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If today's headline surprised you, then you might be missing one salient fact: The armed citizen who shot three men who allegedly attacked him and his companion with a baseball bat and a pistol was a Markham police officer.

The gun lobby suffered a rare defeat on Capitol Hill as the Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected a measure to allow gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines.

Laudable though Thune's goal of national concealed carry may be, understand that the entire exercise was nothing but a sham in which (surprise, surprise) the amendment failed by a vote of 58 - 39. So before gun rights supporters contact the 39 ever-so-brave US Senators (including 20 Democrats) to thank them for supporting the measure, all should understand that its failure was preordained by Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and quite probably sanctioned by the NRA.

A retired teacher whose murder conviction was overturned walked out of prison Tuesday to hugs from his family after serving three years of a 10-year sentence. Fish's case rippled through the Arizona legal and political arena and drew national attention from gun-rights and concealed carry advocates. After Fish was charged, legislators rewrote Arizona's self-defense laws.

The Obama administration is raising the stakes in a fight over states' rights and firearm ownership by arguing that new pro-gun laws in Montana and Tennessee are invalid.

In all kinds of weather, pocket carry makes sense. For many, it's the ideal answer.

The first rule of a gunfight is simple: Have a gun. What's the best gun? The best gun is the gun you have with you when the gunfight starts. Gun Digest Senior Editor Kevin Michalowski looks at the North American Arms Guardian and Micro Desert Eagle.

All indications are that the United States Senate will consider the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390) this week. As a part of that legislation, Senators John Thune (R-SD) and David Vitter (R-LA) will offer an amendment to provide for interstate recognition of Right-to-Carry permits.

This is another way of saying that the Tenth Amendment is not binding on the Federal Government. Of course, that amounts to saying that federal officials have decided to ignore the Constitution when it doesn't suit them.

Shooting traditional handgun cartridges at long range takes practice and careful loading. You have to do a lot of things right to make it work, starting with the handgun load.

Sen. Tom Coburn, a strong advocate of individual gun ownership, found an intriguing way to question Sotomayor on that issue. First, he asked her how she could consider that the right to privacy (not mentioned in the Constitution) is settled law but the right to keep and bear arms (the Second Amendment) as unsettled.

Authorities say a Tampa man shot and killed another man that he claimed was trying to break into his apartment.

An excerpt from the Cartridges of the World, 11th Edition Book, looking at cartridge dimensions and reloading data for one of the hottest tactical rounds in demand today: The .223 Remington.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee won't answer whether she believes there's a right to self-defense.

This new defensive handgun ammunition, adopted by the FBI, is available for handgunners everywhere.

Today, the U.S. Senate commences hearings on Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was nominated by President Obama to replace the retiring Judge David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. Gun owners, beware.