CMMG is offering two new AR pistols that utilize properties from its sought after line of short-barreled rifles, including the popular RKM7 free float KeyMod hand guards. The resulting product launch includes two models of AR pistols chambered in 9mm and .300 AAC Blackout. The new Mk9 PDW Pistol is chambered in 9mm and comes with one 32-round magazine. The new Mk4 PDW Pistol is chambered in .300 AAC Blackout and comes with one 30-round Magpul PMAG. Each model comes with a Magpul MOE pistol grip, an A2 muzzle compensator and features an ambidextrous rear sling mount. MSRP: $1,099.95 for Mk9 PDW Pistol (9mm) and $1,049.95 for Mk4 PDW Pistol (300 BLK).
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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
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Blackhawk is offering new Serpa model holsters for the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm and .40 S&W and the Glock 42. The models are in the Serpa CQC concealment holster line in matte finish and either right- or left-hand configuration. Featuring two levels of retention, a passive retention detent adjustment screw and the patented Serpa Auto Lock release, both deliver unmatched performance in the areas of speed and reliability.
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Kahr Firearms Group and Cabela's are offering exciting new custom designs: the Auto-Ordnance 1911 and the Kahr PM9. The black and orange Auto Ordnance 1911 features an orange frame and black slide accented with black appointments. Both the frame and slide on the Auto-Ordnance 1911 are machined from high carbon 4140 steel. MSRP is $759.00. The second is a Kahr PM9 in a bright and sexy Robin Eggshell Blue polymer frame. The frame and finger rest extension of one 6 rd. magazine on this PM9 have been treated with a Cerakote ceramic coating ensuring that it will easily retain its color under normal wear. MSRP: $899.00.
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EOTech announced the launch of its newly revamped website. Offering quick and easy access to essential information, the new design features a more comprehensive understanding of the company's technology and products. The website also has an extensive news, media and distributor section that will provide visitors with updated company information and events, product photos and technical information. Enhancements include a clean design with improved functionality and content centered on educating visitors on the entire EOTech product line. The new website also features extensive information about EOTech's new line of thermal technology products.
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 After nearly two years of product development, field trials, lab and product testing, Boomfab LLC is introducing its Titane titanium AR bolt carrier. At 3.6 ounces stripped and just 4.4 ounces with pre-installed gas key, the Titane carrier is the lightest production bolt carrier available, offering tremendous performance advantages over other offerings in the market. The carrier is a CNC machined, ultra-light weight titanium AR bolt carrier designed for competition use. Its design results in faster shot recovery, increased cycling speeds, and minimized muzzle movement. MSRP: $479. |
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On Target Newsletter
On Target Newsletter is a free weekly industry newsletter focused on Second Amendment and firearm industry issues published by On Target Media Group.
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Editorial
The Sage Brush Rebellion
David A. Lombardo
Every day, little by little, I learn that the federal government is growing stronger, more powerful and meaner. Some things are right there in my face such as Obamacare, the IRS intimidation scheme, the Justice Department's Fast and Furious debacle and a 200-strong federal SWAT team on Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada. Other things are more obscure, but the never-ending saga of government transgressions bring them one-by-one into focus. Take the Cliven Bundy issue-the herd of cattle stepping on old tortoises and getting in the way of the Chinese building a solar power harvesting network.
It wasn't until the Bundy issue I learned that various branches of the federal government have SWAT teams. I'm not talking about the FBI; Customs and Immigration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; or the Secret Service. I am talking about the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Social Security Administration to name two. Good Lord, pity the 65-year-old guy that exceeds his trout bag limit-two federal SWAT teams holding him at bay on some pond behind his house. I can hear them barking out, "Drop the trout, gramps!"
If staring at all those M-4s doesn't cause your live bait to shrivel, perhaps this will: the federal government owns about 30 percent of the 2.27 billion acres we call the United States. It owns nearly 650 million acres, some of which are National Parks, National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges and military installations. I don't have a problem with any of them, but they're a small percentage of the Fed's total holdings.
Feds claim it's their right under the U.S. Constitution, Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, which states, "The congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States," but nowhere does it say the federal government can own millions of acres of land just for the sake of owning it. In fact, the federal government owns 98.5 percent of the land in Alaska, making it the largest "federal" state in the union. The government also owns 63.8 percent of Idaho, 63.6 percent of Utah, 52.6 percent of Oregon and 47.5 percent of California.
Oddly, I couldn't find much federal land in any of the East Coast states other than a few military installations. It turns out the federal government didn't give Western states all their land when they qualified for statehood. Apparently the various Western states were so excited to get coveted statehood that they went along with the conditions despite the confiscation of, for most in the West, at least a third of their land. Not surprisingly, more than a few of those states want their land back.
States wanting their confiscated land returned, so as to be on equal footing with states that actually own their land, call their long-term bid to do so the Sage Brush Rebellion. Without control of their own land, they are not on equal footing and instead may be more servile to the federal government than states that own themselves.
Nicolas Loris, the Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said, "Inaccessibility and unnecessary regulations inhibit economic growth in various parts of the country." Loris notes that studies indicate that "opening up offshore areas for drilling in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf - just one region where offshore drilling is possible but not permitted - would create 280,000 jobs in that region alone."
While U.S. oil production has gone gangbusters in recent years, most of that production has been on privately-owned land such as North Dakota's Bakken formation. For instance, the total daily federal onshore oil production is only about one-third of what is produced every day at the Bakken formation.
The Cliven Bundy saga, as well as the Feds talking about confiscating vast tracts of Texas land currently privately owned, brings the issue onto the public stage. Sage Brush Rebellion states would do well to stand tall and demand the return of what's rightfully theirs. The time is right to stand up to an out-of-control administration, but in the end the best assurance for the citizens of this once-great nation to restore its greatness and to regain control of their government is to turn out the vote.
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This week David and Gretchen will be going it alone and taking a look at the week's news that affects your life.
Be sure to call in and weigh in with your thoughts at 312-642-5600. This Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. on AM560 THE ANSWER.
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Japan sees rising number of female hunters
Daniel Xu of Outdoor Hub wrote in his May 12th column that there's a movement in Japan: women who are taking up hunting. According to Xu, over the last four decades, the number of hunters in Japan has dwindled by more than 50 percent, but an increasing number of women, called kari-gaaru (hunting girls), are replacing them. "It feels like women are more tolerant than men of things like hunting and butchering," Eiji Ishizaki, a spokesperson for the hunters association Dainihon Ryoyukai, told the publication The Yomiuri Shimbun. A 1975 survey counted more than 500,000 registered hunters in the country, but the Environment Ministry recorded only 190,000 in 2010. Just like in North America, big game animals like deer and wild pig are among the most popular for Japanese hunters. Sika deer are especially a point of pride for Japanese conservationists, who restored the species from the brink of extinction over the last century. Procuring a firearm and a hunting license in Japan can be a very complicated process, yet more women in their 20s and 30s now call themselves hunters. Some, like 28-year-old Chiharu Hatakeyama, said that they became interested in hunting after Japan's 2011 tsunami, which resulted in a massive food shortage. "I wanted the ability to live on my own," she said.
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The big immigration problem
no one's talking about
Bowing to pressure from amnesty advocate groups, President Obama and his administration continue to waver on enforcing the law when it comes to immigration policies. The president has been decried as the Deporter-in-Chief by those who usually support him, like Janet Murguía, president of the National Council of La Raza. And this pressure has led to some terrible policy decisions. According to the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year, the Obama administration accounted for a record number of deportations in 2012. Though DHS Chief Jeh Johnson has said the figures are inflated, the administration appears determined to seek ways to undercut current law, electing for what it calls a more "humane" process. So is this the right approach? Several senators disagree. In a letter addressed to President Obama, 22 Republican senators conveyed their "grave concerns" over the administration's announcement. "Clearly, the urgent task facing your administration is to improve immigration enforcement, not to look for new ways to weaken it," the senators said. The signers doubled down on this statement by not only disagreeing with the approach of relaxing current laws but also reprimanding the administration for issuing directives that nullify established enforcement guidelines-"to the point that unless individuals in the country illegally are apprehended, tried, and convicted for a felony or other serious offense, they are free to live and work in the country." [Source: The Foundry]
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Alabama, Georgia
legalize hunting with suppressors
Hunters in Alabama and Georgia will soon be able to use suppressors in taking game. Last week the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Board voted unanimously to overturn the state's ban on hunting with suppressors. The new regulation is expected to take effect in late June, making Alabama the 33rd state in the nation to legalize suppressors for hunting. The decision by the board came shortly after nearby Georgia ended its ban last month. "This change marks a major step in the right direction for hunters across the country who wish to protect their hearing," stated a press release from the American Suppressor Association. "Alabama joins Georgia as the second state to legalize suppressor hunting in 2014. Similar measures are also in progress in Louisiana and Ohio." Some hunters say that suppressors-or silencers as they are commonly called-can prevent hearing damage and make it easier to communicate in the field. While suppressors do not silence the sound of a gunshot entirely, studies have shown that it can muffle the sound to a point where it is safer for human ears. However getting a suppressor can be a lengthy process. [Source: Outdoor Hub]
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Phoenix loses "Guns Save Lives" censorship case
A controversial gun-safety ad campaign is about to return to Phoenix after the city lost its attempt to censor the project sponsored by a gun-safety training group, TrainMeAz, LLC. The Goldwater Institute's Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, which represented TrainMeAZ, LLC, was granted summary judgment for its client Thursday by the Arizona Court of Appeals, preventing Phoenix from blocking the ads. Phoenix had forced them down a mere nine days after they were posted under contract more than three years ago. The ads feature a large red heart with the words "Guns Save Lives" and the line "Educate Your Kids," with contact information. Officials at the time told Alan Korwin, owner of TrainMeAZ, that the message was too controversial and had garnered a complaint, so it had to be removed or changed. In court the case revolved around the city's changing standards and the ad's accompanying small text, designed to motivate bus riders to go to the website and sign up for real firearms safety training. "Gun-rights advocates nationwide are fond of saying the Second Amendment protects the First Amendment, which is totally true," Korwin said. "In this case, however, it's the other way around-free speech and the First Amendment have protected our right to keep and bear arms, and in particular, our right to train ourselves and our precious families in real gun safety."
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