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Fobus Holsters has introduced the GL43ND Evolution polymer holster, available in paddle, belt and ankle models for both right and left-handed users for the new Glock G43 single-stack 9mm ultra-concealable pistol. It features passive retention with an adjustment screw for customized retention based upon the user's personal preference, ensuring that the user's pistol stays firmly in place. The proprietary rubber insert on the back on the paddle was designed to keep the holster from moving on the user while at the same time adding to the overall comfort of the holster. MSRP: $37.99.
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The 265 acre Aurora Sportsmen's club in Waterman, Illinois, is accepting new membership applications.
The Midwest's premier family shooting sports club includes a quarter mile of pistol/rifle ranges from 50 feet to 600 yards, three lighted trap fields and two skeet fields, five stand, a very challenging natural prairie sporting clays course, 3-D archery, stocked fishing ponds, a small golf driving range and hunting on the property.
The Aurora Sportsmen's Club offers a robust calendar of educational and recreation shooting events including the Civilian Marksmanship Program, IDPA competition, bulls eye shooting, black powder, action shooting sports, trap shooting and much more.
For further information call 815-264-9000 Ext. 44 or visit us on our website www.aurorasc.org.
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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Winston Churchill
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UPG has announced its new AR15/M16 grip with three front and rear interchangeable grip inserts which allow for maximum comfort and complete control no matter the hand size. They allow the user to completely customize their choice of finger grooves, palm swell and contoured backstraps for better control and more comfort. MSRP: $36.75.
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The new Winchester Model 70 Ultimate Shadow Hunter model is about to be released featuring a lightweight synthetic stock in the new Mossy Oak Break-up Country camo pattern. The forged stainless steel receiver features the popular pre-'64-style controlled round feeding with claw extractor and fixed ejector. Forged stainless steel receiver with integral recoil lug is bedded front and rear to eliminate shifts in zero for exceptional long-range accuracy. Pre-'64 style controlled round feed with claw extractor fully controls cartridge from magazine, to chamber, to ejection. The Trigger System with zero take-up, zero creep and zero over-travel provides outstanding accuracy. It is available in most popular short action and long action calibers. MSRP: $1,099.99 - $1,139.99.
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A Refresher on Rights
Jews For the Preservation of Firearms Ownership- Don Cline (8/9/15)
Do we have a right to keep and bear arms? Or do we have a privilege to keep and bear arms? The difference is rights are beyond the reach of government. No one has to ask government for permission to exercise a right that does not interfere with anyone else's right. Privileges are issued or denied by government and may be revoked by government.
Do we have a right to be secure from interrogation, search of our persons, houses, papers and effects, and seizure of anything (including other rights) in the absence of a warrant founded on probable cause of criminal conduct? The 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says we do.
Do we have a right to be secure from being deprived of our rights without due process by a Court of Criminal Law? The 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says we do.
Do we have a right to be secure from the federal exercise of power not delegated and the State exercise of power prohibited to the States? The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says we do.
Then why do we allow the federal government to compel violation of our 4th, 5th, and 10th Amendment rights so it can issue or deny us permission to exercise our 2nd Amendment rights? Why do we allow the federal government to even license firearm dealers? We are sovereign citizens of the first nation in fifty centuries (in forever!) to establish the principle that private individual rights trump the arbitrary whim of kings and princes and neighborhood warlords and even majority rule by voter initiative.
If we want to restore our Constitutional Republic, take it away from this rogue occupation government not deriving every scintilla of its Power from the Consent of the Governed (The U.S. Constitution), then we had better stop asking government permission to exercise our rights. We'd better stop the Bloomberg Universal Background Check Initiative, and we had better repeal The Brady Act of 1993, the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the National Firearms Act of 1934. There isn't much time left to save our country.
I have never met a pro-active gun-banner yet who didn't harbor a secret desire to beat someone senseless with their fists and their feet, or perhaps with a baseball bat, for being "difficult": for not doing as they are told; for not agreeing with whatever nonsense they wish to blather; for not worshipping the ground they walk on. Gun-banners hate gun owners because gun owners don't have to put up with their crap. It must be terribly frustrating, poor things.
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On this week's On Target Radio, David and Gretchen will be talking about Obama using Social Security and the Veteran's Administration to disarm law abiding citizens; A federal judge warning the White House to stop granting amnesty; Obama still pushing for the U.N. to undermine Congress; and about how its now possible for someone to take over your car remotely while you're driving it!
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Seattle Approves New Tax on Guns, Ammunition
The Seattle City Council recently unanimously passed a new $25 tax on guns and 5-cent tax on each round of ammunition to raise revenue for violence prevention and gun safety research. The estimate $500,000 revenue that will be generated is seen as a way to help offset the $12 million firearm-related medical costs incurred annually by the city's hospital. A portion of the revenue would also go toward funding anti-violence programs.
The more likely outcome is gun shops will move out of Seattle or risk being non-competitive in the industry. In the end the real losers will be the hardworking poor who live in neighborhoods where having a firearm for personal protection is a must but the cost of doing so will have outpaced their ability to pay for it.
The NRA's lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action, said the tax violates state law and hurts low-income people who are more likely to live in areas with higher crime. "The burden of regressive taxes like the Seattle proposal falls squarely on those that are least able to afford them," the Institute for Legislative Action wrote in a statement. "Persons of means will simply drive outside the city to purchase firearms and ammunition, while those without such options will be forced to go forego [sic] their rights or pay the tax."
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Hispanic Market -
A Viable Opportunity for Growth
The National Shooting Sports Foundation commissioned a study to learn more about Hispanics' interest in the shooting sports. Findings detailed in, "A Hispanic Market Study: Firearms and the Shooting Sports," reveal an opportunity to attract a new, passionate constituency to the shooting sports.
"The Hispanic segment in the U.S. is a highly relevant, dynamic and multifaceted market, and this study helps manufacturers, retailers and ranges understand the strong interest that Hispanics have to learn about firearms, own them and participate in shooting sports," said Rick Tobin of TOBINTEL, which conducted the study for NSSF.
Key findings from the report include:
The Hispanic population in the United States is estimated at 57 million, approaching the entire population of Italy, the U.K. or France.
This market segment has a buying power of more than $825 billion, quickly approaching $1 trillion.
While the Spanish language is a key component in this market segment, the segment is also highly bilingual, with 70 percent speaking English or English and Spanish equally in the home.
Respondents who participated in outdoor recreation (camping, boating, hiking, golfing, fishing, etc.) in the past year: 72 percent.
Of the Hispanics surveyed, 18 percent own a firearm and an additional 25 percent would like to own a firearm in the future. Desire to own a firearm in the future is strong, at 27 percent, among Hispanic women.
Forty-one (41) percent of respondents have been to a shooting range. An additional 40 percent of those who have never been to a range would consider going.
More than half of the respondents (54 percent) would go to a range on an invitation from friends or family, while 42 percent of respondents would go to take a training class or to get instruction.
State wildlife agencies are well-recognized and well-thought-of by Hispanics, with 61 percent awareness and a 37:1 positive-to-negative image score.
When looking for or receiving information about firearms or the shooting sports, 79 percent of responding Hispanics prefer to use English. [Read the entire report here].
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How Trophy Hunting Can Save Lions
In an August 8th Wall Street Journal article, Terry L. Anderson & Shawn Regan weighed in on the value of trophy hunting to the conservation effort. They pointed out that the revenues from legal, controlled hunts support the agencies that safeguard wildlife from poachers.
An American hunter's killing of a beloved lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month was enough to fuel widespread outrage. But the details of the hunt are even more damning: the lion was allegedly lured out of a national park and then killed illegally.
Unfortunately this one sorry episode is tarnishing the role that well-managed, legal hunting can play in promoting wildlife conservation. Cecil's death has inspired passionate calls to ban trophy hunting throughout Africa. Three U.S. airlines have announced that they will no longer transport lions and other big-game African animals killed by trophy hunters.
Not surprisingly, politicians have jumped on the bandwagon. Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) introduced legislation last week that would ban the import or export of animals being proposed for inclusion under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Last October the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the African lion as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but the agency has yet to complete the listing. Menendez's bill would effectively end the trophy hunting of lions by Americans. But would restricting trophy hunts really save the king of beasts? [Read the entire article here] |
No Shortage of Theories
Why .22 Ammo Hard to Find
If you're having trouble finding .22 LR ammunition, you're not alone, but it's probably not for the reason you think. While the shortage was widespread for a while, it has become more regional of late. According to Mike Bazinet, the National Shooting Sports Foundation's public-affairs director, the .22 LR shortage has become spotty and less common the past two years and is no longer a problem in many areas. At the height of the shortages, he fielded two to three calls daily from reporters nationwide. These days, he receives one or two calls weekly.
Bazinet said the shortage is simply a prolonged, self-perpetuating demand caused by people who buy all they can, whenever they can, forever worried that it might be their last chance to stock up. Each sold-out shelf reinforces the fear, and the cycle keeps repeating.
Even rationing reinforces the fear. If a store limits each buyer to one 50-round box, customers bring along friends and relatives, or text them to hurry over while supplies last. If they're limited to one 500 brick, they do the same, unfazed by $50 to $100 prices for 500- to 800-round boxes.
Spotty though it may be, there is still a shortage in Wisconsin. Madison.com writer Patrick Durkin called several large retailers such as Cabela's, Fleet Farm and Gander Mountain in Green Bay, Madison, Wausau and Stevens Point, and located .22 LR rimfire ammo in only one-third of the stores. The clerks seemed used to such inquiries. A standard unprompted response: "Our truck comes tomorrow, but I don't know in advance if they'll have .22 shells. I won't know until they unload." [Read the entire article here]
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