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Ukraine: Arming Civilians Proves Public Trust Is Essential To Defense and Preparedness
In another recent article, I pointed out that arming civilians at the last minute to fight an existential threat isn’t the best plan for success. If you really want to have armed civilians be a last line of defense, it’s better to at least ensure they have some experience. But that’s still better than nothing and appears to be making a difference.
One Ukrainian Twitter account, however, made a very good point .
Chicago: Where Guns – Not Gangs – Are Our Common Enemy
Some say we don’t do enough for the police. Others say we do too much. All of this must stop.
We have a common enemy: it’s guns & the violence they bring.
— Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) August 8, 2021
“We have a common enemy: it’s guns & the violence they bring.”
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at Twitter
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Gun Meme of the Day: Tank at the Waffle House Edition
It’s not about miles per gallon so much as gallons per mile. But she’ll get ya there safely.
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Chicago’s Palace Guard Media Shields Pritzker From Ken Griffin’s ‘Gun Violence’ Criticism
What happens when you dare to criticize a powerful elected official in a state where the major media outlets agree with the big man in charge? You get savaged by the palace guard, that’s what happens. And it doesn’t even matter that their claims of hypocrisy are laughably flimsy. The message to all is still clear: shut up, or we’ll come after you and anyone else who doesn’t keep their head down.
Illinois is basically a one-party state.
Biden’s High Court Nominee’s Experience Should Motivate Her Defense of All Constitutional Rights
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Following President Biden’s announcement nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) released the following statement:
As we’ve said before, the justices of the Supreme Court should, and indeed must, do what the Constitution’s text and liberty compel. One need not look further than the current Russian invasion of Ukraine to fully comprehend that the human right to keep and bear arms is as relevant and necessary today as ever.
Gun Review: Savage Arms Stance 9mm Pistol
Savage has been around since 1894, and in that time, they’ve produced a wide variety of firearms. The modern Savage has mostly been a rifle company, with some shotguns sprinkled in along the way.
Recently Savage has been producing a number of interesting weapons. We have the Impulse, a straight-pull bolt action rifle, the Renegauge, a gas-operated semi-auto rifle. And now we have the Savage Stance, 9mm subcompact pistol.
The Stance is Savage’s first pistol in about 100 years.
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A Wisconsin Woman Tries to Use Sex Trafficking as a Defense for Shooting and Killing Her Abuser
By Todd Richmond, AP
On a June night in 2018, 17-year-old Chrystul Kizer put a .38-caliber pistol in her book bag and took an Uber from Milwaukee to Kenosha.
She walked into Randall Volar’s home. She had met Volar on a sex trafficking website and for the past year he had been molesting her and selling her as a prostitute, according to court documents.
Kizer would tell detectives later that Volar, 34, tried to touch her.
Ukraine and The Left Suddenly Embrace Civilian Gun Rights
Sometimes you just have to go out and look at the stars. Sure, you could do that to relax, but right now we need to give the heavens a quick check to see if the Earth has been sucked through a wormhole and into an alternate universe.
Why? Because it’s sure looking like we’re in a some kind of bizarro world where the authoritarian left loves guns. Check this out that’s making its way around the Twitterverse .
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No Arrests Made Yet After 14 Shot, 1 Killed in Late Night Vegas Hookah Parlor Party Shooting
From the AP . . .
Fourteen people were shot during a party at a Las Vegas hookah lounge early Saturday, including one man who was killed and two others who were critically wounded.
The shooting happened about 3:15 a.m. and preliminary information indicated there was a party during which two people got into an altercation and exchanged gunfire, said police Capt. Dori Koren.
Koren told reporters no arrests have been made and no suspect descriptions were immediately available but that authorities did not believe there was any danger to the general public.
Germany Gives In, Authorizes Arms Shipments to Ukraine
Before Saturday’s turnaround, senior Ukrainian officials had been complaining bitterly for weeks about Germany’s refusal to allow arms shipments to bolster Ukraine’s defenses.
Estonia, in particular, had said it wanted to send old howitzers but was prevented from doing so because Germany was withholding its approval. Estonia bought the weapons from Finland, which gave its sign-off, but Germany also has to OK the transfer because it originally sold the howitzers to Finland.
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If You Can Own Only One Gun, There Are Plenty Of Reasons It Should Be An AR-15
While in many respects, a shotgun is indeed a great (the best?) choice if you can only own one gun…but an AR-15 is also a darn good option.
In fact, an AR pattern rifle is a better choice in certain regards, though not as much in others. Shotguns are a little more ubiquitous, it’s true, but America’s favorite rifle, the AR-15 comes darn close.
For starters, the AR-15 is one of the easiest weapon systems to learn.
SAF Urges Support for Zbroya, the Ukrainian Gun Owners Association
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
“The whole world is watching, but gun owners around the world can actually be helping,” said Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation. “We’re calling on our fellow gun owners and rights activists to support Zbroya, the Ukranian Gun Owners Association (UGOA).
UGOA is a member organization of the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR), which SAF spearheaded and helped organize more than a decade ago.
Wright: Forget Masks and Vaccines, Why Not Mandate Gun Ownership?
Mandatory militia service faded away after the Civil War in part due to the realization that as long as the American people remained armed, they could form militias if and when necessary. More importantly, the military-industrial complex realized that it could get higher congressional appropriations if the American people felt vulnerable to invasion from Mexico and/or Canada, with help from some Eurasian or East Asian power of course. Mandatory militia service remains alive and well, though, in Israel and Switzerland, and Kennesaw, Georgia has mandated gun ownership since 1982, though enforcement is lax.
Gun Meme of the Day: Ukraine Edition
Too soon, I know. Personally I’m just now warming up to Abraham Lincoln assassination jokes.
In all seriousness, Ukrainians are being absolute badasses and patriots and I wish them every success.
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Ukraine Grants Citizens the Right to Bear Arms…A Little Too Late
By Jonathan Miltimore
Russian soldiers flooded into Ukraine Thursday under orders from President Vladimir Putin, threatening to obliterate a peace that has existed on the European continent for more than 75 years.
News reports say cities were bombarded by land, air, and sea, and Ukrainian forces were struggling to hold ground surrounding Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, against tens of thousands of Russian soldiers.
Prior to the attack, Ukrainian officials took steps to help Ukrainian civilians protect themselves.
Idaho Bill Would Reimburse Legal Fees of Those Charged in Self-Defense Shootings
From the Associated Press . . .
A panel of lawmakers introduced legislation that would strengthen Idaho’s “stand your ground” law by requiring counties to reimburse anyone charged in a slaying if a judge or jury concludes they acted in self-defense.
Sen. Christy Zito, a Republican from Hammett, said the proposal is needed to protect people like Kyle Rittenhouse, who used an AR-15 rifle to shoot three people during a street protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020.
Texas AG Sues the ATF Over Regulation of ‘Made in Texas’ Suppressors
Last year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that says suppressors that are built, owned, and used within the state are not subject to federal regulation under the National Firearms Act. The new law set up a legal challenge that, once it plays out in the courts, could result in the elimination of the onerous NFA compliance requirements surrounding silencers that are stamped “Made in Texas” and never leave the state.
As TTAG legal wizard LKB wrote at the time .
Gun Meme of the Day: I Like What I Like Edition
Disappointing snoops since 2001.
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Henry Donates 55 Rifles to Raise Funds for 4-Year-Old’s Kidney Cancer Treatments
From Henry Repeating Arms . . .
Leading lever action firearm manufacturer, Henry Repeating Arms, is donating a custom series of 55 “Miss Milah’s Miracle” edition rifles to raise funds for four-year-old Milah Schevenius of Decatur, Indiana. Milah was diagnosed with bilateral Wilms’ tumor at just 3-year-old, a rare occurrence affecting less than 10% of all children’s kidney cancer cases. All proceeds of the fundraising campaign will be presented to the Schevenius family to assist with the associated healthcare costs of Milah’s treatments.
The Truth About AR-15 Pistols and Stabilizing Braces
By Emily Taylor
Since 2013, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) estimates that over 3 million stabilizing braces, or pistol braces, have been sold in the U.S. With over a dozen designs available on the market, they are mostly meant to be used with AR-15 style pistols. Pistol braces are devices meant to improve the shootability of large-format, intermediate caliber pistols, without shouldering them with a stock.
Putting a stock on a pistol would require the possessor to have registered the item with the ATF in accordance with the National Firearms Act (NFA), since it would make the item a short-barreled rifle (SBR)—this also means paying a $200 tax stamp and going through an enhanced vetting process (see 18 U.S.C.
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