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Ammo Review: Federal’s spicy HST Micro .38 SPL snub nose load

Expanding on the line of +P personal defense loads taking aim at those packing subcompact handguns, Federal's new 130-grain .38 Special round packs a punch.

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Ohio teacher talks down student armed with gun

Authorities did not elaborate, but said the shooting, which did not injure anyone, was gang-related and the student was searching for a particular person.

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Drive-by suspect found with several guns, over 4K rounds of ammo

Rowbotham, who is accused of two separate drive-by shootings Tuesday, claims he fired in self-defense after someone first pulled a gun on him.

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Gun Review: Colt Detective Special revolver in .38 Spl

The Detective Special is an old gun, yet it still manages to keep up in this world of wonder pocket pistols due to the demand for small pistols.

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NYPD cop murdered ‘in cold blood’ with stolen gun

The man who police say fatally shot a New York City Police officer inside a police vehicle Wednesday used a revolver that was later determined to have previously been stolen.

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Iconic WWII Miss America who wasn’t afraid to carry a gun dies at age 92 (VIDEO)

Venus Ramey, the first red-headed Miss Ms. America when she was crowned in 1944, graced bombers as nose art, helped sell war bonds, and once stopped a group of scrap thieves with a snub-nosed .38.

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Gun Review: Chiappa Rhino 50DS revolver in .357 Magnum

Doing something different sometimes leads to spectacular advances and other times makes you look like an eccentric dork. The Chiappa Rhino sort of does both

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No federal charges for officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling

The Justice Department said “prosecutors have concluded that the evidence is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that” Baton Rouge police officers violated Sterling’s civil rights.

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Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 649 revolver in .38 Special +P

I suppose the big question, especially for dedicated carriers, is how is the accuracy of the 649 for those who want to hit anything past a few yards?

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