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It’s Official: The Chipman Nomination is Heading South Fast
Last week we read between the lines of a CNN article that hinted the Chipman nomination isn’t looking good. Now, with the number two Democrat in the Senate acknowledging “issues” with Chipman to a Dem-friendly outlet like Politico, that seals the deal. Chipman’s nomination is officially in deep sh!t.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Monday that “there are a lot of issues” with President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee the nation’s firearm regulations.
Gun Meme of the Day: Cut It Off Edition
Hey it’s Monday so here’s the least funny meme I have. By the way, note how hard that original post got “ratioed.”
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Gear Review: Bushnell RXS-250 Reflex Sight
With pistol red dots becoming more popular seemingly by the week, the choices have expanded and the prices have come down. Competition is a wonderful thing. But the best of the micro red dots — those that are the most durable with the clearest view, free of color distortion, and stand up to abuse — are still relatively pricey.
The best of the bunch cost nearly as much as most people spend on their pistols.
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Gun Control for Beginners: What Is The National Firearms Act (NFA)?
With the nomination of David Chipman and some proposed new regulations by the ATF, there’s been more talk lately about the National Firearms act. If Chipman gets the top job at ATF and gets his way, he’d regulate all “assault weapons” (which he can’t seem to define) under the NFA, just like machine guns.
And a proposed ATF rule would instantly convert lots of brace-equipped AR pistols into short barrel rifles in the eyes of federal gun law enforcers.
Keith Olbermann Finds a Fatal Flaw Hidden in the Second Amendment…Or Not
Ride the pine. Relegated to the minors. Missed the cut. All of the above. Former sportscaster turned failed progressive political mouthpiece Keith Olbermann took a swing at what the Second Amendment says and means and whiffed so badly he created a wind advisory.
Before last week’s Major League Baseball All-Star game, police arrested four individuals who brought firearms into a Denver hotel nearby, suspecting the possibility of a tragedy during the game.
Mystery: The Gun Control Industry Never Seems to Talk About the Positive Effects of Civilian Firearm Ownership
By John Kell
While a friend and I were talking about gun control, he remarked that it didn’t matter to him if restrictions were placed on gun ownership because he didn’t own a gun. What he failed to realize was that he benefits from civilian gun ownership whether he owns guns or not. He benefits because the ownership of guns by civilians has positive externalities.
Externalities are unpaid-for effects that accrue to third parties from the use of property by its owners.
Unfit to Serve: David Chipman Must Not be Confirmed as ATF Director
It was no accident that Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer combined Chipman’s confirmation hearing with that of three other nominees, limiting questioning from senators to only five minutes. The former agent has a long history of hyperbolic claims and outright falsehoods.
Though Chipman told the Senate Judiciary Committee he believes District of Columbia v. Heller codified the Second Amendment as an individual right — a view that isn’t shared by his bosses at Giffords — he’s had a weird way of showing it.
Duke Center for Firearms Law: Parsing the 2A to Invalidate Individual Gun Rights
The Duke Center for Firearms Law is publishing a series of papers on corpus linguistics and the Second Amendment. Corpus linguistics is the search for and study of words and phrases in their context to discover their original public meaning.
Much of what I’ve read so far will receive a hostile reception from TTAG readers. Nevertheless, it’s useful reading so as to understand what we should expect to be up against in the courts in the future.
What’s the Right Age to Teach Kids to Shoot?
By Kerry Slone
Over the past year, I have been asked several times about teaching children, and what is the youngest age child I’ll teach firearm fundamentals. While many people that have been a generational, gun-owning family may not give this question much thought, as it’s a rite of passage for their children, many newer firearm owners, especially those living in urban/suburban areas, don’t have this experience.
Furthermore, cultural and societal stigmas and expectations play a major role in how children perceive firearms and self-defense and can play a significant role in a child’s success in learning how to shoot.
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Rally for Louisiana Constitutional Carry Veto Override Tomorrow at the Capitol in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana legislature will convene a veto override session on Tuesday for the first time in history. On the agenda is Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill that would make Louisiana the 22nd constitutional carry state in the nation.
As Edwards said when he nixed the bill . . .
“I have a history as a legislator of voting against bills that would do away with the permit that is now necessary in order to have a concealed weapon,” Edwards said previously.
Washington Nationals Game Postponed Due to Gunfire Outside the Park
Last night in our nation’s capital, a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals was interrupted in the sixth inning when the occupants of two cars began shooting at each other outside the park.
Fans were evacuated from Nationals Park Saturday night after a shooting occurred outside the stadium. Footage shows people rushing to leave the stadium, and the game has been suspended. https://t.co/HE4P1BXHsj pic.twitter.com/Pv0mRYiDqX
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 18, 2021
Here’s the Associated Press’s account of what happened .
Learning to Deal With the Fact That Almost Half the Country Will Soon Have Constitutional Carry
“I live in New York,” said James Digiuseppi who was visiting downtown Nashville. “In New York, people get searched when they go into a club.”
Some visiting downtown Saturday said they were glad to see permitless carry become law in Tennessee.
“I’ll be honest with you, I feel safer when I go into a restaurant or public place and I see open handguns and I know that people in there are carrying,” Springfield resident JK Graves said.
This Woman is the Gun Control Industry’s Worst Nightmare
SilencerCo is producing a series of video profiles of American gun owners of all shapes, sizes, genders and demographics. Why? Because guns are for everyone and gun owners — and gun ownership — have been the targets of opportunistic demagogues for too long.
As SilencerCo says . . .
Gun owners in this country have been misrepresented and maliciously attacked by the media and social platforms for far too long.
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Smith & Wesson’s K-Frame .38 Special Masterpieces
The Smith & Wesson Model 14 Target Masterpiece and Model 15 Combat Masterpiece are by far some of Big Blue’s best old school blued steel K-Frame .38 Special goodness. These guns were from a bygone era, back when gasoline was leaded, television was the Big Three Networks, and spare ammo on a cop’s duty belt was carried in a dump pouch.
Some see these as antiquated lead slingers by today’s standards. Six-shot, .38 Special chambered medium frame revolvers with four- and six-inch barrels.
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CAA Downsizes the MCK: MCK TAC
The MCK TAC is an expansion to the lineup of CAA USA MCK/Micro Conversion Kits (like the one reviewed here a couple years ago). The MCK TAC is available in a wide range of colors, camouflage patterns, and “special” color schemes, and is compatible with more than 120 models of handgun.
Unlike their the carbine conversion kit for GLOCKs from a few years back, the MCK TAC is one of the smallest “PDW conversion kits” (if not the smallest) available…at least among the more common ones in mass production anyway.
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Gun Meme of the Day: Red Flag Laws Edition
It’s funny because it’s true?
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How Do I Choose Good Self-Defense Ammo For My Handgun?
It’s vital that you choose good self-defense ammo for your handgun, but how to do that? How do you know which ones are only OK and which ones excel?
There are a few basic criteria for picking a good self-defense ammunition for your handgun.
First, it must be expanding.
This is important, as over-penetration of a bad person can lead to subsequent penetration of other people. That’s why it’s a bad idea to use full metal jacket (range) ammunition in a concealed carry or home defense gun.
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Firearm Safety: Being a Good Mother in a Bad Neighborhood
By Marcie Young
No matter what country, state, or city you live in, every neighborhood has pros and cons. Most big cities in the United States tend to have “good” areas and “bad” ones, though it is unclear to me exactly what differentiates one from the other. What I do know is that too many neighborhoods are wracked by the (supposed) “gun violence” and abuse of gun ownership.
I had a horrible experience in the past, which made me realize that carrying a firearm for self-defense is vital.
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Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey Announces He’ll Vote Against David Chipman
Senator Pat Toomey isn’t exactly “in the pocket of the gun industry” (as hoplophobic harridans like Shannon Watts might describe him). While he’s a Republican, he has bought into the “common sense” gun control argument on a number of occasions. In 2013, he partnered with Joe Manchin in a failed attempt to pass a universal background checks bill after the Sandy Hook shooting.
The senior Senator from the Keystone State has announced that his current term will be his last.
Why Haven’t ‘Anti-Racists’ Targeted America’s Gun Control Laws?
Just spoke with the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
George Washington statue in Portland will be removed by crane TODAY and put in storage. No long term decisions made regarding reinstallation.
Spokeswoman for RACC says statue caused “harm” pic.twitter.com/7S0wQUY68y
— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) June 19, 2020
In the last year or so, the far left has frantically tried to purge virtually every segment of society of anything — statues, military base names, consumer products, the English language — that might have a problematic history or connotation.