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New Bradford Air Cadets Give Marksmanship a Shot

March 5, 2019 By Tom McHale

The Hall of Heroes at the Royal Canadian Legion in Bradford West Gwillimbury was off-limits one night recently. Not because the hall was booked for a private function, but for safety reasons. Air cadets with Bradford’s 37 Flight were being introduced to riflery practice, and an air gun shooting range had been set up in in […]

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Air Apparent — Air Rifles Book Lists Myriad Options

March 5, 2019 By Tom McHale

We like air rifles both for fun shooting and for competition. However, so many options are now available that is easy to get overwhelmed with the choices. Thankfully, there is a good book that helps air rifle shooters make informed decisions about air guns and accessories. Steve Markwith’s comprehensive resource, Air Rifles: A Buyer’s and […]

Filed Under: Accessories, In the News, Industry Tagged With: Books

This Is Why Armed Police Were Called To Coventry Bus Station

February 20, 2019 By Tom McHale

Coventry Live

Armed officers from West Midlands police were called to reports of a man with a gun at Pool Meadow bus station on Friday night. Calls were made to police about a man with a gun in a bag at the Fairfax street terminal in the city centre at around 6.30pm. A witness told CoventryLive a […]

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60 Year-old man arrested for threatening finance company agents with airgun

February 13, 2019 By Tom McHale

Chennai: A 60-year-old man has been arrested by the city police in Chennai for threatening three employees of a private finance firm with an airgun when they asked him to pay dues for a luxury car he bought on loan. According to the police, the accused has been identified as Sembarajan who is a resident […]

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State legislators approve hunting law changes

February 13, 2019 By Tom McHale

A bill touching on a number of changes to the state’s hunting and fishing laws passed out of the state Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee by voice vote Tuesday. “Last year, the majority of this bill passed out of the Senate about four times, if I remember correctly,” said state Sen. Tyler Harper, R-Ocilla […]

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Bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Leaders Introduce Bill to Modernize the Pittman-Robertson Act

February 4, 2019 By Tom McHale

Congressional Sportsmens Foundation

January 31, 2019 (Washington, DC) – Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Co-Chair Congressman Austin Scott (GA), along with fellow CSC leaders Representatives Marc Veasey (TX), Debbie Dingell (MI), and Richard Hudson (NC), introduced the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act (H.R. 877), an important bill for the future of wildlife conservation funding. “Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus leadership […]

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What is an Airsoft Gun? Are They Safe? Who Can Use One?

February 2, 2019 By Tom McHale

A nonlethal airsoft gun is at the center of the controversial Tempe police shooting of 14-year-old Antonio Arce. Police have said the boy stole the gun from a vehicle and ran from police. A Tempe officer chased Arce down an alley and shot him as he was running away. What is an airsoft gun? An airsoft […]

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: Airsoft, Crime

Man Who Drank Poitín Bought an Air Gun to Shoot a Mouse

February 1, 2019 By Tom McHale

A man who was in a pub in Westport with an imitation firearm in his trousers was going to use it to shoot a mouse, a court has heard. Paul Walsh (37) of 90, Knockaphunta Park, Westport Road, Castlebar appeared before Westport District Court sitting in Castlebar on Thursday last where he pleaded guilty to possession […]

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Woman injured after air gun pellets fired at Auckland supermarket car park

January 28, 2019 By Tom McHale

Airgun shooting

Flying fragments from a windscreen shattered by air gun pellets left an Auckland woman with facial injuries and police hunting those responsible for firing the shots. The woman was injured in the carpark of Devonport’s New World supermarket on Wednesday evening. A police spokesman said it was lucky no-one was seriously injured. “We are asking anyone that may […]

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Dramatic Footage Released of Whisky Drinking Gunman in Police Shooting Incident

January 28, 2019 By Tom McHale

Dramatic video of police shooting a suspect who swigged whisky, crossed himself and raised his weapon at armed officers has been released after he was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Samuel Houlihan, 25, was described in court as “remarkably lucky” to suffer only a flesh wound when he was shot at close range by […]

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