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BREAKING: Florida Streets Not Ankle-Deep in Blood After Permitless Carry Becomes Law
By Lee Williams
There have been no Wild West-style shootouts. Floridians are not shooting each other over parking spots as some tediously predicted. No fistfights have escalated into gunfights, and most assuredly, the streets are not running red with blood.
On July 1, Florida became the 26th state – the majority state – to offer residents and visitors some form of permitless concealed carry. Since then, none of the gun-banners’ bloody, end-of-the-world predictions have come true – not one.
Gun Meme of the Day: Gun O’Clock Edition
I do it. Don’t we all?
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Leupold Adds to its Performance Eyewear Line With the New DeSoto
Leupold’s Performance Eyewear line are some of the best sun/shooting glasses in the business. They’re made of top quality materials, designed and made in the US, feature polarized lenses, and come in a range of styles. That range just got a little bigger with the addition of their new DeSoto lens and frame combinations.
Here’s their press release . . .
Leupold & Stevens, Inc., provider of the world’s most rugged, lightweight, and clear sport optics, is pleased to announce the addition of a new frame style to its Performance Eyewear line: the DeSoto.
Philadelphia Shooting Perp Says He Opened Fire to Help the City Do Something About ‘Gun Violence’
On Monday, Kimbrady Carriker, a self-described computer engineer, opened fire across several Philadelphia residential blocks, killing five people and wounding four more. Carriker apparently prepared for a hell of a shootout with police before going on his murder spree. . .
Police said the 40-year-old male suspect was armed with a rifle, pistol, extra magazines, a police scanner and bulletproof vest when he fatally shot four men on the street and then chased and killed a fifth man inside a home.
Gun Nation: Democrats Need to Become Gun Owners, Too
Reader Bill Moore writes . . .
Liberals own guns, too. Pew Research says it’s about 2.5 to 1 ratio of Republican/conservatives owning guns to Democrat/liberals…44% of Republicans, 20% of Democrats.
Here are some demographics on who, exactly, owns guns in America . . .
Understanding gun ownership isn’t as simple as knowing who does and doesn’t own a gun. Some Americans who don’t personally own guns live with people who do.
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After Earlier Injunctions, the NRA Sues the ATF Over Pistol Brace Ban
If, like us, you were mostly unplugged over the extended four-day holiday, you might have missed the news that the National Rifle Association has filed its own lawsuit against the ATF challenging the regulatory agency’s pistol brace ban rule. This follows three other gun rights orgs’ similar suits and the injunctions that have been issued blocking ATF enforcement against their members.
Given the fact that tens of millions of pistol braces have been sold over the years, those injunctions no doubt resulted in a lot of new members for the Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America and the Firearms Policy Coalition.
Solving America’s ‘Gun Violence’ Problem One Pump-Action Shotgun at a Time [VIDEO]
I’m an Army veteran.
And I’m sick of all the guns here in Texas, so I’m starting with mine: pic.twitter.com/38YYJIeNQf
— Jason Rogers (@Rogers4Texas) July 2, 2023
Veteran Jason Rogers recorded a video of himself smashing a gun on the ground with a sledge hammer in protest of gun ownership in the state of Texas.
“I’m an Army veteran,” Rogers captioned the video.
Central Illinois NRA Youth Shooting Camp Returns After a COVID Hiatus
“This is fun!” That’s how one of GSL Defense Training’s new instructors described her first time volunteering at one of the nation’s longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camps in Bloomington this past weekend.
Before COVID came along, the Darnall’s Youth Camp was a huge undertaking with typically 130 to 150 young people ages 8-16 participating. There were also another hundred-plus adults volunteering to handle the logistics behind the scenes and still more instructors and coaches to ensure all the kids were safe while they learned new skills and had a great time.
Americans Celebrate Their Independence by Making June the 47th Straight Month With More Than 1 Million Guns Sold
What better way to celebrate America’s birthday than by exercising one of its most cherished and fundamental freedoms? That’s exactly what the American public did in June, and continues to do, month after month. You, me, all of us bought another 1.1 million firearms in June, making it the 47th consecutive month of one million or more firearms sold according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s adjusted NICS background check totals.
As the NSSF’s Mark Oliva tells TTAG .
Timney Announces the New, Affordable Impact 700 Trigger for Remington 700 Rifles
Timney has long made some of the best aftermarket triggers available for the popular Remington 700 rifle platform. But they’re not inexpensive. Now Timney’s come up with an entry-level 700 trigger that’s priced at a level just about anyone can afford. Their new non-adjustable Impact 700 trigger has a pull weight of between three and four pounds, costs a mere $125…and it’s a Timney.
Here’s their press release . . .
Independence Day: A Celebration of America’s Gun Culture
Want to celebrate America’s independence like a Founding Father? Consider getting to a range. It’s what they would have wanted. The celebration of America’s independence, self-determination and revolutionary spirit is rooted in a heritage of responsible firearm ownership.
John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later the second President of the United States wrote to his wife Abigail that July 2 would be a day generations of Americans would celebrate with “Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.” His prediction was off by two days.
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Concealed Carry Holsters to Live By
By Brad Fitzpatrick
In most concealed carry courses holster selection feels like an afterthought. That’s understandable considering the amount of critical information that must be imparted in a short amount of time, but choosing the right holster is an essential detail that must not be overlooked.
If you can’t carry your gun comfortably and conceal it where required, there’s a good chance you won’t carry a firearm at all. That defeats the purpose of obtaining a concealed carry permit in the first place.
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When Supreme Court Justices Get Their ‘Facts’ From CNN
“Or the Pulse nightclub massacre, the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history?” [Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor] wrote when listing examples of America’s “social system of discrimination” that “created an environment in which LGBT people were unsafe.”
However, it was well established in the following investigation, and the trial of the shooter’s widow, that he was unaware that the nightclub was a gay club and seemed to pick the target at random after his first plan to attack Disney fell through.
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Man Bites Dog: New Jersey Gun Dealer Defeats the ATF, Keeps His FFL and His Business
by Lee Williams
Ira Levin could not be happier. He can continue to operate his gun shop, Legend Firearms, which is located in Monroe, New Jersey. Levin has owned and operated the small gun shop since 2009, which is no small feat given the Garden State’s blatant antipathy toward guns and gun dealers.
Levin has sold more than 21,000 firearms and has been inspected dozens of times by both New Jersey State Police and ATF.
Gun Meme of the Day: Oooph Edition
Dangit. Another visit to Brownells, then. At least they’re having a July 4th weekend sale!
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Back from the Dead for a Minute Or Hunting South Africa’s Black Wildebeest
Surrounded by rocky hillsides, herds of Black Wildebeest ran with impunity among the fields of South Africa’s Free State. It wasn’t always this way. In fact, it wasn’t long ago that seeing even a single Black Wildebeest on this land would have been unheard of. And unwelcome.
By the time of The Great War’s beginning, the dominant herbivore in South Africa was reduced to less than 600 animals. The Black Wildebeest wasn’t driven to near oblivion for its meat or its horns.
Biden’s DOJ: District Court Erred When It Rejected Laws Disarming Catholics and Loyalists
President Joe Biden claims to support legalization of marijuana and forgiving those previously charged with pot possession. Yet his administration has worked overtime to block gun rights to those who legally use the drug either recreationally or medicinally.
Even more incredibly, in a Tenth Circuit case, Biden’s Justice Department actually argued that the District Court erred when it rejected antiquated laws disarming Catholics when considering a present-day case involving marijuana.
No really.
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Case Restoring Gun Rights to Those Subject to Domestic Violence Orders
The Supreme Court is going to take another bite at the Second Amendment apple. Earlier this year, a Fifth Circuit panel ruled that banning gun ownership by those who are subject to domestic violence restraining orders is unconstitutional. An en banc hearing of the case was denied and Biden’s DOJ appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court. Today, on the last day of its session, the Court granted cert and will hear the case next term.
Test Your Legal IQ: A Domestic in the Park
By Travis Birney
QUESTION: Walking through a park, you see a woman screaming at a man. He tries to walk away but she continues to yell at him. Frustrated at her persistence, he turns, slaps the woman, pushes her to the ground and cocks his fist, ready to strike her again. You have no other information but what you’ve just witnessed. What do the legal experts at U.S. LawShield suggest you do?
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