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Gun Meme of the Day: Dr Phil’s Relationship Advice Edition
That’s funny, usually when he speaks all I hear is a quacking noise.
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Libertarians Lulz at David Hogg’s Expense [VIDEO]
Poor David Hogg. He was gifted a spot at Harvard even though he didn’t have the grades to get himself into the local community college. But we live in a time when victimhood, activism, and media celebrity count for more than academic achievement and test scores.
Worse still, David has an iPhone and a Twitter account…both of which he puts to regular use while exposing how poorly equipped and embarrassingly ill-formed he is.
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Who is Steven Dettelbach, the Man Biden is Reportedly Considering to Head the ATF?
By Lee Williams
Joe Biden is considering nominating another staunch anti-gunner to head the ATF, according to POLITICO, even though millions of angry American gun owners helped scuttle Biden’s first choice, David Chipman, because of Chipman’s long history of anti-gun advocacy.
Several sources allegedly told the online news site that Biden will choose Steve Dettelbach, the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
Dettelbach, a Democrat, ran unsuccessfully for Ohio Attorney General in 2018, losing to Republican Dave Yost.
Shocker: Sacramento Shooting Was A Gunfight Involving At Least 5 Warring Gang Members
By Adam Beam and Brian Melley, AP
The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just blocks from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said Wednesday.
Police said they identified at least five gunmen but there may have been more. Only two suspects — both brothers wounded by gunfire — have been arrested in connection with the shooting and, so far, only face firearms charges.
74-Year-Old ‘Lurch’ Says He Shot a Teenage Home Invader Multiple Times
The homeowner, who asked to be identified by his nickname of “Lurch,” told FOX 8 Cleveland the home invasion happened around 7:30 in the morning March 29. He said he opened fire when the teen came crashing through his front glass door.
The hurt teen rolled down the steps to the basement, where he allegedly grabbed a shovel.
“I shot him again,” Lurch said. He then kept an eye on the intruder until police arrived.
Gun Meme of the Day: Powder Puff Edition
If you don’t explain why you’re asking, it didn’t happen. (gentle relationship advice, that)
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CCRKBA Biden Needs to Reload His Brain Before He Shoots Off His Mouth
From the CCRKBA . . .
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today blasted President Joe Biden for shamelessly exploiting the tragic mass killing in Sacramento to further his gun prohibition agenda by calling for bans on so-called “ghost guns” and demanding background checks for all gun sales.
Six people died and a dozen more were wounded in the attack, which occurred just after 2 a.m.
Grand Jury: Kyle Carruth Won’t Be Charged in Shooting Death of Chad Read
The shooting death of Chad Read at the hands of his ex wife’s boyfriend, Kyle Carruth, last year was captured on video from a couple of angles and provoked much discussion. As we noted at the time, the details weren’t quite as clear-cut as some wanted to believe and it was difficult to predict whether a prosecutor would consider the shooting justified or not.
Here’s what we do know, and what the outcome is so far.
The Newest Anti-Gun Smear Isn’t Nearly As Clever As Georgia Democrats Think [VIDEO]
Georgia’s Democrats aren’t taking the passage of a constitutional carry bill well at all. They’ve released a new video featuring someone described as a former police officer. The video — produced by the Democrats and approved by Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams — is intended to spread fear in the public mind over constitutional carry. And demonize Abrams’ opponent, Governor Brian Kemp.
No permit. No background check.
70% of Georgians oppose it and law enforcement has major concerns.
Time to Face Reality in California: It’s the Crime, Not the Guns
The senseless homicides of six in Sacramento are tragic. It is a shocking and sober reminder that criminals have no respect for the law or for human life.
That’s why it’s appalling that politicians immediately leaped to calls for more gun control without knowing even the basic facts of what transpired. President Joe Biden and Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom used these senseless murders to call for a bevy of gun control items even before the crime scene was processed.
Fabulism: ATF is Unable to Verify Its Own ‘Ghost Gun’ Claims That Got the Regulatory Ball Rolling
By Lee Williams
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has a unique reputation among federal law enforcement agencies. Quite frankly, the ATF is well known for not always telling the truth. Whether its firearm statistics, after-action reports downplaying the body count of their latest sting to backfire or quotes from senior executives, any information coming from ATF is always suspect and must always be verified.
Verifying ATF information isn’t easy.
Gun Meme of the Day: Brandon’s Solutions Edition
But just think about how much safer Sacramento would have been if that prohibited person felon was even more not legally able to possess any firearm, let alone his apparent unregistered machine gun. The literal dozens of state and federal firearm laws that he broke didn’t stop him from commiting murder (which I have on good authority is also illegal, incidentally), but probably the next one will.
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Oak Forest, IL Gun Store Refused to Sell Ammo to Woman Before She Opened Fire on Police
A woman walked into Eagle Sports Range in Oak Forest, Illinois Sunday morning in Chicago’s south suburbs. She wanted to buy a box of 9mm ammo, but the Eagle Sports clerk didn’t like the way she was acting.
She seemed upset and she was acting “suspiciously.” As CBS Chicago reports . . .
…she was on the phone, seemed very agitated and unholstered her gun on a few occasions, which also made them uncomfortable.
Politicians and the Gun Control Industry Are All Out of Answers After the Sacramento Shooting
Saturday night there was a fight outside a bar in Sacramento at about 2:00am. That’s a bad time to be out and mixing it up with anyone, anywhere and things went sideways. Badly.
#BREAKING: New video from the shooting in downtown Sacramento, California appears to capture fully automatic gunfire. Up to 6 fatalities reported at this time. pic.twitter.com/oHUFea5vF6
— UA News (@UrgentAlertNews) April 3, 2022
Two people opened fire and six people were killed.
Polymer80: NBC News Wants You to Think Home Built Guns are a Menace to Society
The professional jernalizmists at NBC News set out to produce sensational hidden camera hit pieces on JSD Supply and Polymer80. The goal, of course, was to send a chill down the spines of Mr. And Mrs. America over the looming threat that “ghost guns” present to law and order. They want the average uninformed citizen to associate legal home-built firearms with criminals and violence.
In the process of putting together their ham-handed piece on JSD, NBC’s highly trained media professionals managed to violate a range of local, state and federal laws (allegedly), something we and others have pointed out (see here).
After the Arrest of an Armed Felon in the Sacramento Shooting, Gun-Grabbers Struggle for Solutions
They’ve banned high-capacity magazines and cracked down on assault weapons. They’ve made it so Californians have to pass a background check to purchase a gun and ammunition. They’ve prohibited buyers from having ammo or “ghost” gun parts shipped directly to their homes.
When it comes to gun laws, California’s legislators have passed some of the most stringent regulations in the country, checking off nearly every box on national gun control advocates’ wishlist.
Gun Meme of the Day: He’s Doing His Best Edition
Happy wife happy life? He’s trying.
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Gun Review: Taurus G3XL 9MM Pistol
Taurus recently released the G3XL 9mm pistol along with the G3X at SHOT this year. Both guns are variations on Taurus’s successful G3 full-size pistol. The G3X combines a slide length of the G3c (with its 3.2-inch barrel) with the larger frame of the G3. The G3XL reverses that. Sort of.
The G3XL puts the longer slide of the G3 (4.0-inch barrel) on the smaller G3c compact frame. The idea is to give you a longer sight radius and better ballistic performance of a longer barrel with smaller, more concealable frame.
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NRA-ILA: Happy That Half the States Have Constitutional Carry? Thank the NRA
A press release from the NRA Institute for Legislative Action . . .
A more than 30-year effort by the National Rifle Association (NRA) reached a milestone [last week] as the Georgia legislature became the 25th state in the nation to pass constitutional carry. A movement long championed by the NRA, constitutional carry eliminates the need for government permission before a law-abiding individual can exercise their right to bear arms.
“The NRA paved the way for constitutional carry by first leading the charge for right-to-carry nearly 40 years ago.
Gendle: There is No Legitimate Use for Magazines Holding More Than 10 Rounds
In my view, it’s time to stop obsessing over the nebulous term “assault weapon,” as well as the cosmetic features that are employed to define exactly what type of firearm might qualify as such a weapon. All too often, proposals seeking to regulate or ban “assault weapons” focus on cosmetic characteristics, such as the existence of flash suppressors, pistol grips, bayonet lugs, external magazines or overall “military styling.” These add-ons and designs do not meaningfully impact the firearm’s functionality or how potentially deadly the firearm might be.