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Gun Review: Henry Homesteader 9mm Carbine
When Henry launched the semi-automatic Homesteader at SHOT Show this year I was surprised, of course, given the brand’s historical focus on lever guns, and I admit that my initial reaction was also a bit “meh.” So many 9mm carbines have passed through my hands that I just didn’t have it in me to get excited about yet another one. But I was wrong.
The Henry Homesteader is most assuredly not just another 9mm carbine.
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Small Massachusetts Town Meeting Highlights Big Issue in Country
The town of Sudbury, Massachusetts recently held a vote concerning zoning laws and the firearm industry. It has become a semi-common practice in Massachusetts, among other jurisdictions, to try and zone out the Second Amendment. This trend, as well as the fingerprints left behind by proponents of the regulation change, shows the systemic issues we have with blind ignorance and hatred towards anything firearm related.
Through a citizen petition in Sudbury, a warrant was raised that was voted on at the annual town meeting, May 1-2, 2023.
Mazza: It’s All the Republicans’ Fault
“They’re lying to you,” he said. “This isn’t about mental health, which every other country has problems with. It isn’t drugs, which every other country struggles with. It isn’t computer games, which every other country has. It’s the guns. It’s obviously the guns.”
He said it’s high time to place the blame where it belongs: On Republicans.
“Let’s stop saying ‘Congress must act’ and start saying ‘the Republican Party must act,’” he said.
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Gun Meme of the Day: GLOCK Perfection Edition
Perfect in every way, you should probably buy at least three from Brownells tonight.
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Comedian Tweets ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’…Doesn’t Get the Reaction he Expected
There is nothing funny about murder and banning the Second Amendment is not a laughing matter.
Comedian Michael Ian Black didn’t wait for facts after one innocent American was killed, and several others injured, by a murderer using a handgun in an Atlanta medical facility. He wasted little time in calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed – no ifs, ands or buts.
“Repeal the Second Amendment,” the comedy writer tweeted.
When Not All Mass Murders are Equal in the Eyes of the Media
By Lee Williams
A large group of unsuspecting people was waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, when a Land Rover suddenly blew through a red light and barreled straight into their midst at a high rate of speed. The bus stop was located outside of the Ozoman Center, which provides care for the city’s burgeoning migrant community.
Eighteen people where hit, six were killed instantly and two died later.
Obscure Object of Desire: Mossberg Brownie
If I asked anyone what Mossberg is most well known for, they’d likely point to the famed 500 series pump guns. Those guns have made Mossberg a fortune and are genuinely awesome shotguns. Mossberg is still a family-run company, and if you ever go to their booth at SHOT, you have a high chance of running into someone with a name tag reading Mossberg.
Mossberg might be best known for their shotguns, but the first firearm Oscar Mossberg designed was a handgun, and the first gun produced by Mossberg was called the Brownie.
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An ‘Assault Weapon’ the Gun Control Crowd Doesn’t Want to Ban
The the CCRKBA has identified an actual “assault weapon,” yet the gun grabber community has no interest in banning it. TTAG actually opined on this topic in the past as well.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has just identified the “assault weapon” gun banners don’t want to ban, but when it comes to mayhem, this one has quite a body count to its credit, including eight people killed Sunday at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas.
Stop Trying to Ban Assault Rifles – It Won’t Work
I am not sold either way on banning so called assault style firearms and accessories. With 20 million in our possession I don’t see what you gain other than a feel-good law. Grandfather laws in the Constitution forbid the confiscation of these previously owned firearms.
The media shares in this solution as well. Stop making these shooters famous by posting their manifestos and personal letters and thoughts.
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Gun Meme of the Day: Big Chungus Edition
Ummmm. Well, it’s relevant to today’s press release from Savage and Winchester. And we probably should have more fun with naming cartridges!
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Machine Gun Stolen From Shooting Range in Texas
Last Friday, an HK MP5 machine gun was stolen from LoneStar Handgun, a shooting range in Bexar (that’s pronounced “bear,” like the furry animal that poops in the woods and flies space ships with Han Solo in Star Wars) County, Texas. According to the KENS5 news video below, “the [shooting range] owner fears it could end up in the wrong hands.” Um, yes, I think that ship has sailed with the person who knowingly stole the gun when the range employee’s back was turned.
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What The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Battle Over Chevron Deference Could Mean for Gun Rights
Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about commercial fishing that raises an issue the current members of the Court have been very interested in as of late—Chevron Deference. With the Court agreeing to hear the case, there has been a lot of speculation about what the end of Chevron may mean across the legal landscape. But what might it mean for gun rights?
First, it’s important to understand what Chevron Deference is.
Winchester and Savage Announce New 400 Legend Cartridge and Rifles
Hunters in the four-or-so states with allowances specific to straight-walled cartridges are buying enough rifles and ammo to keep the industry pumping out new product to serve this niche! The newest straight-walled entrant — and not even the first this year! — is the 400 Legend. As the name implies, it’s a scaled-up 350 Legend from Winchester, and it’s already available in over a dozen Savage Arms rifles. Savage’s press release follows . . .
Washington State AG Bob Ferguson Declares War, Waging Lawfare Against the Gun Industry
Following the passage of a range of new gun control laws in Washington State, Attorney General Bob Ferguson is using powers included in the new laws to wage a wide-ranging campaign of harassment, threats, and intimidation. The targets so far include gun rights organizations and gun businesses in Washington as well as distributors doing business with Washington State retailers.
The Washington 2023 Legislative Action Group has issues this statement . . .
Is the State of Washington, now at war with the lawful firearms industry?
Colorado Moms Call on Governor Jared Polis to Ban and ‘Buy Back’ All Guns in the State
Guns are the number one killer of children in this country – and a group of Denver moms is banding together to change that by asking the governor to make a bold move and ban guns in Colorado.
The group is set on accomplishing something unprecedented. Here 4 The Kids said their movement isn’t a push for gun reform – it’s a push for a changed America.
The moms recently gathered with their kids in a Park Hill home to make signs to protest gun violence.
Police ID Allen Texas Mall Shooter as 33-Year-Old Mauricio Garcia
By Jake Bleiberg and Rebecca Boone, AP
The gunman who killed eight people at a Texas outlet mall was identified as a person who had been staying at a nearby motel, but his motive was a mystery Sunday, a day after the attack turned an afternoon of shopping into a massacre.
Three law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press named the gunman as Mauricio Garcia, 33, who was fatally shot Saturday by a police officer who happened to be near the suburban Dallas mall.
How Not to Start Your New Campaign in Texas Challenging Ted Cruz for His Senate Seat
You remember Beto O’Rourke, don’t you? Of course you do. He’s the thrice failed candidate for, well, lots of offices who was only too happy to tell anyone who’d listen that he wants to confiscate their AR-15s. Until recently that was a problem in politics. Democrats at least had the good sense to do a little sidestep and at least claim they really weren’t coming for your guns.
All of that went out the window years ago, though.
Eight Dead as Shooter Opens Fire Outside Shopping Mall in Allen, Texas
By Jake Bleiberg and Rebecca Boone, AP
A gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and started shooting people at a Dallas-area outlet mall Saturday, killing eight and wounding seven others — three critically — before being killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said.
Authorities did not immediately provide details about the victims at Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling outdoor shopping center, but witnesses reported seeing children among them.
Annals of Hoplophobia: Colorado Red Flag Law Expansion Edition
Americans Are Increasingly Saying Something That Joe Biden Doesn’t Want to Hear
President Joe Biden and his gun control advisors won’t like this news.
One of the most consistently accurate and reputable polling organizations found more Americans oppose one of the president’s top gun control goals than support it. Monmouth found nearly half of Americans – 49 percent – oppose a federal ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
The poll was released just days after the president once again called for a national ban on modern sporting rifles (MSRs).