Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Armalite AR-10 in .338 Federal

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Competitions »

GSSF Match: Bluegrass Regional Classic XIII

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Iraq to spend $13B on U.S. arms, equipment.

Iraq is preparing to buy as much as $13 billion in U.S. arms and military equipment, a huge arms order of tanks, armored vehicles and ships that American officials say shows Iraqi-U.S. military ties will be tight for years to come.
“It helps to build their capablities, first and foremost, and second it builds our strategic [...]

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Law Enforcement »

Bulletproof vest saves Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy life from four shots to chest.

Joe Leeds’ three children remind him daily how important it is to wear his bulletproof vest.
“Every day when I leave the house, one of them says ‘I love you, Dad — don’t get dead,’” Leeds said. “They’re the reason why I do this job and why I make it home every day.”
The Pottawatomie County sheriff’s [...]

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Homeland Security gives border update; unmanned aerial vehicles on the horizon.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday afternoon that additional unmanned aerial vehicles will allow coverage of the U.S. Southwest Border from El Centro, Calif., to the Gulf of Mexico.
The latest unmanned vehicle will be airborne Wednesday, Napolitano said in a teleconference from Washington, D.C.
Two more unmanned vehicles will be added shortly, bringing [...]

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Industry »

Ruger named 2010 “Manufacturer of the Year” by Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence.

“We are truly honored at being named Manufacturer of the Year and appreciate the significance of receiving this recognition in view of the many great companies in this industry,” says Mike Fifer, Ruger President and CEO. “We continue to work on new product development, enhanced access to expanded website information, and improved manufacturing processes, all [...]

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Guns & Weapons » August 2010

Video: New Orleans residents lost gun rights after Katrina.

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Royal Canadian Mounted Police says gun registry ‘useful tool.’

An internal R-C-M-P evaluation to be released today calls the federal gun registry a “useful tool” for police.
It says the registry prepares officers for urgent calls, helps them trace weapons and helps keep guns out of the hands of the mentally unstable.
The reviewers want the program to stay, noting most firearms in Canada are long [...]

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

California Senate rejects open-carry gun ban.

The California Senate rejected a bill Monday that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public, but lawmakers will give the vote one more try.
Monday’s 20-16 vote fell one short of the majority needed, but the Senate will reconsider the measure Tuesday.
The bill, AB1934, was introduced after a series of demonstrations by [...]

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Fearful Iraqis scrambling to buy weapons.

Four days after his brother was slain in a Baghdad robbery this month, Muntather Shaker borrowed $1,500 and bought a pistol. He carries it in his back pocket, sleeps with it under his pillow and is ready to use it to defend his family.
“If I thought the government could protect me, I would never buy [...]