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Were Guns "Much More" Strictly Regulated in the 1920s and 1930s?

3:00pm Thursday, July 09, 2015

[Recently], Time magazine published a piece that pushes the narrative that today's firearms laws are permissive in comparison to those of the early 20th century. Titled, " Guns Were Much More Strictly Regulated in the 1920s and 1930s than They Are Today ," the piece contends that "Those who look to America's past to extol a time when nothing stood between an American and a gun need to look again...

Pivotal Case on "Bearing" Arms in Public Heard by Federal Appellate Court in California

3:00pm Wednesday, July 08, 2015

The never-ending battle against defiance of the Second Amendment saw another skirmish yesterday with oral arguments in the rehearing of the critically important NRA-supported case of Peruta v. San Diego County. As we reported earlier this year, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had initially ruled favorably for the plaintiffs. The panel decision held that the...

Camp Perry & NRA to host U.S. Fullbore Nationals and World Long Range Championships

by Linda Walker

7:00am Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio has been fortunate to host the CMP/NRA National Matches since 1907. This year brings yet another exciting event to Camp Perry when it hosts the U.S. Fullbore Nationals and World Long Range Championships for the first time, August 8-14. The United States only has the opportunity to host the Palma Rifle Long Range Championships once every 25 years. The NRA chose...

Eyes & Ears: You Only Get One Pair of Each

by Tisma Juett

3:00pm Tuesday, July 07, 2015

The human body is an incredible machine. We have a tendency to abuse it pretty well during our youth, and yet it still does what it needs to do to keep us going. When it comes to your vision and hearing, however, I think we all agree that an abundance of caution is wise no matter what your age. Our eyes and ears are hugely important to our lives—especially to us shooters. So shouldn’t we do...

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Recoil Management and Concealed Carry

by Gary Evens

7:00am Tuesday, July 07, 2015

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is a basic law of physics and it applies when you are shooting a gun. Whenever you fire a cartridge, the expanding gases from the “explosion” that occurs immediately after the primer is struck causes the bullet to travel down the barrel, exit at the muzzle, and then continue to travel downrange until it strikes something or the...

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Op-Ed: Connecticut's strict gun licensing law linked to steep drop in homicides? Not really

by John R. Lott

3:00pm Monday, July 06, 2015

A new study in the American Journal of Public Health claims that the state of Connecticut’s 1995 gun licensing law has reduced firearm homicide rates by 40 percent. But this just released study gives academics a bad name. Not surprisingly, anti-gun activist and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the left-wing Joyce Foundation funded the research. The study cherry picks which states...

The Second Amendment doesn't grant Americans anything

by Gary Evens

7:00am Monday, July 06, 2015

I recently was watching one of the firearms-related outdoors programs on television where one of my favorite nationally-known firearms instructors was being interviewed. I became somewhat “shocked!” when that individual stated that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants us the right to possess and carry firearms. I thought I might have mis-heard what he said so I hit the replay...

Independence Day Reflection: SCOTUS v. The People

by Jim Shepherd

7:24am Saturday, July 04, 2015

As we celebrate our national birthday, I'm reflecting proudly on our past, but as a gun owner and recreational shooter, I'm concerned for our future. Last week, two Supreme Court opinions led one of their own members (more on that below) to accuse the Court of being "drunk on power." In a dissenting opinion on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia broadened his dissent with an accusation that the...