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You may recently have seen some in the Internet rumor mill feverishly stirring up fear about recent acquisitions of ammunition by the Department of Homeland Security and a number of smaller agencies. The mildest writers have questioned why seemingly mundane agencies would need ammunition at all; more incendiary authors wrongly suggest that these government agencies are preparing for a war with the American people, NRA-ILA comments.

GunBroker.com is giving away a Springfield Armory XD-S to new and existing GunBroker.com registered users.

Antonio Zoli has introduced the Z Trap Unsingle shotgun, based on the Z Series action with removable trigger mechanism.

Police in Thailand say that they will charge a member of the Thai parliament with causing death by negligence for accidentally shooting his secretary dead with a submachine gun, the BBC reports.

Charter Arms has added a new 9mm Rimless Revolver to the company’s popular Pitbull series.

A House committee filed a civil suit Monday seeking to override President Barack Obama’s first invocation of executive privilege and force the Justice Department to turn over documents related to a bungled gun-trafficking operation called Fast and Furious.

The National Rifle Association is now accepting entries for the 2012 George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest. Running annually since 1987, the contest is open to students in grades 1 through 12, including home-schooled children. NRA membership is not required. The deadline to enter is November 5, 2012.

(GunReports.com) — The National Rifle Association is auctioning a one-of-a-kind Browning Citori Gran Lightning XS NRA Edition 4 barrel set, available for a limited time through Friends of NRA at www.GunBroker.com. The skeet set is made possible through a partnership with The NRA Foundation, Browning Arms Co. and Baron Technology, Inc.

Brownells has launched a new reloading line that features dies, presses and tools from RCBS, Lee Precision, Lyman, Redding, Sinclair International, and other manufacturers, as well as components from major manufacturers including Hornady, Nosler, Sierra, Hodgdon, Remington, Winchester, and others.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has teamed up with state Senator Leland Yee of San Francisco and anti-gun state legislative leaders in Sacramento to ban and confiscate the firearms owned by hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Californians, the NRA-ILA reports.

The attorney for the man who shot and killed unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said Monday he'll seek to get the case dismissed using a traditional self-defense argument and not the state's 'stand your ground' statute, FoxNews.com reports.

John Lott, writing on this personal blog johnrlott.blogspot.com, commented that there has been a lot of discussion about Australia's gun control laws. He cites a piece at the Huffington Post: