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Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) Files Federal Lawsuit Against Mayor Bloomberg Over Excessive Gun Permit/Firearms License Fees

The following is a Seccond Amendment Foundations (SAF) press release: “For Immediate Release: 4/5/2011 BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation [SAF] today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that alleges New York City’s $340 fee for a permit to keep a handgun in the home is “excessive and…impermissibly

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PEO Soldier Releases New ATK XM25 (also written XM-25) Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System 25mm Airburst Grenade Launcher Promotional Video

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com April 4, 2011 PEO Soldier has published a new promotional video on the ATK XM25 (also written XM-25) Counter-Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System 25mm airburst grenade launcher on Vimeo. Our friend “Steve” at The Firearm Blog has made an interesting point about the seeming lack of lethality

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“Newsweek” Attempts to Rebrand Gun Control Scheme as “Gun Safety” Cause: Tina Brown Gets Cute, Right Out of the Gate.

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 15, 2011 Last updated on 4/24/11. Tina Brown, the newly-minted British expatriot Newsweek editor-in-chief, certainly isn’t wasting any time promoting her agenda. By now it’s pretty old news that the anti-gun/anti-Second Amendment crowd (i.e. the political left) has been trying to use the Tucson active shooter

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Gen-2 PAK-FA Sukhoi T-50/HAL FGFA Low-Observable Supercruising 5th-Generation Stealth Fighter Aircraft Begins Flight Testing: Raptorsky Alive and Well

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com March 11, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) readers may remember a story we published back in February 2010 on the Russian PAK FA Sukhoi T-50 low-observable stealth fighter aircraft that’s essentially Russia’s developmental version of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Well, the program has developed since then into the

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Sabre Defence Executives Indicted on Illegal Gun Running Charges, and Company Assets Auctioned Off

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 17, 2011 Exactly one year ago tomorrow, DefenseReview (DR) reported on a BATFE raid on AR-15 rifle/carbine manufacturer Sabre Defence Industries over alleged illegal weapons sales. Well, things are once again getting pretty interesting over at Sabre Defence on the (criminal) legal side. On February 8,

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U.S. Army Issues New “Individual Carbine” Draft RFP (Request For Proposal): How will the Army’s Next Carbine Improve on the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine, and will it still be an AR? DR has some ideas…

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com February 8, 2011 Updated on 1/12/11. About a week ago, on January 31, 2011, the U.S. Army issued a Draft Request For Proposal (RFP) W15QKN-11-R-F003 for an “Individual Carbine” to supposedly replace the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine, a direct-gas-impingement (DGI) AR-15 carbine configured to U.S. military specifications. Of

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Just got back from SHOT. Fresh articles on the way…

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com January 22, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) will be publishing some fresh articles very soon on items we got to view and handle at SHOT Show 2011. We’re still on travel, so we’ll be publishing them from the road. Search terms for the article: shot

DefenseReview (DR) checkin’ out the latest and greatest at SHOT Show 2011!

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com January 17, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) just arrived in Las Vegas, earlier today, and we’ll be at SHOT Show 2011 all four days. So, if you’re at the show, and you you have an interesting new tactical product/item (weapons, accessories, gear, equipment, etc.) that you’d like us to

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Chinese DF-21D ASBM (Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile): Will it Obsolete U.S. Aircraft Carriers?

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com December 28, 2010 Looks like the “D” version of the Chinese DF-21 medium-range anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is moving into the deployment phase, although an “over the water” flight test has reportedly not yet been conducted. If the DF-21D ASBM ends up working as advertised, however, it

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011!

December 26, 2010 We just wanted to wish all of our readers and members a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope everyone had a great time with family and got some great presents on Christmas morning. DR also hopes 2011 brings you all health, happiness, and much prosperity. We’s also like to

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