Category: Firearms

Beretta Issues Statement on New Maryland Gun Control Law

The firearm companies owned by Beretta Holding in Maryland-Beretta U.S.A. Corp., Benelli U.S.A. Corporation and Stoeger Industries, Inc.-have all been deeply concerned about Governor Martin O’Malley’s effort this year to impose broad new restrictions on the rights of Maryland citizens to buy firearms, as well as on the types of firearms and firearm magazines they can acquire. The Companies have submitted comments before the Maryland legislature and to the press condemning these efforts and stating that the Governor’s anti-gun activity is causing them to evaluate whether they want to remain in this State. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Self Defense

Colt’s Manufacturing Company Expands The Mustang Family

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, one of the world’s leading designers, developers and manufacturers of firearms, is proud to introduce the newest member of the Colt Mustang family, the polymer framed Mustang XSP. Like its predecessors, the classic Colt Mustang and Mustang Pocketlite, the XSP is sure to become a popular option for concealed carry. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Self Defense

CCRKBA Says Coburn Amendment Made Sense, Blasts Senate

BELLEVUE, WA – A proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn to expand gun rights made sense, and Senate anti-gunners who opposed the measure should be held accountable by voters, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said Thursday.
Sen. Coburn’s proposal would have allowed armed private citizens to legally carry firearms on Army Corps of Engineers lands in states where carrying firearms for personal safety is already legal. The vote was 56-43, four votes shy of a required 60-vote threshold. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Self Defense

NSSF Dumps Reed, SHOT Management Still Undecided

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show®. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of the SHOT Show. Read more

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One Man’s Turkey Hunting Strategy

By Glen Wunderlich

Recent rains have increased water levels across the state in our rivers and lakes, and for those among the fishing and boating industry, more water is generally welcomed.  However, for ground-nesting birds such as the wild turkey, the diminished ground cover is going to make raising a family more difficult than ever. 

Hunters may have already noticed that wild turkeys have changed their spring movement patterns relative to years past and will do well to perform some advance scouting.  Birds may not be where they are normally found.

The typical success rate of turkey nests can range from 0 to 50 percent and only Mother Nature will dictate how environmental conditions continue to affect this season’s survival rate, but we are not off to a good start.  Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Gun Crime Down. Period.

11,101 FATAL AND 467,300 NONFATAL FIREARM VICTIMIZATIONS OCCURRED IN 2011

WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011, and nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Self Defense
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