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Second Amendment
California Plans to Videotape All Gun Store Sales 0
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The illegal alien sanctuary state is making a move to require video surveillance of gun stores including all purchases and parking lots as well as limit Federal Firearms Licensed dealers Anti-gun crusader and City Councilman Kevin McCarty said he and City Councilman Rob Fong will ask staff to look into an ordinance that […]
Georgia Campus Carry Bill Passes House 0
House Bill 859, also known as the “campus carry” bill, passed the Georgia House Monday by a 113-59 vote, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The bill would allow anyone over 21 with a weapons license to conceal carry a gun on public Georgia college campuses, except in dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses and at athletic […]
Personal Protection
Tennessee Lawmakers Propose Holding Gun Free Businesses Liable 0
Senator Delores Gresham is sponsoring a bill designed any Tennessean with a valid gun permit to sue a property owner in the event of injury or death provided the incident occurred while in a gun-free zone. According to Gresham, Bill 1736 has a very specific purpose. “It is the intent of this section to balance […]
UT Professor Willing to Break Texas Law to Prevent Concealed Carry 1
AUSTIN, TX – University of Texas at Austin Professor Steven Weinberg, declared he will try to ban guns his classroom this fall, even if it breaks university rules and state law. Weinberg, who won the Nobel Prize in science in 1979, said at the university’s faculty council meeting that he understands the decision could leave […]
Armed T-Mobile Employee Protects Lives of Fellow Employees Against Armed Robbers 0
CHICAGO, IL – The anti-gun crowd continue to deny guns are used to protect lives but yet an armed employee of a T-Mobile store in Chicago saved the lives of his fellow employees. Two men entered the store in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood in the 2000-block of East 95th St on Chicago’s South Side. They pretended to be shopping […]
Politics
Firearms Dealer Trade Association Releases Statement on Executive Action 0
We all share the goal of reducing the intentional misuse of guns and enhancing the safety of our communities. As the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) will carefully review all aspects of the executive actions that President Obama announced today. Much remains to be spelled out. […]
Does Your Members of Congress Conceal Carry 0
Kathryn Watson They may never talk about it or they may shout it from the rooftops, but dozens of members of Congress pack heat back home in their districts and may be on Capitol Hill, too. Alabama Republican Mo Brooks, for example, minces no words when asked if he owns a firearm that he carries. […]
Virginia Delegate Les Adams Fights Attorney General Reciprocity Decision 0
CHATHAM, VA – Chatham Delegate Les Adams will introduce a bill next month restoring universal reciprocity between Virginia and thirty other states in the US that allow gun-owners to get conceal carry permits. Last week, Attorney General Mark Herring announced Virginia would no longer honor out-of-state concealed carry handgun permits from more than two dozen states. […]
Shooting Sports
Dave Sevigny Wins USPSA Tennessee Section Championship
GASTON GLOCK style is pleased to announce Dave Sevigny’s latest win at the USPSA Tennessee Section Championship held September 25-27 in Lakeland, TN. A total of 153 pistol shooters competed in one of six pistol divisions recognized by USPSA. Sevigny won the Production division at by a dominating margin 200+ point margin over 2nd place. […]
Crosman All-American 2015 Field Target Championship
Air rifle field target is, quite simply, one of the toughest shooting challenges that any target shooter can face. At the Crosman All-American Field Target Championship (CAAFTC), held this past June, competitors had to drop four targets within four minutes on each of 15 lanes (for a total of 60 targets) on one day, and […]
NRA President Allan Cors Working to Develop New Competitive Shooting Games
We have begun preparations for the 2016 National Matches. Our goal is to get everything up online even earlier this time around. The final programs will be approved by December and will be online by February 1. Our first staff selection meeting is in October. I intend on increasing the level of staff for 2016. […]
Guns & Gear
ATF Reports 2015 Record Year for Firearms Sales 0
2015 was a record year for the National Instant Checks System (NICS), and for firearm sales. The previous record year was in 2013, another year in which President Obama put considerable effort into passing strict gun control, and failed. It is one of the few policies that President Obama has not been able to […]
Northern Tool and Equipment adds Gun Accessories 0
Northern Tool and Equipment Company has started to include firearms accessories in its product line. The company is noted for manufacturing products and tools that are less expensive than most competitors. Many of the products are produced overseas in China, but other sources are also used. Northern Tools also manufactures many products in the United […]
Ruger Announces New Full-Size “American Pistol” Striker Fire Duty Handgun 0
SOUTHPORT, CT – Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is proud to introduce a new line of full-size duty pistols. Designed with the latest U.S. Military standards in mind, the Ruger American Pistol™ is built to perform in the harshest conditions. A true American innovation, this new pistol is a revolutionary platform for Ruger. Ruger polled […]
Police
Australian Soldier Carrying Metal Pipe Causes Gun Hysteria 0
A soldier, in uniform, with a pack and a clearly fake “gun” causes an entire section of Australian civilization to go into the “vapors”. Throughout most of the rest of the world, there would hardly be a comment. Seeing soldiers on exercises is common and only slightly noteworthy. Notice that this soldier did nothing that […]
Stolen ICE Officer’s Duty Weapon Used to Kill Muralist
The gun used in the fatal September shooting of an artist in the San Francisco area was stolen from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
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Med Student Shot While Trying to Rescue Women From Abduction 0
NEW ORLEANS, LA. –A 25-year-old Tulane University medical student is recovering after being shot while trying to stop a woman from being attacked. Peter Gold, spotted a man dragging a woman along a sidewalk around 4 a.m. on Friday. Surveillance video captured Gold getting out of his car and walking up to the gunman. A few […]
New Virginia Law Restores and Expands Concealed Carry Reciprocity 21
RICHMOND, VA – Virginia Governor signs law to expand concealed carry reciprocity with other states. Virginia’s lawmakers submitted H.B. 1163 and S.B. 610 to the Governor which will restore and promote concealed carry reciprocity for permit holders in the Commonwealth and around the country. In addition to providing concealed carry recognition for valid permits from other states, the bipartisan […]
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