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Kansas FIND Act Financial Anti-Discrimination Bill to Be Heard in a Key Senate Committee
[ED: Texas enacted the FIND Act in 2021 in response to big banks’ anti-gun policies. Money center banks like Bank of America, Citibank, JP Morgan Chase and others had put lending and underwriting policies in place that explicitly discriminated against lawful gun industry-related businesses. Once signed into law, Texas’s FIND Act has forced a change in some of those banks’ policies and a number of other states are considering bills of their own. Now a similar bill is under consideration in Kansas.]
From the National Shooting Sports Foundation .
How to Empower Your Fellow Americans, Not Enslave Them
Make no mistake that everything government is engaged in today, from legislation to regulation, is almost always about control, not freedom, liberty, or innovation. It’s about controlling people, not empowering them.
“When I feel the heat, I see the light,” said life-long Illinois politician Everett Dirksen.
Given how quickly the “follow the science” crowd has changed their tune on mask and vaccine mandates, you’d think they must be feeling some heat, right?
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FPC to YouTube: Ignore Gun-Grabbing Senators’ Plea to Censor ‘Ghost Gun’ Content
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement in response to the February 14, 2022 letter from Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Edward Markey (D-MA) to YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, demanding that it remove lawful content from its platform:
Government officials using their position and authority to demand that private businesses do what they constitutionally cannot is neither American nor moral.
SIG SAUER Announces a New P365 Chambered in .380 ACP
SIG SAUER is pleased to bring a new caliber to the award winning P365 series of pistols. The long awaited P365 chambered in 380 is finally here – creating a new, softer shooting experience for an easier handling micro-compact option for everyday carry.
“The SIG SAUER P365 is the most popular concealed carry pistol on the market today. We have shipped millions of these pistols and until now it has only been available in one caliber,” said Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales, SIG SAUER, Inc.
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That’s a Dozen, Cousin…TTAG is 12 Years Old Today
The truth about guns is that the fight to defend the right to purchase own, carry and use them never ends. That’s because America a dedicated, well-financed industry of lobbyists, advocates, and zealots whose job it is to limit and — they hope, one day — eliminate the right to keep and bear arms in these United States.
Fortunately, most of the country still disagrees with that stance.
It’s almost as if the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Beto: I Still Totally Want to Take Your AR-15, But I Can’t Say That During the Campaign
“The comment about guns is going to be his biggest problem,” said Holly Gage, 40, who arrived at the Tyler park early with her family. “My husband is on the fence. It’s due to the gun thing.”
“Texas,” added her mother, Sheila Thrash, 63, “believes in its guns.”
Mr. O’Rourke’s presidential campaign shadows his run for governor, complicating his effort to present himself as a pragmatic, there-for-you Texan who embraces responsible gun ownership and wants to win over moderate voters.
Gun Meme of the Day: Valentine’s Day Conspiracy Edition
A bit late on this one, I know. I took my date to the nicest restaurant I can afford, and it turned out she had never even been to a Cracker Barrel, so we’ve had a wild couple of days.
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Gun Review: Springfield Hellcat RDP Micro 9mm Pistol
By Mike Hardesty
I’m a fan of Springfield Armory’s guns for the most part. I get it – they made some poor political choices in the past and alienated a number of gun owners. But, that was then and this is now. I’ve owned several SA pistols over the years and have reviewed even more. I have always been impressed with their firearms, and the ones made in Croatia are top-notch.
So it was with great expectations that I awaited the Hellcat RDP.
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New York Mayor Targets the Poor, Minorities in Bus Station Gun Sweeps
“It’s just a random check. We’re not going to profile people.” That’s how New York City Mayor Eric Adams tried to ease the concerns of those who’d just heard his latest plan for fighting the plague of violent crime in Gotham. As part of his comprehensive Blueprint for Ending Gun Violence, Hizzoner is going to have Port Authority police begin random luggage checks of bus passengers coming into the city.
This is the same city that shut down its Street Crimes Unit of the NYPD over civil liberties concerns surrounding the “stop-and-frisk” searches and arrests they made.
Building the Ultimate Subsonic Suppressed 338BR Rifle [VIDEO]
By Mike Semanoff
For years I was of the belief that working with non-standard or wildcat cartridges was a waste of time. With so many great high performance cartridges on the market, why would anyone want to deal with the inconveniences of fully custom rounds? The increase in performance is hardly worth the hassle of limited commercially available ammo and having to create custom reamers and dies. That is, until I went down the rabbit hole of shooting subsonic .338 rounds through my Thunderbeast 338BA suppressor.
‘The Hill’ Opts for a Clickbait Headline Over Science in Lead Ammunition Study Article
The handwringing over the use of traditional ammunition is reaching a fever pitch. Animal rights groups grabbed on to a recently-published study by The Wildlife Society to again press for conservation policy changes that would ban the use of traditional lead-based ammunition for hunting in America.
Their evidence appears to be based on the study’s abstract that hypothesized that the use of traditional ammunition is hampering the recovery of the American bald eagle population.
Would-Be Assassin of Louisville Mayoral Candidate on Gun Control, ‘Gun Violence’ and Resistance
Politicians and lobbyists will continue to push the narrative of socialists, criminal brown immigrants and unlawful black thugs as long as it persuades you to maintain their white capitalist patriarchy masked as a democracy.
They’ve had the power and resources to reduce gun violence and enact common-sense gun reform, and they’ve yet to do so. And they never will as long as it benefits them in some way.
Brownells Launches 2A Day National Celebration of the Second Amendment on 2/22/22
From Brownells . . .
Brownells invites liberty-minded people across America to Celebrate. Advocate. Join. in the freedoms guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights during the Inaugural National 2nd Amendment Day presented by Brownells on 2-22-2022.
“The spirit of this event is to designate a day that we, as a nation, recognize, celebrate and do our part to secure one of the most important rights guaranteed by our Constitution – the right to keep and bear arms,” said Pete Brownell, Chairman of the Board.
Alec Baldwin Sued by Family of Cinematographer He Shot and Killed
By Andrew Dalton, AP
The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” is suing Alec Baldwin and the movie’s producers for wrongful death, their attorneys said Tuesday.
Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins announced the lawsuit filed in New Mexico in the name of Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, at a Los Angeles news conference.
At least three other lawsuits have been filed over the shooting, but this is the first directly tied to one of the two people shot.
Sandy Hook Families Settle Lawsuit Against Remington for $73 Million
By Dave Collins, AP
The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
Remington, which made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre, also agreed to allow the families to release numerous documents they obtained during the lawsuit including ones showing how it marketed the weapon, the families said Tuesday.
Gear Review: AXIL GS Extreme 2.0 Electronic Earbuds
The eternal ear protection battle of buds versus muffs rages on in the ears of shooters around the world. For the longest time, I’ve been a big fan of muffs. They’ve always been comfier to me. Electronic muffs have provided better audio quality and fit my bigger head a fair bit better.
The guys at AXIL were convinced they could change my mind with the updated version of their GS Extreme Bluetooth electronic earbuds with improved audio quality and increased battery life.
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Gun Meme of the Day: Mixed Messaging Edition
I mean, if it weren’t for double standards they wouldn’t have any standards at all, right?
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The Parkland Shooting Was Proof Positive That Gun Control Doesn’t Work
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a tragic event. Particularly so in that could have been prevented. Not prevented by enacting more gun control laws. It could have been prevented by the proper administration and application of law enforcement and school administration.
But since the shooting four years ago, those who so clearly failed to do their jobs that day and in the years before have laid the blame for the massacre on law-abiding gun owners and the inanimate object the killer used.
South Dakota Senate Committee Considers Bill to Ban Financial Discrimination by Big Banks
From the NSSF . . .
Tuesday February 15th, South Dakota Senate Bill 182 will be heard in Senate Commerce Committee. Before Tuesday, take a moment to reach out to your elected representatives in the legislature and to Governor Noem and let them know – financial industry discrimination against 2nd Amendment companies is real, and, South Dakota should push back.
Please respectfully contact your elected representatives Here: and Governor Kristi Noem here.