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FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Five soldiers from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit earned berths on the 2010 U.S. World Championship team as well as spots in three 2010 World Cup events after their performances at the 2009 Fall Selection match in Kerrville, Texas.

PEARL RIVER, NY –- Kahr Arms new PM9193 and PM9193N models include a loaded-chamber indicator and external safety feature.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The sportsmen’s community came within five votes of stopping the nomination of Cass Sunstein to serve as the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), otherwise known as the “Regulatory Czar, ” according to the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance.

EXETER, NH — SIG SAUER's new Cash for Your Klunker Handgun program rebates $200 to shooters who buy new P220, P226, P229, 1911, SIG556 pistol, or SIG556 rifle from your dealer’s inventory from Sept. 7 through Nov. 30th, 2009.

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Norman Houle's 2387-124x score was a point better than 2008 champion Carl Bernosky's total, earning Houle his third NRA High Power Rifle Championship Aug. 14.

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets' Small Arms Manufacturing Industry report says the gun-manufacturing industry's revenue for the year 2008 was approximately $2.7 billion USD, with an estimated gross profit of 40.52%.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The violent crime rate in 2008 -- 19.3 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older -- was unchanged from the previous year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced September 2.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gander Mountain Company (www.GanderMtn.com) (NASDAQ:GMTN), announced results for the second fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2009.

As GunReports.com readers probably know, Senator Edward Moore 'Teddy' Kennedy died last week, and the government-licensed media's lionization of him filled airwaves all weekend. We here at GunReports.com send our heartfelt condolences to his wife and family.However, Teddy Kennedy was no friend to gun owners, and we will not overlook the damage he did to our civil liberties.

UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh recently wrote on his blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, that the North Carolina Supreme Court has just held in Britt v. State that some felons -- whose crimes are long in the past -- do have a constitutional right to bear arms, at least under the North Carolina Constitution.