The Truth About Guns
Exploring the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns
Updated: 3 weeks 6 days ago
Sci-Fi and Space Gat 2: The AR-15-Based XCOM X-9
As I wrote in Sci-Fi and Space Gat 1, I feel like most folks are going to recognize Han Solo’s blaster, even if they don’t know it’s called a DL-44. I’ll admit, my next build goes further off in the weeds of nerdity. Cloning video game guns isn’t new, and there are innumerable versions of the Fallout New Vegas Service Rifle out there, and who knows how many builds based upon the various Call of Duty games.
Continue reading Sci-Fi and Space Gat 2: The AR-15-Based XCOM X-9 at The Truth About Guns.
Supreme Court Will Take Up “Ghost Gun” Case This Fall
By a razor-thin margin, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the challenge to the Biden Administration’s “ghost gun” law.
The case, VanDerStok v. Garland, challenges the Department of Justice’s 2022 Final Rule that redefined important legal terms dealing with guns, including “firearm,” “receiver” and “frame,” making the longstanding American tradition of building personal firearms pretty much a thing of the past.
The vote to hear the case was 4-to-3, with no information released as to who voted for or against hearing the case.
Continue reading Supreme Court Will Take Up “Ghost Gun” Case This Fall at The Truth About Guns.
Connecticut Legislators Take a Breather on Passing More Gun Laws
One year after enacting significant enhancements to its gun control laws, Connecticut legislators appear to have shifted away from pursuing further restrictive measures on firearms during this year’s budget session, according to legislative leaders CT Insider is reporting.
State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chairman of the Connecticut Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, indicated that the focus this session will not be on major gun legislation. This decision comes despite Connecticut’s history of stringent gun control measures, particularly following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Just Released: Delta V’s Gen-2 3MR Trigger for ARs
Delta V Solutions recently announced the release of its updated Gen-2 3MR AR trigger, which offers enhanced performance features for competitive shooters and defense professionals. This new model is an upgrade from its predecessor and is designed to work with standard AR-15 and AR-10 receivers.
The Gen-2 3MR includes a three-mode selector system that allows users to switch between safe, semi-auto, and a third mode that activates the trigger’s advanced assisted-reset feature. The trigger system is engineered for minimal sear travel and a clean break to enhance shooting accuracy.
Continue reading Just Released: Delta V’s Gen-2 3MR Trigger for ARs at The Truth About Guns.
Sci-Fi and Space Gat 1: The AR-15-Based DL-44
One of the greatest things about the AR platform is that you can build just about anything you can imagine. The number of companies making complete firearms, components and accessories is staggering. From basic carbines to match and DMR rifles, to pistol caliber carbines, SBR’s, pistols and even bullpups; the variations are endless. I have a few “serious” rifles, like my old work SIG M400, my CMMG MK IV and a factory Springfield Armory Saint, but most of my personal builds tend to be for fun.
Continue reading Sci-Fi and Space Gat 1: The AR-15-Based DL-44 at The Truth About Guns.
Little Rock ATF Incident Update: Agents Were Not Wearing Body Cameras as per ATF Policy
Arkansas Republican Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman are pushing for answers about ATF’s March 19th SWAT raid, during which Little Rock Airport executive Bryan Malinowski was shot and killed in his own home.
“The Department of Justice confirmed to us last night that the ATF agents involved in the execution of a search warrant of the home of Bryan Malinowski weren’t wearing body cameras. We will continue to press the Department to explain how this violation of its own policy could’ve happened and to disclose the full circumstances of this tragedy.
Pennsylvania Women Defends Herself, Kills Intruder During Early Morning Break-In
A Beaver County, Pennslyvania, woman fatally shot an intruder who broke into her home last Wednesday morning, according to authorities and local reports.
The incident occurred around 5:00 a.m. when the woman, who was alone in her residence on 10th Avenue in Beaver Falls, was awakened by strange noises. Armed with a 9mm handgun, she went to investigate the sounds in her basement where she encountered a man who had entered through a broken window, police and district attorney statements to KDKA CBS News and Breitbart revealed.
How Much Training Do Teachers Really Need To Carry?
I recently came across a dumb conversation on Twitter that can actually be a little instructive. Instead of going straight to answering the question of how much training a teacher needs to be able to safely carry to defend children, I’m instead going to shoot down the assumptions that lead to thinking teachers need dozens or hundreds (or even thousands) of hours of training.
Bad Assumption #1: Cops Receive Thousands Of Hours Of Excellent Training
MNPD officers get 1000 hours of training on law enforcement and have 40 hours of continuing training requirements per year.
Continue reading How Much Training Do Teachers Really Need To Carry? at The Truth About Guns.
Alabama Strip Club Remains Open Despite Shooting, Declares They Will Call in Marines Before Closing
In more Alabama wackiness, WKRG News 5 out of Mobile, was quick to report on a shooting at a local strip club. But the news was not so much about what transpired in the shooting, but the simple—and extremely critical fact—that the club was “still open!”
In an article headlined as “Diamonds gentleman’s club unshaken by shooting—“We’re definitely open”, Mobile police officers were called to the scene of Diamonds gentleman’s club last Tuesday for a call of shots fired.
V Seven Weapon Systems-Sovereign. The Ultimate AR?
If you’ve spent any amount of time online, you’ve heard people argue about “Tier 1” rifles. The category is totally subjective of course, but some manufacturers have a stronger claim to the ranking than others. Let’s talk about what I consider Tier 1, and why V Seven’s Sovereign deserves to be there.
Pedigree
Whether I approach this article as an Airborne Ranger, or as a professional writer or as an experienced shooter with 30 years of trigger time under my belt, the same scenario plays out.
Continue reading V Seven Weapon Systems-Sovereign. The Ultimate AR? at The Truth About Guns.
Police Website Reveals CDC Suppressing Defensive Gun Use Data
According to a report from Law Enforcement Today, recent revelations have exposed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for allegedly suppressing data on defensive gun use (DGU). This action has ignited debates over the transparency and potential politicization of the agency’s research on gun policy and public health.
The CDC, which studies various factors contributing to injury and mortality including firearm incidents, has been criticized for omitting defensive gun use statistics from its public communications.
Bandits, Including One in a Wheelchair, Wind Up on Wrong End of a Gun
An alleged band of bandits, including one being pushed in a wheelchair, strolled and rolled through a West Mobile, Alabama, apartment complex looking for trouble. The men were observed by one, Linda Hyatt, who told News 5 she sits on her porch almost every day, but before going out Tuesday, April 16, she wisely peeked from behind her curtains first to check what was going on outside and spotted the suspicious ne’er-do-wells.
“Counting the one who was in a wheelchair, they walked down, and then I saw them come back,” Hyatt told News 5.
D.C. Police Department Draws ATF’s Ire Over Gun Transfers
When gun-hating bureaucrats and politicians finally ran the last gun store in Washington, D.C., out of business back in 2020, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) took over the chore of transferring firearms. What happened after that has drawn the attention of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—and not good attention, either.
According to a report by NBC’s News4 I-Team, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has been listed among a group of “bad apple” Federal Firearms Licensees.
Continue reading D.C. Police Department Draws ATF’s Ire Over Gun Transfers at The Truth About Guns.
Iowa Law Will Ban Merchant Codes, Creation of Firearms Registries
Iowa is not only set to enact a law that prohibits financial institutions from using specific merchant codes on credit card transactions for gun purchases with firearms retailers, but will take it a step further and outright ban “state and local governmental agencies from keeping a record or registry of privately owned firearms”.
The legislation, House File 2464, recently cleared the final legislative hurdle when the Iowa House agreed to a Senate amendment.
Washington Post Asks Citizens How to Make City Safer. The Answer: More Cops, Not Gun Control
Skyrocketing crime in major cities was a tragic consequence of the confluence of several factors. There was the coronavirus pandemic, prolonged lockdowns, defund the police riots and the rise in soft-on-crime city prosecutors that refused – and still do – to hold criminals accountable. Just one month ago, The Washington Post editorial board decried a devastating trend in the nation’s Capital that appears at odds with how things are going in other major metropolitans across the country.
A Strategy To Foil Carjackers at Walmart (Or Any Large Store Parking Lot)
In almost every family, there’s one adult who likes to go into stores and one who would rather wait outside in the car. This not only means not walking around and being bored, but it also means you can pull up and quickly load the groceries and toilet paper. Personally, I’m the adult in the family who’d rather sit in the car and sometimes work.
Even if you’re not trying to work, it can be tough to maintain situational awareness and watch out for carjackers (or other threats) for very long.
More Bad Legislation On The Move In Colorado
The punitive proposed ban on semi-auto rifles that was just passed by the state House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for consideration isn’t the only restrictive legislation being considered in Colorado this session.
Democrat lawmakers, who have a majority in both the House and Senate, are also pushing a measure that would expand the list of “sensitive places” where lawful gun owners would be banned from carrying their firearms for self-defense.
Continue reading More Bad Legislation On The Move In Colorado at The Truth About Guns.
Arkansas AG Demands Answers, Bodycams from ATF’s Fatal Raid
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has serious questions for ATF officials about their botched March 19 SWAT team raid, which killed Little Rock Airport executive director, Bryan Malinowski, in his home. And if ATF has bodycam footage of the fatal raid, Griffin wants to see that, too.
“As someone who couldn’t be a bigger law enforcement supporter, when our government acts in a particular way that raises questions, we have an obligation to say something.
Michigan CPL Holder in Hot Water Over Brandishing Incident in Grocery Store
In a tense moment at a Kroger store in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, the actions of Isaiah Ware, a concealed pistol licensee, have come under legal questioning and as a result, sparked a broader debate about the best way to respond in an altercation when you’re packing. The case serves as a warning to other carry permit holders or open carry practitioners on when the simple brandishing of a firearm to avoid a physical confrontation could land you in hotter water than a few thrown fists.
David v. Goliath: Small Gun Club Wages Constitutional Battle in Missouri
During its heyday, the Glendale Shooting Club located near Robertsville, Missouri, was home to shotgun, silhouette, high-power rifle, handgun and cowboy action shooters. It hosted regular matches, including the Bauer Brothers Cup, and had around 400 active members.
Today, the clay shooting is long gone as are the matches, and the members—only around 140 remain—are writing personal checks to subsidize a convoluted and confusing legal fight that began 40 years ago.
The stakes are extremely high.