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This is a momentous day for every Star Wars fan that has nearly a quarter-million dollars to burn on a movie prop. Han Solo’s DL-44 blaster that was used in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is up for sale on Invaluable with an opening bid of $200,000. Harrison Ford […]

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The Twin Cities Gun Owners & Carry Forum wanted to show the world what Minnesota concealed carriers were really like. This short documentary examines the lives of a diverse group of people, who all carry guns, in their “natural habitat.” For more information on the Twin Cities Gun Owners & Carry Forum, head over to […]

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The walls and floors of the secret FBI facility that sits just outside the nation’s capital are piled high with boxes within boxes of bomb parts. ABC was granted an exclusive look at the facility that helped bring down Iraqi terrorists that slipped into America by disguising themselves as refugees. According to Gregory Carl, director […]

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Annie Oakley's 16-gauge Parker shotgun is up for auction and based on its age, it may very well be weapon she meant when she said "my first real gun."

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The winner of the sixth annual Big Buck Gunter World Championship was crowned Saturday in Wicker Park, Illinois, winning first place and dragging down a huge chunk of the $63,000 in prize money after beating out 63 other top gaming competitors. The competition was fierce. Players from around the country and one from around the […]

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One Toronto based tailor shop specializes in bulletproof business suits that can stop .45-caliber rounds, City News reports. At $20,000 a suit, they don’t come cheap. But if you’re an overseas businessman or woman that deals in oil or diamonds or a super secret agent, the added protection may just be worth the money. Garrison […]

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In a scene that could have been “ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel,” a former Army sergeant and sniper instructor, nicknamed Rambo, has been charged with recruiting ex-soldiers as globe-trotting assassins to do the evil bidding of well-to-do drug traffickers. Three members of 48-year-old Joseph “Rambo” Hunter’s gang were prepared to murder […]

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Thieves rammed through the storefront of a local pawn ship in Winder, Georgia, making off with over $16,000 in firearms in less than three minutes. Choosing to forego the legal process of attaining firearms, at least four suspects chose to go directly to the source: a pawn shop. Looking for the early bird special, the […]

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Army private Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking over 700,000 classified documents, made a shocking announcement on NBC’s Today show, saying he now wants to live out the rest of his life as a woman named Chelsea […]

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A man got the surprise of a lifetime when he opened up his brand new gun safe and found nearly 300 pounds of marijuana inside. The Ohio man doled out $1,700 and ordered the sparkling new gun safe for his 24 rifles and dozen or so shotguns from the Champion Safe Co. When he cracked […]

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