Study: Military VetsBecome “Less Agreeable”
“Be all you can be,” the Army tells potential recruits. The military promises personal reinvention. But does it deliver? A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that personality does change a little after military service – German conscripts come out of the military less agreeable than their peers who chose civilian service.
ATK Gets 450-Million-Round Federal Contract for 40-Cal Ammo; Will Consumer Supplies/Pricing Be Affected?
(GunReports.com) — Earlier this month, ATK announced that it is being awarded a 450-million-round contract to produce 40-caliber cartridges for the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Remington Threatens Shut Downof NY Plant over Microstamping
Remington is threatening to pull its plant out of Ilion, New York, over a gun bill pushed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Texas Parks and Wildlifeto Vote on Hunting Suppressors
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will vote on the department's hunting regulation proposals -- including whether the state will allow the use of lawfully owned suppressors for hunting -- on Thursday, March 29 at 9 a.m. in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Commission Hearing Room, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744.
Sturm, Ruger Suspends New OrdersDue to High Demand
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), has announced that for the first quarter 2012, it received orders for more than one million units. Therefore, it has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders.
Michigan State takes top honors in NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships
The Michigan State Spartans won both the individual and team championships in the 2012 NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships, hosted by the United States Army Marksmanship Unit March 13-16 at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Rockcastle Shooting Centerhosts NRA Women’s Outdoor Adventure
(GunReports.com) — The NRA has partnered with the Rockcastle Shooting Center at Park Mammoth Resort to host the inaugural Women’s Outdoor Adventure in Park City, Kentucky.
Holder on Video: ‘Brainwash people’ to be anti-gun
A C-SPAN video from January 30, 1995, shows Eric Holder advocating that people should be 'brainwashed' into supporting gun control. Holder, now attorney general of the United States, is shown on the video supporting using Hollywood, the media and government officials to “really brainwash people” into opposing firearm ownership. Holder, who was then the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, was addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club on Jan. 30, 1995. In his speech, he held up anti-smoking campaigns as a model for an anti-gun campaign.
Arsenal Firearms’ New Double-Barrel 45
The AF2011-A1 Double Barrel Pistol is the first industrial double-barrel semiautomatic pistol that the GunReports.com staff can recall. The original idea came to Swiss armourer Vivian Mueller about ten years back, who at the time cut and welded together multiple parts of the famous Sig P210. The result was a long slide, double barrel 9mm, highly decorated collector piece, which indeed shot very well.
SAAMI Withdraws Its Name from Tainted U.N. Program
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), a registered United Nations non-governmental organization (NGO) with roster status, has taken the regrettable but necessary step of withdrawing any reference of SAAMI association from the U.N. agency project to create 'International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS).'
Registration open for 2012NRA Junior Camps at Camp Perry
The NRA Training Department has opened registration for the 2012 NRA Junior Pistol and Smallbore Rifle Camps this July in Camp Perry, Ohio.
D.C.’s made-up gun laws
A recently Washington Times editorial claims that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) knowingly posted false information about transporting local gun laws. From the editorial:
