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Apex Tactical’s New Affordable Polymer Action Trigger Enhancement Kits for GLOCK Gen3 and Gen4 Pistols
From Apex Tactical . . .
Apex Tactical Specialties is pleased to announce a new budget friendly polymer version of its Action Enhancement Kit for the Gen 3 and Gen 4 Glock model pistols. The new Polymer Action Enhancement Kit will be available soon for an inflation-beating MSRP of just $90.00.
Offered with a Black, FDE, Red, Purple or Blue polymer trigger body mounted to an Apex Gen 3 style trigger bar, the new kit delivers the same great performance that has made Apex the top-selling aftermarket trigger upgrade for most Glock models.
Nevada County Evicts Anti-Gun Judges From County Government Building
“Gun-free” zones are something of a contagion, particularly among government entities. When rigorously treated (through opposition and education), they can be contained to a reasonable size and cover only “essential” places like prisons. When ignored and allowed to flourish, they have a way of spreading and infecting areas around them. That’s exactly what’s happened in Nye County, Nevada.
When Bruce Jabbour, a pro-gun county commissioner, got into office in 2021, he found out that he wouldn’t be allowed to lawfully carry his pistol in his own office.
Things That Don’t Suck: Hawaiian House Shotgun Loader V2
What’s a Hawaiian House? It’s a website that sells a few different tactical products, a few patches, some hats, shirts, etc. I ran across a short video on Reddit showing this fancy Shotgun Loader V2 that worked like a Pez dispenser for twelve gauge rounds. I was intrigued, went to the website, and ordered two. It seemed like a new solution to carry spare shotgun ammo.
Carrying extra shotgun rounds can be a real pain in the butt.
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Another New York City Subway Shooting Will Mean More New Yorkers Who Want Their Gun Rights Back
Earlier this year, Jeremy and I sat down with a professor from a university in the UK who is writing a book on “how the idea of freedom is understood and practiced in different communities and different parts of the USA.” She wanted to learn more about America’s relationship with and attitudes toward firearms and gun rights.
We met her at The Range at Austin and talked for two-plus hours before putting a couple of guns in her hand and letting her pull the trigger for the first time since she was a child.
Calibers for Beginners: .22LR
The Calibers for Beginners series is been dedicated to delivering fast facts about some of today’s most common, controversial, and useful cartridges in a way that’s easy for new shooters to grasp. Arguably the uncontested king of beginner’s cartridges is the useful, versatile, venerable .22LR round.
The .22LR is probably the most popular cartridge in the world. It has been made in the trillions and it’s safe to say that virtually every American knows someone who owns a gun that fires the round.
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The Long, Convoluted, Unfinished Saga of Heckler & Koch’s Modular HK433 Rifle
By Peter Nealen
The following is some of Heckler & Koch’s PR boilerplate about the company’s HK433 rifle. Of course, you have to expect some degree of self-importance from any manufacturer, maybe especially HK, and they don’t disappoint.
The new compact and modular assault rifle generation
Countless ideas, decades of know-how, and sophisticated solutions tested and proven under the most rigorous conditions worldwide are the foundation of Heckler & Koch’s pioneering weapon technologies.
Access and Affordability Are Key to Ensuring Future Generations of Hunters
Hunting and recreational shooting sports are staples of American pastimes. Often, finding the time to get outdoors is a significant hurdle. For some respondents, free access to places to safely hunt and shoot is the real obstacle. In a 2012 partnership between Responsive Management and NSSF, a baseline report was conducted to understand this critical issue.
With support from an Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Multistate Conservation Grant, the report, “Assessing the Quality and Availability of Hunting and Shooting Access in the United States,” was produced.
Healthcare Industry CEO Grabs For More Government Cash After the Buffalo Shooting
A recent op-ed at Scientific American, written by a large healthcare system CEO and a doctor, jumped onto the anti-gun bandwagon just a few days after the recent white supremacist terror attack in a Buffalo, New York supermarket. Unsurprisingly, the authors argue that gun violence is a public health problem and that health professionals should be part of solving it.
The article shares the story of a hospital-based gun violence prevention program that they say actually worked.
NY Mayor Adams Can Only Stoke Fear as the Supreme Court’s NYSRPA v. Bruen Ruling Nears
Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams was elected to get his city back on a path to safety. He’s instead continued down the path of his predecessors to punish law-abiding New Yorkers. He’s failed to turn the focus and resources towards those that commit crimes and hold them to account.
The result is surging crime and Mayor Adams’s recent “big announcement” was a nationalized gun control plan that will do little in his city.
42,000 Americans Died in Car Wrecks Last Year, It’s Time for Common Sense Auto Safety Legislation
From the CCRKBA . . .
Alarming new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows 42,915 people were killed in traffic accidents last year, so the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today suggested a crackdown on automobiles.
“Maybe we should ban cars,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, sarcastically. “After the CDC reported more than 19,000 gun-related homicides in 2020, there was a renewed push to ban certain types of firearms as the solution.
JSD Supply Moves to Stop ATF Cease and Desist Orders From Putting Gun Parts Sellers Out of Business
If you want a good look at the way the ATF is operating under the Biden-Harris administration, there’s no better example than how the federal firearms regulatory agency is conducting business now that they’ve officially “redefined” the legal definition of a firearm. The sub-rosa motivation behind putting the new rule in place, which doesn’t officially go into effect until August, is to shut down as much of the online gun parts business as possible.
You can read the ATF’s summary of the new rule here.
Oh Hell No: Dem Senators’ Bill Would Require DOJ Approval Before Americans Can Buy Guns
Democrats have not leaned into gun control measures in the wake of the racist shooter’s deadly attack in Buffalo over the weekend, but Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is taking on the issue despite long legislative odds. Booker, along with Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), is introducing legislation today that would require people trying to get a firearm to get a license from the Department of Justice before they can buy or receive a gun.
Gun Meme of the Day: Gender Fluid Rifle Edition
Rifle identity is an infinite spectrum. I’m not a rifle though so I can’t define it.
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Most Mass Shooters Aren’t Insane, Their Actions are a Quest for Significance Gone Horribly Wrong
Arie Kruglanski, University of Maryland
Agonizing questions are being raised by the recent tragic shooting incident in Buffalo, New York, where 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is alleged to have shot 10 people dead and wounded three. As in the recent years’ similar acts of horror at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a Walmart in El Paso, and a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, people want to know how such senseless acts of violence can even happen, why they happen so often, and whether anything can be done to stem their dreadful tide.
We Need to Put a Big ‘I Did That’ Biden Sticker On Every Gun Sales Report
Americans have been buying a lot of guns. The figure is in the tens of millions. It might be time to get one of the gas pump stickers of President Joe Biden saying, “I did that.”
After all, it is his failing policies that are driving many to take up lawful gun ownership. The Biden administration’s failure to address rampant crime, attacks on Second Amendment rights and weaponizing of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to become a political arm of gun control instead of a law enforcement and regulatory bureau has woken Americans of all walks of life that gun ownership is not only legal; it’s responsible.
Things That Don’t Suck: Beretta Off Shot Passive Earplugs
I was in Nashville last week for the rollout of Beretta’s new, updated APX A1 pistol. I’ve been to more than a few of these kinds of events and the companies that put them on are always nice enough make eye and ear protection available for everyone in attendance who don’t bring their own.
I always bring my own to these things. I have custom-molded silicone passive internal plugs and very good electronic over-the-ear muffs.
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Bowen: Republicans’ Policies Are Arming Criminals in Increasingly Violent Cities
The city of Milwaukee continues to process a series of shootings in the downtown area last weekend. Known as the “Deer District,” in homage to the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, the downtown entertainment district saw a trio of shooting sprees between 9:10 p.m. and 11:54 p.m., leaving more than 20 people injured. All of the victims, ranging from 15-47 years of age, are expected to recover.
Ten people were arrested, 17 were left injured, and 10 firearms were recovered from just one of the shootings.
BREAKING: Governor Hochul Announces Push to Mandate Microstamping in New York
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that, among other measures she’ll be taking to fight white supremacy and domestic terrorism after the Buffalo supermarket shooting, she’ll also be working with the New York legislature to pass a microstamping mandate.
After laying out a range of moves she’ll be making to combat white supremacy and domestic terrorism (focusing on domestic terrorism, threat assessment, social media monitoring), she announced what she intends to do about the “weaponization of hate.”
She then held up a couple of .233/5.56 rounds to show the kind of ammunition the Buffalo killer used, then announced .