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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.

Anti-Hunting Legislator Likely Head of Key House Committee for Sportsmen

(GunReports.com)--The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) reports that the next chairman of a key house committee with oversight over federal funding for wildlife conservation has a long history of opposing hunting, trapping, and gun ownership.

D.C.’s Crime Rate Shoots Up! Just Kidding

(GunReports.com)--Gun banners always say that their efforts will keep horrible crime rates from getting worse, because of the availability of evil guns is restricted. So, it follows that after Washington, D.C.'s gun ban was repealed last year, crime must have jumped horribly!

Who Was Missing from Press Club Meet? Gun Owners, Of Course

An item on BUSINESS WIRE was laughable if you favor civil rights for gunowners:The release was from the so-called Legal Community Against Violence, publicizing an event entitled, McDonald v. Chicago: Stakeholders to Discuss Upcoming Supreme Court Handgun Case. Notable for their absence, of course, was any pro-2nd Amendment balance, including the person with the most direct stake, Otis McDonald himself.

Ruger GP-100 .357 Magnum, $474

The Ruger GP100s grips were black rubber without grooves, but the sides had decorative inserts of brown wood-like material (which some actually found attractive) that give the gun a distinctive look. The grips felt just great in both aimed single-action fire and in rapid-fire double action. Recoil was spread over a large area of the hand and that made for good shooting comfort, even with the heaviest loads.

The controls all functioned well and positively, and we found this to be a pleasant gun to handle and shoot. The trigger was well curved and smooth, and the double-action cycling was just slightly heavier than that of the Smith & Wesson. Trigger movement was even and smooth enough to permit good accuracy when shooting it slowly in the double-action mode.

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.

C.O. Arms Introduces Scorpion, Stinger 1911s

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (GunReports.com) – C.O. Arms, a West Tennessee manufacturer of high-quality 1911 pistols, has introduced the Scorpion and the Stinger models.

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UPDATE: Trijicon to Remove Biblical Inscriptions from Gunsights

Gun Reports notes a story on ABC News that claims that Trijicon Gunsights shipped to the Marine Corps have biblical inscriptions on them. Update: Trijicon says it will remove the inscriptions on future products and provide kits that will remove the inscriptions on existing scopes.

ATK Delivers Non-Standard Ammunition to Afghan Security Forces

MINNEAPOLIS (GunReports.com) -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has completed its first contract to supply non-standard (non-NATO) ammunition to the Afghan Security Forces (ASF), ahead of the original schedule.

Mac-Style Handgun Now Available in 22LR

BRASELTON, Ga. (GunReports.com)--MasterPiece Arms has introduced a Mac-10 type pistol in 22 LR.

Two Gun Tests Guns Available on GunBroker.com

(GunReports.com)--Gun Tests magazine is selling two of its recent test guns on GunBroker.com--a Glock RTF2 and a Stag 2L AR-15.

Listen to Mexico’s lawsuit against Smith & Wesson

I know you won’t do it, but I want to encourage you anyway. Go listen to the oral arguments attached to the blog entry entitled,...