Oklahoma “SHALL CERTIFY” Suppressor Legislation Now in Effect

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oklahoma House Bill 2461 is now in effect. The pro-suppressor bill, which was vetoed by Gov. Mary Fallin and subsequently passed via a nearly unanimous veto override, will require Chief Law Enforcement Officers (CLEOs) in Oklahoma to sign NFA applications within 15 days of receipt, unless the applicant is found to be a prohibited person. With the enactment of the new law, Oklahoma joins Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Utah as the seventh state to enact “Shall Certify” legislation.

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Firearms

New York City Pays Falsely Arrested Knife Owner

The City of New York has agreed to pay $7,500 to a falsely arrested knife owner in a Knife Rights supported case. The embarrassing settlement shows that the city would rather pay than try to justify its illegal conduct after police declared his knife an illegal “gravity knife” even though the blade did not lock open. The knife owner (a sculptor who uses a knife for his work) was arrested, handcuffed, booked, and placed in a holding cell like a common criminal. Read more

General

Trop Guns Announces 25 Guns of Christmas Giveaway

Elizabethtown PA – November 1st 2014 – “You’ve seen giveaways but you’ve never seen any like this.”

Trop Gun is thrilled to announce the 25 Guns of Christmas Giveaway. We have selected 25 premium firearms that will be given away from December 1st to December 25th. We will randomly select one winner per day who will receive the corresponding gun. The full list of firearms are listed below. There is no purchase necessary to enter the drawing and participants need only go towww.25gunsofchristmas.com and submit their name and e-mail address to be entered to win. Current Trop customers and subscribers are already entered. Contestants can obtain more chances to win by sharing the giveaway on various social media platforms. The links for these additional entries are also located on the giveaway website. Read more

Firearms

GunZillion.com Announces $1,000 Brownells Gift Card Giveaway

Omaha, NE – www.GunZillion.com, a comparison shopping engine dedicated exclusively to firearms, parts, ammunition, and accessories, announced their kick off promotion today. The promotion features a $1,000 Brownells Gift Card giveaway as well as a double daily drawing where 60 lucky winners will receive either a GunZillion T-Shirt & Koozie or Brownells 75th Anniversary Knife & Koozie. For details and to enter the contest please visit www.gunzillion.com/giveaway.

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Ammunition, Firearms

GunBroker.com CEO Blasts Anti-Gun Message

GW:  If the gun grabbers can spin it, they will.

Recently a Washington state gun control lobbying group called The Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility published an advertisement and YouTube video that included a scene in which GunBroker.com was typed into a browser. The video includes the words “NO QUESTIONS ASKED” and states that criminals who fail background checks can go online and buy guns.

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Firearms

Montana Elk Habitat, Wolf Management, Research Bolstered by RMEF Grants

GW:  Hats off the dedicated Western sportsmen and women for pulling themselves up by their bootstraps!

MISSOULA, Mont.-Grants totaling $451,042 provided by the Rocky Mountain will fund more than three dozen habitat enhancement, research, hunting heritage and other conservation outreach projects across the state of Montana in 2014.

The grants will positively affect 12,198 acres in Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Missoula, Pondera, Powder River, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Silver Bow, Sweet Grass and Toole Counties. There are also two projects of statewide interest and another of Western Montana interest.

“A series of prescribed burning, thinning and noxious weed projects will clear the way for new grasses and forbs that provide proper nutrition for elk and other wildlife in some of Montana’s best elk habitat,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “These grants also help pay for four research projects that monitor elk populations and deal with habitat as well as provide funds for wolf management and a land acquisition that improves public access.” Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

American Suppressor Association Takes Issue With NFA Legality Statements

In recent weeks, select organizations have made the claim that items regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) are illegal to possess in Texas and four other states with large NFA markets. These states include Alaska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Washington. This claim is false.

NFA items ARE LEGAL to own and possess in all five of the aforementioned states.

The basis of the claim hinges upon a flagrant misrepresentation of the law. Read more

Firearms

Massad Ayoob Delivers the Facts on Lethal Force Law

Cincinnati, Ohio – Firearms and self-defense law authority Massad Ayoob lays out the rules of engagement for armed citizens in his latest title from Gun Digest Books, Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense. Ayoob draws from more than three decades of experience as an expert witness in weapons and homicide cases to educate responsible gun owners about the legal, ethical and practical use of firearms in self defense.

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Self Defense

NWTF Wins $45,000 for Conservation Efforts

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Nationwide’s “Preserve your Passion” contest recently ended with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) collecting the highest voter percentage and winning the top prize of $45,000.

Recognizing the importance of hunting and fishing to its members and conservation partners, Nationwide created the “Preserve Your Passion” contest to give $75,000 to conservation and help create or preserve outdoor opportunities.

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Wildlife

NRA Museums Loans Rifle to Alamo Exhibit

FAIRFAX, Va. – The new Firearms of the Texas Frontier exhibit at The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, features a Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine on loan from NRA Museums.

The exhibit showcases the technological evolution of the firearms industry and the role firearms played in settling Texas and the Battle of the Alamo. Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn how to load and fire the period guns through an interactive kiosk. Read more

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