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CNN Surprised By What We All Know: New Firearm Owners Are Heavily Liberal, Female, and Minority
As we’ve covered fairly heavily since the start of COVID times, lockdowns, pandemic insecurity, escalating crime, and the handcuffing of police put an afterburner on first-time firearm purchases. The last couple years have shattered all previous records for gun sales, but the story behind the story is a tough pill for The Left to swallow.
The anti-gun side of the body politic has always pushed a narrative that all those hundreds of millions of firearms in the U.S.
Hunting Lessons Re-Learned in Africa
The shot looks great in the video.
A trio of Mountain Reedbuck rush up a steep hillside; the border of South Africa and Lesotho.
A man drops, oddly crouched with a rifle on the opposite side of the canyon.
“Last one, last one!,” a rushed whisper from the PH.
“I need a distance,” from the man with the rifle.
“200, 220, 230,” from the PH.
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SAF Sues to Block Connecticut’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
The Second Amendment Foundation today filed suit in federal district court, challenging the ban on so-called “assault weapons” in Connecticut, and asking for declaratory and injunctive relief.
SAF is joined by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and three private citizens, Eddie Grant, Jr., Jennifer Hamilton, and Michael Stiefel. Named as defendants are Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, plus James Rovella, commissioner of the state’s Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin and several other officials.
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Gun Meme of the Day: House Husband Edition
No hate. If wifey’s career is better for whatever reason, I think hubby as the “house spouse” focused on raising the kids is better than both spouses working jobs and the kids at daycare or whatever, and better than the man working a worse job just cuz he’s the man. The meme’s still funny though, cuz Mr. Mom getting an allowance from his wife will always be a little funny. Sorry.
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The Gun Control Industry Demonization of Gun Makers’ Ads is an Intellectually Dishonest Witch Hunt
Gun control advocates are ready to start grabbing pitchforks and torches in their attempt to drive out firearm manufacturer advertisements. They say they fear that today’s advertising is running to a tipping point where they need to rally the villagers to chase the monster pieced together by mad gun advertisers out of town.
Today’s gun ads, they claim, are a horrific menagerie of “toxic masculinity,” fearmongering and anti-government militancy. Except none of that is true.
Gun Review: Arex Delta Gen.2 M 9mm Pistol
The world of 9mm polymer-framed striker-fired guns is vast and seemingly ever-growing. Every major company has some form of that pistol. Even small, relatively unknown companies known for their metal-framed, hammer-fired guns are making polymer frame striker-fired guns.
Arex is more or less known for its metal-framed SIG P226 style clones. Recently they moved into the crowded market of striker-fired 9mms known as the Arex Delta Gen.2 series. Today we are looking at the compact variant, the Delta Gen.2 M.
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VIDEO: Young Teens Show Off Their Illegal GLOCK Full-Auto Switches
The ATF has been fighting a losing battle against “GLOCK switches” for years now.
It started as yet another illegal import from the likes of Wish.com.
ATF agents were scurrying around trying to chase down buyers of the switches. Back in 2019, they had their hands more than full trying to find he buyers of at least 2900 of the switches.
But thanks to 3D printing, there’s less and less need to resort to Asia for illegal pistol conversion accessories when it’s cheap and easy to produce them right here.
Highland Park Victims, Families Sue Smith & Wesson For Making and Selling a Legal Firearm
Following the settlement reached between the Sandy Hook families and what remains of the old Remington, victims and families of high profile shootings — usually backed by gun control industry attorneys — now see what they think is a way to skirt the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Their new tack is to claim “misleading advertising” somehow convinces would-be killers to buy their firearm and shoot innocent people with it.
Pelican’s New Extra-Long 1755 Air Long Case
If you own a Pelican case, you know why it’s pretty much the go-to choice for traveling with your guns and keeping them safe and sound when you do. They’re damn-near indestructible. Now they’ve added a new extra-long 55-inch case to carry your most lengthy rifles and shotguns with plenty of room to spare.
Here’s their press release . . .
Pelican Products, Inc., the global leader in rugged, mission-critical protective cases and coolers, launched the longest injection-molded case, the Pelican 1755 Air case.
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Alaska Bans Carrying Guns On Its Ferry Boats…Is That Constitutional?
Recently, I was looking at options for visiting Alaska. It’s a real bucket list item, and I’d like to take an epic trip from Key West to the North Slope in Alaska, from the southernmost point you can drive to in the U.S. to the northernmost point. But I’d like to do something a little more chill on the way back to the lower 48. I want to load my weird car on a ferry and take it easy for a few days on the way down to Seattle.
Jackpot: Texas Couple Find M-16s In Cases Sold As Military Surplus
When you buy government surplus from the military, it’s supposed to be double and triple-checked that nothing “inappropriate” is in the lot that’s being sold. However, for one couple in Texas who buys large quantities of military surplus for resale, they got quite a surprise in cases designed to transport M-16 rifles.
One of the crates — no doubt heavier than the others — contained 12 M-16s…of all things. Full-auto capable and ready to rock.
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 350 X-Frame Revolver
It didn’t take much imagination to come up with the name. Almost 20 years after Smith & Wesson introduced the X-Frame revolver and the .500 S&W Magnum to the world, Smith has taken a decidedly different turn with the X-tra large wheel gun.
For 2022, they made a middle-bore on the big frame. They call it the Model 350 and chambered it in .350 Legend.
I’m a huge fan of these huge guns and not just because JDub likes ’em thicc.
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Prosecutor in ‘Rust’ Movie Set Homicide Moving Towards Potential Criminal Charges for Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin has been looking down the barrel of potential criminal charges after he fired a fatal shot on the set of his film “Rust” last year in New Mexico. Baldwin initiated a negligent discharge that killed his Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins and wounded the film’s director Joel Souza.
Now, the local prosecutor, Mary Carmack-Altwies, has asked the state of New Mexico for special supplemental funding to prosecute “between one and four people,” apparently including Baldwin, over the homicide.
Kentucky School Shooter Who ‘Still Hears Voices’ Denied Parole, Will Serve Life Sentence
By Travis Loller, AP
A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will have to spend the rest of his life in prison without another opportunity to seek parole, the Kentucky Parole Board voted Monday.
Michael Carneal, now 39, told parole board members last week that he would live with his parents and continue his mental health treatment if they agreed to release him.
Cubans Reject Giffords’ Campaign Stretch Gun Control Push in Florida
Democrats are campaigning differently this year as they aim to connect the party’s priorities to the personal experiences of a group that often feels overlooked in national politics.
The effort comes at a volatile moment for Latinos in Florida. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has attracted national attention to immigration after arranging to fly a group of Venezuelans from Texas to Massachusetts’ Martha’s Vineyard as part of a state-funded relocation program for migrants who are in the country illegally.
Ruger Reintroduces the Marlin Model 1895 Guide Gun Lever Action Rifle
From Ruger . . .
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is pleased to announce the Marlin Model 1895 Guide Gun. Formerly known as an “1895 GBL” (Guide Big Loop), this model is Ruger’s first reintroduction in the Guide Gun family of rifles and Ruger’s first introduction of an alloy steel Marlin rifle with a blued finish.
“The Guide Gun is our next step in the expansion of the Marlin line,” stated CEO and President, Chris Killoy.
Bill de Blasio 2.0: New York Mayor Eric Adams Rivals His Predecessor for Fecklessness, Blame-Shifting
BREAKING: 15 Killed, 24 Wounded in Russian School Shooting
“Things like this rarely happen anywhere except in America….” Or so says Joe Biden, Kamaka Harris and the rest of America’s gun control pimps. Don’t expect today’s tragedy in Russia to merit anything but also-ran coverage. Nevertheless, a lunatic shot and killed 15 people in a school in central Russia and wounded 24 more before killing himself as police approached with one of two handguns he reportedly carried. All but six of the victims were children.
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Video Shows Denver Cops Wound 6 Bystanders In Addition to the Bad Guy…Out of 6 Rounds Fired
Denver police officers faced an armed bad guy who drew down on them in the midst of a busy bar crowd at 1:35 a.m. The cops engaged, firing their sidearms, scoring seven hits out of six rounds fired. That represents a remarkable 117% hit rate. The only problem is that six of the seven people who were wounded soaked up rounds meant for the bad guy.
They surely don’t appreciate DPD’s marksmanship skilles, or lack thereof.