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The Gun Control Industry Fails Bigly Trying to Sell Civilian Disarmament to Hispanics
Gun control groups aren’t getting the message. Instead, they keep repeating the wrong one. Some say that’s the definition of insanity. They’re lecturing Hispanic voters, trying to sell their civilian disarmament message. It isn’t going well.
Lecturing law-abiding Americans that they need more gun control and telling them they’re wrong if they disagree is a bold strategy, especially in politics. That’s the play in Florida by gun control groups despite recent failures by those who tried the same approach.
California Police Say a Serial Killer Has Murdered 6 People in the Last Year
From the AP . . .
Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California — all potentially at the hands of a serial killer — in crimes going back more than a year, police said.
Authorities last week announced that five men in Stockton had been slain in recent months, ambushed and shot to death alone in the dark. Late Monday, police said two additional cases last year — a man’s death in Oakland and the non-fatal shooting of a woman in Stockton — had been tied to those killings.
Well Played: Man Uses $200 3D Printer To Earn $21,000 At New York Gun ‘Buyback’
A man named “Kem” reportedly used a 3D printer to manufacture “firearms” to turn in at a Utica, New York gun buyback. New York Attorney General Letitia James wanted “unwanted” guns and paid up to $250 each for the guns.
What Letitia James no doubt planned on was buying plastic blasters. Mr. Kem printed and gave them 110 “unwanted” firearms and they gave him 42 $500 gift cards for a total of $21,000.
CDC Data Shows Constitutional Carry States Have Fewer Total and Gun-Related Homicides
In September of 2021, Texas became the twenty-first state to allow some form of permitless or “constitutional” carry. That means in Texas, if you are at least 21 years old and you are not prohibited from lawfully possessing a firearm under Texas or federal law, you can carry a handgun without a permit either openly or concealed.
Since Texas enacted its law, four other states have done the same, bringing the total of constitutional carry states to 25.
Romoser: Bruen Was the Culmination of a Decades-Long Effort by Justice Clarence Thomas
If the 74-year-old justice is reaping a bounty, it’s because he’s been planting seeds for decades. In particular, three issues have long motivated [Clarence] Thomas above all others. The first is guns. The second is rights. The third is race.
On guns, Thomas pioneered a robust interpretation of the Second Amendment before it became conservative dogma. As a justice, he first floated the idea that the amendment guarantees a “personal right” (his emphasis) to own firearms in a solo concurrence in 1997.
SHTF Prep Basics: Choose the Right AR Magazines
By Krieger
My preparation centers on addressing the worst situation possible and then working backwards towards a less hostile, less unforgiving situation. The worst situation that I can fathom would be an TEOTWAWKI, no power, minimal-to-no logistics, food or water, and exacerbated by the presence of a hostile occupying force.
In an extreme situation like that, the equipment and weapons I select are based on the ability to accomplish their tasks with minimal extraneous (needless) additions.
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Has Mrgunsngear Found an Actual GLOCK AR-15 Rifle?
We’ve been teased/trolled by Photoshop jobs purporting to show oddities like GLOCK 1911 and AR-15 designs for, well, years. They’ve all been so much internet fluff.
Mrgunsngear, however, has come across some new images from the land formerly known as Great Britain that purports to show an actual GLOCK AR-15 rifle, dubbed the GR-115F. This thing has apparently been submitted for consideration in trials for a British military contract.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Two Bump Stock Cases, Leaves Ban in Place
On the first day of the Supreme Court’s new term, the Court announced this morning that it has denied cert in two cases challenging the ATF’s ban on bump stocks under the Trump administration. The cases challenged the ATF’s authority to reclassify previously-approved bump stocks as machine guns.
From the AP . . .
The cases the justices declined to hear were an appeal from a Utah gun rights advocate and another brought by the gun rights group Gun Owners of America and others.
Federal Court Dismisses $10B Mexican Lawsuit Against US Firearms Manufacturers
The Mexican government cannot keep its military firearms out of the hands of desperados in their nearly failed state, but they thought they could sue American gun makers for a king’s ransom. Their plan, sort of like their attempts to shut down the drug cartels, failed miserably. A federal court judge rejected their lawsuit on a host of grounds on Friday.
Now our neighbors from south of the Rio Grande say they will appeal, but talk is cheap.
Stop Shooting Gun Rights in the Foot
We all celebrate the fact that the last two years have broken every existing record for first-time gun owners entering our ranks. We celebrate that permissive concealed carry laws have become the norm, not the exception, nationwide, including the steady growth of constitutional (permitless) carry. BUT…let’s all be safe, okay?
Every negligent discharge is ammo for the antis. Though accidental firearm injuries and deaths are exceedingly rare — in 2018 there were 458 unintentional firearm-related fatalities, which accounted for less than 0.33 percent of all unintentional deaths in the U.S.
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Are Spicy Pistol Calibers Pointless For Personal Defense? Not at Longer Ranges
Almost like a memorized prayer, there are certain defensive gun myths that people will recite reflexively. Some of them are correct, some are true with caveats, and others are just garbage with no basis in fact.
One of the big ones that’s mostly correct is that defensive shootings happen in “three rounds, three seconds, three feet” (or some variation of this, like “two rounds, two seconds, two feet”).
This idea has led to a whole industry of guns optimized for concealed carry.
Gun Registries Lead To Confiscation, This Time In Estonia
On a long enough timeline, gun registration always leads to gun confiscation. And once again, we see that playing out in Estonia, a small first-world country that shares a border with Russia. Given what’s happening in nearby Ukraine to the south, the Estonian government announced that all Russians and Belorusians (those from Belarus) living within Estonia must surrender their guns in the coming days.
If it makes you feel better, think of it as a mandatory version of the “buybacks” commonly held here in America.
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Sun-Times: Beating Gun Companies In Court is Like Putting Al Capone in Jail…Or Something
Until now, most of the conversation about reducing gun violence has focused on imprisoning people who have used guns in crimes. The gun industry has been able to wash its hands of the bloodshed because it has had too many people in power in its back pocket. What we are seeing now is an important attempt to hold people accountable for putting guns in the hands of criminals.
Fighting out lawsuits in court will take years, and it is unclear what the Supreme Court will rule in the end.
Gun Meme of the Day: Gun Vote Edition
Posting this one today as it’s related to this article from a couple hours ago. You gotta gun vote, y’all!
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Asked About Hurricane Ian Looters, Notes ‘You Loot, We Shoot’ Warnings
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has his hands full with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. It pretty much trashed southwest Florida and damaged homes all the way across the central part of the state.
As business owners and residents begin the massive cleanup process, he’s stressing law and order. And when discussing those who would take advantage of the destruction, the Governor noted that property owners had written “You loot, we shoot” on the plywood used to board up their buildings.
Silencer Review: Dead Air Sierra-5 5.56 NATO Suppressor
Launched this spring at the NRA Show, Dead Air’s new Sierra-5 silencer is a compact, heavy-duty suppressor designed for hard use on .223/5.56 firearms. Available from Silencer Shop with either a KeyMo mount system or a Xeno mount system, I got my hands on one of each and ran them through their paces over the last couple months.
With a pinned and welded KeyMo flash hider already installed on the muzzle of my Radian Weapons Model 1, it was the perfect host to test out a Sierra-5.
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High Speed Gear Announces the New Better Inner Belt With Magnetic Buckle
From High Speed Gear . . .
High Speed Gear has announced the release of the Better Inner Belt, which provides the security of a traditional inner belt with the comfort and modern design of the Vigil EDC Belt.
Similar to the HSGI Vigil EDC, the Better Inner Belt comes with a low-profile magnetic buckle, that is designed to fit through most traditional belt loops. Available in both hook or loop with outward facing material; depending on the user’s preferred equipment.