Slate: A Gun-Nut Win On Health Reform
(GunReports.com)--A Slate.com item posted by Timothy Noah gave backhanded props to the Gun Owners of America for protecting gun ownership in the healthcare bill.
New Int’l Group To Protect Civilian Arms Rights
(GunReports.com)--A new and growing international organization aims to protect firearms rights for private citizens worldwide.
2010 NCAA Rifle Championships Carried Live
(GunReports.com) — The air rifle portion of the 2010 NCAA Rifle Championships will be carried live on internet on Saturday, March 13.
Analysis: 2d Amendment Extension Likely
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to require state and local governments to obey the Second Amendment guarantee of a personal right to a gun, but with perhaps considerable authority to regulate that right.
Sarah Sets Her Sights On Henry Rifle
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (GunReports.com) -- The Republican Party of Arkansas presented keynote Speaker Sarah Palin with an engraved Henry Repeating Arms Big Boy 44 Magnum rifle at its fundraising event at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock.
Ruger 50th Year New Model Blackhawk Flat Top, $583
The all-steel Ruger flat top 50th Year Blackhawk had remarkably clean lines and comfortable Colt-size grips. The Micro sight didn't need to be touched. The Ruger laid 'em in there a touch better than two others, and looked great doing it. The front of the cylinder was beveled to ease holstering.
California Man Open Carries, Gets Booted from Store
A man apparently inspired by Open Carry gun activists strolled into an East Palo Alto supermarket with a handgun on his hip Wednesday and began shopping for groceries.
The New Trend in Body Armor?
GunReports.com smiles when it finds the newest trend in body armor.
Gun Salesman of the Decade
GunReports.com reprints an essay by Tim Case, originally posted on LewRockwell.com (used with permission). Case details reasons behind ongoing high gun-buying numbers. 'To say that the current political atmosphere has nothing to do with firearms sales would be ludicrous, at best. There are, however, more to the statistics than first meets the eyes. On closer inspection the NICS data shows the rise of firearms sales beginning in September 2005 and really taking hold in December of the same year. What accounts for this sudden rise in firearm interest can only be attributed to the events following the destruction of New Orleans and the surrounding areas in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005.'
Gun Owners, Filtered: ‘New American’ Editorial on Mayors Banning Guns Group
In Monday’s editorial, the New York Times reported the results of a Frank Luntz poll indicating that NRA members are much softer on key issues than the National Rifle Association itself. Unfortunately, the editorial was rife with filters in the form of hot labels and emotionally-laden words and phrases that immediately impugned the validity of the results of the study.
Bret Erickson Named New National Shotgun Coach
Four-time Olympian Bret Erickson (Muenster, Texas) has been named USA Shooting's new National Shotgun Coach.
Good News for Gun Owners: ABC News Anchor Charles Gibson to Retire Dec. 18
NEW YORK — ABC says Charles Gibson will sign off from the 'World News' anchor desk on Dec. 18.