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Criminals will have trouble finding any appeal in [an offer to turn in their guns]. In the first place, their weapons may have cost far more than $100, as handguns and long guns of good quality usually do.

A recent post on CheaperThanDirt.com's 'Shooter's Log' blog has generated hundreds of customer comments in response to a simple question: 'Are You Buying Guns? Tell Us Why.'

There has been some good news related to guns lately, reports NRA-ILA. Pro-Second Amendment Gov. Scott Walker's 7-point victory in the recent recall elections in Wisconsin--a great victory for gun owners in its own right--calls into question Mr. Obama's ability to win that state, which he carried by 13 percentage points in 2008.

CTD Shooting Team member Lena Miculek details how to execute weak-hand shotgun reloads in multi-gun competitions using a JM-series Pro Mossberg autoloading shotgun:

At a recent Babes with Bullets Clinic, Kay Miculek discusses the merits of the Smith & Wesson M&P22 rimfire pistol with Deb Ferns, BwB’s camp director.

Adam Cohen writes on Time.com that “We may all be getting a new Facebook friend soon: the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI wants to shift its wiretapping from old-school telephone lines to person-to-person platforms like email and instant messaging and even social media like Facebook. To help it make the switch, the FBI is asking Congress to require tech companies to rewrite their software so it has a ‘back door’ that the FBI can use to listen in.”

In association with CheaperThanDirt.com, the Gun Tests/GunReports.com team shoots a quartet of high-cap shotguns, with surprising results. The head-to-head findings compare a Saiga 12-gauge autoloader, the Kel-Tec KSG pumpgun, a Red Jacket Saiga Conversion, and the AR-15–style Akdal Arms MKA1919 autoloader.

Roger Eckstine of Gun Tests/GunReports.com details the important functional aspects of the 24-7 Series Weathershield Windbreaker, $100.

Austin Miller from GunReports.com takes a minute to talk with Josh Waldron, CEO of Silencerco at the first-ever Silencers Are Legal Shoot at Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas, April 28.

Federal courts could soon decide a fight between Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running scandal, writes Breitbart.com legal contributor Ken Klukowski, a member of the faculty at Liberty University School of Law.

Jeff Knox at www.FirearmsCoalition.org wrote recently, '[Less than] 200 days away from what will undoubtedly be one of the most important elections in US history, and most of the country still isn't even paying attention yet. Of course, those of you reading this have been paying attention for years, even decades, but that's because you're all freaks and oddballs like me. At least that's what the majority thinks of us.'

Gun Rights Examiner reporter David Codrea wrote recently, 'An early May robbery at the Washington, D.C. home of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was the second time the jurist has been victimized since February, The Washington Post reported Thursday. While no one was home in this latest incident, the earlier one involved the jurist and his wife being confronted by a machete-wielding home invader at their Caribbean vacation house.'