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Suddenly Firearms From 1854 Are Scary
Update: Everytown added this and other lever-action rifles to its list of "Deadly Innovations from the 2024 SHOT Show": https://t.co/9I2qXc48LE https://t.co/jsEDvXiKnC pic.twitter.com/0dRtYSaHMP
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) February 1, 2024
ATF Preparing To Regulate Private Sales
We know they can’t… they know they can’t… but will they try?
The whistleblower group that represented the IRS agents in the Hunter Biden case is warning that the Biden administration is preparing an “unconstitutional“ power grab to regulate private gun sales by requiring a background check.
In a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Empower Oversight said it had learned from two sources that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was directed by the White House to make the change and “has drafted a 1,300-page document in support of a rule that would effectively ban private sales of firearms from one citizen to another by requiring background checks for every sale.”
Empower Oversight said it believes that only Congress can make such a change because a 1986 law it passed explicitly forbade background checks for gun sales between private individuals.
Read the rest of the article: https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/atf-preparing-regulate-private-gun-sales-background-check-whistleblower
BREAKING!!! Supreme Court 6-3 Decision Used To Strike Down Suppressor & NFA Tax Restriction Claims!
Armed Scholar breaks down the current efforts to remove NFA and ATF restrictions on suppressors.
KS Senator Accuses ATF Of License Revocation Due To Clerical Errors
Kansas senator Roger Marshall claims that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives auditors are unduly revoking the licenses of firearms dealers in his state over minor paperwork errors, according to a new letter exclusively obtained by National Review.
The Biden administration’s ATF is refusing to help Kansas gun dealers, especially in rural areas, fix clerical errors and is stripping them of their Federal Firearms Licenses during the auditing process, Marshall, a Republican, said in a Wednesday letter to Steven Dettelbach, the federal agency’s director.
In the past, the ATF has helped firearms sellers fix clerical errors on transaction-related paperwork to ensure they comply with federal law, he wrote.
In the letter, Marshall asked Dettelbach why the federal agency is abusing its auditing power.
Read the rest of the article: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/kansas-senator-accuses-atf-of-revoking-gun-dealer-licenses-over-clerical-errors/
Judge Rules USPS Gun Ban Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights.
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump in Tampa, reached that conclusion in dismissing part of an indictment charging a postal worker with illegally possessing a gun in a federal facility.
Mizelle said that charge violated Emmanuel Ayala’s right to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, saying “a blanket restriction on firearms possession in post offices is incongruent with the American tradition of firearms regulation.”
Read the rest of the article: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-01-13/ban-on-guns-in-post-offices-is-unconstitutional-us-judge-rules
Cell Phone Body Armor?
There’s a brutal difference between fact and fiction. The things we see in the entertainment industry may look cool on screen but have no basis in reality. For example, in Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, Richard Hannay’s (Robert Donat) life is saved when a hymnal in his pocket stops an assassin’s bullet. This popular trope has been used and reused many times over the years with a variety of objects all conveniently being able to stop a bullet.
Unfortunately, in the real world, we’ve all seen reports of shootings occurring in public locations. Many of which have been designated as “gun-free zones.” Fortunately for some, nearby objects and personal effects have prevented bullets from impacting their intended target. One of the personal items commonly reported on in these situations is the cell phone.
Read the rest of the article: https://www.wideners.com/blog/mythbusting-cell-phone-stop-a-bullet/
Biden Regime Announces New Gun Control Push
The Biden administration just announced a new initiative to push gun control at the state level.
This new initiative encourages each state to:
– Establish gun control offices similar to the Biden White House’s model
– Pass universal background checks
– Ban so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines
– Pass manufacturer liability laws
The White House said in a release that they will “proactively work with states to make sure they have additional resources and support needed to advance these agenda items.”
Read for further information: https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-admin-announces-new-gun-control-push-includes-two-executive-actions-pressure-campaign-states/
Happy Birthday
November 14, 2013
Sean,
So many things I would have liked to share with you… The simple pleasure of warm sunlight on your face. The color of the sky on a cloudless, moonless night. The smell of a freshly caught fish. The intensity of what truly great music sounds like. Subtleties involved in humor.
But we will never have those — or the millions of other — opportunities.
Goodbye son. Show me around and tell me what it’s like when I get there.
Love,
Dad
Fatal Accident At Hornady Plant
Condolences to those affected.
An explosion at an ammunition manufacturer’s facility in Nebraska left one woman dead and at least two other people injured.
The explosion took place Friday in a chemical compound building at Hornady Manufacturing in Wood River, according to KHGI-TV in nearby Kearney.
Hall County Attorney Marty Klein did not identify the victims, the outlet reported.
He said that one of the two men who were injured showed symptoms of a concussion.
The other man who was injured had symptoms related to breathing in dust and fumes, Klein said.
Read the rest of the article: https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/explosion-tears-hornady-ammo-chemical-compound-building-one-dead
Breaking: ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban Struck Down Again – What’s Next?
The Fifth Circuit has once again ruled against the ATF’s pistol brace ban / Final Rule for FPC and it’s members but the fight isn’t over. Everything you need to know is in the video.
September 2023 Gun & Gear Contests
At the risk of reducing my own chances to win, https://www.weapon-blog.com/contests/ has been updated with all the gun and gear related contests that I am aware of for the month.
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