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The Other Great Guns of John Browning
Article first appeared at American Rifleman. Imagine what the history of American firearms would have been without John Moses Browning. We certainly wouldn’t have commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Model 1911 pistol, to this day widely considered to be the world’s most popular handgun. Today there are dozens of companies …
At Least Five Gun-Purchase Records Set in March 2016
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. “Hillary Clinton is making gun control a central theme of her campaign” for president of the United States, the Wall Street Journal reports. But whether this is a strategy that will win the White House is in dispute, or certainly ought to be. Based upon trends …
How We’re Taught About Guns – Part 1
Article first appeared at DRGO. It is a common sense belief that the pervasiveness of violence in media can desensitize us to violence in society and surely must influence impressionable youth. Perhaps because of that, our entertainment-industrial complex regularly reports studies telling us that “the evidence just isn’t there”—to “move …
Back To The Future: Anti-Gunners Again Look To The Courts With Dollar Signs In Their Eyes
Article first appeared at America’s 1st Freedom. This feature appears in the April ’16 issue of NRA America’s 1st Freedom, one of the official journals of the National Rifle Association. In January, anti-gun members of Congress introduced a bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). …
Regressive Cosmo Video Targets Guns and the Men Who Own Them
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. Cosmopolitan’s campaign to program women to forego their right to bear arms continued this week. The New York-based women’s magazine released a video titled, “Couples Talk About Gun Ownership.” Much like their previous efforts, the video seeks to portray gun ownership and gun owning men as …
No More Handgun Bans
Article first appeared at NRA-ILA. On Monday, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands struck down the last handgun ban in the United States in the case of Radich v. Guerrero. Judge Manglona’s opinion held that the Islands’ bans on handgun …
Where The ATF Scans Gun Sales Records
Article first appeared at NRA. There is a building, found within a lovely panorama of farm fields and apple orchards just across the Maryland line into West Virginia, where gun stores go after death. The building is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) National Tracing Center, located …
Gavin Newsom’s Wrong-Headed Gun Scheme
Article first appeared at Americas1stFreedom. California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his quest to bolster his gun-ban credentials as he runs for governor in 2018, is pushing a handful of restrictions that would further devastate the rights of law-abiding Golden State gun owners who have already seen their freedoms infringed …
What Happens if You Steal More than $100,000 Worth of Guns in Minnesota? You Get Probation!
The failure of the judicial system is more and more apparent in its dereliction of duty to bring justice against those who violate the law. Furthermore, the hypocrisy of a government that is hell bent on infringing on the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep in bear arms is clearly …
Gunsite 250, Richmond VA Review
Article first appeared at Shootingillustrated. In July 2015, Gunsite Academy announced its inaugural 250 Pistol Class at Colonial Shooting Academy (CSA) in Richmond, VA. In this 5-day, 1,000-round course students study the components of the Combat Triad (marksmanship, mindset and tactics) on the range and in the classroom. The Tactical …