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The Illinois State Rifle Association is urging state hunters, sportsmen and gun owners to vote 'no' in November on a ballot initiative to hold a state constitutional convention. The ISRA believes that holding a constitutional convention would open the door to significant changes in the state constitution and thus imperil the rights of law-abiding gun owners.

Statistics released last week by the FBI show that the estimated volume of violent crime was down 0.7 percent, and the estimated volume of property crime decreased 1.4 percent in 2007 when compared with 2006 figures.

Chris Tilley of Raleigh, North Carolina held off defending champ Max Michel by more than 24 points to take 2008 Open National Championship, capping off a week of competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s National Handgun Championships.

Trying to head off a national takeover by Congress of the city’s powers to control guns in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling, the Washington, D.C., City Council has adopted a new and narrower law to restrict possession of handguns.

The Stoeger Coach Gun comes in several variations, so finding one for the right price can be a challenge, since it’s not always clear exactly which model is which when you’re shopping.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to approve the 'Second Amendment Enforcement Act' 266-152. The Act, passed as an amendment to H.R. 6842, will overturn the District of Columbia's gun-control restrictions that defy the recent Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller.

The Eighth Annual U.S. Army International Sniper Competition will be hosted and administered by the U.S. Army Sniper School and the United States Army Infantry Center Oct. 16-23 at Fort Benning, Ga. The competition is designed to physically and mentally challenge sniper teams from all over the world.

Last week the Ohio Supreme Court struck down a Clyde city law that banned people from carrying concealed guns in public parks.

Sightmark’s new Q5 Triple Duty Flashlight creates 280 lumens of light for over 90 minutes of continuous operation.

Shawn Dulohery and Haley Dunn won the men’s and women’s skeet finals, respectively, at the 2008 USA Shooting Fall Selection Match, held at Ft. Carson’s International Shooting Park in Colorado Springs, Colo.

While we had a lot of fun with this gun, we believe that for sporting sub-gauge purposes, women and teen shooters will like it better than tall adult males. The gun did excel on the skeet field, and thanks to its 3-inch chambers, this gun will hunt, too.

Stoeger Industries has launched a new Stoeger Airguns website to provide product details and in-depth information about the company’s new precision air rifles. The website is stoegerairguns.com.