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President to Press his Anti-Gun Agenda “With or Without Congress”
This from the NRA…
Last year, in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., Barack Obama gave a State of the Union performance that was filled with theatrical pandering. Seeking to capitalize on that tragedy by exploiting the understandably intense emotions that followed in its wake, the President reiterated his support for increased background checks and bans on common semi-automatic firearms and their magazines, which he referred to as “weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines.”
As usual, Obama’s remarks were short on evidence to support the efficacy of his proposals. That’s because evidence was (and still is) sorely lacking–and experts at Obama’s own Justice Department acknowledged that fact, even if the President will not. Read more
Arizona-New Mexico Mexican Wolf Population Grows in 2013
GW: If only an animal-rights activist would ever agree on the definition of recovery…
PHOENIX — During its annual year-end population survey, the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team (IFT) counted a minimum of 83 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico at the end of 2013. This number demonstrates a 10 percent increase in the known population of Mexican wolves in the wild compared to the 2012 minimum population count of 75 wolves. Read more
Sig Sauer Offers Buy One Get One Free 1911 Promotion
The Purchase one of six featured SIG SAUER® 1911 models (see selections below) and receive a FREE 1911-22* Read more
Michigan Gains in Better Deer Management Strategy
By Glen Wunderlich
The Quality Deer Management Association’s 2014 Annual Deer Report has just been released and it gives us a thumbnail status of today’s white-tailed deer. The 2014 report compares kill statistics over years 2010 through 2012 from 36 states of the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast.
Interesting trends continue to evolve and Michigan appears to have reversed course by actually shifting its focus from sheer numbers to stronger, healthier deer strategies. Given that, some of the numbers are not bad, either.
Michigan hunters shot the most bucks by a large margin in the Midwest region. The figure of 222,640 represents about 10,000 more bucks taken than either of the past two years. Not all states in the region were able to boast these results with South Dakota and Nebraska taking 25 and 29 percent fewer bucks respectively. Read more
Opening Day Crow Hunting
L-R: Glen, Matt, Shawn
February 1st opening day of crow season found us in some rather deep snow. We used a FoxPro electronic caller with sounds such as crow in distress and fighting crows. Shotguns were all 12-gauge shooting shot size of number 7 1/2s, 8s and 9s.
Antique Gun Returned to Owner Decades After Theft
Gordon Miller, of Battle Creek gave up on ever getting his Colt single action Army revolver made back in the 1890s after it was stolen in 1982. Details of the gun’s return are here…
Polar Bear Population Increasing?
Northern Canada’s Hudson Bay region has been noted as the area of the most threatened Polar bear population, but new evidence shows estimates as much as 67 percent higher than suggested. Details here…
An Alaska scientist, Charles Monnett, whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been forced out of his position as part of a settlement with a federal agency. Turns out he made things up and left other fact out of his argument to support an animal-rights agenda. More here…
Hat tip to John Lott.
Winchester Recalls Two Lots of M-22 Rimfire Ammo
Olin Corporation, through its Winchester Division, is recalling two (2) lots of M*22™ 22 Long Rifle 40 Grain Black Copper Plated Round Nose rimfire ammunition.
Symbol Number: S22LRT Lot Numbers: GD42L and GD52L Read more
SAF Thanks Gun Companies For Support in CA Microstamping Case
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation is expressing heartfelt gratitude today to three major firearms companies – Ruger, Smith & Wesson and Glock – for their supporting documents in the on-going case of Pena v. Lindley, a lawsuit challenging the California handgun roster requirements that include microstamping and magazine disconnects.
Earlier this week, Ruger CEO Michael O. Fifer and Smith & Wesson President and CEO James Debney submitted declarations to the court, explaining their respective companies’ positions on the California microstamping requirement. Late last year, attorneys representing Glock, Inc. filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the SAF case. Read more