Because the targets are flatter and thicker than standard clays in order to withstand rolling on the ground without shattering, the clays often require a little harder hit before shooters can prove they are masters of “rascally rabbits.”

All Mossberg autoloaders available are gas operated. Each bleeds a set amount of gas from the ignition of the shotshell, down through a port in the barrel to function the action. The oldest of these guns, the Model 5500, requires the shooter to change barrels when switching from non-Magnum to Magnum loads. Two updated 5500s—the new Model 6000 and the Maverick 60—will continue to do so. A totally new Mossberg, the Model 9200, allows free interchange of ammunition without changing barrels.

For the past five years, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has surveyed federally licensed firearms retailers across the country to find out what products are the biggest sellers and who is buying. NSSF has just issued the latest version of that report from an online survey conducted last month. The data shows which types of firearms and ammunition were most popular in 2012, and at the same time allows retailers to compare their businesses to that of other gun stores across the country.

Newly-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) proves that more guns in private hands do not lead to more murders, and a Pew Research study showing widespread ignorance of this fact suggests that the public has been misled, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says.

Gun Reports - News

John R. Lott., Jr.

Lott: Setting the Record Straight on Obama’s Gun Control Policies

(GunReports.com) -- John R. Lott, Jr. contradicts the fiction of President Obama's assertion that his administration "has not curtailed the rights of gun owners, it has expanded them, including allowing people to carry their guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.” Writing on BigGovernment.com, Lott says:

The Obama administration has been a consistent opponent of gun ownership. It has enacted a ban on the importation of semiautomatic guns because: “The U.S. insisted that imports of the aging rifles could cause problems such as firearm accidents.” They have also imposed much more extensive reporting requirements on sales of long guns.

There is also the Obama administration’s push for the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty and its continual inaccurate statements about the source of Mexico’s crime guns.

In addition, President Obama’s appointments to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, are adamantly against any protection for individual ownership of guns. If one of the five justices in the majority of the Heller or McDonald cases were to die or retire, not only would further gains be prevented, but even those two precedents would be threatened.

To see the entire Lott article at BigGovernment.com, including links to sources, click here.

Reader Comments

Beware of the wolf in sheep's clothes.

Comment by: Robert J | March 24, 2011

Beware the man who would disarm you by peaceful means. He'll no longer have to pick your pocket, but merely demand you empty it out yourself.

Comment by: david b | March 24, 2011

I have found you can always tell when Obama is lying, His lips move. Soros hasn't learned how to get his puppet to talk without doing so.

byron

Comment by: olderndirtcop | March 24, 2011

Mexico. Do they have a handgun industry there that could supply the needs of honest citizens?

If so, I missed it.....but the USA does and I have to think millions of law abiding Mexicans want and need firearms for protection against the drug cartel thugs. So I am not surprised when US firearms show up there.

Comment by: BRUCE K | March 24, 2011

Thumbs up, Bruce K. Every single country on this planet with an industrial base makes guns. Every single country on this planet without a gun factory imports guns. Guns are smuggled throughout the world in much greater volume than drugs, gems, gold, ancient art, and liquor put together. Where ever there's a market, there are smugglers.

If the US Fed.gov suddenly ordered all gun factories closed and all guns destroyed, how long would it be before fully-automatic machine pistols appeared on the black market? Not very damn long at all. Why obey fiddly, meaningless import rules when the penalty for possession of a target rifle or pistol is the same as for a full-auto STEN gun? What will they do to stop people with a high-school education in machine shop technology and access to lathes, mills, and drill presses from making their own simple STEN guns? Ban steel?

That's the trouble with anti-gunners. Their rigid, emotion-based ideology completely blinds them to the unintended consequences of their actions.

Gaviota

Comment by: Lee W | March 24, 2011

Interesting view Gav.......... Soooooo, in an anti's gun-hating utopia, it might actually be a whole lot easier and less expensive to buy a machinegun!

Comment by: PVB | March 24, 2011

In the 20s we banned booze and wound up with national organized crime, moonshiners (which did give rise to NASCAR), bathtub gin and a real tired rattlesnake in Texas kept by a doctor to provide an excuse for medical alcohol use. We also wound up with a general disrespect for the law. We are like that. If something is silly and stupid, even an enacted law, we tend to ignore it. I think Gav's prediction is right on the money. My major argument against submachine guns now is their cost in ammo, short range and general inaccuracy in untrained hands.

Comment by: Visigoth52 | March 25, 2011

Obama may be a joke but Sotomayer and Kagan are not. The personal freedoms like gun ownership are getting more precious by the minute.

Comment by: Sharps | March 27, 2011

Obama can be TRUSTED. TRUSTED to an opponent of the second amendment and citizen who are legal gun owners

Comment by: Ralph De La Huerta | April 4, 2011

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