Category: Firearms

Michigan’s 2012 hunting season safest in five years

GW:  Although the title indicates a relatively safe season, the facts indicate there’s plenty of room for improvement – especially with the young!  Me must do better in that regard.

The 2012 hunting season saw only one fatality in the 15 incidents reported to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, making it the safest season in the last five years. While there were three fewer incidents reported in 2011, there were five fatalities in that year. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting

Potterfields Donate over $700,000 to RMEF Youth Programs

COLUMBIA, MO – January 22, 2013 – The first program that will benefit from the Potterfields donation is the “Adopt a Shooting Team” program. A donation of $501,000 will help support high school and shooting teams all across the country. The second program is the S.A.F.E (Shooting Access for Everyone) Challenge. This program introduces youth to firearm safety and hunter education programs as well as the hunter’s role in conservation. This donation was in the amount of $200,000. Read more

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Firearms, Hunting, Self Defense

Trade Show Boycott

In a surprise move, just weeks before the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show is to open, Reed Exhibitions, on Jan. 17, announced it was banning modern sporting rifles from the show. The show is the largest outdoor sports show in the United States and perhaps the world.

When the word spread at the firearms industry’s largest trade show, the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show (sm), reaction among exhibitors and attendees was fierce.  More here…

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense

Gun Control Worth Supporting

By Glen Wunderlich

While gun-control advocates scream for more gun laws, Americans are lining up to purchase firearms in unprecedented numbers.  Criminal background checks have been recorded with monthly figures topped only by successive months.  American citizens across the nation are arming themselves like never before.

With gun control in crosshairs of many, it seems appropriate to discuss the merits of gun control, but not in the traditional sense.  Law-abiding, responsible American gun owners – be they city dwellers or living off the grid – should be able to agree to two types of gun control:  1) Keeping guns inaccessible to those that shouldn’t have them, and 2) Hitting your target.

The first one is easy.  When not in use, guns should be locked up and a good gun safe will take care of that, but even trigger locks are better than nothing.

The second point can be problematic for new shooters, and Read more

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Michigan Legislative Update

The Michigan Legislature began the 2013-2014 session at noon on Wednesday, January 9.  To date, three firearms related bills have been introduced.  MCRGO has asked for immediate consideration of all three bills.  The three will be taken up by the House Judiciary Committee this Wednesday, January 23.  MCRGO will testify in support of all three bills.  They are:
Senate Bill 49 (Casperson):  Prohibits the disclosure of Michigan firearms registration information and exempts such information from the Freedom of Information Act.
Senate Bill 60 (Green):  Corrects a flaw in HB 5225 of 2012 which eliminated the need to obtain a pistol purchase permit for a purchase from a Class 1 FFL but neglected to include Class 7 FFLs as well.
Senate Bill 63 (Pavlov):  Creates the “Firearms Freedom Act” which asserts that a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Michigan and that remains within the borders of Michigan is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration under the authority of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense
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