Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO – Today, AcuSport® announces an exciting new addition to their inventory lineup, compliments of Advanced Armament Corp®. (AAC). This unique product offers an AAC marked pistol based on the popular Remington® 1911 R1 platform, which includes an enhanced threaded pistol and silencer. This marks the first time in industry history that a pistol and silencer have been paired together as a packaged kit. Read more
Brownells – The World’s Largest Supplier of Firearms Accessories, Ammunition and Gunsmithing Tools™ – is proud to announce its support of the newly created Iowa Valley Community College’s Gunsmithing Technology program, located in Grinnell, Iowa.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Brownells’ CEO Pete Brownell (right) presented a check for $75,000 to MaryAnne Nickle, (left) Dean of Iowa Valley Grinnell, and Gunsmithing Instructor Dave Bennetts, (center) a former Brownells Gun Tech. The money will be used to purchase machinery and equipment for the program’s workshop. Read more
Barnett Crossbows is proud to announce that its new Barnett Ghost 410 Crossbow is the recipient of two prestigious Outdoor Life awards – the Editor’s Choice award for best crossbow and the Great Buy award. Read more
On July 2nd, animal rights groups launched a petition drive to stop the state from controlling the growing wolf population. If enough signatures are gathered, Michigan voters will decide on November 4, 2014, whether to overturn Senate Bill 288, which granted authority to designate game species to the state Natural Resources Commission. The anti-hunting coalition, called Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, is backed by the nation’s most powerful animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Read more
This week’s outrage comes to us from a rather unlikely source: the Google Play app store. The new app is called the Gun Geo Marker, and encourages users to “geolocate dangerous guns and owners” in their communities. According to Google Play, “Geolocation means marking dangerous sites on the App’s map so that you and others can be aware of the risks in your neighborhood.”
Think about that for a minute. The purpose of the app–other than sensationalism and profit–is to encourage people to anonymously “flag” locations in their community they subjectively deem “dangerous” and to make that information as public as possible. The probability for abuse and the certainty of inaccurate “reporting” cannot be overstated. Read more
The Humane Society of the United States has come under fire for getting a “D” grade from the charity watchdog American Institute of Philanthropy. AIP finds that HSUS spends up to 50 percent of its budget on overhead and spends up to 48 cents to raise every dollar.
Kill aimed at managing the state’s wolf population…
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) today took action to name the wolf a game species in the state and approve a limited public wolf harvest in three distinct regions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read more
NORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA., July 11, 2013 – Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, the world’s leading manufacturer in high performance sports optics is pleased to announce its 2013 FIELD DAYS promotion. From July 11 through September 30, 2013, Zeiss is offering huge savings on many of its most popular optics. Read more
COTTONWOOD, AZ – LaserLyte® rolls out their 2013 Cabela’s® point-of-purchase displays in thirty Cabela’s retail locations across the country, featuring all the new LaserLyte laser gun sights, bore sights and laser training tools. LaserLyte’s new product displays provide shoppers a one-stop, shopping experience for all of LaserLyte’s products within Cabela’s. The new “bunker” displays feature large graphics for quick identification with the full line of Cabela’s branded cartridge bore tools and sights plus the full line of laser gun sights for pistols, ARs and shotguns. Read more