the recent 30-day session: House Bill 129 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) mandates a 7-day waiting period for all gun buyers who pass an FBI background check, excluding concealed handgun licensees, FFLs, law …
Gun Skills: Utilizing Timed Turning Targets
If you practice at an indoor range, it’s likely you can utilize timed target settings. Not every indoor range has this option, of course, but most seem to, yet I don’t often see the feature in use. That’s a shame because the timed turning targets can be a very effective …
Precision Shooting Versus Defensive Shooting
The Problem You recently attended a concealed-carry class in which you shot a lot of ammunition—almost 500 rounds—over a two-day period. The thrust of the class was staying on the sights with hard eye focus and a slow, continuous trigger squeeze from a rigid shooting stance. Shooting tiny groups repetitively …
Gun Review | SDS MAC 2 Tactical Wood
A good shotgun doesn’t have to be exorbitantly priced, especially since the patents on many time-tested designs have expired; for example, the Benelli M2’s robust, rotating-bolt, inertia-driven mechanism with its proven track record has inspired dozens of modern clones. However, originals aren’t always copied well, and the result is sometimes …