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Miami Herald: We’re Dreading July 1st and Here’s Why You Should, Too
Anyone with good sense in Florida is dreading July 1.
That’s the day when the state starts allowing people over the age of 21 to carry a concealed weapon without a permit and without any gun training — at all. It’s the terrible law that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the complicit Legislature pushed through this session as they piled aboard the DeSantis-for-president train, intent on giving the governor the rightest of far-right of platforms to run on, in the hope of siphoning support from Donald Trump.
‘Broward Coward’ Scot Peterson Found Not Guilty of All Charges
Scott Peterson, the school resource officer who stayed outside Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School as Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people inside, has been found not guilty of felony child neglect and other related charges.
From the AP . . .
Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as the verdicts were read. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours over four days.
After court adjourned, Peterson, his family and friends rushed into a group hug as they whooped, hollered and cried.
Gun Review: FN 510 and FN 545 Big Bore Tactical Pistols
With the FN 510 and FN 545, Fabrique Nationale d’Herstal has expanded on their striker-fired tactical pistol line by introducing 10mm and .45 ACP versions of their already well established and varied FN 509 model. In this case, more really is more. FN has delivered high quality duty-sized guns capable of delivering the bigger bore rounds Americans love.
If you’re familiar with the FN 509 series, you’re already familiar with both of these guns.
Continue reading Gun Review: FN 510 and FN 545 Big Bore Tactical Pistols at The Truth About Guns.
Audiologist Group Supports the Hearing Protection Act…Why Doesn’t Everyone?
Guns are useful, versatile tools. They’re owned by about 100 million Americans and help people protect themselves, put food on their tables, and just have fun. One drawback, though, is they’re loud.
Wouldn’t it be great if someone could invent something to reduce the sound they produce?
Just think of it. If guns could be made quieter, shooting them would be much safer for everyone involved. People who live near gun ranges wouldn’t be bothered as much.
Microstamping: Adventures in the Legislative Gun Control Multiverse
From the NRA-ILA . . .
Gun control legislators often appear to inhabit an alternative universe, one with its own laws of time, science, logic, and common sense. Take, for example, the dogged and delusional adherence to the “science” of firearm microstamping.
The idea behind microstamping is that it would combat crime by providing identifying information about a gun used at a crime scene, a theory disputed by the gun industry and others.
Doing Something: Is Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Waiving a Red Flag or a White One?
By Rob Morse
After the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Republican Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee announced that he wants a red flag law. I’m not sure if the governor is working for the voters here or surrendering to the press.
It isn’t clear what “red flag law” really means here and the Governor’s proposal seems to have shifted over time. In general, red flag laws allow the government to confiscate someone’s guns without the benefit of due process.
XS Updates Their R3D Tritium Sights for GLOCK, Smith & Wesson Pistols
From XS Sights . . .
XS Sights is excited to introduce R3D 2.0 tritium night sights. These new and improved second-generation R3D notch and post tritium sights are engineered to give gun owners a brighter, stronger set of self-defense sights that are even easier to install than the original models and built to withstand years of EDC use and abuse.
Designed to drive focus downrange, the new R3D 2.0 sights feature significant improvements from their gen 1 counterpart.
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P 5.7 Pistol
After decades of consumers having exactly one option in a 5.7×28 pistol, the available choices have mushroomed in recent years. Now, in addition to the tried, tested, and proven OG FN FiveseveN MRD Mk3, gun buyers can also choose from pistols from KelTec, Ruger, Palmetto State Armory and, as of earlier this year, Smith & Wesson. And while the M&P 5.7 has a lot of the same features as its competitors, it has some notable differences, too.
Continue reading Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P 5.7 Pistol at The Truth About Guns.
Serial Offender: A Chronology of Joe Biden’s Anti-Gun Lies
By Lee Williams
Joe Biden has never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Or a campaign speech. Or the State of the Union Address. As a result, Biden has received more Pinocchios than a gift shop at Disney, especially when he talks about guns.
Biden has lied at least 304 times at more than 65 public events since taking office, according to an analysis of official White House transcripts by the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project.
Continue reading Serial Offender: A Chronology of Joe Biden’s Anti-Gun Lies at The Truth About Guns.
Lies and Statistics: Using ‘Gun Violence’ Data to Make it Say Whatever You Want
There is a second, perhaps even more important qualification to state-to-state comparisons of gun violence: controlling crime is primarily a local decision. While state legislatures enact the criminal penalties for different offenses, local governments set the policies that determine whether someone is arrested and convicted. Cities and counties set spending on police and sheriff departments and policing policies. Most states have local elections for district attorneys and trial court judges. In the last few years, many Democrat district attorneys have been accused of going soft on violent criminals.
Cook County Prosecutors Drop Charges After 14-Year-Old Uses Mom’s Gun To Shoot Her Attacker
Chicago’s mainstream media seemed appalled that a mother would tell her teenage son to get her carry gun out of her car as she was being accosted in a working class neighborhood carry-out restaurant. In fact, the story went national with USA Today headlining the story, “A woman told her teen son to shoot man at a hot dog stand, police say. Both are charged with murder.”
A woman and her 14-year-old son have been criminally charged after authorities say she instructed the teenager to shoot a man at a Chicago hot dog stand.
Ruger Announces the Return of the Marlin 1894 Lever Action Rifle
Many, many moons ago, we reviewed the Marlin 1894C chambered in .357 magnum. It didn’t go well. That was back in the baddest of the bad old days of the Cerberus-owned Freedom Group conglomerate. They’d bought Marlin in 2008 and shut down its New Haven plant in 2011, moving production to Remington’s facility in Ilion, New York.
The only problem was, relocating the machinery and laying off nearly everyone who knew how to make a Marlin rifle was bad for for overall product quality.
Greene: Strict Gun Laws Actually Create Murder
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) doubled down on her defense of relaxed gun control laws, claiming “strict gun laws actually create murder.”
Greene opened her remarks by pointing to multiple shootings in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend that left 11 people dead and over 50 injured from gunshot wounds. She claimed Democrats failed to talk about or report those particular shootings.
“To carry a gun in Chicago you need a firearm owner ID and a concealed carry license, which are difficult to get,” Greene said.
Continue reading Greene: Strict Gun Laws Actually Create Murder at The Truth About Guns.
Gun Meme of the Day: Animal Lover Edition
Okay it’s more of a hunting meme than a gun meme, but it’s an important PSA nonetheless. If you’re cold, they’re cold. Even though that often doesn’t make any sense cuz they’re all furry and stuff. But whatever. The point is that they’re tasty.
Continue reading Gun Meme of the Day: Animal Lover Edition at The Truth About Guns.
Local Laboratories Don’t Show the Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws Advocates Claim They Do
From the NRA-ILA . . .
Ninety years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis described a novel business regulation in a case then before the Court as one that “involves a vast extension of the area of control” exercised by the state. In an often-cited reference, he urged the Court to uphold the scheme. “Denial of the right to experiment may be fraught with serious consequences to the nation.
Pennsylvania Sheriff Backs Down, Agrees to Halt Warrantless Searches of Gun Dealers
It seems that a lawsuit and some publicity still has the power to concentrate the bureaucratic mind. At least they do in the case of Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny who recently adopted an unconstitutionally wide interpretation of Pennsylvania’s gun control laws to ensure that firearms dealers are in compliance with all state and federal laws.
Sheriff Kilkenny, who doesn’t seem to have a good working knowledge of the Fourth Amendment, decided that a new reading of state statues gives him the right to search all 92 federally licensed gun dealers in his county to ensure they’re following the applicable laws.
Early Morning Amarillo, Texas Home Invader Shot Down By Armed Female Victim
Cedric Milligan, 53, didn’t finish near the top of his high school class. In fact, he might not have finished high school at all given his lack of common sense in breaking into a woman’s home in Amarillo, Texas.
Only the lowest of the low-information types don’t know of the Lone Star State’s reputation for the widespread embrace of gun ownership. They love their guns in Texas just like they love baseball, apple pie and all things American – at least outside of Austin.
Wake Forest Sociologist Takes Students to the Range to Learn About Gun Culture Firsthand
By David Yamane, Wake Forest University
I grew up in the liberal culture of the San Francisco Bay Area and never touched a firearm until I was 42 years old, living in North Carolina and teaching sociology at Wake Forest University.
For the past 10-plus years I have been deeply immersed in American gun culture both professionally and personally. I have both studied and am a member of the Liberal Gun Club, National Rifle Association and other gun-related groups.
Hunter Biden: ‘Illegals’ to Blame for Tossing His Gun in a Dumpster Near a School
Like father like son. Joe Biden’s made no shortage of overtly racist and bigoted remarks over the his long political career. For most of us, comments like those would get us fired, tossed out of polite society, and actively shunned. And let’s not forget DOCTOR Jill Biden referring to Hispanics as being “unique as breakfast tacos.”
Remember when a president’s family member was considered an embarrassment just because he was a redneck and liked to drink beer?