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Why does Homeland Security's gun smuggling report mislead law enforcement?

John Phillip Hernandez, a 24-year-old unemployed machinist who lived with his parents, walked into a giant sporting goods store here in July 2006, and plunked $2,600 in cash on a glass display counter. A few minutes later, Mr. Hernandez walked out with three military-style rifles. One of those rifles was recovered seven months later in Acapulco, Mexico, where it had been used by drug cartel gunmen to attack the offices of the Guerrero State attorney general, court documents say. Four police officers and three secretaries were killed.

Editor's Note: This story espouses the much-touted "90 Percent" number of guns allegedly entering Mexico from the U.S. This statistic has been widely refuted; we include this story and an excerpt to its source at the New York Times to demonstrate some media's reckless abandonment of facts in reporting.

From Which American Gun Shop Was This Purchased?: A woman was arrested guarding an arsenal that included an anti-aircraft machine gun - the first weapon of its kind seized in Mexico, police said Tuesday. The arsenal belonged to a group linked to the powerful Beltran Leyva drug cartel, federal police coordinator Gen. Rodolfo Cruz said. It also included ammunition, five rifles, a grenade and part of a grenade launcher. Mexican drug cartels, battling a fierce crackdown by soldiers and federal police, have increasingly gotten hold of higher-powered weapons, even military-grade arms such as grenades and machine guns.

In Summit County, Ohio, home to the city of Dayton, county officials have proposed regulations to prohibit county employees from having access to firearms while on the job. But after criticism that some of the proposals violated Second Amendment rights, the county no longer will seek to prohibit employees from carrying a legal firearm or handgun in their personal vehicles when they are working a move that effectively would have barred workers from having a weapon while commuting to and from work, the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Respected firearms trainer Massad Ayoob demonstrates and explains the sustained fire drill.

The Front Sight challenge pits everyday gun owners against police and tactical professionals in a friendly, head-to-head competition. This is Reality TV for Gun Digest fans.

Open-Carry Suit Filed in Wisconsin: Today civil rights attorney John Monroe filed a federal lawsuit against West Milwaukee and it's police force for gross abuses of power against a man solely because the man was legally carrying a holstered gun.

Barack Obama won the November election. What now? Turn to the Jan. 5, 2009 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine as your first move.

We've picked the best holiday gifts of 2008 in the December 22, 2008 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.

Gun Digest the Magazine December 8, 2008 offers expert insights from an interview with Olympic Champion Glenn Eller. You won't want to miss this.

Avoid costly foul-ups with your ammunition by using advice from the Gun Digest the Magazine Nov. 24, 2008 issue.

It's decision time. A new president will be elected. Gun Digest the Magazine November 10, 2008 offers insights for the polling booth.

Probably no other area of firearms offers as much diversification as the muzzleloading field. On the one hand, we have the very primitive firearm, such as the matchlock; on the other, we have today's sophisticated muzzleloaders that incorporate the very latest in modern materials and design.

Is it time for a new rifle? The October 27, 2008 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine can help.

Bye-bye squirrel gun. Hello spec ops rifle. Simply put, when you convert your Ruger 10/22 into the Archangel 5.56 Rifle (Advanced Rimfire System), your small game plinker becomes a serious worst-case scenario weapons system.