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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

Obama's National Park Service Bureaucrats Won't Defend Visitors' Civil Rights

The National Parks Service has announced it will not challenge a court order that temporarily stops the late-term Bush administration policy of allowing CCW-permit holders to carry in National Parks. That's the news media's backwards way of saying the bureaucrats running the National Parks are delighted they don't have to allow CCW-permit holders to exercise their civil rights in the parks, at least for now.

Chaffetz Bill Would Require Government to Resell Shell Casings

US House Representative Jason Chaffetz will run legislation that would keep the Department of Defense from destroying its used brass shells instead of selling them to resellers. Pictured are hundreds of used .223 brass casings.

SAF, Calguns Foundation Challenges California Handgun Ban

The Second Amendment Foundation, The Calguns Foundation and four California residents today filed a lawsuit challenging a California state law and regulatory scheme that arbitrarily bans handguns based on a roster of certified handguns approved by the State.

Reloading: The 8mm Mauser

An excerpt from the Cartridges of the World, 11th Edition Book, looking at cartridge dimensions and reloading data for the 8mm Mauser.

AG Gun Opinion Doesn't Change Wisconsin Law

I believe that every person should have the right to carry a gun for self-defense and no one should tell us there is no need to carry a gun," said Kevin Michalowski, the senior editor of Gun Digest magazine. If you're not committing a crime with that gun, what is the problem?

Time For Arlen Specter To Go

Senator Arlen Specter provided the instrumental Republican support to get anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed by the Senate. So it comes as no surprise that liberal anti-gun Specter, who has no loyalty to the Constitution, also has no loyalty to the political party that elected him. Specter announced this week that he will leave the Republican Party and run as a Democrat in 2010.

Alaska: Hundreds Turn Out to Protect Gun Rights

It was standing room only at the Soldotna Sports Center last night as many from the Kenai Peninsula attended the rally of the Second Amendment Task Force of the Kenai Peninsula. Even the presenters discussed the turnout.

New York Assembly Passing Series of Gun-Control Bills

The New York Assembly continues to chip away this evening on a package of bills to combat gun violence. The legislation would help police investigate illegal firearms, prohibit felons from buying guns, require child-proof devices on guns, and banning advanced firearms and ammunition used to kill police officers, according to the Assembly.