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A top National Rifle Association official said the Obama administration is using the increased publicity surrounding drug cartels in Mexico as an opportunity to push for reinstating the ban on semi-assault weapons.

Often called the greatest pistol ever made, the Luger has reached legendary status. But how did it achieve this revered position and does it deserve it?

I've always disliked the term Homeland Security, from the very first time I heard George Bush utter it in a national address. There's just something Motherland/Fatherland creepy about it, and the recent DHS reports on rightwing extremism and southbound weapons smuggling confirm the fascist touch that seems to accompany everything the federal government oversees.

Churches and Guns Must Mix: Author Charl Van Wyk, who shot back at terrorists attacking a church meeting, will be touring the U.S. with tales of his African ministry, including his first-hand experience with Christian churches that aren't prepared to defend themselves.

The SHOT Show is one of the biggest gatherings of manufacturers of the year. Gun Digest went to every booth. Discover what we learned in the pages of the March 16, 2009 issue.

Philip Axelrod and Sara Adler say they don't want to be defenseless targets.

Check out Aimpoint's new micro sights and mounts for handguns and rifles.

Learn gundamentals before you buy a firearm by reading the March 2, 2009 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.

It's trigger time. Use your turrets in the Feb. 16, 2009 edition of Gun Digest the Magazine.

Homeowner in an upscale Palm City neighborhood puts a .40 cal handgun to good use when she stops an intruder armed with a shotgun.

Here is a sample chapter from the Standard Catalog of Luger.

The MAK 91 makes the grade in Gun Digest the Magazine, Feb. 2, 2009.

President Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calder, are still blaming American gun owners for Mexico's crime problem, and outlined a common approach Thursday to combating drug violence, climate change and trade disputes but appeared to part ways over the urgency of reinstating a U.S. ban on assault weapons. Their disagreement: When to implement the ban on semi-automatics.

A retired Navy captain who now serves as an analyst says arming the civilians who run freight ships through the waters offshore from Somalia would allow them to defend themselves and fix much of the pirate problem.

Homeland Security Department apologizes to Veterans, not gun owners.

Radio talk show host Michael Savage has teamed up with the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., to file a lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for targeting gun owners, veterans and conservatives as so-called extremists.