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Hawaii Tells Citizens They’re ‘Safer’ When Government Limits Their Rights
Gun control activists talk a lot about “safety.” They love the word so much, they’ve tried to entirely re-brand gun control as “gun safety.” But in reality, “gun safety” is just their latest buzzword for leaving you disarmed and helpless.
Worse, “common-sense gun safety” has become a near constant refrain from those who oppose your natural right to self-defense. But their idea of “common sense” is to claim you’re safer when it’s more difficult to defend yourself from violent criminals.
Beretta Updates Their APX Platform With the New APX A1 9mm Pistol
Last week I was in Nashville for Beretta’s launch of their updated APX pistol. Beretta has built a lot of improvements into the new APX A1 over the original APX which Beretta will tell you about in the press release below.
I own and am a fan of the the original APX and was able to put a lot of rounds through the new gun. We have one on its way for a complete going over.
Frum: It’s Not Insane, Racist, or Deluded People Who Take Lives, It’s the Guns
The crucial variable in mass shootings is not ideas but weapons. We cannot control ideas or speech and should not attempt to do so even if we could. But we could reduce access to the weaponry that converts ideology into atrocity. At least, other advanced countries find themselves able to do so. Almost every country on Earth has citizens filled with vitriol, but no comparably advanced country has a gun-violence epidemic quite like America’s.
Gun Meme of the Day: Unfair Don’t Care Edition
There’s a flag on the play! Constitutional violation, bad law. Penalty, mass non-compliance.
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Personal Defense Lessons From The Buffalo Grocery Store Shooting
For those who haven’t read about it yet, there was a mass shooting Saturday at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. The shooter drove several hours to find a place he thought would have the greatest concentration of African Americans and few people carrying guns. He then used a rifle to kill ten people and injure three others.
In this article, I want to go through what information we can find about this tragedy with the goal of giving readers good information they can use to keep themselves safe from similar attacks in the future.
His ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban Failed, So Now Canada PM Justin Trudeau Wants to Ban All Handguns, Too
Calling it a “last resort,” Prime Minister Trudeau wants to ban all handguns in his country.
That’s right – handguns. “There is a robust debate about taking action [on handguns] from coast-to-coast,” a Canadian government insider said.
Just like in the United States, new gun control on law-abiding citizens won’t solve Canada’s crime crisis.
Gun Review: The Gone But Not Forgotten BB Techs BB6 9mm Pistol
Before you go saying, “That looks like a…”, yes it does, because the man behind BB Techs was also the man behind features seen on GLOCK, Walther, Caracal, Steyr, Canik, Kimber, and others.
Wilhelm Bubits is a handgun mastermind who has been employed by or sold designs to several companies over the years. BB Techs was a company of his own where he was able to wrap several design concepts into a single firearm, the BB6.
Gov. Kathy Hochul Calls for Federal Action to Enact the Same Gun Control Laws That Failed in New York
“I continue to call on Washington to do just some basic things that we’ve done here in New York. I also call on the Supreme Court, which is actually considering rolling back some of the protections that were put in place here to protect New York citizens from gun violence.”
And there you have a look inside the mind of a gun control zealot…someone who’s so invested in the idea that restricting citizens’ gun rights is the only way to prevent the kind of atrocity we saw over the weekend that she has no ability to look at what happened rationally.
The Noxious, One-Sided Fixation on Blaming Liberals’ Political Enemies for Mass Shootings
So desperate and uncontrolled was this ghoulish attempt to blame [Tucker] Carlson for the Buffalo shootings that my email inbox and social media feeds were festering with various liberal pundits demanding to know why I had not yet manifested my views of this shooting — as though it is advisable or even possible to formulate definitive opinions about a complex mass murder spree that had just taken place less than five hours before.
Remington and Federal Ammunition Raise $100,000 for Ukraine Relief Efforts
From Remington . . .
Remington Ammunition along with sister brand Federal Ammunition is proudly sending a check of $100,000 to support crisis relief efforts in the war-torn country of Ukraine. A t-shirt campaign to support Ukrainian refugees generated a great response, with proceeds from the sales reaching the $100K milestone in less than two months.
“This campaign and the tremendous response exceeded our expectations, forcing several re-orders of the t-shirts,” said Jason Vanderbrink, President of Remington, Federal, CCI, and Speer Ammunition.
Massad Ayoob On the Philando Castile Shooting and What To Do If You’re Stopped By Police
In a recent video, Wilson Combat hosted Massad Ayoob, who provided advice based on the tragic death of Philando Castile. For those unfamiliar, a police officer shot and killed Castile while he was lawfully carrying a concealed pistol with a permit. His death resulted in a politically and racially-charged multi-way feud between the “back the blue” crowd, gun rights activists, and people concerned with the rate of police killings of African Americans.
Many of weren’t sure where to stand on this, especially early on when details were sketchy and incomplete.
Sacramento Wants You to Turn In Your Gun for a $50 Gas Card
“Sacramento police want your guns in exchange for gas money,” says a May 6 Sacramento Bee headline. The department asks residents to give away their firearms, which the Second Amendment authorizes them to keep and bear, for a $50 gas gift card that would not even provide a fill-up for many vehicles.
The department claims it will not ask any questions or demand identification, but it is unlikely that any criminals will be handing over firearms.
Buffalo Shooter Reportedly Chose a New York Target Because of the State’s Gun Control Laws
The officially unidentified shooter who opened fire at a Buffalo, New York grocery store reportedly published a racist, anti-semitic 180-page manifesto justifying his efforts to “show to the replacers that as long as the White man lives, our land will never be theirs and they will never be safe from us.”
The manifesto, which hasn’t yet been confirmed as being authored by the Buffalo shooter, identifies the author as 18-year-old Payton Gendron from Southern Tier, New York.
BREAKING: At Least 10 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire in Buffalo Grocery Store
By Carolyn Thompson, Michael Balsamo and Dave Collins, AP
A gunman sporting a rifle and body armor opened fire in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing at least 10 people before being taken into custody Saturday afternoon, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Details on the number of additional people shot at the Tops Friendly Market and their conditions weren’t immediately available. The two officials were not permitted to speak publicly on the matter and did so on the condition of anonymity.
A Look Inside Remington’s Lonoke Ammunition Plant
Earlier this week I got a tour of Beretta’s manufacturing facility in Gallatin, Tennessee. While I’ve never been to Remington’s Lonoke, Arkansas ammunition plant, I just ran across one of the videos in a series that Remington has produced in recent months that give you a peek at what their people do to keep you supplied with gun food. It’s good to see them busy and the machinery humming. Enjoy.
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Brady’s Jonathan Lowy is Very Upset About the Gun Control Industry’s Latest Court Loss
This ruling is outrageous and without precedent. Americans have the right to enact strong laws to protect their families and communities from gun violence, and the Second Amendment was never intended to force us all to live in the gun lobby’s guns-for-everyone-and-everywhere dystopia.
It is not unreasonable for California to decide that teenagers who can’t legally buy a Michelob or a martini should not be able to buy a Glock or a Beretta.
Gun Meme of the Day: Grades of 2nd Amendment Edition
I support the Second Amendment, but…nothing.
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SIG SAUER Adds a PRS Model of Their CROSS Bolt Action Rifle
From SIG SAUER . . .
SIG SAUER is pleased to announce the first expansion of the CROSS rifle with the introduction of the CROSS-PRS that delivers match grade features fine-tuned for precision accuracy.
“This launch is an exciting series of firsts for SIG – this is the first expansion of our popular CROSS rifle and the first rifle we’ve built specifically for long range, precision rifle competition,” began Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President Commercial Sales, SIG SAUER, Inc.
The CDC Is Politicizing Violent Crime Data Involving Guns…Again…Still…
From the CCRKBA
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control focusing on a spike in gun-related violence pulls data out of context and demonstrates how the CDC is “up to its old tricks” under the Biden administration, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
“All violent crime was up in 2020, the year on which the CDC research focused,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.