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About Gun Digest Editors

Gun Digest is the foremost firearms publisher in the world. Since 1944 we have made keeping shooters, firearms collectors, and plain old gun aficionados informed the target of our books, magazines, and websites. We build shooters’ firearms knowledge base, inspiring them to pursue and expand their shooting interests—from the range to the field and in competition. Gun Digest is part of the Caribou Media Group.

Editorial Standards

At Gun Digest, we uphold our commitment is to our audience and precedes all other considerations, including revenue. Editorial independence is at the core of our operations, forming the bedrock of trust with our readers. Consequently, editorial decisions are made autonomously by our team of editors, writers, video producers, freelance writers and social media managers, without any external interference. Our content has and will continue to remain free from influence from individuals outside of editorial and content management.

Staff

  • Publisher: Jim Schlender
  • Editor-In-Chief: Luke Hartle
  • Managing Editor: Laura Peltakain
  • Digital Editor: Elwood Shelton
  • Online Editor: Adam Borisenko
  • Senior Art Director: Gene Coo
  • Art Director: Katia Sverdlova

Contributors

Chicago Police Applaud Armed Self-Defense

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.

National CCW Vote Fails by 2

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.

Harold Fish Freed in Self-Defense Case

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.

Gun Digest the Magazine August 3, 2009

Little guns pack a wallop in the August 3, 2009 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.

ATF, Obama Attack States' Rights

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.

The Battle Begins: ATF vs the Constitution

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.

Gun Rights: Coburn vs. Sotomayor

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.

Florida Gun Owner Kills Suspected Intruder

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