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Gun Sales Hit 17th Straight Monthly Record, Up 27 Percent
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Gun sales hit the 17th consecutive monthly record in September according to FBI data released on Monday, and overall sales are up 27 percent compared to the same period last year. A total of 1,992,219 background checks were processed through the bureau's National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the month of September, higher than the 1,795,102 conducted in September 2015.
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Tested: Ruger 9 mm SR1911 Commander Pistol
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While one or two firearm makers have historically offered a 1911 chambered in the 9 mm cartridge, it now seems that almost all major and many custom 1911 builders have some type of 9 mm pistol in the lineup. One such manufacturer is Sturm, Ruger & Co. Ruger recently added a 9 mm Luger “Commander” to its ever-expanding catalog of 1911 pistols.
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TN: Does UT’s Law School Community Need A Safe Space Where It Can 'Rebuild?'
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The dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law walked onto the national stage for a brief moment and overplayed her part. Dean Melanie D. Wilson issued a statement Sept. 27, that the law school community will “rebuild” in the wake of a Twitter post by Glenn Reynolds, a UT law professor; creator of the blog and website known worldwide as Instapundit; USA Today columnist; and author of several books. |
Larry Pratt: Founders Would Want Everyone To Carry An M-16 'At A Minimum'
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Larry Pratt, the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, insisted over the weekend that the founding fathers would have wanted every military-age man in the U.S. to carry an M-16 rifle “at a minimum.” Pratt invited Don Brockett, the author of a book called “The Tyrannical Rule of the U.S. Supreme Court,” to his “Gun Owners News Hour” program on Saturday. Brocket argued that the Second Amendment exists to allow states to defend themselves against invasion, which he said could mean that people should be allowed to have “equal weaponry” to an “invading army,” such as rocket-propelled grenades.
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SC: Reported Stolen: Guns Taken From Deputies' Vehicles
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Beaufort County will no longer let sheriff's deputies keep their service weapons in their vehicles after weapons were recently stolen from two high-ranking deputies. Sheriff P.J. Tanner tells The Beaufort Gazette that the current policy says that guns may be kept in parked cars as long as they are locked in the glove compartment or trunk and, if applicable, secured with a chain. |
IL: Morton Grove Police Officers Are No Longer Required To Buy Their Own Guns
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To streamline training, maintenance and ammunition purchases, Morton Grove police officers no longer will be required to buy guns and ammunition on their own, the department said. Ending the officer requirement, the Morton Grove Village Board voted unanimously Sept. 26 to begin buying handguns, holsters, weapon-mounted flashlights and extra magazines for officers. |
Guns and Gear for Sandhill Crane Shoot
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At the end of the day, you hunt sandhill cranes the same way you hunt just about any waterfowl. That’s no reason to slack off, though. Consider adding some of the following gear to your collection before you tackle this prehistoric-looking bird. A few years back, Franchi introduced the Affinity, an inertia-operated, semi-automatic lightweight shotgun chambered for 2¾- and 3-inch shells. With a look and feel not at all unlike the semi-auto scatterguns produced by Franchi’s parent company, Benelli—hence the inertia action—the Affinity was warmly received by wingshooters. |
TX: Jury Acquittal Leaves Man Wondering Why He Was Ever Charged With Murder
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Dana McDonald spent more than four years under a cloud of suspicion for using deadly force to protect himself and his wife after being attacked with a steel bar in the middle of the night. A truck driver by trade, McDonald and his wife were walking to his tractor-trailer in northeast Harris County in June 2012 when two men bolted from the truck, one headed toward the couple with a metal trucking tool called a "cheater bar." |
MO: Man Who Reportedly Shot Intruder In Self-Defense To Face Second Felony Charge
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Dustin Burkhart, who reportedly killed a man in a shootout on Burkhart’s property earlier this year, will face a second felony weapons charge in connection with the incident. On Monday morning in the Camden County Courthouse, the prosecution filed the second charge, alleging Burkhart illegally possessed two separate handguns during the shootout. If convicted, Burkhart could face up to seven years in the state department of corrections for each charge. |
NJ: Pro-Gun Video Project Gets H.S. Student Suspended
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A high school senior says he was suspended and ordered to undergo a psychological exam for completing an anti-gun-control school project he was assigned. Frank Harvey said a Manville High School teacher instructed him to create a video arguing against gun control for a junior college readiness class last year, according to News 12 New Jersey. |
Libertarian Veep Pick Weld Shifts Stance On Guns
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In a speech in Philadelphia Thursday, Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate Bill Weld displayed a shift from his previous stances about the right to bear arms. After a few questions about the Veterans Administration—Weld favors privatizing it on the Medicare model—one college-age supporter at the Temple University event asked how, if the Constitution guarantees the right to life, can it also countenance the right to bear arms as broadly as it does in twenty-first-century America? |
NPR Reporter Misleads on Gun Supporters' Use of 'Come and Take It'
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On NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, John Burnett hyped the objections of a few residents of Gonzales, Texas to gun rights backers' use of the town's slogan from the Texas Revolution. Burnett played up how "some Gonzalians are taken aback to see that Second Amendment activists have appropriated 'Come and Take It,' and substituted an assault rifle for their hallowed cannon." However, he failed to explain that the slogan has its roots in the reply of a king from ancient Greece, who rebuked an enemy's demand to disarm. |
Clinton Campaign Uses Tim Kaine To Launch NRA Attacks
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is doing all it can to get anti-gunners to the polls on November 8th, including focusing on Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine’s record on guns and gun control. Now, the gang has moved to Twitter to promote a post about Kaine taking on the “gun lobby” AKA: us. |
CT: NHPD Issues Warning On Fake Guns
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On Friday afternoon, the New Haven Police Department issued a warning to Elm City residents about the increasing prevalence of paintball guns, facsimile firearms and BB guns in the city. According to a statement released by the NHPD on Friday, the department has received over a dozen calls in the past week from concerned citizens reporting seeing “shootouts” or people brandishing guns that, when officers arrived on the scene, turned out to be fake or toy weapons. |
NJ: Man Arrested At Holland Tunnel With Guns Has No Regrets
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A 3:30 a.m. phone call to rescue a Wilkes-Barre girl he doesn’t know has upended John Cramsey’s life. Arrested in June with a cache of weapons and ammunition near the Holland Tunnel in New Jersey, the 51-year-old gun range owner made international news and some branded him a terrorist. Front pages of New York City tabloid media mocked him as leader of the “Kooks of Hazard” for the so-called “redneck rescue mission.” |
MI: Fall Hunting Season A Good Time To Think About Our Relationship With Guns
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Next week, I'll hit the vast woods of the Upper Peninsula for my annual bird hunting trip.
My hunting mates and I will walk the English setters through the golden, autumn forests waiting for the dogs to go on point. We can only hope for some birdy action.
The fall hunt is a tradition not just for me and my family, but for tens of thousands of families across Michigan. It's the time of year we flock to the north woods to get back to our more primitive natures.
It's also a good time with friends. Like most hunting camps, we cuss and swear, drink too much and eat too much. We revel in the one week a year when we can be slobs, escape work, childcare and housework. |
Bass Pro Shops Acquire Cabela's
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Bass Pro Shops struck a deal to acquire Cabela's Inc. for about $4.5 billion in cash, uniting two of the biggest sellers of outdoor-sports gear and rivals that have spent decades building over-the-top megastores. The companies are pioneers of a concept now-coveted by retailers of all stripes: stores that double as both shopping centers and entertainment destinations. Both Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops have earned cult followings for their oversize outposts filled with hunting, fishing, and outdoors gear, as well as ornate taxidermy and fishing exhibits.
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MA: Grrr Gear, Other Gun Shops Sue AG Healey
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An outdoor sporting goods store in Orange is one of four Massachusetts gun shops suing state Attorney General Maura Healey over her decision to enforce a ban on so-called “copycat” assault-style weapons. Grrr Gear at 334 East Main St. joined Worcester’s Pullman Arms Inc., Agawam’s Guns and Gear LLC and Holyoke’s Paper City Firearms in the lawsuit. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Newton, Conn., also joined. The NSSF bills itself as the trade association for the firearms industry.
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Will Hillary Clinton Take Away Our Guns?
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Back in June, Hillary Clinton appeared on ABC and, in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, outlined her plan for "common-sense gun safety measures." She vowed, among other things, to close gun-show loopholes, repeal the law that gives firearm companies immunity from lawsuits, and impose comprehensive background checks on anyone who wants to buy a weapon. All of that is standard liberal gun-control stuff, yet conservatives predictably responded that a Clinton presidency would spell an end to the Second Amendment. |
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