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VA: Arlington Gun Shop Opens; Demonstrators Stage Rally Nearby
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The opening of Arlington Countys first stand-alone gun shop in modern memory drew several dozen supporters from around the region to a fully stocked storefront, while a smaller local group rallied in opposition five blocks away. Nova Armory did brisk business Saturday, drawing customers wanting guns, gun vaults, ammunition and cleaning kits, while others sought to win a $500 discount on future purchases. Handguns on display cost anywhere from $249 to $999.

Anti-Gun Protesters in Kansas Try To Block Campus Carry From Taking Effect Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A Kansas law requiring all government buildings to allow guns is giving publicly funded colleges another 15 months to comply. But anti-gun protesters are hoping they can reverse so-called campus carry rules well before that deadline, using the popular tactic of claiming their voices have been silenced by lobbyists.

TN: Man Arrested After Bringing Several Guns To Memphis Church On Easter Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A man was arrested after bringing several guns to a Memphis Baptist church on Easter Sunday. WHBQ-TV reported that the man arrived around the time of the 11 a.m. service, when an estimated 4,500 people were inside the Bellevue Baptist Church.

NJ: Mount Holly Aims To Equip Police Officers With Stun Guns, Body Cameras Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Local police officers will be getting some new tools that officials say will improve transparency and give law enforcement more options in tough situations. The goal is to have every officer on the street wearing a body camera and armed with stun gun by the end of the year, police Chief Thomas Mastrangelo said.

ME: State Museum Will Celebrate Local Gunsmiths
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Nineteenth-century gunsmith and inventor John Hancock Hall created a mass production system that had never been seen before. Some of Halls guns made that way will be on display at the Maine State Museums newest exhibit, which opens Saturday. Inventors and Sportsmen: Maine Gunsmiths in the 1800s showcases around 80 artifacts, including about 30 guns, from 22 Maine gunmakers. Hall, who was born in 1781 in what is now Portland, invented a breech-loading mechanism and other machinery whose use spread across the country. His work is featured prominently throughout the exhibit.

MA: Man Armed With Knife, Meat Cleaver, Killed By Lowell Police Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A man who police say was combative and armed with a meat cleaver and large knife was shot by police and later died from his injuries, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office said. The incident happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday on Cambridge Street in Lowell.

KY: Friends of NRA Set for Annual Fundraising Event Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A local group of volunteers whose main objectives are to support shooting sports and protect the Second Amendment is planning its third major fundraiser. The Lewis County Friends of NRA are counting down to April 16 when the third annual Fundraising Banquet will take place at Lewis County Middle School.

'Gun-Free Zones' Don't Protect Anybody Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
This past October, in the rural, logging town of Roseburg, Oregon, a lone gunman unleashed carnage at Umpqua Community College, leaving 10 dead and nine injured in the deadliest college shooting since Virginia Tech in 2007.

Fairytales
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So this is what they mean by "good guys with guns," then children. In a new series published on NRA Family, author Amelia Hamilton addresses the problem of hyper-violent fairytale narratives by putting firearms in the hands of pint-sized protagonists. In Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun) and Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns), we learn that arming the right people (apparently, kids) makes for a lot less bloodshed in daily life.

Rod and Gun Club Volunteer Irwin Going Strong at 89
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The boy once known as the Junkyard Kid suddenly is an old man. Edgar Soyke is turning 90 on April 6. Time flies, he said.
He got his nickname courtesy of the Great Depression. When his father lost his railroad job, he started a combination auto repair shop and junkyard just outside of Altoona. It became a well-known, if unofficial, stopover for homeless, jobless, directionless men shambling around the country.

MN: Turnout Excees Expectations for Newest TCU Sport Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
After keeping its eye on the target for nearly a year, Tri-City United High Schools newest varsity sport is ready to take off. According to the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League, trap shooting is the fastest growing sport in the state. About 2,500 athletes from 90 high schools participated in the league in 2014, and 8,600 athletes from over 200 schools were in the league last year.

CA: Clay Shoot Event Will Support Search and Rescue Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Getting hurt or lost in the mountains in and around Tehachapi sounds like a recipe for an instant disaster. But fear not. Why and how, you ask? Because there is a group of dedicated volunteers whose motto is, We search so others may live, according to Capt. Jeff Snyder. Although there is no charge to those who are hurt, lost and rescued, there is a cost associated with training and searching.

Thousands Call for Guns At US Republican Convention Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
More than 22,000 people have signed a petition calling for Americans to be allowed to carry firearms at the Republican National Convention -- because the ban puts lives at risk.

CA: Taco Stand Employee Shoots Alleged Robber in Self-Defense Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Police say a man was shot to death after he tried to rob a Los Angeles taco stand. City News Service reports Saturday that a 19-year-old man was killed after the attempted robbery in South Los Angeles.

Voters Are Sending Washington A Clear Message Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
This presidential election cycle is unlike any weve seen in generations. Americans are sending a strong message to the Washington establishment: Business as usual is no longer acceptable.

TN: State of the Art Gun Facility Open in Bellevue Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In one room of the new Royal Range Firearms Training Center in Bellevue, a Kingsport Police SUV was parked inside a firing range with computerized moving targets. Later that Tuesday, the same range would accommodate the Mt. Juliet Christian Academys Air Rifle team. And, later, staff members were testing the lights and computerized targets, decorated with phosphorescent zombie posters.

FL: Tampa Police Identify Two Men Slain in Shooting That Injured Officer At Hyatt Hotel Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Patrick Matthew McManamon's final criminal act was shooting a veteran police officer in the chest in the parking lot of a Hyatt Place hotel on Saturday, authorities say. One of his first, the beginning of a lifetime of lawlessness across the state of Florida, involved an escort business turf war that landed him in prison for 10 years.

Drone Regulations May Be Cut
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Personal privacy may be more difficult to maintain next year, pending a vote by the Arizona House of Representatives that could remove municipal ordinances against unmanned aerial devices. The House Judiciary Committee approved a list of state regulations on the use of unmanned aerial devices, although the bill may have been softened by the removal of criminal provisions against drones that were present when it was approved by the Senate this year.

Remington Review Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
One year after it was announced, the new Remington V3 shotgun is finally on the market, and it feels like a winner. The V3 is simply engineered with only a few moving parts. The entire firearm can be disassembled with a punch.

Trump Weighs In On Call To Allow Guns At GOP Convention
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GOP front-runner Donald Trump said Sunday that he will take a closer look at an online petition calling for the Republican convention this summer to allow guns into the convention space has received tens of thousands of signatures on Change.org. The petition notes that Ohio is an open-carry state, but that the website for the Quicken Loans Arena--the site of the convention in Cleveland--says the venue forbids "firearms and other weapons of any kind."

Alarming News From The NRA - Via A Calm, Steady Voice Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://keepandbeararms.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Cam Edwards moved to this historic town full of old tobacco warehouses along the Appomattox River to trade city life for a 40-acre farm with room for his family and a few heritage hogs. At 8:30 a.m., he heads to work in a studio in a former insurance office on Main Street and starts scrolling Twitter and Google on his MacBook, before chatting with his producers about the day's news.

First Gear X-Tremely Useful
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Full disclosure time: We think everybody should reload (or handload) at least some of their ammunition. And scratch that full disclosure businesswe concede this is simply a bias, and one to which we admit without repentance. Why? is where our rationale may need elucidation. Wed stop short of compelling it, of course, but we esteem the process greatly because of the plain, pervasive benefits: Broader and deeper knowledge of shooting and firearms, as well as the option to shoot more from a given cost basis. If theres a downside to that, itll be your turn to explain. We certainly know of none.