Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
DALLAS, TX-Proclaiming Dallas Safari Club (DSC) as one of the world’s great conservation and hunting advocacy organizations, MidwayUSA founder and CEO Larry Potterfield has announced that his company has renewed its official sponsorship of the DSC annual convention and expo. Read more
Now through Sunday, Dec. 4, Colt’s Manufacturing is offering $15 off of any purchase of $100 or more from their online store. The discount can be applied to any $100 merchandise total, including the new Crimson Trace Laser Grips and Galco Holsters. This holiday offer is the first of several to come this season. To receive your discount and shop for Colt accessories, collectables and apparel, visit ColtsMfg.com/ShopOnline.aspx.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, is proud to announce a contest on Facebook in which fans can enter to win a 1911 series Colt 1991 Government Model, as well as a MidwayUSA prize package. Read more
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SWHC), parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary 159-year old company in the global business of safety, security, protection, and sport, announces that it has recently received a contract from the Belgium Federal Police calling for 20,000 Smith & Wesson® Military & Police (M&P) 9mm polymer pistols over a ten-year period. The police agency, a force with 12,500 officers, has received an initial shipment of 2,500 pistols as part of the full department conversion to Smith & Wesson duty firearms. Read more
An interesting case is moving forward which challenges the U.S. Postal Service’s authority to ban guns in post offices.
Hmmm, and where did that term “going postal” originate? If ever a law-abiding citizen may need protection, it’s on or near the post office.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19423472
How prophetic is the above? Find out here… For whatever reasons, this current episode of postal shootings is nothing new. Neither is government’s role in perpetuating the myth that gun-free zones make any sense whatsoever.
Here are some simple steps with photos to clean your shotgun before putting it away for the season.
Women are among the tens of thousands of Wisconsin citizens getting their concealed pistol licenses. Guns sales booming as a result.
BELLEVUE, WA – A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement by the City of Omaha, Nbreaks of an ordinance that prohibits legal non-citizens from registering handguns in the city, in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation, the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association and Armando Pliego Gonzalez. Read more
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” claiming that the statute is “vague and ambiguous” in its definition of assault weapons, leading to the arrest of a California man on two different occasions.
SAF is joined in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by the CalGuns Foundation and Brendan John Richards, an honorably-discharged Marine and Iraq war veteran, who was arrested and jailed in May 2010 and August 2011. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
With firearms deer season upon us, many hunters will be sighting in their guns. Since there’s not a lot of time to waste, and ammunition is quite expensive, I am providing some tips to get the job done as economically as possible.
As mentioned in previous writings, a six-inch kill zone will be the standard from any shooting position in the field for deer. Read more