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Resolution Against ATF Pistol Brace Ban Looks to be Moving to House Floor for a Vote
Legislative Directors in the House of Representatives got the below email yesterday. HJ Res. 44 would express the Congress’s displeasure at the ATF’s abrupt about face on pistol braces with a de facto ban going into effect on May 31. Here’s the entire language of the resolution . . .
This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives titled Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached “Stabilizing Braces” and published on January 31, 2023.
Gun Control Groups Trying to Extract Pledges from Law Students to Never Work for the Gun Industry
Gun control groups are big Shakespeare fans, apparently. They’re taking a page from the famed Elizabethan-era bard’s Henry VI as the next play on foisting gun control on the American public.
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” Shakespeare wrote in the play.
Two gun control groups are putting a 21st Century twist on the line and taking to university campuses to convince law students to pledge to never represent the firearm industry, or its interests, in court.
Gun Meme of the Day: A Shot at Taurus Edition
Oooph, that one’s a bit rough as memes go.
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5 Ways to Protect Your Gun Rights and Those of Your Children
By Lee Williams
Gun owners should be running the country given our numbers, at least that’s how it appears on paper.
According to Ballotpedia data from last year, of the 31 states that allow voters to publicly indicate their political party affiliation, roughly 48 million were Democrats and 36 million were Republicans. The rest were independents, unaffiliated or members of another political party. By comparison, there are an estimated 133 million gun owners in the country, or roughly 40% of the population – a massive number that dwarfs all party affiliations combined – according to the Pew Research Center.
Ruger Unveils the New LC Charger Large Format Pistol in 5.7x28mm
The 5.7 resurgence marches on. The latest addition to the growing number of intriguing and just plain fun guns chambered in 5.7x28mm is the new LC Charger from Ruger. It uses the same magazines as the Ruger-5.7 pistol. Here’s Ruger’s press release . . .
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. is excited to introduce the Ruger LC Charger chambered in 5.7x28mm. This large-format pistol features a 10.3” threaded barrel, ambidextrous manual safety, and a reversible magazine release.
BREAKING: Fifth Circuit Issues Injunction on ATF Pistol Stabilizing Brace Ban
Minutes ago, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction (download the PDF HERE) against the DOJ’s and ATF’s unconstitutional attack on firearms equipped with a pistol stabilizing brace. The lawsuit, brought by the Firearms Policy Coalition and other plaintiffs, paid off with this temporary injunction just days before ATF’s mandatory registration “grace period” that was set to expire on the 31st.
Don’t celebrate too soon, though. Unfortunately this temporary injunction applies only to the named plaintiffs .
Gun Review: Hi-Point JXP 10 10mm Handgun
By Tim Stetzer
If you’re a fan of the Fallout or Cyberpunk video games, or the sci-fi or post-apocalyptic genres in general, then you probably know that writers and game designers seem to think that the 10mm is going to be ubiquitous in the future. They’re the most common guns you run across in those mediums and they’re generally cheap.
In real life, in the here and now we know that 10mm pistols aren’t actually all that common, or all that cheap.
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Black Wolf: The New Rideshare App for Customers Who Want the Security of an Armed Driver
You don’t typically see a bulletproof vest in the trunk of someone’s car.
“We’re about security and safety at all times,” said Kerry King Brown.
However, Atlanta’s Kerry King Brown isn’t an ordinary driver. He’s also a private investigator and an experienced bodyguard for celebrities and politicians.
Now, he wants you to feel what it’s like to have “executive protection.”
“Who are mostly on the news getting robbed, getting raped?
Gun Meme of the Day: The Next One’ll Do The Trick Edition
All you need to prevent criminals from breaking the law is more laws.
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Dan Wesson DWX Compact Pistol Now Shipping
After a long, COVID-induced wait, Dan Wesson is shipping the Compact sibling of the DWX pistol, the aptly-named DWX Compact. The photos seen here are mine, because TTAG’s DWX Compact loaner just arrived. I need another range session with it and then watch this space for the full review.
So far, though, she’s as slick and smooth and finely-tuned as the full-size.
Dan Wesson’s press release follows . . .
The DWX Compact pistol inherits the best traits of two flagship pistols, the CZ 75 and the Dan Wesson 1911—handguns synonymous with quality, durability, and performance.
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Is There an Electoral Silver Lining for the Anti-Gun Left in the Post-Bruen Advance of Gun Rights?
The anti-gun left doesn’t take defeat well and few setbacks have been as devastating to the cause of civilian disarmament in America as the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. That judicial earthquake, combined with the long march of permitless concealed carry across the nation — eleven states have enacted it since 2021 — has them on their heels. But as an op-ed in the New Yorker makes clear, at least some in the gun control industry hope think they may see an electoral silver lining through all of the gloom.
South Africa and a Black Death Dream Hunt
Cornered in a small clearing, he squared his shoulders, picked up his head, and looked me right in the eye.
Judging me.
I was close enough to watch him sneer.
My rifle raised, I traced a line through the gap between his front legs, up to the center of the black mass of muscle that formed his chest.
Behind two feet of muscle…his heart and malice. Mine was filled with fear.
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Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Beaumont, TX Homeowner Downs a Burglar in His Bathroom
“The shooting took place early Friday morning in Beaumont’s North End. Officers responded to a call about a burglary in progress in the 5300 block of Wildwood Avenue just after midnight, according to a Beaumont Police Department release.
“While police were on their way to the scene, dispatch told officers the homeowner had shot the suspect who was now inside the residence.” That’s the report from 12newsnow.com.
When the 5-0 arrived, they found Jason Omar Cruz on the homeowner’s bathroom floor, rapidly exsanguinating thanks to a bullet fired by the un-named homeowner.
Fix It Sticks Now Making a Compact Tool Kit for SIG Owners
If you’ve never seen or tried a Fix It Sticks took kit, you don’t know what you’re missing. They’re great compact tool kits that are perfect for quickly mounting a scope or red dot, adjusting your sights or just working on your guns. Now Fix It Sticks has packaged a set of tools aimed at the growing legion of SIG owners . . .
Fix It Sticks, the industry innovator of modular firearms maintenance tools and torque limiters has introduced the perfect kit for handgun shooters, the Compact Pistol Kit for Sig Sauer.
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Things That Don’t Suck: MFAK Individual First Aid Kit
The MFAK – magazine first aid kit – is a minimalist trauma kit with a small selectio of first air gear compressed and carried in a magazine-like housing and packed in a spare mag pouch. The people behind the MFAK have launched an Indiegogo campaign to get their company off the ground and sent us a couple of prototypes to check out.
The MFAK has a small selection of first-aid basics that have been vacuum-packed and slipped in magazine-shaped carrier.
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Hammer: It’s Inexcusable That The Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto Still Hasn’t Been Released
It is inexcusable that the manifesto has not already been released. But unfortunately, it is also unsurprising. The reality is that the gender ideology lobby is an extremely powerful political force in today’s Democratic Party, and for the American ruling class more generally. Transgender activists, with the possible exception of Black Lives Matter activists, best represent the tip of the spear of today’s intersectional Democrats.
Same-sex marriage was constitutionalized by the U.S.
Gun Meme of the Day: Get Off My Lawn Edition
Have a good weekend, y’all! Stay off this guy’s lawn, eh?
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Police Release Video of Officers Taking Down New Mexico Spree Shooter Who Shouted, ‘Come and Kill Me!’
By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan and Anita Snow, AP
Videos released Thursday of this week’s deadly rampage in northwest New Mexico recorded a voice said to be the shooter urging police to “kill me” and officers rushing toward the 18-year-old gunman before fatally shooting him outside a church.
“He is yelling on the Ring footage, ‘Come kill me,'” Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said of Beau Wilson, the high school senior who authorities say killed three older women during the attack.
Help Fund SAF’s Lawsuits Challenging Gun Control and Get a Chance at a SIG SAUER VIP Experience
SIG SAUER, Inc., a leader in firearms, ammunition, electro-optics, airguns, suppressors and training, and a long time Diamond level sponsor has stepped up, once again, to support the Second Amendment Foundation.
SIG SAUER has donated an exclusive prize package for a fundraiser sweepstakes that includes a SIG SAUER P320 pistol, an exclusive tour inside SIG SAUER’s global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Newington, New Hampshire, and a personalized one-on-one full-day training course at SIG SAUER Academy.