Samuel Stebbins breathlessly reported gun sales were collapsing in Illinois. Unfortunately, his facts are wrong based on his misunderstanding of NICS background check use & changing gun law.
Attention Media: Gun Sales are NOT Collapsing in Illinois
Dean Weingarten
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973.
He taught the Arizona concealed & carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained.
Dean is an outspoken defender of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and an accomplished writer and reporter for AmmoLand Shooting Sports News and his blog gunwatch.blogspot.com
Today is Tuesday, September 27, 2022 
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Ban on Individuals Obtaining Firearms while Under Indictment is Unconstitutional
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Rare Ghost Gun Found on Michigan Gun Disposal List, But that is Not All
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1884 New York Street Car Scene Shows Carry of Pistols Common Before 1911
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Heller Wins Against DC Ammunition Restrictions
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National Firearms Survey 2021: Firearms Estimates and Defensive Gun Uses
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Ownership of Arms Protected by Takings Clause, 2nd and 14th Amendments
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FOIA Details on Polar Bear .22 Pistol Defense Failure
Information from an FOIA request has revealed details on the .22 caliber pistol defense failure which occurred in Svalbard, Norway, in 1996.
Book Review: The Wolves of Alaska – A Fact-based Saga, by Jim Rearden
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Opportunity at Gun “Buyback” in Toledo, Ohio
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Ninth Circuit Remands Young v. Hawaii Back to District Court
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At the Orwellian termed gun “buyback” in Madison Wisconsin, 483 firearms, including 55 homemade guns; plus 93 air guns and a crossbow pistol, were turned in to the police for gift cards.
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