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President Joe Biden’s (D) 2022 State of the Union Address touched on a lot of subjects, both domestic and international, and once again included his anti-Second Amendment agenda. “I ask Congress to pass proven measures to reduce gun violence. Pass universal background checks. Why should anyone on the terrorist list …
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The Problem You are new to shooting. You just bought a Glock 9 mm because that’s what the people at the gun store recommended. They offered a free training class which you attended. You took several more classes at the range associated with the gun store. A comment about your …
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Ronald Reagan once warned that “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Because we cannot “pass it on to our children in the bloodstream,” he said, we must “hand it to them with the well-thought lessons of how” they can “fight for it, protect it [and] defend …
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The sport of shooting is learning how to control every muscle in your body during an explosion. This is because we do some interesting things when a gun goes off, and more importantly—the moment before a gun fires. While we consider the ceasing of the trigger movement and the bullet leaving the …
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Modern guns are pretty accurate. Even slightly trained people can pick up a pistol and shoot somewhere near a bullseye on paper. However, when even well-trained shooters end up in a stressful situation (or even just varmint hunting), the hit ratio diminishes to unsatisfactory levels. The causes are multiple; one …
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Between the fact that hearing loss, once suffered, is permanent and irreversible, and that loud, potentially destructive sound waves are part and parcel of firearm use, quality hearing protection should be an indispensable piece of every shooter’s kit. Unfortunately, given how rare it is to encounter an elderly shooter who …
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The GOA-backed Second Amendment Protection Act just passed the Wyoming Senate!   SF0102 passed by a 22 to 8 vote and now moves to the Wyoming House of Representatives.   This Bill, if enacted into law, would make it illegal for state and local officials to enforce or cooperate with unconstitutional Federal …
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Autumn is a magical season. We get to watch the leaves change colors, feel the brisk air, smell fireplaces start to burn again, and, of course, listen to the argument over turkey chokes. I write this in jes,t but if you poke around just about any online forum or spend …
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Shooters tend to disregard what happens between the chambering of a round and when the projectile(s) speed toward the target. That’s understandable because, after all, the entire firing sequence occurs in a fraction of a second. But, as the English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley wrote, “The more you know, …
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One bit of good news to close out 2021 was the return of Marlin rifles to the supply chain. No new production had occurred in over a year in the wake of the bankruptcy of Remington Outdoor Corp. (ROC), the iconic brand’s owner since 2007. Riding to the rescue was another industry …
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