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USA Today Uses Bloomberg-Paid Anti-Gun Activist to Interview David Chipman
By Lee Williams
The senior leaders at Gannett’s flagship newspaper, USA TODAY, have surrendered their objectivity, independence and impartiality to an anti-gun group that wants to strip law-abiding Americans of their constitutional rights.
After Joe Biden’s ATF nominee, David Chipman, was rejected by the Senate, these editors allowed their newspaper to be used by Chipman’s supporters – who are working in their own newsroom – to rewrite the narrative of Chipman’s aborted confirmation, and the editors are not letting their highly touted journalism ethics get in the way.
Biden’s Plan for the IRS Should Scare the Hell Out of Gun Owners
The Biden administration’s plan to fund a multitrillion-dollar spending plan includes having the IRS snoop into every American’s bank account to examine transactions that are $600 or greater. This alarming proposal has implications far beyond the government looking to extract tax money. It is also a potential way for the Biden administration to track who is purchasing firearms.
Treasury Sec. Janet Yellin was on Capitol Hill defending the Biden administration’s proposal.
Glenn Loury: Cops Are Not The Issue, A Sick Community Is The Issue
The heroism of George Floyd, the iconic meaning of George Floyd…if that’s what we’re celebrating, if that’s where we take our stand – that’s our story, we’re sticking to it – it’s a weak hand. It’s a profoundly weak hand.
So, the cops in Minneapolis or anyplace else are not the issue here. George Floyd, may he rest in peace. They are not the issue. The gangbangers with pistols prepared to shoot wildly into crowds are the issue.
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING: NRA Scraps Louisville For Houston in 2022
The National Rifle Association has announced a change for the date and location of the 2022 annual meetings and convention. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization has moved the event from Louisville to Houston, Texas over the Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29.
The NRA has faced plenty of justifiable criticism over its decision-making lately, but this move was both wise and prudent. Kentucky’s Governor, Democrat Martin Beshear, has earned his reputation for radical COVID mitigation mandates, including restrictions on events and gatherings along with lockdowns.
Gun Meme of the Day: Give Me All Your Toilet Paper Edition
Posting a meme is not an endorsement of said meme! I don’t make ’em, I just share ’em. But a not-at-all-made-up friend of mine once totally agreed with this sentiment.
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Chicago Gun Store Theft Shows Importance of Firearm Industry Safety Programs
Chicago’s Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot has long ignored criminal culpability when it comes to violence in the Windy City. Instead she infringes on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and hamstrings law enforcement charged with keeping streets and neighborhoods safe.
A recent Chicago Tribune report detailed the break-in of a firearm retailer by a criminal who fled with a stolen firearm.
Video Review: Lone Wolf LTD19 9mm Pistol
Lone Wolf is perhaps the oldest and largest manufacturer of hotrod, aftermarket parts for GLOCK pistols. With the release of their billet locking blocks in 2015, Lone Wolf officially made or sold a replacement part for literally every single factory part in a GLOCK. In fact, I got my hands on what I deemed the 0% GLOCK GLOCK back at that time.
Until last year, however, Lone Wolf never sold complete pistols.
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VIDEO: Dramatic California Police Shootout Leaves Officer Critically Wounded
In August, police in Modesto, California conducted a search of a home follow a high-speed pursuit. During that search, an occupant ambushed officers, leaving one critically wounded. Bodycam footage from the incident has been released, showing a very dramatic gun battle between police and felon named Jesse James.
Incredibly, despite dozens of rounds fired, the suspect escaped with only minor injuries. The wounded officer, however, has lost part of his right leg.
It all started with a high speed chase in Modesto.
FBI Crime Stats Show Criminals Turned Millions of Law-Abiding Citizens Into New Gun Owners
The FBI released the Uniform Crime Report which showed an abrupt rise in crime. It was hardly startling to those reading or watching the news. The report showed a 29 percent jump in murders in 2020. It is reportedly the largest increase since nationwide records began in the 1960s. That’s got gun control proponents banging the same drum: more guns mean more crime.
That’s just not true.
Gun Meme of the Day: Simply Put Edition
It’s all about equity, really. Even though gun control takes away the one tool that truly provides self-defense equity to women (and to the elderly, disabled, and otherwise small-of-stature/physicality, etc.). Or equality. Whatever…who even knows anymore. Let’s call it the democratization of violence.
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New From Springfield Armory: Optics-Ready 11+1 XD-M Elite 3.8″ Compact OSP in 10mm
Springfield Armory is proud to announce the release of the new XD-M Elite 3.8″ Compact OSP 10mm. It combines potent ballistics with cutting-edge performance to provide concealed carry users with an extraordinary defensive pistol option.
Compact yet powerful, the pistol packs in 11+1 rounds of the popular 10mm round. Featuring fully ambidextrous controls, the excellent META trigger, removable short flared magwell and much more, the new XD-M® Elite 3.8″ Compact OSP 10mm harnesses fight-stopping performance in an extremely capable CCW-sized package.
Things That Don’t Suck: Shield Arms S-15 Magazines for GLOCK Pistols
I wasn’t exactly impressed when GLOCK released the G43X and the G48 series pistols. I never doubted they were well-made, reliable guns that shot true and provided great concealed carry firearm options. GLOCK does GLOCK things, and they do them well.
The thing is, we now live in the age of the SIG P365 (and the Hellcat, the Shield Plus and the MAX-9), and the slimline GLOCKs were released after the P365.
Federal Judge Rules Washington, DC is Liable for Post-Heller Wrongful Firearm Arrests
Dick Heller is probably laughing to himself today. Late yesterday, US District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Washington, D.C. is liable for six wrongful arrests made in the years after the D.C. vs Heller Supreme Court decision was handed down. The individuals in question were arrested between 2012 and 2014 for carrying handguns in public.
The city, which had the strictest gun control laws in the nation, didn’t like the Court’s ruling and enacted new restrictions on carrying firearms in the capital.
RAAFA: Training New Gun Owners and Overcoming the Stigma of Black Gun Ownership
[Jasmine] Barksdale said fear kept her away from guns for most of her life, but joined RAAFA after learning about it from a friend. Now, she does community outreach for the group, dubbing herself a “2A person” — a “Second Amendment person.”
“Like basically most Black women,” Barksdale said, “I wasn’t raised in a home that was firearm-savvy.”
Barksdale said she was motivated to pick up a gun by a different kind of fear: Being a single mom of an 8-year-old daughter.
Gun Meme of the Day: ATF Doggy Style Edition
RIP, doggo. By the way, if you haven’t read the comments on ATF’s Instagram feed, in particular any photo in which a dog appears, you really should. It’s a darn good laugh.
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FBI Data Shows Armed Citizens Killed More Armed Criminals Than Police in 2020
From the CCRKBA . . .
The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2020 indicates that armed private citizens killed more criminals during the commission of a felony last year than were killed by police, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says this data clearly underscores the continuing need for American gun ownership.
“We looked at Tables 14 and 15 in the FBI’s new report that apply to justifiable homicides by law enforcement and private citizens, respectively,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.
Hodgon Announces Closing of Their Camp Minden, Louisiana Black Powder Plant
It’s not the end of the world, but I can see it from here. Hodgdon Powder Inc. has announced that, effective immediately, it will cease all manufacturing at their Camp Minden, Louisiana plant.
For those of you few decent, God fearing Americans left among us, you know that plant as the facility currently manufacturing the GOEX and Olde Eynsford brands of black powder.
From the Hodgdon Press release:
Effective immediately, Hodgdon Powder Company, Inc.
Emboldened Criminals, Pandemic Stress, and a Police Legitimacy Crisis Created the 2020 Homicide Spike
By Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha
Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020.
That was the main takeaway from figures released on Sept. 27, 2021, by the FBI that showed almost uniform increases across America in the murder rate.
The fact that big cities, small cities, suburbs and rural areas – in both blue and red states – experienced similar increases in homicides suggests that nationwide events or trends were behind the rise.
EOTECH Announces New 300 Blackout Holographic Sight With Ballistic Reticle
From EOTECH . . .
The .300 Blackout is an exceptional intermediate cartridge born from special operations’ demands for superior performance over the 5.56 NATO while still using familiar weapon systems. The .300 Blackout delivers flatter trajectories and excellent terminal ballistics with supersonic ammunition or a quiet yet powerful option with subsonic rounds. EOTECH has developed a cartridge-specific optic that maximizes this versatile round.
The EOTECH XPS2-300 HWS works with both ammo types thanks to a specially calibrated, two-dot ballistic drop reticle.
3 Things You Should Expect From a Good Concealed Carry Class
A “conceal and carry class” is a common term that generally refers to the class required before a person can obtain their license or permit to carry. However, it’s important to keep in mind that the requirements for what a conceal and carry class must contain, or whether you even need to take a class to obtain your permit, vary depending on the state in which you live.
So, while “conceal and carry class” is a common phrase, the phrase itself doesn’t really tell you much about what is taught in most of these classes.