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Bay Area Man Arrested, Accused of Selling 3D-Printed Guns On Etsy
Etsy describes itself as a “global online marketplace, where people come together to make, sell, buy, and collect unique items.” Certainly, the e-commerce platform inspires thoughts of enchanting wooden dollhouses, micro crochet miniature otters, pet detective outfits for kittens and papercraft flamingo sculptures. According to federal officials, however, Alexander McGrail Reynolds had something different in mind, allegedly using the global bazaar to sell 3D-printed Glock-style handgun frames labeled as Airsoft toys, popular, plastic BB firing, replica guns modeled after real firearms.
On Waffling Walz from the Folks Who Know Him Best, Minnesota Gun Owners
One of the most popular booths at this year’s Minnesota State Fair bears a simple sign: “Never Walz.” The booth offers t-shirts and prizes for fairgoers – all emblazoned with the “Never Walz” logo. The line for the booth grows so long at times that it poses traffic problems for police officers patrolling the fairgrounds.
Bryan Strawser, chairman of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, is not surprised by the booth’s popularity. He’s watched Gov.
Franklin Armory’s New AR-ELITE Binary Trigger for AR Platforms
Franklin Armory just released a new version of their Binary trigger. The AR-ELITE Binary Trigger is for AR platforms and now offers more options than the basic Binary kits.
When you bought a Franklin Armory Binary kit before you had to decide between a straight and curved trigger. I know because I just ordered one, and ended up going with a curved one myself. With the AR-ELITE kit you actually get both trigger styles so you can try both, and see which works best for you.
After Man Spends 2 Years In Jail, Charges Dropped In Texas Self-Defense Shooting
As the old saying goes, the wheels of justice turn slowly. Likewise, so do the wheels of injustice, as a self-defense case out of Waco, Texas, recently proved.
This week, the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office dismissed murder charges against two Houston men involved in the self-defense incident at a party near the Baylor University campus, finally determining it was a justifiable homicide. While that was good news to Calvin Nichols Jr., it hardly makes up for the 635 days the man spent locked up in jail while the DA’s office slowly dragged its feet over the case.
Scopes We Love: Tract TORIC UHD 4-20X50 PRS Rifle Scope
Tract Optics is a direct-to-consumer company that’s been around since 2016. It offers high quality optics at outstanding prices by cutting out the middleman. Jon LaCorte and Jon Allen are the co-founders, and they have been in the hunting optics business for over 40 years combined. They know the optics industry and products inside and out.
Scope Features
The TORIC UHD 30mm 4-20X50 First Focal Plane MRAD PRS Long Range Rifle Scope is a great example of their vision. It’s designed to change the way shooters approach long-range shooting.
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Court Overturns Missouri Second Amendment Protection Act
A federal appeals court has overturned Missouri’s “Second Amendment Protection Act,” a measure that was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike Parson back in 2021.
The law, introduced and passed in response to several anticipated bills that would be overreach on Second Amendment freedoms during the early days of the Biden administration, forbade police from enforcing federal gun laws that don’t have an equivalent state law.
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Do You Live In A Top-10 Gun-Friendly State?
We all know that governments in some states have great respect for the Second Amendment, while leaders in other states don’t give a second thought to passing yet another law that infringes on citizens’ right to keep and bear arms.
But do you know how your state ranks in relation to the other states in the union? Do you live in a Top 10 state, or are you stuck in one in the bottom 10?
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Gear Review – The ANR ANVL UKON AEMS
Optic mounts are getting fancy these days. It used to be nothing more than a chunk of aluminum that held your rifle optic in place. Some were better than others, sure, but they were largely the same. There was some untapped potential with optics mounts, and people are finally seeing that. Companies like ANR produce mounts like the ANVL UKON and prove you can always make a better mousetrap.
What’s the ANVL UKON
ANR, short for ANY Kydex Holsters, has broken out of just making Kydex holsters.
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Memphis Anti-Gun Ballot Plan Draws Ire Of State Republicans
A planned ballot referendum by Memphis, Tennessee, city officials to restore handgun carry permits and enact a municipal red-flag law is drawing swift retribution from some state leaders.
Specifically, the referendums would ask voters if they want to amend the city charter to restore handgun carry permit requirements, ban so-called “assault rifles” and impose “red-flag” rules to allow authorities to remove firearms from citizens if accused of being a threat to others.
However, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton is threatening city leaders with financial repercussions if they go forward with the ballot initiative.
Go Woke Go Broke, Have Guns Have Fun
The idea of “woke” Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies continues to wither away. That’s good news for the firearm and ammunition industry, which has been the focus of corporations seeking to force public policies by the might of their corporate largess. It turns out that those lofty ideals aren’t so lofty after all. They’re more of a millstone weighing them down and more corporations are ditching their ESG programs.
BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, announced last week a cut for support of shareholder proposals for ESG initiatives to a low of 4.1 percent.
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Biden/Harris Seek to Ban Guns in U.S. While Arming, Strengthening our Enemies
Three years ago, 13 U.S. service members were killed during Joe Biden’s botched Afghan pullout. He never mentions them, their grieving families or the changes that have taken place since they made the ultimate sacrifice.
It is now illegal for Afghan women to appear outside of the home unless they are fully veiled, Afghanistan’s supreme leader announced last week, according to the Associated Press. Women are also prohibited from talking in public – their voices are banned under the new decree.
Charges Finally Dropped Against Denver Man Who Shot 2 In Self-Defense
A Colorado man who faced two first-degree murder charges for shooting and killing two aggressors during a road-rage incident has finally had all charges dropped against him.
In June 2023, Stephan Long was driving on Interstate 25 in Denver when two men—brothers Blake and Damon Lucas—pulled up beside next to him on the highway, yelled at him and then swerved in front of his car and came to a stop. One of the brothers, Blake, then jumped out of the passenger side of the vehicle he was traveling in and attacked Long through his open window.
Another Louisiana City Tries To Avoid Constitutional Carry
We reported recently how New Orleans attempted to skirt the state’s new constitutional carry law by declaring a police station in the popular French Quarter to be a “school,” which would effectively ban legal carry in the immediate area, which included a stretch of Bourbon Street.
Now, the city of Lafayette, Louisiana, appears to be trying a similar tactic. On August 21, Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Monique Boulet announced that the Lafayette Police Department will enforce a 1,000-foot firearm-free school zone around the Lafayette Science Museum.
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Happy Birthday SAF! Gun Rights Group Turns 50 Today
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), which has been fighting in the courts of America on behalf of gun owners right next to, and lately more in front of, gun rights stalwart NRA, celebrates a big occasion today as Monday, Aug. 26, marks 50 years of the organization’s existence. While NRA still tends to get most of the antis’ focus and media attention when “the gun lobby” enjoys a legislative or courtroom victory, the largest and longest operating gun rights organization in America has struggled under leadership and lawsuit woes in recent years.
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Watch Me Dare The UK To Extradite Me
Recently, a video of a man getting arrested for Facebook posts in the UK made the social media rounds. In the video, he wasn’t told that he had threatened violence or planned crimes. His posts were said to be hateful, and for that he was going to be drug out of his home and taken in for prosecution.
The obvious American response to this was the cyber equivalent of the middle finger. Because people in the UK weren’t allowed to speak out against the police there without fear of getting their doors kicked in, Americans picked up the slack.
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American Communities Encouraging Firearm Ownership To Combat Crime
It may come as a surprise that several American cities mandate gun ownership among households. These communities may be small enough to have flown under the radar, however, the trend may become noticeable as a growing number of local leaders begin to encourage responsible firearm ownership in order to combat crime. This principle, its foundation firmly based on reason, stands in stark contrast to those of major cities that promote gun control and the disarming of law-abiding citizens.
4th Circuit Court Upholds Maryland Handgun Law
The 4th Circuit Court of appeals has reversed an earlier decision by a three-judge panel of the same court, upholding Maryland’s Handgun Qualification License (HQL) requirement.
In the case Maryland Shall Issue v. Moore, a three-judge panel last November had ruled that the law was unconstitutional. But the court had vacated the agreement until the case could be heard by the full court, which upheld the law despite the earlier decision.
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Judge Dismisses Machine Gun Case, Says Law Is Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Wichita, Kansas, has tossed the case against a Kansas man who was facing charges of illegally possessing a machine gun.
In his decision in the case U.S. v Morgan, U.S. District Judge John Broomes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, ruled that the federal law tightly regulating the ownership and transfer of full-auto firearms is unconstitutional under the 2022 Bruen decision. The ruling marked the first time the machine gun restrictions have been found unconstitutional.
Obscure Object of Desire: The Marlin Model 28
If I were to say shotgun company, what would you picture? Remington? Mossberg? Benelli? When I say Marlin, what do you think of? Likely lever action rifles like the Model 336 or the always affordable Marlin Model 60 tube-fed semi-auto .22 LR. Those are understandable associations, but you can also relate Marlin to shotguns. During the turn of the century, Marlin got into the pump-action shotgun world. They produced a ton of different pump-action shotguns, including today’s obscure object of desire, the Marlin Model 28.
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From Really Bad to Even Worse: Man Pleads Guilty to Accidentally Shooting Teen
A Norfolk, Virginia, man this week pleaded guilty in the accidental fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy last year in a home where he was watching as many as a dozen children. The Virginian-Pilot reports Albert J. Sutton, 27, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and reckless handling of a firearm for the incident that occurred Sept. 3, 2023. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 25.
The Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney reports the shooting occurred in a Norfolk home where Sutton was watching at least a dozen kids while their parents ran errands.