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DeSantis Announces the New IWB Super Stealth EDC Holster
From DeSantis Gunhide . . .
DeSantis Gunhide® introduces a new holster called the Super Stealth™
The Super Stealth™, #M97, is our latest ambidextrous IWB to feature our GRD™ (Gunhide® Retention Device.) The GRD™ locks the weapon with an audible click usually reserved for Kydex® holsters. The GRD™ also helps secure the weapon from a rear takeaway attempt. The IWB is made of premium padded 1060D ballistic nylon and comes with a sturdy 1 3/4″, powder coated spring clip which can be repositioned for left-hand carry.
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Not a Blue State: Florida Sheriff Cheers Homeowner Who Shot a Broad Daylight Home Invader
“’I’m proud of our homeowner for defending himself. It’s called a ‘Castle Doctrine.’ He has the right to protect himself and his home from unknown intruders,’ said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.” That’s not the kind of statement that’s usually issued by someone in law enforcement following a shooting, but it’s certainly refreshing.
Sheriff Judd was talking about the actions of a Lakeland area homeowner who shot Steven Stillwell after he threw a flower pot through a glass French door in the middle of the afternoon to break into the home.
Kautzer: The Heller Decision and The NRA Are Part of a Campaign to Legitimize Far-Right Vigilantism
The Heller decision fueled the growth of a kind of homegrown authoritarianism that understands “militia” to include self-appointed “patriots” with the sovereign power to take life not in defense of self or law, but in support of a particular social or racial order. Despite the majority decision in Heller explicitly stating that the individual right recognized is “unconnected with service in a militia,” militia-of-one vigilantism has long been promoted by the NRA and other populist authoritarian and paramilitary groups.
Gun Meme of the Day: Anti-Gun Politician Spray Edition
Eww. Stay away. I have zero idea what this image was about originally, but this works for me. Have a great weekend, y’all.
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Howard Leight Electronic Hearing Protection Now in Two Sizes
From Howard Leight Impact Sport . . .
Since its introduction over a decade ago, the Howard Leight Impact Sport electronic earmuff has been a favored addition to the range bags of shooting enthusiasts throughout the world. Impact Sport’s performance, comfort, and slim, ergonomic design make it a versatile earmuff for most shooting situations and environments, including rifle, shotgun, handgun, hunting and tactical applications. Now, this proven performer has been adapted and expanded for an improved fit on even more people.
New York Times Fires Editor Who Left Profanity-Laced Voicemails for Gun Rights Group After School Shooting
It must be difficult being a New York Times employee. It can be really hard to know what conduct the company considers acceptable and what will get you canned.
Sarah Jeong has a long history of issuing racist tweets, yet she’s still an editorial writer for the Gray Lady. Reporter Taylor Lorenz has serially embarrassed herself and the newspaper over the years, but still apparently meets the paper of record’s high standards for accuracy and rectitude.
How Does a Cop Mistake Her Duty Gun for a TASER?
By Sean Murphy, AP
At former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a black motorist, the core of her defense is clear: She says she meant to use her Taser but grabbed her handgun instead.
Potter’s body-camera video recorded the shooting, with Potter heard saying, “Taser, Taser, Taser” before she fired, followed by, “I grabbed the wrong (expletive) gun.”
Many activists have refused to accept the former Brooklyn Center officer’s explanation.
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Firearms Policy Coalition Ask Supreme Court to Strike Down Maryland’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is asking the United States Supreme Court to strike down Maryland’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons” in a petition filed today. FPC’s petition seeks to have the Court overrule a misguided Fourth Circuit decision that held common semi-automatic firearms like the AR-15 rifle were “like M-16s” and unprotected by the Second Amendment. The petition for certiorari in Bianchi v.
OMG! A White Kid With Two Toy Guns! OMG!
Former actress Mia Farrow called out Disney over posters of its “Home Alone” reboot featuring a “white, male kid” holding two toy guns.
“In the age of mass shootings in schools-why two huge guns?” she tweeted on Wednesday alongside an image of the poster. “WHY???”
Farrow said “surely” Disney could have found “a more positive image” than “a white, male kid carrying 2 huge guns,” in a second follow-up tweet about the poster.
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Gun Meme of the Day: Mail ’em Out Edition
I own a Westernfield .22 LR that was ordered through the Sears Roebuck catalog and mailed directly to the original purchaser’s home. No serial number, either, as it’s pre-1968 and serializing firearms wasn’t required pre-Gun Control Act. So, sure, mail ’em out!
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Rutgers ‘Research’ Says 2020 First-Time Gun Buyers Are More Impulsive Than Longtime Owners
Antigun think tanks and politicians push narratives that private citizens don’t “need” firearms for self-defense…so they shouldn’t have them. That narrative has fallen apart over the past two years of rampant rioting and civil unrest as the same groups called for the defunding of police.
Now the same antigun collectives are pushing a new narrative to dehumanize new gun owners with the tactic of shaming Americans into not exercising their Second Amendment.
New From RMT Triggers: Nomad AR-15 Trigger With Pivoting Shoe
Well this is interesting! The trigger shoe (AKA the part you put your finger on) on the RMT Triggers Nomad Trigger pivots freely. It rotates (yaws) and it swings left/right. At the same time, it has no rearward creep and provides a nice, crisp, 3-pound break. The idea here is that the trigger accommodates the shooter, rather than the other way around.
Whether it’s adjusting to the shooter due to physical stature or trigger position preference, or it’s adjusting due to shooting from various positions, the concept here appears to be encouraging natural trigger finger positioning.
Recoil for Dummies: It’s All Just Physics
By Guy Neill
If you’ve shot a gun, you have experienced recoil. Following Newton’s Third Law, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Firing the gun propels the bullet through the barrel. That’s the action. Recoil is the reaction.
Experienced shooters understand that the heavier and faster the bullet, the more the gun will recoil. The heavier, faster the bullet, the better it is to have a heavy gun to absorb more of the recoil.
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Gun Meme of the Day: GLOCK or 1911 Edition
I say dream big, don’t limit yourself. But you should choose the GLOCK. And also the 1911.
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Gear Review: 80 Percent Arms GST-9: MOD1 Pistol Frame and Jig
Last year, I had a good time building an 80 Percent Arms GST-9, not quite GLOCK 19 pistol. That was a fun gun to build, and it has run without a hiccup. Since then, I’ve ordered and built just about everything 80 Percent Arms makes, and a few of those builds have been detailed on TTAG.
When 80 Percent Arms’ announcement of a new version of their pistol frame kit, the GST-9 MOD1, I had zero hesitation in ordering one.
Washington Homeowner Stays Calm During Home Invasion By Taking a Deep Breath
Early Thursday morning, Jerahme Smith, who lives in suburban Seattle, woke up to the sounds of someone breaking into his home. I am sure the last thing the two home invaders expected was to be met by someone with a gun.
Once the attackers were inside, Smith yelled, “Get on the ground!” The trespasser reached for something, and Smith said “he decided it was his life or theirs.” That’s when he fired the fatal shot.
Lessons Learned from the Shooting of Officer Nathan Heidelberg
Last week, a jury acquitted David Wilson of murdering Midland police Officer Nathan Heidelberg. That Wilson shot and killed Officer Heidelberg was never in doubt. Officer Heidelberg hadn’t fired at Mr. Wilson. In fact, he wasn’t using any force against David Wilson at all. By all accounts, Officer Heidelberg was a good man, doing his duty.
Heidelberg’s death was an absolute tragedy, and an unnecessary one. There’s a lot we can and should learn from it.
A National Stand Your Ground Law Would Protect Against Prosecutorial Overreach
By Lee Williams
There are few laws more misunderstood than “Stand Your Ground” – especially Florida’s current version. Stand Your Ground laws have become an anti-gun fundraising issue. They’ve tried to make them synonymous with the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin – even though George Zimmerman never invoked the statute. To be clear, despite mainstream media accounts to the contrary, Zimmerman’s was never a Stand Your Ground case.
The gun-ban industry and their adherents in the media have tried to demonize the statute as a “shoot first,” “make my day,” or “license to kill” law.
Jackson: We Should Discuss ‘Gun Violence’ the Way We Used to Discuss COVID
COVID-19 has taken 800,000 American lives, and at the beginning of this pandemic, when the death toll was much lower, each death was discussed with care, reported and chronicled with a richness that brought strangers to life and gave voice to those often forgotten in nursing homes. The national mood was somber, collaborative and change-driven, largely colored by national and local reporting.
This is how we should discuss gun violence, its victims and their stories.
Gun Meme of the Day: Be There In a Jiffy Edition
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Thirteen minutes. Which is an improvement, apparently, in Salt Lake City where this news clip is from. The meme’s from @FromTheGunCounter over on Instagram.
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