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Aaron Zelman
March 4, 1946 – December 21, 2010
JPFO’s Board of Directors is preparing a full memorial
tribute and charting the future course of the organization.-[source]
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At the dawn of the Cold War, former Soviet soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov, 26, led a team in the design of a lightweight assault rifle, the Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947. Now, 65 years later, some 100 million AK-47s have been produced—10 times the number of U.S. Army M16s. The original weighed roughly 10 pounds and married the [...] The fable of the U.S. civilian gun market being responsible for “arming” Mexico’s brutal drug cartels has become so deeply entrenched, that to question it is to be labeled a “right wing gun lobby shill.” The claimed numbers, though, as National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea points out, have continued to drop, [...] While it is true that St. Louis area gun shops are not being saddled with much of the blame for the brutal drug war violence in Mexico, keep in mind that the proposed “solutions” involve yet more oppressive regulation at the federal level, making this topic very relevant here in St. [...] Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg today sent a bipartisan letter along with 33 co-signers to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) questioning an “emergency” information request that will require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles. The proposal was included in the Federal [...] The Senate did not vote on whether to confirm Andrew Traver as the next leader of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this Congress, sending his nomination back to the White House on Wednesday. Traver, the chief of the ATF’s Chicago office, faced strong opposition from the National Rifle Association. The [...] When being threatened by a criminal or a grizzly bear, a gun is more effective than a cell phone or a camera. On April 19, 1775, the British attempt to confiscate guns from Americans triggered a successful revolution and resulted in the most free, most powerful, and safest country on Earth. Dearest [...] By Forrest Fisher A few years ago, I walked into the hunting cabin of a friend of mine and watched as he cleaned up what looked like an automatic military firearm. He was an United States Army Reservist, so I thought, well, pretty cool that he thought enough about his job to bring [...] Saying everyone but criminals will be safer, a veteran legislator wants to let qualified faculty carry guns on university and community college campuses. Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, said Wednesday there has been a history of situations where someone with a grudge comes onto a campus, goes into a classroom and starts shooting. He said the current [...] The Second Amendment Foundation and the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs have filed a motion for summary judgment in their federal lawsuit that challenges New Jersey handgun carry laws. SAF and ANJRPC filed the lawsuit last month in federal district court in New Jersey. If this motion is granted, [...] |
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