The Truth About Guns

By Jason Balsamo, AP

The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules.

In a letter sent Wednesday night and obtained by The Associated Press, Justice officials said the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause outweighs the measure that Gov. Mike Parson signed into law Saturday. The new rules penalize local police departments if their officers enforce federal gun laws.

Continue reading DOJ to Missouri: Your New Law Doesn’t Nullify Federal Gun Control Laws at The Truth About Guns.

“This set of ordinances is really focused on narrowing the flow of guns to those which are clearly legal and hopefully doing something to deter the flow of guns that are unlawful to own.”

— San Jose, California Mayor Sam Liccardo quoted in the San Jose Mercury News

Ummm…what? I cannot think of any way in which mandating that gun sales at licensed dealers (the only kind allowed in California) are audio-video recorded will further either of those goals.

Continue reading San Jose, CA Passes Law Mandating Video Taping of Gun Sales at The Truth About Guns.

The Second Amendment is not written for sporting. The Second Amendment is so that if a tyrannical government ever wants to rise up, we can stop them. And if anybody ever wants to say, “Oh, well you know what? Citizens with a few small arms fire would never be able to stop the federal government.”

I absolutely disagree. Ask the Viet Cong how they handled the Marines and the Army in Vietnam.

Continue reading At Least Some Federal Legislators Know the Purpose of the Second Amendment at The Truth About Guns.

Governor Greg Abbott held a signing ceremony at the Alamo in San Antonio this morning to sign into law seven bills designed to extend and protect the right to keep and bear arms in the Lone Star State. It was a clean sweep for gun rights supporters in the just-completed legislative session, one of the most successful ever.

The most prominent of the seven bills is, of course, HB 1927, the one that makes Texas the 21st constitutional carry state in the nation.

Continue reading Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs Constitutional Carry and Six Other Bills To Protect Gun Rights at The Truth About Guns.

Every few years they rise from the dead and come for our guns.

I don’t know if they made it or not, but the meme was found on Soldier Systems’ Instagram account.

Continue reading Gun Meme of the Day: Gun Control Zombies Edition at The Truth About Guns.

What began with serious felony charges against the two St. Louis attorneys has now finally been settled as a far less serious matter. Mark and Patricia McCloskey became infamous last year when photos and video went viral showing the couple confronting a crowd outside their home when marchers trespassed in their Central West End neighborhood.

As St. Louis’s NBC station KSDK is reporting . . .

Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to a count of fourth-degree assault, which was filed in court Thursday and is a Class C misdemeanor.

Continue reading Mark and Patricia McCloskey Plead Guilty to Misdemeanors, Pay Small Fines at The Truth About Guns.

Now that gun makers are starting to catch up with demand, this is the best time to order that new firearm you’ve had your eye on. Guns.com is making that easy and affordable with free shipping on all gun sales throughout the summer.

That means every rifle like high demand semi-automatics including AR-15s from Ruger, Smith & Wesson, FN, Radical and Spikes all ship free. Or get yourself something that will stand out at the range like a Tavor or even a MarCoMarl Cetme L rifle.

Continue reading Guns.com Has Free Shipping On Guns All Summer Long at The Truth About Guns.

Apologies for all the exclamation marks! But…the number of comments left so far (59k) on the Federal Register RE ATF’s ridiculous planned restrictions on pistol stabilizing braces is simply not enough. And your comments really DO matter. Here’s just one recent example of how it can derail ATF’s anti-gun ambitions, plus a few suggestions of how to craft a meaningful comment that won’t be rejected.

First, what are we talking about here?

Continue reading Your Comment Matters! Fight Back on ATF’s Proposed New Restrictions. Do It Now! at The Truth About Guns.

Lone Wolf, well-known hot rodders of [primarily] GLOCK pistols, has just announced its first entry into the silencer world. The ELIMIN8R is a fully modular suppressor that’s ready to shoot any standard pistol caliber .45 or smaller in addition to subsonic 300 Blackout. Looks pretty cool! Lone Wolf’s press release is copied below:

LONE WOLF ELIMIN8R .45

The Elimin8r .45 is the newest addition to a growing Lone Wolf product line.

Continue reading Lone Wolf Releases New Elimin8r Modular Pistol Suppressor at The Truth About Guns.

From Wilson Combat . . .

Due to an overrun of key components from a large order we have been fulfilling we’ve been able to build a few hundred carbines which are in stock and available now.  The new PROTECTOR S is basically our standard PROTECTOR carbine with a glass bead finish on the barrel in place of the black Armor-Tuff we apply to the standard model.

Wilson Combat has been flooded with orders and we’ve been building guns as fast as we can without compromising quality.

Continue reading Wilson Combat’s New PROTECTOR S Carbine in 5.56 NATO at The Truth About Guns.

Remember the Hearing Protection Act? The first one? That was in The Time Before, back in 2017 when gun owners had visions of not only freeing suppressors from the National Firearms Act’s clutches, but also (gasp) maybe even national reciprocity.

Both of those ideas fell victim to politicians who never had an interest in making them happen, and jelly-like spines following the congressional baseball shooting. But that doesn’t mean treating suppressors like the common sense safety devices they are is any less a good idea today than it was four years ago.

Continue reading Another Hearing Protection Act Bill Has Been Introduced in Congress at The Truth About Guns.

[UCLA law professor Adam] Winkler interprets both the Heller opinion and a 1939 court ruling — United States vs. Miller — as broadly protecting firearms currently in common use. That ruling regulated sawed-off shotguns and machine guns.

“Benitez’s opinion was unnecessarily provocative,” Winkler says. “If nothing else, it was totally tone-deaf comparing Swiss Army knives to rifles.”

But the opinion’s conclusion was “certainly plausible,” Winkler continued.

Continue reading TFW The LA Times Realizes Judge Benitez’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ruling Stands Up Under Heller at The Truth About Guns.

My dad gave us a sous vide setup for Christmas and I’m never looking back. Absolutely bonkers results coming outta this — beef short ribs, salmon, steak, pork loin, chicken, lamb, pork shoulder, eggs, tri tip, pork rib roast and so much more. I haven’t had the chance to use it for wild game but I’ve heard absolutely fantastic things. The ability to add fat (olive oil, duck fat, whathaveyou) in with the meat and cook it low and slow for dozens of hours is apparently a game changer.

Continue reading Gun Meme of the Day: Precious, Tasty Creatures at The Truth About Guns.

From the NSSF . . .

As part of an ongoing national effort to help prevent illegal “straw” purchases of firearms, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are reminding the Greater Chicago area public that stiff penalties are in place for individuals convicted of such unlawful purchases. The campaign is in its 21st year and is a cornerstone of the cooperative relationship of the firearm industry, law enforcement and retailers.

Continue reading NSSF Kicks Off Chicago Campaign to Prevent Illegal Gun Purchases at The Truth About Guns.

Everyone was wondering what was taking Texas Governor Greg Abbott so long. The legislature passed a constitutional carry bill he said he’d sign a couple of weeks ago. It would have become law on Sunday without his signature.

We’d heard from reliable sources that there was a signing ceremony planned for tomorrow morning at the Alamo in San Antonio. Now Texas media are reporting that the governor has gone ahead and signed the bill without any pomp or circumstance.

Continue reading Abbott Signs: Texas Becomes the 21st and Biggest Constitutional Carry State at The Truth About Guns.

The pistol illustrated was manufactured by Astra of Spain from 1982 to 1989. It was once a common pistol in American gun stores in both .45 ACP and 9mm Luger (and even a few in .38 Super), eventually being replaces by the A-100 model. The primary difference between the A-80 and the A-100 is the A-100 uses a Browning type magazine release while the A-80 uses a European heel-type magazine release. While most Americans prefer a Browning type mag release, the heel magazine catch is secure and trouble-free…if not quite as fast.

Continue reading Pawn Shop Gun Review: Astra A-80 .45 ACP Pistol at The Truth About Guns.

No doubt, your father got at least some of his long-range shooting ideas from his father. Ideas like, “Zero three inches high at 100 yards, and you can take on any deer out to 300 yards,” and, “If the leaves flutter, the wind’s at 5MPH. Leaves are flipping over 10MPH!”

Today, Dad knows that precision shooting is more possible than ever. But he swears he’s never going to spend $2,000 on one of those “newfangled” riflescopes.

Continue reading Make Dad a Better Shooter This Father’s Day With the Ballistic App at The Truth About Guns.

By Andy Massimilian

ATF director nominee David Chipman got off easy at his confirmation hearings. Gun-hating democrats (i.e. 99% of the party’s officialdom) made the hearing ludicrously short leaving room for only a cursory examination of the impact this dedicated civilian disarmament advocate would have on gun owners and the gun industry.

Though Second Amendment defenders on the Senate Judiciary committee at times made Chipman look foolish, they failed to expose the danger he presents to our liberties.

Continue reading 7 Questions David Chipman Still Needs to Answer at The Truth About Guns.

Angstadt Arms has launched a new video series they’re calling At The Ready, profiling people of interest to gun owners and those interested in firearms, training, and armed self defense. As Angstadt describes the project . . .

“At The Ready” goes behind the scenes with world class shooters, instructors and industry entrepreneurs to uncover their daily routines, tactics, challenges and motivation. Viewers get to see behind closed doors and learn what makes these individuals tick and pushes them to succeed.

Continue reading Runenation: No One Is Coming To Save You [VIDEO] at The Truth About Guns.

One of the joys of a hammer-fired bullpup.

Continue reading Gun Meme of the Day: A Shot at KELTEC Edition at The Truth About Guns.