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Millions Of Women Are Buying Guns, Taking Up Shooting

It’s no secret to those of us in the industry that gun ownership in the United States is booming… so to speak. While fewer Americans are willing to talk to unknown pollsters over the phone about their firearms, it is well-documented that gun companies are seeing record sales, that new and expansive ranges are being […]

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Assault Weapons More Popular Than Ever, Crime Still Going Down

“So-called assault weapons are being demonized with every op-ed the anti-gunners can manage. They’re described as weapons used to hunt humans. People claim they serve no purpose except for murder. Folks with no self-defense background routinely claim that such weapons are useless for self-defense. However, it seems that not only are the guns even more […]

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Study claiming US is home of one-third of mass-shooters worldwide debunked

“Study claiming US is home of one-third of mass-shooters worldwide debunked; figure less than 1.5 percent A widely-popularized study adopted by the Obama administration claiming the U.S. has by far the most mass public shooters in the world has been criticized and dismissed by new research. John. R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention […]

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Purdue Researcher Says Larger Gun Magazines Saves Lives

“Researcher J. Eric Dietz with Purdue University’s Homeland Security Institute says that the latest research at his lab indicates that magazine bans may cost lives, not save them, when it comes to defending yourself. According to Dietz, computer modeling that tested survivability of a home invasion demonstrated that, the larger the magazine you the homeowner […]

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Study: Almost 90% of 21st Century Mass Shootings Occurred in Gun-Free Zones

“A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows 89% of mass shootings between 1998 and June 2019 occurred in gun-free zones. CPRC reports 21st mass shooters are not typically religious, “80 percent are at least 21 years of age,” and the majority of them–56 percent–views handguns as the weapon of choice for an […]

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Californians Purchased Over ONE MILLION Handgun/Rifle Magazines In One Week of Freedom

“One million magazines. That’s how many standard capacity feeding devices Golden State residents bought during the one week when sales become legal in California recently. Reportedly a pallet of Magpul P-Mags for America’s favorite rifle, the AR-15, tallies up to 3,000 magazines. So a million magazines represents… a lot of pallets. In simpler terms, many […]

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Aging and the Defensive Shooter

“As we get older, we must keep in mind that we can still be a target for criminal attack. In fact, we may become even more of a target as the years catch up with us. The crooks see the gray hair, the wrinkles, and figure that we will be less likely to resist and […]

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Police: Mom with gun ends abduction attempt

“BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia say a man was trying to abduct a child at a mall when the mother stopped him by pulling out a gun. News outlets report 54-year-old Mohamed Fathy Hussein Zayan of Alexandria, Egypt, was arraigned Monday night in Cabell County Magistrate Court on a felony charge of […]

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Federal Court Finds California Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment

In one of the strongest judicial statements in favor of the Second Amendment to date, Judge Roger T. Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California determined on Friday that California’s ban on commonly possessed firearm magazines violates the Second Amendment. The case is Duncan v. Becerra. The NRA-supported case had […]

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Judge Blocks California’s High-Capacity Ammunition Ban

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — High-capacity gun magazines will remain legal in California under a ruling Friday by a federal judge who cited home invasions where a woman used the extra bullets in her weapon to kill an attacker while in two other cases women without additional ammunition ran out of bullets. “Individual liberty and freedom […]

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