GunReports.com finds that it’s relatively easy to spot trouble in a simple bolt-action design, and the Browning A-Bolt is about as simple as they come. Adapted from American Gunsmith book series, Gunsmithing the Rifle.

GunReports.com takes up the subject of Winchester Model 70 Rifle. Today’s Model 70s don’t qualify for “classic” status, but they’re out in such number that they’ll keep you busy. Here are some tips. Adapted from American Gunsmith magazine, Gunsmithing the Rifle, Chapter 3

A man apparently inspired by Open Carry gun activists strolled into an East Palo Alto supermarket with a handgun on his hip Wednesday and began shopping for groceries.

GunReports.com learns that the U.S. Supreme Court granted the National Rifle Association’s motion to allow it to participate in the upcoming oral argument in McDonald v. City of Chicago.

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Obama BATFE Demands Texas Gun Show Require Private-Seller Checks

AUSTIN, Texas--An article on Infowars.com asserts that the BATFE pressured a monthly gun show in Austin to force attending private sellers to run background checks on buyers or be shut down.

THE PUBLIC FACE OF GUN RIGHTS

CHICAGO--The Chicago Tribune did a lengthly piece on Otis McDonald, who's the lead plaintiff in the landmark McDonald v. City of Chicago handgun ban case.

Charles Daly, KBI Closing Up Shop

From Michael Kassnar, president of K.B.I. Inc: To all our friends, fans, supporters and consumers of Charles Daly and by extension, KBI products, I regret to inform you that the rumors of our demise are true.

Feds Respond to Firearms Freedom Act Lawsuit; Motion to Dismiss “Expected”

MISSOULA – The United States has made its first response to a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Missoula to test the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA), passed by the 2009 Legislature and signed into law by Governor Schweitzer.

Student’s appeal overturns his expulsion for having two shotguns in his truck parked off campus

NEWSREVIEW.COM, Calif.--The Glenn County Board of Education is giving 17-year-old Gary Tudesko another shot at completing his high-school education in the classroom.

Supreme Court ‘Citizens United’ Decision Supports Free Speech for Gun-Rights Groups

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- An editorial in the Historic City News recapped the importance of the Supreme Court’s recent “Citizens United” verdict to the national gun-rights battle:

Did Virginia Anti-Gun Activist Encourage Attacks on Legislators?

APPOMATTOX, Va.--An Associated Press story designed to paint an anti-gun zealot as a sympathetic figure battling the NRA in Virginia inadvertently gave him the platform to issue a veiled threat against the pro-gun-rights legislature.

Bill Seeks to Make Permits and Background Checks Optional

PHOENIX — The Arizona legislature is seeking to make Arizona the third state where it is legal to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Bills in the House and the Senate would also eliminate background checks and training classes for people to carry hidden guns.