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New Mexico residents have an opportunity to win the Number 2 of 100, New Mexico Centennial rifle by purchasing raffle tickets from Navajo Ministries. Tickets are being sold for $50 each, with only 100 tickets available for sale through August 19, 2011.

The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's inaugural Army Strong Collegiate Shooting Championships, on course to be the biggest multiple-discipline, shoulder-to-shoulder gathering of collegiate and junior shooters in the history of competitive shooting, will commence next March 13-18 at Fort Benning.

(GunReports.com) -- As most decent people are watching the stock market gyrations and following our federal government’s mismanagement of both monetary and fiscal policy, our nation is entering an unpredictable phase. I’m sorry to say that, based on history, things are going to get worse. Just look at London, England, where four nights of rioting hooligans have resulted in the deployment of an extra 16,000 police officers in an attempt to stop the looting, vandalism, destruction, assaults, and robbery. My response to “flash mobs”? GET A GUN.

Patrick B. Pexton, the Washington Post's so-called ombudsman, defends his meal ticket's work on barely reporting Operation Fast & Furious. His unsurprising bottom line: 'No news outlet covers every story perfectly. Nor do they reach the conclusions that ideologues on the left or right want. But The Post has acquitted itself well on Fast and Furious.'

(GunReports.com) — Taurus International Manufacturing has announced the appointment of Mark Kresser as President and CEO. He will succeed long-time President and CEO Bob Morrison. The move will become effective September 1, 2011.

From Aaron Dorr, Executive Director of the Iowa Gun Owners 2nd Amendment group: According to the national polls, Governor Romney is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination. Given his hostile record and his unashamed quotes supporting even more gun control - you and I need to all we can to get the word out here in Iowa.

Iowa Gun Owners, a state-based gun rights lobby, has announced that Minnesota Senator Michele Bachmann has scored 100% on its presidential survey. Here's what they said:

The Second Amendment Foundation today applauded both the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the National Rifle Association, the latter joining with J&G Sales of Prescott, AZ, for filing federal lawsuits against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over a new reporting requirement aimed at gun dealers in four Southwest States.

(GunReports.com) -- Several members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit competed at and won national shooting championships across the country. Members of the Shotgun platoon started things off at the USA Shooting National Shotgun Championship June 26-July 2 in Colorado Springs.

Watch as Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA shows how to safety handle a gun on the sporting clays field. The proper use of eye and ear protection is covered as well as using the correct ammunition. Safe gun handling is emphasized with specific examples unique to the sporting clays field.

In a 3-0 ruling issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling and ordered that court to issue a preliminary injunction against the City of Chicago on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation that prevents the city from banning gun ranges inside city limits.

Do you know the difference between a high-house and a low-house target? Learn more in this video about Men's and Women's Skeet.