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Appeals Court decides for the EPA & lead ammo

1-Jan-2015 / 1 minute of reading

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last week upheld the dismissal of the latest lawsuit brought by anti-hunting groups petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations banning traditional ammunition with lead components. The refusal by the EPA to consider the petition was challenged by the anti-hunting petitioners in federal court in 2013. The National […]

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Fast & Furious update

1-Jan-2015 / 1 minute of reading

The Department of Justice improperly withheld public documents related to Fast and Furious after the first Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for them several years ago. Now that the agency has been forced by a court to produce some of the illicitly-withheld materials, they reveal clues as to why President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder kept the public documents

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Felony in Louisiana to fire gun into the air

1-Jan-2015 / 1 minute of reading

In Louisiana, it’s a felony (2 years at hard labor) to illegally fire a gun into the air, for instance on New Year’s Eve. It’s probably illegal in most places, but probably not felony stupid everywhere. Don’t be one.

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Merry Christmas, Ya’ll!

30-Dec-2014 / 2 minutes of reading

“He’s making a list, checking it twice… Gonna find out who’s men and who’s mice…” Merry Christmas, Ya’ll! YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas When all through our land, Not a Christian was praying Nor taking a stand. Why the PC Police had taken away The reason for Christmas – no one could say. The children were told

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Alan Korwin – don’t look in the wrong direction

30-Dec-2014 / 1 minute of reading

“When you look to government to protect your firearms – instead of looking to your firearms – you’re looking in the wrong direction.” – Alan Korwin

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December 19, 2014 product highlights

30-Dec-2014 / 2 minutes of reading

From Ruger: A Prescott, AZ, 150th Anniversary commemorative LC9s with an engraved slide. The new LC9s Pro, a version of the pistol without a manual thumb safety. (S&W deleted the thumb safety from its Shield pistol earlier this year.) Some rare, unusual, discontinued, or one-of-a-kind Ruger firearms and accessories on Gunbroker. The new BX-Trigger, touted to be a light (2.5-3

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US Army Marksmanship Unit’s .264 USA intermediate cartridge

30-Dec-2014 / 1 minute of reading

The US Army Marksmanship Unit’s .264 USA intermediate cartridge (details). Source (page 72, also includes the .277 USA cartridge)

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Army pistols update: Beretta scrambling?

30-Dec-2014 / 1 minute of reading

Beretta is apparently scrambling to try to keep its US military pistol contract in the face of the Army’s ongoing Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition to replace the existing M9 pistol. Some say Beretta is a shoo-in to win the competition with it’s revised M9, due to cost and logistics. But we wonder why even have a competition if the

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