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Das: How the ‘MAGA-Gun Lobby’ Justifies the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Because of the MAGA-gun lobby’s opposition to any new gun law, we’ve seen criminals get guns and carry out 147 mass shootings in the first 100 days this year. Rather than change course and figure out how to prevent the next one, the MAGA-gun lobby rationalizes the carnage with these arguments:
“Give me liberty or give me death” Because the MAGA-Gun Lobby wants unfettered Second Amendment liberty, even if it means Second Amendment liberties for criminals, the shooting death of someone else’s child is just the price we pay, they say.
A Home Intruder’s Death Marks First Homicide in Over 20 Years in Centerville, OH
Joseph Gibson, 36, of Dayton, forced his way into a Centerville, Ohio residence at 5 a.m. last Thursday. The residents of the home, a couple with two children, didn’t appreciate the violent and tumultuous intrusion, so the homeowner punched Mr. Gibson’s ticket.
Gibson’s death ranked as the first homicide in 20-plus years in the sleepy Dayton suburb. In addition to finding Mr. G’s lifeless body just inside the front door, cops also found a woman semi-conscious in the front yard (she hadn’t been shot).
Shooting Ranges Should Try To Stay Out Of The Culture Wars
There are many different ways to have a birthday party. Some people like the traditional cake and a song. Others like to meet friends at a bar, or go to a park. But, I’d imagine that heading to the shooting range for fun and some skill improvement would be a popular option among many readers here. Who doesn’t want to put some lead down range with some friends to commemorate surviving another trip around the old burning gasball in space?
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Obscure Object of Desire: Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver
I like weird guns. In fact, I pretty much like all guns. I know in the past, some people haven’t understood some of my Obscure Objects of Desire, and I get it. That said, I think we can all agree the S&W M1917 revolver was a pretty awesome gun and worthy of being an OOOD status.
While I’m a fan of nearly all guns, like many of us, I have a list of some that are more equal than others.
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Governor Lee Smiles: Naïve Tennessee Students Lobby Against Guns in Schools Ahead of Special Session
Last week we noted that following the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Volunteer State Gov. Bill Lee couldn’t manage to get his “red flag” introduced in the legislature, let alone get it passed. The law would allow the confiscation of guns without due process. After the session ended, Gov. Lee then called for a special session to consider the red flag laws at the end of summer.
Why the delay in such an “important” issue?
Gun Meme of the Day: A Bit Over the Top Edition
You know, okay, probably a bit hyperbolic in most cases, but we’ll accept it.
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Colorado Gun Control Rally a Damp Squib While Media Approvingly Swoon
What began as an over-hyped, week-long gun control rally to force Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to ban all guns in his state fizzled out after one day and a little rain.
It was a real-time demonstration of the current reality of a growing and diversified gun-owning community that cherishes the rights guaranteed in the Constitution to lawfully possess firearms.
The Here 4 The Kids Rally was supposed to force the governor to relent to their demands.
Louisiana Man: Persistent, Grass-Eating Would-Be Burglar Stopped by Home Owner With a Gun
Quitters never win. That’s the old saw that a grass-eating, would-be home invader must have lived by. He absorbed multiple rounds before he finally ceased his violent attempt to force entry to a home in Ascension Parish, Louisiana early last Sunday morning.
In the end, if Kameron Serigny, 20, had gone to church instead of apparently taking recreational drugs, he might not have died with a belly full of someone’s lawn clippings.
That’s right.
Biden’s Anti-Gun Warriors are Never Held Accountable for Their Assault on Civil Rights
By Lee Williams
A secret cabal of unelected bureaucrats operating in the bowels of the White House is the real architect of Joe Biden’s war on our guns, and none are ever held accountable.
Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s former national security advisor, played a leading role in this Star Chamber of civil rights abuse, until she abruptly left the White House last month. Rice, who served as Joe Biden’s domestic policy advisor, didn’t even bother to hide her frequent meetings with members of the gun-ban industry, such as Giffords, Brady, and Everytown.
Utah Church Forging Peace by Converting Guns to Gardening Tools
Utahns dropped off the unwanted firearms at the Christ United Methodist Church, where professionals took the firearms apart.
“Even the most skilled gunsmith couldn’t make this a serviceable weapon. This gun will never hurt anyone, because now it’s just a chunk of metal,” said one of the volunteers.
The center will ship the pieces to a Colorado organization called RAWtools that will turn the guns into spades or mattocks you can purchase online.
Gun Meme of the Day: Strapped Pups Edition
Do not use memes as legal advice!
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Personal Defense: Forty Miles of Road Rage Ends in a Dead Aggressor
Police in Minnesota ruled the use of deadly force over the weekend against a road-raging idiot was justified self-defense. For 40 miles, William Haire — age: more than old enough to know better — reportedly drove like a lunatic, threatening a 30-year-old driver. What an enraged 61-year-old Floyd didn’t know was that the other driver had a carry license and his gun.
Floyd’s anger finally caught up with him in Maple Grove, Minnesota northwest of Minneapolis.
Gear Review: Swampfox Kraken Enclosed Emitter Red Dot Sight
I’ve become quite the fan of red dots on my handguns. My everyday carry handgun has one and I rarely leave home without it. I’ve experimented with a wide variety of dots at a wide variety of price points. The more I shoot and train, the more I’ve become enamored with enclosed red dot optics. I’m less enamored with their prices, though. That’s why the Swampfox Kraken caught my eye.
Swampfox has made quite the name for themselves recently.
The Perfect Gun Belt: Charter Tactical’s 2nd Amen Hero 1.0 Heavy Duty Ratchet Gun Belt
You want a gun belt that looks good. You need a belt that’s tough and comfortable enough to support your gun and gear every day. Charter Tactical’s 2nd Amen Hero 1.0 ratcheting gun belts are everything a good gun belt should be.
Made with the highest quality materials and featuring a 1.38-inch adjustable design, the Charter Tactical 2nd Amen Hero and Protector gun belts are perfect for everyday carry and ensure that your firearm stays securely in place.
Nine Shot in San Francisco As Gavin Newsom Tries to Export California’s Gun Control Laws
Gavin Newsom’s California is home to the most radical gun control measures of any state in America. It also wears crown for having the most shooting sprees. Correlation isn’t causation, but could the two be linked? Maybe all those gun control laws only serve to disarm the law-abiding while leaving the criminals free and emboldened to commit violence against the innocent.
On Friday evening, Newsom’s Golden State notched yet another “mass shooting” with nine wounded in one incident in San Francisco.
The New Jersey Machete Attack That Wasn’t Stopped By a Court’s Opinion
The topic of arms, bearable arms, arms that are appropriate for self-defense, etc., is explored here at TTAG on a daily basis. When it comes to self-defense, though, we can’t exclude improvised weapons in addition to conventional arms.
It’s well known that weapons used offensively in an unprovoked attack shifts the window from being protected by the Constitution to illegal behavior. Such behavior was the subject of a recent conflict in Lakewood, New Jersey that resulted in hospitalizations as a result of a machete attack.
Gun Meme of the Day: The Gavinor Edition
LOL. Okay. Pretty, pretty Gavin Newsolini is his own meme. To be fair, though, it was an early dinner.
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OMG! Arizona DPS Finds HUGE Stash of Rifle Ammunition! OMG!
The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced a recent seizure of a small quantity of ammunition hidden inside some truck tires. Clearly the tires wouldn’t run very smoothly with a couple of thousand rifle rounds rolling around inside them. Yet judging by the mainstream media’s reporting of the DPS’ press release, you’d think they’d uncovered another Fast and Furious level smuggling operation.
They hyperventilated over a mere 5,800 rifle rounds — 800 of them “high caliber!” — less than many TTAG readers regularly keep on hand.
NAGR, NRA Move to Protect Their Members From ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban Enforcement
As we noted earlier, three injunctions currently protect the members of GOA, FPC and SAF from enforcement under the ATF’s new pistol brace rule that effectively bans almost all use of the accessories. The rule went into effect June 1 and, predictably, very few brace owners elected to comply with the law during the designated “amnesty” period.
Now, the National Association for Gun Rights and the National Rifle Association have moved to protect their members as well.