J.R. Absher’s Weekly Slug

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Court: 2nd Amendment Doesn’t Protect Illegal Aliens

A federal appeals court in Colorado ruled May 7 that immigrants in the United States illegally do not have the same right as American citizens to own firearms as protected by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

May 10, 2012

Once-Booming Timber Town Looks to Firearms, Ammo

A town in Idaho is looking to attract firearm manufacturers as a means of economic development.

May 3, 2012

Wisconsin Reaches CCW Milestone

Wisconsin residents have been issued 100,000 concealed-carry permits—almost reaching the state's predicted number of issued permits for a full 12-month period in less than half that time.

April 26, 2012

Schoolkids + Shotguns = Success

Who says guns and schools can’t coexist safely and successfully in America? Certainly not the hundreds of high school students and their parents and coaches taking part in the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League.

April 19, 2012

EPA Scuttles Another Attempt to Regulate Ammo

No "substantive difference" between latest lead-ban litigation and previously denied petition, says the agency.

April 12, 2012

Gun Sales and Stocks Soar

Unless you’ve been living beneath a rock and isolated from all forms of print and electronic media during the past several weeks, you’ve likely heard or read numerous reports about firearms—more specifically, the seemingly relentless spike in the sales of firearms across the country.

April 5, 2012

NY Microstamping Requirement Scuttled

A joint New York state budget committee March 25 voted on a revised state budget that repealed a ballistics-imaging requirement that would have mandated the controversial process of firearms microstamping in the Empire State.

March 29, 2012

The Other NCAA March Madness

What teams do you have listed on your NCAA Elite Eight bracket?

March 22, 2012

Indiana Poised to Proclaim State Rifle

With the anticipated signature of Gov. Mitch Daniels, a measure recently passed by both houses of the Indiana Legislature will give Hoosiers bragging rights as one of the first to have an official rifle, to go along with its state bird, tree, stone and river.

March 8, 2012

Marine Corps Pistol Decision Expected This Spring

The much-awaited decision on what company will manufacture the Marine Corps’ new .45-caliber Close Quarters Battle Pistol is taking shape, with Marine officials saying the announcement could come in a matter of weeks.

March 1, 2012