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What Technically Is a High-Capacity Magazine?
Politicians adore the term “high-capacity magazine,” in references to guns that they so passionately hate. President Biden has made it a favorite term when advocating for gun control, and he blames the ills of weapon-related deaths on such accessories. It is important, however, that despite the rhetoric, people understand what this term means, and how it is being misused, because what people often say are “high capacity” are nothing more than old standards.
“High capacity” would logically refer to something excessive from the norm.
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Even The Washington Post Concedes the Biden Administration’s Favorite Gun Control Lie Is, In Fact, a Lie
It was a “The Pigs are Flying” moment after The Washington Post, the newspaper that has never found a gun control policy it did not fawn over, took up a gun control claim the Biden administration loves to repeat and determined it to be false.
To be clear, Glenn Kessler’s The Fact Checker couldn’t bring itself to award any Pinocchios – not one – to the false claim, but its thorough breakdown and analysis of the claim left nothing misunderstood.
Self-Defense Against a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing; Former Game Warden Being Investigated
Not all armed self-defense is against predators of the two-legged kind. Indeed, a firearm is a useful tool against legit four-legged predators as well of which bears, mountain lions and wolves all fall easily into that category. And although most of them never need to be shot if they are not posing a threat, those that are acting aggressively can still often be run off with a loud, “hey,” and making yourself look bigger by raising your arms.
Chicago’s Bumbling Mayor Announces an End to ‘ShotSpotter’ Pending Contract Extension
America’s Murder City Mayor Brandon Johnson has done it again. He announced in recent days that the city would discontinue using ShotSpotter after the summer murder season – and the Democratic National Convention. No big deal, right? Giving police a chance to respond rapidly to the location of shots fired, especially full-auto strings of fire, and giving police a decent chance to catch the perps is, in Comrade Mayor Johnson’s eyes, just a waste of resources.
The 3D-Printed FGC-9 Keeps Getting Easier To Build
These days, gun control has a big problem on its hands: enforcement. In past decades, governments could control the flow of gun parts over borders to some extent, and then crack down on production internally. The cost of production and the skills necessary to produce weapons usually meant people needed to use the economy to share resources, which in turn meant gun production was easy to control.
The results were never perfect, as smuggling and illicit production continued, but almost nobody was making whole guns at home without giving cops an opportunity to bust them.
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Holy Mag Dump Batman: Texas Deputies Unload on Apartment Resident
A video released by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas of an officer involved shooting Feb. 3, should give every gun owner a little pause should they approach their front door or an open window while armed when things go bump in the night. It is more importantly a good warning to departments across the United States for training in the department of “don’t do this.”
In the video and from other news accounts, on Feb.
Super Bowl Parade – It’s Always the Guns Fault
The left is already pushing for more gun control even before the release of information on the shooter or possibly shooters at the Super Bowl Parade.
Authorities reported they caught three men, one person died, and over twenty others were injured. They haven’t said anything about who they have in custody or confirmed that they were the shooters. Two bystanders tackled one alleged shooter as he was running away.
NEW: The man who tackled a shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs parade speaks out, says he didn’t hesitate when he saw the shooter running by.
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The M3 Grease Gun: The Poor Man’s SMG
Sergeant Eugene Colter slouched immobile alongside 27 of his mates inside the dark cavernous interior of the big C-47 cargo plane as it droned hypnotically through the predawn darkness toward occupied Europe. He was one of only three young paratroopers onboard the plane who was not chain smoking Camels, Chesterfields or Lucky Strikes. He had trained for nearly two years for this moment, and he was utterly terrified.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne—the Screaming Eagles—and he was about to take the fight to Hitler.
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They’re Baaaccckkk! Dems Reload Colorado Assault Weapons Bill, Aim It Squarely at Legal Gun Owners
Despite legal challenges taking place against similar legislation across the country including a strong possibility of a Supreme Court review looming, two Denver Democrats on Tuesday introduced a bill that would ban the purchase, sale and transfer of a large number of semi-auto firearms. The move is merely a reheated plate of gun control that failed to get approved in the state last year. House Bill 1292 aims to restrict the same firearms the failed measure did.
New Mexico Waiting Period Bill Heads To Governor
We told you recently about a measure under consideration in New Mexico that would place a waiting period on gun purchases even after the buyer had passed the federal background check.
On Feb. 12, a somewhat watered down but equally unconstitutional background check bill, which had been amended in the state Senate, was approved by the state House of Representatives and is now headed to anti-gun Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s desk for nearly certain approval.
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“Suck It Up” Anti-Gun Congresswoman’s Private Security Costs Come Under Rightful Scrutiny
This came out last week, but one of the leading and loudest voices calling for more gun control is getting increased scrutiny after she spent nearly $1 million on private security for herself, all while calling for law-abiding citizens to lose their rights and proclaiming avowed support for the “defund the police” movement.
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) confirmed to media that she is now facing criminal investigations by the U.S.
Trump Pledges to Protect Gun Rights During Great American Outdoor Show
Speaking to a packed arena at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this past weekend, Trump reiterated his commitment to the Second Amendment, declaring to thousands of sportsmen and woman, a number of them NRA members, “no one will lay a finger on your firearms.” Trump pledged to eliminate every Biden administration attack on gun owners and manufacturers, a promise that was met with robust support from the standing room only crowd. The NRA is a title sponsor and organizer of the nine-day show, one of the largest in the country.
Attacker “Picks” the Wrong Victim
His future now in the hands of a grand jury, a 21-year-old Houston man had just left a downtown restaurant Sunday evening when he noticed a man following him. The man doing the following had an ice pick in his hand and reportedly approached the 21-year-old in an aggressive manner. Feeling threatened, the would-be victim told police, he drew a handgun and shot his alleged attacker.
Details of the incident in several local news accounts all seemed hazy, but two things are clear: people armed with ice picks should never attempt to challenge a person with a gun or it’s simply not wise to walk up to people in the dark with an ice pick in your hand.
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California Man Pleads Guilty to 27 Counts Related to Unlicensed Firearms Sales and Possession of Illegal Weapons
U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert’s office announced that 32-year-old Joshua Markanson of Victorville, California, has pleaded guilty to various charges related to the unlawful manufacture and dealing of firearms. The charges include conspiring to unlawfully manufacture and deal firearms, unlawfully manufacturing and dealing in firearms, engaging in the business of manufacturing and dealing firearms without proper registration and tax payments, possession of unregistered firearms and possession of unserialized firearms.
Court documents reveal that between Nov.
Gun Nation, One Nation: Celebrating America’s Black Second Amendment Scholars
The tradition of arms for Black Americans has always been different. “Black codes” were implemented in many states, which were designed to keep Blacks from exercising their right to keep and bear arms. In Florida, for example, whites could enter Black-owned homes and search for weapons without a warrant. In Louisiana, Blacks could be stopped and searched for weapons at any time. If they refused to comply, they could be shot.
Over the years, even prominent Black leaders were denied their Second Amendment rights.
New Michigan Gun Laws Go Into Effect Today
As of today, Michigan’s new spate of gun laws take affect and gun owners can now be fined and even incarcerated should their guns find their way into the wrong hands because they were not properly stored according to the requirements of the law. The state passed the storage and other laws in an attempt to bolster the safety measures surrounding the purchase, storage, and ownership of firearms, yet is an obvious sign of government overreach and serves up obvious constitutional challenges.
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2A Groups Seek Supreme Court Review of Illinois Assault Weapons Ban
In an expected move, national gun advocacy groups have taken action to challenge Illinois’ restrictive ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines at the U.S. Supreme Court level. The Colorado-based National Association for Gun Rights and the Nevada-based Firearms Policy Coalition filed petitions on Monday urging the highest court in the land to overturn a ruling by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. This appellate court had decided in a 2-1 vote against issuing a temporary injunction on the Illinois law, controversially suggesting that the constitutional rights enshrined in the Second Amendment have their limits.
Colorado Bill Raises Concerns Over Potential Backdoor Gun Registry
A new legislative proposal in Colorado, SB24-066, is stirring controversy with its intention to introduce Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) specifically for firearm sales. These four-digit identifiers, common in the retail sector to classify the nature of transactions, are at the heart of a debate that extends far beyond their apparent administrative function. While proponents argue that assigning unique MCCs to gun and ammunition retailers could aid in identifying suspicious purchasing patterns, critics are raising alarms over privacy and Second Amendment rights.
Lakewood Church Shooting Updates
In answer to many of the questions that remained from yesterday’s active shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, police have identified the shooter and the child that was with her. What was originally shared was that a female shooter with a young child in tow opened fire at the church before being quickly killed by off-duty law enforcement officers working as security in the building. The church was between services at the time the woman entered the building.
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Amended S.C. Constitutional Carry Bill Goes Back To House
As pro-gun lawmakers in South Carolina press on with their efforts to make the Palmetto State the 28th in the nation to allow lawful citizens to carry firearms for self-defense without a permit, the proposal’s future is still uncertain.
House Bill 3594, formally called the “South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023,” was passed by the state Senate last week. That’s the good news. The not so good news is the Senate passed it with a number of amendments.
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