Today s crop of micro compacts are all very similar in dimensions. (Chart: Chris Eger/Guns.com) The Ruger MAX-9 is a game changer, said Ruger President and CEO Chris Killoy. With industry-leading features at a highly competitive price, this American-made handgun will provide a versatile option for consumers looking for a superior offering in the popular micro-compact market. The MAX-9 has a flush-fitting 10-shot magazine with a finger grip extension floorplate that can be added to the mag for comfort and improved grip. (Photo: Ruger) It also ships with a 12-shot extended mag, in non-limited states. Spoiler alert, it is not California or Massachusetts compliant. (Photo: Ruger)
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist with an expertise in firearms and the outdoors.
More than 40 states have “preemption” laws that place all authority for regulating firearms in the hands of the state legislature. However, a state appeals court panel in one of the states that pioneered preemption recently handed down a unanimous ruling that reinforced the regulatory approach.
It drove anti-gunners nuts, because they have been trying to erase such laws across the country. Preemption statutes bring uniformity to state gun laws, while the gun prohibition lobby much prefers an environment in which local municipalities or county commissions set their own gun regulations. These will invariably be confusing, and in many cases, conflicting from one jurisdiction to another. This discourages people from owning guns or carrying them, which is exactly what gun control extremists want.
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If my timing is right, you will be reading this on Christmas morning and I’ll be celebrating my birthday (with hopes of several more still over the horizon), wishing you all a wonderful Christmas morning.
Sometime today weather permitting, of course there may be a little drive up the road to the snowline, where there might be a fat cottontail or snowshoe hare within range. I’ve got a .22-caliber Ruger MK IV pistol that’s been begging for a road trip and a little action. Earlier this year, I promised to bring some fresh rabbit to a friend who apparently discovered how tasty they can be when prepared correctly while spending some time in England several years ago.
to get Insider’s attention and it certainly did!
My longtime pal Paul Huebl, whose harrowing story was detailed by American Handgunner’s Massad Ayoob back in the July/August 1990 installment of “The Ayoob Files,” is something of a character with a fondness for the Smith & Wesson Model 57 N-frame revolver.
Recently, when I declared on social media that people should use images of themselves instead of pets, actors or cartoon characters, Huebl provided an image of his .41 Magnum sixgun. He does this to get my goat. But when I looked closely at the image, it appeared the front end of his adjustable sight base was slightly elevated. I sent him a message encouraging him to check the tightness of the screw that is supposed to hold that end down.