Assault Rifle

Norway Shooter's Mini-14: The "Poor Man's Assault Rifle"

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Norway Mass Shooting, Assault Rifle, Mini-14, Norway, Assault Weapon, Violence Policy Center, Ruger, Sturm Ruger & Co., Duncan Long, Gun Industry, Militarization, Anders Behring Breivik, 2083--a European Declaration of Independence, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The attack in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik, apparently involving a Ruger Mini-14 assault rifle, is only the most horrific of the mass shootings in...

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Gunmaker's 'Adaptive Combat Rifle' Too Combat-y: Fires Full Auto!

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assault Rifle, Ar-15, National Rifle Association, Machine Gun, Cerberus Capital Management, Assault Weapon, ar15, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Freedom Group, Modern Sporting Rifle, Adaptive Combat Rifle, Bushmaster, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

When is a "combat rifle" for the U.S. civilian gun market too combat-y? When it fires like a full-auto machine gun. That's the problem Bushmaster now faces with its new Adaptive Combat Rifle

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NRA Campaigns to Protect Corrupt Gun Dealers

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assault Rifle, d.c. Snipers, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gun Shops, Brady-Center-to-Prevent-Gun-Violence, Lee Boyd Malvo, Federal Legislation, Gun Sales, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, Nra, House Judiciary Committee, Gun Dealers, Death Valley, Atf, Legal Action Project, Beltway Snipers, Atf Reform and Modernization Act, Bushmaster, John Allen Muhammad, Politics News
Paul Helmke

If two NRA-backed bills get hearings before Congress and become law, they would devastate the ATF's ability to protect our communities and families from gun dealers who sell guns into the illegal market.

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Cecil "Joe" Erb's Defense: He Shot Man 29 Times With An Assault Rifle In "Self-Defense"

Greeley Tribune | Mike Peters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greeley Colorado, Cecil “Joe” Erb, Assault Rifle, Denver News

A trial began Thursday in a stunning Greeley murder -- in which the victim was shot at 29 times with an assault rifle -- and in opening statements, th...

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Only a 'Madman' Would Oppose All Gun Control, Says Gun World Editor

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun World, Mel Tappan, Assault Rifle, Jim Zumbo, Urban Rifle, Assault Weapons, Jan Libourel, Gun Control, Gun Lobby, Ar-15, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In a world viewed by many of his readers in black and white, Jan Libourel, the editor of Gun World magazine, has staked out a little island of gray. It remains to be seen whether he's exiled to it.

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Arthur Delaney

Sarah Palin To Be Given Huge Engraved Assault Rifle

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assault Rifle, National Rifle Association, Sarah Palin, Nra, Guns, Politics News

A custom firearms manufacture plans to give Sarah Palin a smokin' gift at a May banquet of the National Rifle Association, according to RedState. NR...

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