The Truth About Guns

Dexter Taylor is the kind of guy most of us would hang out with. Not only is he hard-working and intelligent, working as a software engineer, but he chooses challenging hobbies. A while back, he got into building gun parts in his spare time, and was even considering going into business.

“I found out that you can actually legally buy a receiver and you can machine that receiver to completion, and you buy your parts and you put them together and you’ve got a pistol or a rifle,” Taylor said in a podcast interview.

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Influential people with anti-gun views often want to “wade into the debate” after a big shooting. They’d have us believe that they are apolitical people who were above or outside of the debate, but because something that happened was so terrible, it merits them taking the highly unusual step and perhaps enduring some personal sacrifice.

But, if you do a quick search, most of the celebrities who act like this have a history of doing it.

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In yet another attempt to snoop around in matters that aren’t any of their business, the California State Assembly is considering a measure that would make insurance companies include questions on an application for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance concerning the number of firearms in the home.

The bill, AB 3067 by Democrat assemblyman Mike Gipson specifies: “In addition to existing regulations, an application for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance shall include questions regarding all of the following: (1) Whether there are firearms kept in the household, including in any accessory structures, and if so, how many.

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In the history of ridiculous names for guns, the FEG Hi-Powers stand out. For example, the gun I’ve got today is the Fegyver- és Gépgyártó Részvénytársaság PJK-9HP FP9. This is what happens when you live under communism. You’re marketing sucks, and branding is a pipe dream. I can’t tell you what that stands for, but the name is fitting for such an odd version of a fairly famous firearm. From here on out, it’s going to be called the FEG Hi-Power.

Continue reading Obscure Object of Desire – PJK-9HP FP9 FEG Hi-Power at The Truth About Guns.

When Congress defined the term “machine gun” in federal law, they thought it was pretty clear, and in most ways, it really is. If a single movement of the trigger produces only one shot, it’s not a machine gun. If you can pull the trigger back and the gun continues firing, it’s generally a machine gun. Pretty simple, right?

This distinction is important because a semi-auto weapon (assuming it’s not an SBR or other NFA item) isn’t heavily regulated at the federal level—no tax stamp, no need to get approval to transfer or cross state lines, or any of that other stuff.

Continue reading Yet Another Reason NFA and GCA Need To Die at The Truth About Guns.

The case challenging California’s “sensitive places” law that bans carry in nearly every public place in the state continues to move forward, with appellants filing response briefs with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In the lawsuit Carralero v. Bonta, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) on Feb. 16 announced that it had filed a response brief with the circuit court. FPC secured a preliminary injunction in this case at the district court last year, and it remains in effect while California appeals.

Continue reading FPC Files Brief In California’s “Sensitive Places” Carry Ban at The Truth About Guns.

Nobody has ever said that the .22 Long Rifle makes a man-stopper defensive cartridge. However people still carry it for self-defense purposes. Maybe people have disabilities that preclude a more traditional centerfire cartridge for defensive purposes. Others prefer the ultra-petite size and weight of some small pocket pistols. Or there may be budgetary or availability considerations in a person’s life.

No matter the reason, I know plenty of normal people who carry a .22 everyday.

Continue reading CCI’s ‘Uppercut’ .22 Long Rifle Defensive Load Shows Impressive, Reliable Expansion Every Time at The Truth About Guns.

A competent side-by-side shotgun retailing for under $1,000 sounds as unlikely and unattainable as a sub-6-pound elk rifle that shoots consistently. But Weatherby has accomplished the unexpected with its new Turkish-made Orion that hammers birds and has just enough style that you don’t have to feel inadequate around Beretta- and Orvis-equipped wingshooters.

Let’s be clear: The Orion isn’t some undiscovered heir to elegance. Instead, it’s an unadorned workaday side-by-side that digests a wide range of payloads, is at home on the marsh as in the uplands, and that you won’t feel bad when you scratch and ding.

Continue reading Weatherby Orion 20-Gauge Side-By-Side Shotgun at The Truth About Guns.

I recently came across something pretty funny on Twitter that I think merits some more sharing. In the past, I’ve called the people who take advantage of tragedy to push an anti-gun agenda things like “blood dancers” or “vultures”. But, this new one sounds pretty good:

By the power vested in me by Twitter, I am declaring the term “Coffin Surfer” the new name we will call people who immediately seek to use the death of someone else to advance civilian disarmament.

Continue reading A New Name For Anti-Gun Tragedy Exploiters: Coffin Surfers at The Truth About Guns.

California arrested a man last month for the high crime of owning about 250 firearms, a million rounds of ammunition and a few cans. In most states that would make the man a great neighbor. In Texas it would make him a very eligible bachelor to the ladies.  Unfortunately, the statists in California don’t have a lot of love for the little people owning effective defensive firearms.

Rob Bonta, the California Attorney General, shared some photos of the unnamed Richmond, California, man’s collection.

Continue reading A Good Neighbor Arrested in California: 250 Guns, 20 Cans, Million Rounds of Ammo at The Truth About Guns.

The fact that most proposed gun bans target only the law-abiding while ignoring violent criminals isn’t lost on most gun-rights supporters. Interestingly, a proposed ban under consideration in the Virginia State Assembly actually targets the most law-abiding of law-abiding citizens.

Senate Bill 57, authored by Sen. Saddam Salim, makes it illegal for a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant or club that sells alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, whether the permit holder drinks any alcohol or not.

Continue reading Dems Target The Most Law-Abiding Of Virginians With Restaurant Carry Ban at The Truth About Guns.

Almost two decades ago I decided I needed a PVS14 monocular. I had used PVS7’s on the U.S./Mexico border, then been issued a PVS14 in Afghanistan, and after I came home, I went down a rabbit hole. Eventually, I ended up with multiple PVS14s, multiple dual-tube goggles and more equipment for mounting them to your head, your gun, your spotting scope, your camera and anything else than you can imagine. Needless to say, I learned a lot along the way.

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The Firearms Policy Coalition recently won a small victory in the ongoing war against Georgia’s ban on concealed carry for young adults.

On Monday, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s law banning 18- to 20-year-old citizens from carrying a firearm for self-defense.

In the case Baughcum v. Jackson, the court countered findings by the district court that ruled the individuals represented in the lawsuit didn’t have standing.

Continue reading FPC Notches Win In Georgia Young Adult Carry Ban Challenge at The Truth About Guns.

A recently released body cam video out of Florida has been making the rounds on social media. Why? Because a cop seems to lose his mind and starts cranking rounds into the back of his own patrol vehicle. Inside is a man who he had already arrested and placed in the vehicle, and he thinks that not only is the man shooting at him, but that he had been hit.

According to media sources, the officer lost it when an acorn fell on his vehicle (you can barely hear it in the video if you turn it up), which he mistook for a gunshot.

Continue reading What We Can Learn From That Spicy Florida Acorn Video at The Truth About Guns.

A black hole is a celestial body so named because its force of gravity is such that not even light can escape. Science fiction authors have depicted such weird phenomena as portals to strange dimensions or wormholes leading Lord-knows-where. Astronomers recognize such stuff because, when juxtaposed against the inky deadness of space, a black hole is a special kind of dark. Down here on earth, gunshot wounds are a comparably special kind of dark. When studied up close, a gunshot wound can offer a glimpse into a bad man’s soul.

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The Idaho measure we reported on earlier this week that would ban public contracts for companies that discriminate against the gun industry has been approved by a Senate committee and is headed to the Senate floor for a vote.

Senate Bill 1291 was introduced in the state Senate earlier this week. The measure would prohibit public contracts with individuals or companies that are boycotting those that engage in or support the manufacture, distribution, sale or use of firearms, and would also require companies that contract with the state to disclose if their policies discriminate against the firearms industry.

Continue reading Idaho Bill Protecting Gun Industry From Discrimination Moves Forward at The Truth About Guns.

Williams Gun Sight is a bit of a legacy company that’s been producing various forms of high-visibility iron sights as long as I’ve been modifying guns. They’ve always been an iron sight company, until now. Any company looking to enter the red dot world can do it fairly easily by just licensing an overseas red dot like everyone else and calling it a day. However, for a company dedicated to iron sights, Williams Gun Sight Company had a rather innovative idea with the LRS.

Continue reading Gear Review – The Williams Gun Sight LRS at The Truth About Guns.

Rumors have circulated that the ATF may soon require anyone wishing to sell a firearm in a private sale to have an FFL license. Such a move would make it virtually impossible, and certainly unfeasible, for the private, legal transfer of firearms in this country.

But are these rumors true?

As gun owners, we certainly see our share of stupid policies put in place that sound like they should only be works of fiction.

Continue reading Armed Attorneys: Will the ATF Require FFL Licenses of Anyone Wishing to Sell a Firearm? at The Truth About Guns.

Working on a website, even one as basic as TTAG, you rely on a lot of different technology to create and share information. One useful tool for many collaborators is a site called WeTransfer, which allows you, for free, to upload and transfer large files such as multiple images to a person rather than risking exceeding their inbox limits.

To help pay for providing the service for free, WeTransfer uses the screen where you are uploading or downloading your files as a virtual billboard.

Continue reading How Anti-Gunners are Using AI to Strip You of Your Rights at The Truth About Guns.

So, when I was first told I’d have the opportunity to work with one of the longer running, dedicated gun blogs on the internet, and one that had a solidly legit following, I have to admit, I was pretty excited at the opportunity. But as I got looking at it more closely, it reminded me a little more of when I got my first car, a 1966 Mercury Comet Caliente. It was a cool car to be sure and had a ton of upside and potential for the $500 I paid my dad for it, but it was going to take a bit of work to get it where my friends might appreciate it as much as I did.

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