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Donohue: Killers Keep Using AR-15s, So Why Are They Still Legal?
The deadliest acts of mass murder in the United States since 9/11 all share one feature: The killer in every case used an assault-style weapon or a firearm equipped with a high-capacity magazine. This was again the case on Monday, at a shooting at a Kentucky bank that killed five, and in the recent shooting at the elementary school in Nashville that killed six, including three 9-year-old children.
And yet, the country has failed to adopt the policies needed to keep these weapons out of the hands of those who would abuse them.
Finally, After Almost a Decade, Biofire Introduces ‘The First and Only Biometric Firearm on the Market’
To put today’s announcement that Biofire Technologies is finally raising the curtain on the Biofire Smart Gun into context, you have to dial the Wayback Machine all the way back to 2014. That’s when we first noted the news that a bunch of Silicon Valley tech types had cut a kid named Kai Kloepfer a check for $50,000. What had young Kai done to deserve all of that cash? He managed to put a biometric sensor — a finger print reader — into a pistol.
Gun Meme of the Day: Up With Holosun Edition
This might be the first gun meme I’ve seen that’s positive towards the company it’s focused on rather than making fun of it!
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SIG SAUER Gives the P320 AXG Pistol the Full Legion Treatment
From SIG SAUER . . .
SIG SAUER is pleased to announce the latest addition to the SIG SAUER LEGION Series of pistols with the introduction of the P320-AXG LEGION featuring a new two-port slide and Aluminum X-SERIES Grip (AXG) module that, combined, delivers a 30% felt recoil reduction and an ultra-premium shooting experience.
“Since its inception, the LEGION line of products has represented the pinnacle of performance and engineering, and the P320-AXG LEGION is no exception,” said Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales, SIG SAUER, Inc.
Minorities, Hardest Hit by Urban Crime, Confound the Media and Gun Control Orgs by Continuing to Buy Firearms
Policy makers are confounded. A recent report by The Hill showed that African Americans are the most directly impacted by what they call “gun violence.” At the same time, firearm purchases by African Americans rose steeply in recent years. Those two facts are not mutually exclusive and are linked in ways that gun control groups don’t want to admit.
In other words, it’s the crime, stupid. And African Americans are refusing to be willing victims to criminals that have no respect for life or law.
Ruger Bundling the MAX-9 Micro Compact With a Factory Mounted Ruger ReadyDot Sight
The Ruger MAX-9 pistol is well established as an optic-ready rugged and reliable daily carry option. It is now available paired with a factory-mounted Ruger ReadyDot micro reflex optic. Co-witnessed with the tritium fiber optic front sight, the ReadyDot allows the shooter to keep both eyes open, focus on the target, and maintain depth perception when engaging targets at various distances. The ultra-reliable Ruger ReadyDot uses the light-gathering properties of fiber optics, giving the user an optic that is self-adjusting for brightness and never needs a battery.
McCain: The Picture of Violent Crime in America is Distorted Beyond Recognition by the Media
Research by John R. Lott Jr. highlights just how geographically concentrated the murder problem is in the United States. Of the more than 3,000 counties in the country, 52 percent had zero murders in 2020, while the 31 counties with the highest murder rates (the worst 1 percent) had 42 percent of the nation’s murders. Expand the focus to the worst 2 percent (62 counties), and these accounted for more than half (56 percent) of U.S.
Gun Meme of the Day: Be Effective Edition
Well, I mean, if we’re gonna nit pick I gotta say the iPhone pictured is quite a few generations outdated and the AR has no magazine in it. But, sure, point taken.
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Happy Ending: Rena Got Her Gun Back After Springfield, IL Police Confiscated It
Last month, we wrote about how the Springfield, IL Police Department confiscated a capital city woman’s gun after she called police for a prowler. Her Firearms Owner ID card had expired a couple of months earlier and she didn’t realize it.
Rena Rojas, a senior citizen and disabled veteran, lives by herself in the not-so-nice part of the Land of Lincoln’s capital city. When the police took her Smith & Wesson Shield EZ .380 from her that day, they also took her peace-of-mind.
Gear Review: Ulfhednar UHRT55CBH Tripod with Ball Head
Unless I know I’ll be in a blind, it’s pretty rare that I go hunting without a tripod anymore. The consistent use of a tripod has let me take sure shots on game at ranges that would have been iffy or impossible without one. That includes my safaris in southern Africa.
For flat land hunts, or hunts where I wont be walking too far from the bakkie, the standard large competition/tactical style tripod works just fine.
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Reality Begins to Dawn on the Anti-Gun Left: Civilian Disarmament in America is a Lost Cause
…Red states have gone all in on weaponizing our society. We’re seeing permitless concealed carry, open carry, allowances to carry in more places, ending gun-free zones, laws banning red-flag laws; all the while, the number of guns in circulation keeps rising by the millions, year after year after year. Republicans keep insisting that the solution to gun violence is more guns, and they’re going to keep going with that theory no matter what the results are.
Ruger’s New Optics-Ready Mark IV 22/45 Lite with Co-Witnessing Sights
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has expanded the Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite family of rimfire pistols with a new model that features a mounting position for a standard Shield RMS footprint reflex optic in place of the Picatinny rail. It also features a raised front fiber optic sight and an adjustable rear sight that co-witness with most micro red dot optics. The new model has an attractive ventilated rib on top of a clear anodized receiver.
Why Kentucky’s Governor Andy Beshear Won’t Be Savaged By the Gun Control Industry
Tommy, Joshua, Juliana, James and Deana.
We love them. We will miss them. We will be there for their families.
While we may be asking how we can get through this, the answer is together. pic.twitter.com/vXTMX3M6c3
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) April 11, 2023
Yesterday an employee of the Old South Bank in Louisville, Kentucky opened fire in the bank, killing five and wounding eight more. The shooter was shot and killed by police.
CZ’s Scorpion 3+ Now Available in 3 Configurations Including 16.3-Inch Carbine
First released to the US public in pistol form – the new Scorpion 3+ Carbine has been developed based on consumer feedback and military and law enforcement personnel. This rifle rounds out the popular Scorpion 3+ semi-automatic firearm platform.
The 16.3-inch barrel rifle is offered with two stock configurations. This configuration employs the iconic Scorpion EVO folding stock, keeping true to the design users have come to love. Three adjustment points allow the user to adjust the length of pull to meet their needs.
FN Announces the New Reflex and Reflex MRD Micro Compact Concealed Carry Pistols
FN America, LLC redefines the micro compact pistol segment with the release of the FN Reflex and Reflex MRD 9mm pistols, giving concealed carriers the ability to respond instinctively with speed and control. The FN Reflex sets a new standard in the world of everyday carry with its light and crisp 5-pound single-action-only (SAO) trigger, optics-ready capabilities and cold hammer-forged barrel for enduring accuracy.
The FN Reflex is a slim, one-inch micro compact that puts 27 rounds at the ready with the included 11-round and 15-round magazines.
Louisville Killer Connor Sturgeon Livestreamed the Shooting That Killed 4, Wounded 9
For clarification, the shooter in today’s event has been identified as Connor Sturgeon, D.O.B. 2/11/1998. This is the extent to which we will address this individual as we move forward honoring the victims of today’s horrific events. #LMPD pic.twitter.com/5ZZAaBDsrm
— LMPD (@LMPD) April 10, 2023
By Dylan Lovan and Claire Galofaro, AP
A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace Monday morning, killing four people — including a close friend of Kentucky’s governor — while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said.
Gun Review: Ruger Super Wrangler Single Action .22 Revolver
We don’t know how many Wrangler revolvers Ruger’s made and sold in they announced it back in 2019, but it’s probably enough to fill the holsters of everyone who’s ever acted in a cowboy movie. Ruger’s take on a .22LR version of their venerable Single Six priced at less than two bills, depending on barrel length, is exactly what a large percentage of the gun-buying public wants in a range gun. Or a kit gun.
ATF Head: Gun Industry’s Programs Have Reduced Crime, Firearm Accidents
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach spoke at length with The Washington Post about his responsibilities at the helm of the federal agency charged with overseeing the firearm industry.
The Post is unabashedly antigun and pushes gun control propaganda whenever possible. During the discussion, however, Dettelbach took the opportunity to highlight the firearm industry’s efforts to reduce crimes committed with firearms and lower firearm accidents, praising the ATF’s two-decades long partnership with NSSF on firearm safety initiatives.
Hi-Point Carbine Now Chambered in 30 Super Carry
Hi-Point Firearms, an America-based manufacturer of reliable and affordable pistols and carbine rifles for defense, sporting, and hunting applications, breaks new ground in the shooting industry by introducing the first-ever carbine chambered for the new 30 Super Carry defensive cartridge.
Serious personal and home defense practitioners understand the value of having ammunition compatibility between their handguns and rifles. This has long been the case with 9mm handguns and pistol-caliber carbines (PCC) chambered for the 9mm Luger.
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BREAKING: 5 Dead, 8 Wounded in Shooting at a Downtown Louisville Bank
By Dylan Lovan and Gayle Galofaro, AP
A shooting Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others, police said. The suspected lone shooter was also dead.
Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey told reporters officers who arrived on the scene “encountered active gunshots still being fired inside the location at that time.”
Officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who appeared to be a former employee of the bank, but it wasn’t clear how he died.