Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
DELAWARE, OH – On the weekend of March 2 and 3, both Buckeye Firearms Foundation President Jim Irvine and Buckeye Firearms Association Vice Chairman Chad Baus attended an “Active Killer in Schools” training course in the Williams Co., OH community of Edgerton. Read more
Senator Schumer of New York won’t let a lack of cooperation stop him from an agenda to register all guns. Details here…
Keep Michigan Wolves Protected – an animal rights activist group linked to the Humane Society of the United States – claims to have gathered more than 100,000 signatures aimed at qualifying its proposal for the ballot to prevent wolf hunting in Michigan. More here…
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BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Leupold® Mark 8® 1.1-8x24mm CQBSS® M5B1 Front Focal has been selected by the United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) for use by front-line Marines in combat. Read more
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, issued the following statement today:
The firearms industry has a long history in Connecticut and to this day has a sizeable economic presence and workforce in the Constitution State. We are disappointed therefore that the General Assembly’s Task Force could not reach a bipartisan agreement on proposals to prevent future violence involving the criminal misuse of firearms.
NSSF agrees with suggestions that the focus should be to keep firearms out of the wrong hands, but an outright ban of the most popular semiautomatic rifle in the United States today, as some are suggesting, for what are essentially cosmetic reasons would make no one safer and is unfair to the millions of people who have purchased them legally and use them responsibly for hunting, shooting competition and home defense. It also holds the real prospect of affecting employment in our state because underlying issues go deeper than whether manufacturing exemptions would be issued. We will review all proposals in more detail and will continue to be a resource to achieve our common goal of a safer Connecticut.
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Transportation Safety Administration administrator John Pistole says that, effective April 25, the TSA will lift its ban on small knives in passenger cabins. Allowable knives will be limited to “retractable blades shorter than 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) and narrower than 1/2 inch at the widest point. Box cutters and razor blades, however, will still be banned. Allowing these small knives on board will align the United States with ICAO and European standards and allow screeners to focus on the highest priority threat, non-metallic explosive devices. Keychain sized knives like the Victorinox “Classic” Swiss Army Knife or Leatherman “Squirt” or “Style” multi-tools are allowed.
Click here to read the the “Changes to Prohibited Items List (PIL)” and see the graphic examples of the TSA’s Approved versus Non-Approved examples.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will host a series of public meetings in March to provide information to the public and answer questions regarding wolf management and the possibility of a future wolf hunting season. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Rabbit and hare hunting have never been easy for me over the past 40 years. I’ve tried shotguns from the diminutive .410 gauge to the more-than-adequate 12-gauge scatterguns. Additionally, rimfires have been employed at times for an added challenge not entirely necessary in the name of fairness. It’s not that I’m that bad of a shot, either, although I’m far from an expert with a smoothbore.
Without a good dog, several factors contribute to the degree of difficulty: Tiresome trudging through deep snow and the element of surprise. Deep snow speaks for itself, when foot travel is cumbersome at best and impossible other times without snowshoes. Hard work and snowshoes go hand-in-hand, although they can be the only means to get into bunny country at times. Read more