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Gun Tests Magazine Ammunition Testing Protocol

GunReports.com publishes the detailed ammo-testing protocol from Gun Tests magazine, the most commonly requested addition to Gun Tests coverage. Gun Tests' focus is on performance before the bullet hits the target. 'We realize that results from our test gun can’t be extrapolated to every possible gun readers might own, we wanted to test ammunition in a fashion most consumers would be able to duplicate, and in fact, should conduct on their own. But our framework can potentially save you money and time by narrowing the list of candidates you might try in your own gun, and you can also follow our system to see if a given round performs for you like it did for us.

Excess Headspace in the 1903 and ’03A3 Springfield

GunReports.com shows how to excess headspace in the 1903 and ’03A3 Springfield rifles better than the way Granddad did it. If you have access to a lathe, use this method to correct excess headspace easily, without the need for an expensive chambering reamer.

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AP: Memphis LE Source of Guns From High-Profile Shootings

(GunReports.com) —  A recent AP story pushed the angle that removing used police firearms from resale channels is good public policy, citing heavily criticized Miami police chief John F. Timoney as a reliable source on the topic and offering no balancing opinion.

Gun Owners of America makes one final push against ObamaCare

(GunReports.com) — From Gun Owners of America (GOA), a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners: Write your representative one final time. Tell him to oppose the Senate-passed ObamaCare bill ... Remind him that, once Obama and Senate Democrats have gotten what they want, there is no incentive to ignore the Senate rules... You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send a pre-written message.


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AP: Memphis LE Source of Guns From High-Profile Shootings

(GunReports.com) —  A recent AP story pushed the angle that removing used police firearms from resale channels is good public policy, citing heavily criticized Miami police chief John F. Timoney as a reliable source on the topic and offering no balancing opinion.

Published on March 14, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MORE



Gun Owners of America makes one final push against ObamaCare

(GunReports.com) — From Gun Owners of America (GOA), a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners: Write your representative one final time. Tell him to oppose the Senate-passed ObamaCare bill ... Remind him that, once Obama and Senate Democrats have gotten what they want, there is no incentive to ignore the Senate rules... You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send a pre-written message.

Published on March 13, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (0) | READ MORE



Follow Gun Reports and Gun Tests on Facebook

GunReports.com now has a Facebook page. Keep abreast of what's going on minute-by-minute on breaking gun news, harmful gun legislation, firearms victories by becoming a Facebook Fan of the page. Look for 'Gun Reports' on Facebook. Also, for inside peeks into Gun Tests' ongoing criticism of firearms, search Facebook for 'Gun Tests'

Published on March 12, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (0) | READ MORE



Federal Gun Laws Are Baloney, OK Rep Says

(GunReports.com)--According to a Tulsa World story, Oklahoma could be headed for a showdown with the federal government over firearms regulation and the scope of interstate commerce.

Published on March 11, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (12) | READ MORE



Texas AG: McDonald Part of a Larger Fight

(GunReports.com)--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has set his sights on striking down strict state and local gun laws, and a pending Supreme Court case could help him do it, according to the Kansas City infoZine.

Published on March 11, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (10) | READ MORE



Will Harvard Online Library of Firearms Research Tilt Anti-Gun?

(GunReports.com)--A new firearms research database launched by the Harvard School of Public Health purports to make scholarly articles more accessible to reporters, law enforcement, public health officials, policymakers, and the general public. But gun owners are right to worry that the database will not be even-handed in reporting both sides of gun ownership.

Published on March 10, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (4) | READ MORE



Do Gun Rights Protect Against Tyranny?

(GunReports.com)--Warren Richey, staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor, authored a piece this week that began, 'The U.S. Supreme Court is considering what could be a landmark decision on individual gun rights. An unspoken argument is that armed citizens would make any usurper think twice before subverting the Constitution.'

Published on March 10, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (11) | READ MORE



Analysis: 2d Amendment Extension Likely

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to require state and local governments to obey the Second Amendment guarantee of a personal right to a gun, but with perhaps considerable authority to regulate that right.

Published on March 2, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (33) | READ MORE



Does the Second Amendment Apply in Chicago?

(GunReports.com)--Damon W. Root, writing on Reason.com, says, 'Last year’s landmark Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller definitively settled the fact that the Second Amendment secures an individual right—not a collective one—to keep and bear arms.

Published on March 1, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (9) | READ MORE



Eyewitness Report from the U.S. Supreme Court

(GunReports.com)--Alan Korwin writes in his Page Nine blog, 'Are the 50 states required to obey the Second Amendment? 'Or can they do whatever they want, with no obligation to respect our right to keep and bear arms?

Published on March 1, 2010 | READ COMMENTS (11) | READ MORE