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SIG SAUER’s New TANGO-DMR 5-30×56 Tactical Riflescope
SIG SAUER just announced a new tacitcal riflescope, the TANGO-DMR 5-30×56. It’s available in your choice of either MOA or MRAD DEV-L Christmas tree reticles. While not inexpensive, an MSRP of $1,499 for a first focal plane scope with these specs and features seems downright reasonable. Here’s their press release . . .
Introducing the TANGO-DMR, a high-performance tactical riflescope designed to deliver unrivaled accuracy and clarity in any shooting scenario. Built around SIG SAUER’S advanced optical prescriptions, the TANGO-DMR comes in a versatile 3-18x44mm and the powerful 5-30x56mm.
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UPDATE: Editor of Michael Bloomberg’s The Trace Denies Bait-and-Switch in Less Lethal Gun Story
By Lee Williams
Tali Woodward, Bob Woodward’s daughter and editor-in-chief of Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun agitprop factory The Trace, says there’s a simple reason why her freelance reporter Ted Alcorn told a gun maker he was writing a story for Wired, which was later published by The Trace.
“As frequently happens in journalism, Alcorn reported the story on a freelance assignment from one publication (Wired) and wound up publishing it another (The Trace),” Tali Woodward said in an email Monday.
ATF Director Publicly Calls for Universal Background Checks and an ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach pledged to Congress during his nomination hearing that he’d “use the tools Congress gives me,” and committed to “being a fair regulator” of the firearm industry in his role.
That was welcomed after President Joe Biden’s first nominee, gun control lobbyist David Chipman, was withdrawn after a disastrous nomination hearing of his own. However, recent comments by Director Dettelbach delivered at Harvard University, where he was a keynote guest, are worrisome.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in US v. Rahimi Today, Balancing Gun Rights and Due Process
Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington
Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?
That’s the question posed in one of the biggest cases of the current Supreme Court term, focused on the limits of individual gun rights, which will be argued before the justices today.
The case, U.S.
Gun Meme of the Day: Assault Bovine Edition
Judging by all the incidents in Yellowstone lately, this rings true. Still safer than orcas these days!
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Walther Announces the New PD380 DA/SA .380 ACP Carry Pistol
For those who are recoil averse and like an easier-racking slide with a lighter trigger pull, a .380 carry gun with a DA/SA action is just what the doctor ordered. Walther certainly hopes you’ll agree as they’ve just announced their new PD380, a 9+1 fully ambidextrous pistol designed for concealed carry and easy operation. Here’s their press release . . .
In the world of concealed carry, Walther has long been synonymous with precision, reliability, and unmatched craftsmanship.
Father of Highland Park Shooter Pleads Guilty to Seven Misdemeanor Counts of Reckless Conduct
Earlier this year, Robert Crimo, Jr., the father of alleged Highland Park killer Robert Crimo, III, was indicted on seven felony counts of reckless conduct. Prosecutors alleged that the father should have known that his son was a danger and had allegedly threatened violence when he helped the then-19-year-old purchase firearms.
The charges against the father were based on the fact that Crimo, Jr. had sponsored his son’s Illinois FOID card application in 2019.
Bookman: Politicians Know the Problem is Guns, But They Refuse to Acknowledge It
People in Great Britain, Japan, Australia and many other countries with low murder rates – they have the same human hearts that we do, right? I’m pretty sure the human heart is standard equipment, regardless of national borders. Yet those countries have nowhere near the murder rate that we do. Is Johnson telling us that American hearts are somehow different, that our hearts are more cruel and bloodthirsty than hearts in other countries?
Is that why God hath forsaken us?
Gun Art Expands ‘Defending Freedom’ Collection
Because some people just can’t have enough gun-related items in and around their home and office . . .
Arizona-based Gun Art is proud to announce the expansion of its DEFENDING FREEDOM series. Our high-quality, firearm-related artwork is now available in classic, framed wall art, computer mats, and more.
These are top-quality artistic representations of beloved firearms perfect for your man cave, office, meeting room, workstation, or…
Bathroom.
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Why Firearm and Self Defense Training are Worth Your Time and Money
I’ve written a number of posts on training, including classes that use force-on-force, which elaborated on some of the most effective forms of self-defense training available to civilians today. In response, there always seems to be a commenter or two criticizing civilian firearms training for a host of reasons. One went as far as to call me an unscrupulous a-hole collecting a ton of money teaching pure, unadulterated, uh, merde.
Things That Don’t Suck: Otis Pro+ AR-15 Lock Block Upper Receiver Vise Block
I’ve done a fair bit of AR builds and mods over the years culminating with a flurry of them this summer. I’ve used an old plastic clam shell upper receiver block, and for the most part it’s been fine. I’ve occasionally run into an upper profile that doesn’t fit the block though, and more recently had a couple barrels that must have been torqued on by gorillas. I could see the aluminum upper flexing in the vise and backed off before I damaged something.
Now Out: Paul Markel’s ‘How to Shoot Better than a Navy SEAL’
The latest book to be published by prolific author and friend of TTAG Paul Markel is How to Shoot Better than a Navy SEAL. As Markel writes in his introduction . . .
I began my official journey toward handgun mastery at the tender age of 19. Note I said that ‘I bagan my journey’, my journey is not yet complete. As we like to say, ‘you are a beginner once, a student for life’ at least that is how you should look at it.
So Much Coping and Seething as the Supreme Court Decides to Take Up the Trump Bump Stock Ban
As we covered earlier, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging Trump’s bumpstock ban. Given that this is a court with the same people on it that gave us NYSRPA v. Bruen, the anti-gun fake left is understandably not happy. They think they know how it’s going to go, and they don’t like it. At all.
But, as the old saying goes, sometimes it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder whether you’re stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Gun Meme of the Day: Always Learning Edition
I was today years old when I learned…
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Swampfox Optics Releases the Sentinel II RMSc footprint Red or Green Dot Optic
Swampfox Optics just officially dropped a new optic for subcompact pistols using the RMSc footprint, the Sentinel II (see our review here). It comes with either a green or red 3MOA dot, has a 50,000 hour battery life, and a body of 7075-T6 aluminum.
What makes the Sentinel II unique is that the optic window is actually slightly larger than the base giving you more viewing area than would otherwise be possible on an RMSc sized platform.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Grants Cert, Will Hear Case Challenging Trump’s Bump Stock Ban
Time to lay in a heavier supply of popcorn. Today the Supreme Court granted cert in Garland v. Cargill, the case challenging the Trump era bump stock ban. The about face by the ATF following the Las Vegas mass shooting came at the direction of the Trump administration. ATF, which had previously approved sales of bump fire stocks as legal accessories used regulatory fiat to do a 180 and reclassify them as machine guns.
The Supreme Court’s hand was forced here by a circuit court split.
Gun Tweet of the Day: James Patterson’s Deep, Unedited Thoughts on ‘Assault Weapons’
I write about assault weapons more than I’d like to. I believe their place is in the hands of law officers and our military. I honestly don’t see why anyone else needs to have a machine gun. I’m 99.999% sure that Tom Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Washington, and the Adams boys did not…
— James Patterson (@JP_Books) November 3, 2023
If you don’t know who James Patterson his, he’s the best-selling author who, for some reason, agreed to put Bill Clinton’s name on some of his books as a co-author.
Gun Review: Lone Wolf Dusk 19 9mm Pistol
You probably know Lone Wolf for their gun parts. The company started life as sellers of aftermarket GLOCK parts and become one of the biggest players in the GLOCK aftermarket part ecosystem. Lone Wolf sells literally everything you need to customize your GLOCK or build your own non-GLOCK GLOCK out of non-GLOCK parts.
With the Biden administration’s weaponization of the ATF making life more difficult for 80% and other home builders, parts companies like Lone Wolf are increasingly getting into the complete firearm business.
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Gun Sales Tick Back Up in October With Over 1.3 Million Adjusted Background Checks
The gradual slide in gun sales may have reached a bottom. The NSSF’s adjusted background check numbers for October was up more than 8% from the year-ago total. In other words, the gun industry may have found the new post-pandemic floor in the demand for guns.
News of war in Israel and threats of violence in the U.S. may well have contributed to the October increase. Here’s what the NSSF’s Mark Oliva had to say about the figures .