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Houston: Four Armed Robbers Attempt Gas Station Heist, An Armed Customer Shoots Three
Things went poorly for four aspiring armed criminals in Houston. Four yoots piled out of a car and attempted an armed robbery at a Valero gas station. At some point in the would be holdup, a customer drew his own gun and fired on the bandits. The good guy’s shots put such a spring in the step of the robbers that one ran right out of his shoe.
As the gunsmoke dissipated, three of the bad guys had sprung leaks.
The New Henry Big Boy Revolvers at NRA Show 2023 [VIDEO]
Henry’s Big Boy revolver announcement got my interest, but now they really have my attention. These first-ever revolvers from Henry are absolutely gorgeous and they’re smooth as butter.
Fit, finish, and everything about the action are fantastic. Can’t wait to get these .357 Magnum/.38 Special wheel guns out to the range! Video overview below . . .
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Ramaswamy: The ‘AR’ in AR-15 Stands for Freedom
“AR-15 – do you know what it stands for? It stands for freedom.” @VivekGRamaswamy at the #NRAConvention pic.twitter.com/MhbmolMBRb
— NRA (@NRA) April 15, 2023
Somebody out there…I was walking the halls…asked me a question. He said, “What kinda gun do you own?” I said I own an AR-15. He gave me a little quiz. He said, “What does that stand for?” I said, you want to know what that stands for?
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Vudoo Gun Works Unveils the New Priest Double Stack 1911
From Vudoo Gun Works . . .
Vudoo Gun Works, leader in precision rifles and handguns, announces the release of the Priest double stack 1911. The Priest is the newest flagship handgun for the Vudoo Gun Works line of pistols.
The Vudoo Priest is the next logical step in the precision pistol line-up after the fall 2022 launch of the Möbius 1911. The Priest successfully integrates the highly precise and reliable slide and barrel fit found in the Mobius, with the familiar functionality of a modern double stack 1911.
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Some Highlights From the 2023 Primary Arms Range Day [VIDEO]
For the past few years, prior to the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits show, Primary Arms has put on a range day with a bunch of manufacturers in attendance. Dan and I visited this year and had a great time seeing and shooting new products! Unfortunately, with a concrete roof over the shooting bays, the audio was a disaster, but we still filmed a few quick hits with some interesting firearms:
In the video above, I put a few rounds downrange with a suppressed Trailblazer Firearms LifeCard and two guns from Anderson Manufacturing, the Kiger 9C-Pro and the upcoming Dissipator.
FN Adds to Their FN 15 Rifle Line With the New FN 15 Guardian Carbine
FN America, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of the FN 15 Guardian, the newest addition to the company’s modern sporting rifle product line. This carbine is derived from FN’s battle-proven blueprint, delivering FN reliability to all sport shooters and personal protectors who value affordable quality. Chambered in 5.56 and weighing in at 6.6 pounds, the direct-impingement rifle is outfitted with a 15-inch M-LOK free-floated aluminum handguard and MIL-B-11595 CMV barrel. These premium, FN factory-installed upgrades produce tack-driving accuracy, add customization options, and improve handling.
Donohue: Killers Keep Using AR-15s, So Why Are They Still Legal?
The deadliest acts of mass murder in the United States since 9/11 all share one feature: The killer in every case used an assault-style weapon or a firearm equipped with a high-capacity magazine. This was again the case on Monday, at a shooting at a Kentucky bank that killed five, and in the recent shooting at the elementary school in Nashville that killed six, including three 9-year-old children.
And yet, the country has failed to adopt the policies needed to keep these weapons out of the hands of those who would abuse them.
Finally, After Almost a Decade, Biofire Introduces ‘The First and Only Biometric Firearm on the Market’
To put today’s announcement that Biofire Technologies is finally raising the curtain on the Biofire Smart Gun into context, you have to dial the Wayback Machine all the way back to 2014. That’s when we first noted the news that a bunch of Silicon Valley tech types had cut a kid named Kai Kloepfer a check for $50,000. What had young Kai done to deserve all of that cash? He managed to put a biometric sensor — a finger print reader — into a pistol.
Gun Meme of the Day: Up With Holosun Edition
This might be the first gun meme I’ve seen that’s positive towards the company it’s focused on rather than making fun of it!
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SIG SAUER Gives the P320 AXG Pistol the Full Legion Treatment
From SIG SAUER . . .
SIG SAUER is pleased to announce the latest addition to the SIG SAUER LEGION Series of pistols with the introduction of the P320-AXG LEGION featuring a new two-port slide and Aluminum X-SERIES Grip (AXG) module that, combined, delivers a 30% felt recoil reduction and an ultra-premium shooting experience.
“Since its inception, the LEGION line of products has represented the pinnacle of performance and engineering, and the P320-AXG LEGION is no exception,” said Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales, SIG SAUER, Inc.
Minorities, Hardest Hit by Urban Crime, Confound the Media and Gun Control Orgs by Continuing to Buy Firearms
Policy makers are confounded. A recent report by The Hill showed that African Americans are the most directly impacted by what they call “gun violence.” At the same time, firearm purchases by African Americans rose steeply in recent years. Those two facts are not mutually exclusive and are linked in ways that gun control groups don’t want to admit.
In other words, it’s the crime, stupid. And African Americans are refusing to be willing victims to criminals that have no respect for life or law.
Ruger Bundling the MAX-9 Micro Compact With a Factory Mounted Ruger ReadyDot Sight
The Ruger MAX-9 pistol is well established as an optic-ready rugged and reliable daily carry option. It is now available paired with a factory-mounted Ruger ReadyDot micro reflex optic. Co-witnessed with the tritium fiber optic front sight, the ReadyDot allows the shooter to keep both eyes open, focus on the target, and maintain depth perception when engaging targets at various distances. The ultra-reliable Ruger ReadyDot uses the light-gathering properties of fiber optics, giving the user an optic that is self-adjusting for brightness and never needs a battery.
McCain: The Picture of Violent Crime in America is Distorted Beyond Recognition by the Media
Research by John R. Lott Jr. highlights just how geographically concentrated the murder problem is in the United States. Of the more than 3,000 counties in the country, 52 percent had zero murders in 2020, while the 31 counties with the highest murder rates (the worst 1 percent) had 42 percent of the nation’s murders. Expand the focus to the worst 2 percent (62 counties), and these accounted for more than half (56 percent) of U.S.
Gun Meme of the Day: Be Effective Edition
Well, I mean, if we’re gonna nit pick I gotta say the iPhone pictured is quite a few generations outdated and the AR has no magazine in it. But, sure, point taken.
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Happy Ending: Rena Got Her Gun Back After Springfield, IL Police Confiscated It
Last month, we wrote about how the Springfield, IL Police Department confiscated a capital city woman’s gun after she called police for a prowler. Her Firearms Owner ID card had expired a couple of months earlier and she didn’t realize it.
Rena Rojas, a senior citizen and disabled veteran, lives by herself in the not-so-nice part of the Land of Lincoln’s capital city. When the police took her Smith & Wesson Shield EZ .380 from her that day, they also took her peace-of-mind.
Gear Review: Ulfhednar UHRT55CBH Tripod with Ball Head
Unless I know I’ll be in a blind, it’s pretty rare that I go hunting without a tripod anymore. The consistent use of a tripod has let me take sure shots on game at ranges that would have been iffy or impossible without one. That includes my safaris in southern Africa.
For flat land hunts, or hunts where I wont be walking too far from the bakkie, the standard large competition/tactical style tripod works just fine.
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Reality Begins to Dawn on the Anti-Gun Left: Civilian Disarmament in America is a Lost Cause
…Red states have gone all in on weaponizing our society. We’re seeing permitless concealed carry, open carry, allowances to carry in more places, ending gun-free zones, laws banning red-flag laws; all the while, the number of guns in circulation keeps rising by the millions, year after year after year. Republicans keep insisting that the solution to gun violence is more guns, and they’re going to keep going with that theory no matter what the results are.
Ruger’s New Optics-Ready Mark IV 22/45 Lite with Co-Witnessing Sights
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. has expanded the Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Lite family of rimfire pistols with a new model that features a mounting position for a standard Shield RMS footprint reflex optic in place of the Picatinny rail. It also features a raised front fiber optic sight and an adjustable rear sight that co-witness with most micro red dot optics. The new model has an attractive ventilated rib on top of a clear anodized receiver.
Why Kentucky’s Governor Andy Beshear Won’t Be Savaged By the Gun Control Industry
Tommy, Joshua, Juliana, James and Deana.
We love them. We will miss them. We will be there for their families.
While we may be asking how we can get through this, the answer is together. pic.twitter.com/vXTMX3M6c3
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) April 11, 2023
Yesterday an employee of the Old South Bank in Louisville, Kentucky opened fire in the bank, killing five and wounding eight more. The shooter was shot and killed by police.
CZ’s Scorpion 3+ Now Available in 3 Configurations Including 16.3-Inch Carbine
First released to the US public in pistol form – the new Scorpion 3+ Carbine has been developed based on consumer feedback and military and law enforcement personnel. This rifle rounds out the popular Scorpion 3+ semi-automatic firearm platform.
The 16.3-inch barrel rifle is offered with two stock configurations. This configuration employs the iconic Scorpion EVO folding stock, keeping true to the design users have come to love. Three adjustment points allow the user to adjust the length of pull to meet their needs.