Centerfire Rifles for Shotgun Zone? Not so fast…

By Glen Wunderlich

When Michigan Senate Bill 775 was proposed by Senator Mike Green (R) of District 31 this past October, it appeared as though Michigan’s Zone III (shotgun zone) deer hunters would be allowed a viable alternative to shotguns, muzzleloaders, and handguns. For years, I have wondered why straight-walled cartridges were not allowed in rifle configurations, as opposed to current regulations permitting handguns only. Now, I am wondering why anyone has bothered to open the dialogue with such a limited field of view. Read more

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Getting Our Guns Back

The Obama administration blocked the purchase of 87,310 M1 Garands and 770,160 M1 Carbines in 2010, saying the American-made antique rifles could “potentially be exploited by individuals seeking firearms for illicit purposes.”

The move, however, triggered strong criticism among gun collectors, who said the U.S. government was being excessively concerned about possible firearm incidents involving the aging semiautomatic rifles.

If you want to get your hands on an M1 Garand, better make friends with a Korean War veteran.  More here…

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Tips for Feeding Wild Birds

HARRISBURG – Feeding songbirds in winter has been an American pastime at least since the days of Henry David Thoreau, who wrote about feeding birds at Walden Pond in the latter 1840s. But Americans have enjoyed watching songbirds clean up our table-scraps and wastegrains even before then.  Here are some tips to keep it safe for the birds. Read more

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American Silencer Association (ASA) is New Chief Advocate for the Silencer Industry

LAS VEGAS, NV – For the first time in the commercial silencer industry’s 103 year history, individual manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and members of the public are formally banding together to collectively advocate for the silencer industry. They are doing so under the banner of the American Silencer Association (ASA), a non-profit trade association whose mission is “to further the pursuit of education, public relations, legislation, hunting applications, and military applications for the silencer industry”. Read more

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