Category: Hunting and Shooting News

Politics in focus: Gender roles in shooting

Politics in focus: Gender roles in shooting

| April 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

  In this weeks article I will be discussing gender roles or stereotypes associated with hunting and shooting, and assessing possible explanations for their existence. After some research it appears that the wider question of gender roles in society has copious amounts of scholarly research and debate, but the more specific focus of gender roles [...]

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Remington Strikes Back!

Remington Strikes Back!

| April 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

  The NBC (a popular news show in the US) has made some serious allegations against Remington in regards to their product safety. Originally they claimed the model 700 trigger systems to be unsafe and a new attack on Model 870 and 1100 shotguns has recently occurred. In typical media style so called paid “experts” [...]

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Gun control group ask PM for support: Lunacy continues….again.

Gun control group ask PM for support: Lunacy continues….again.

| April 18, 2012 | 26 Comments

  Samantha Lee, chair of the national coalition for gun control, has rather sensationally called for  Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to support stricter gun control laws and more specifically, the banning of all semi-automatic pistols in Australia. Samantha Lee feels that recent drive by shootings in Sydney is a justifiable reason to ban and restrict [...]

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Bob Brown Resigns as Leader of the Greens

Bob Brown Resigns as Leader of the Greens

| April 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

Federal Senator and Australian Greens leader has resigned with his decision coming out of nowhere. In typical Greens style Brown lays blame on Rupert Murdoch for resigning: “Twelve or 18 months ago I did cite Rupert Murdoch as being a role model and say that I’d stay in it (parliament) to 2024 to catch up [...]

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Oil Filter Suppressor.

Oil Filter Suppressor.

| April 12, 2012 | 5 Comments

Over in the USA, you can have all sorts of cool things; AR-15′s, fully automatic firearms and if you are really lucky you can even buy yourself a semi-automatic 22lr. We can’t even own a semi-auto 22lr… Okay, enough sarcasm and my bitterness at the stupidity of Australian firearm legislation. Whilst sitting at home sick, [...]

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Crowder Vs Anti-Gun Lobby (USA)

Crowder Vs Anti-Gun Lobby (USA)

| April 8, 2012 | 2 Comments

  Every once in a while a member of the media gets what they deserve when they try to twist facts to suit their own agenda. In this instance a reporter in the US makes the mistake of taking on someone that actually knows the laws and who rebuts every point that the reporter tries [...]

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