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Armed Georgia Man Stops Knife Attack That Wounded Three Women in Suburban Atlanta
“He stopped the threat. He did shoot the suspect.” Those are the words of Union City, Georgia Police Captain Prentice Brooks summarizing what happened over the weekend when Josh Dobbs saw a man stabbing a woman outside his home.
“I just couldn’t sit there and watch and hear what was going on,” Josh Dobbs told FOX 5’s Kim Leoffler.
Dobbs said he just jumped into action when he heard what he correctly assumed were a woman’s screams coming from the Hidden Lake Apartments.
Prosecution Drops 5-Year Firearm Enhancement Charge in Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Movie Set Shooting Case
From the AP . . .
Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday.
The actor-producer’s attorneys had earlier objected to the enhancement, saying it was unconstitutional because it was added after the October 2021 shooting.
“The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr.
We Know How to Stop More Mass Shootings, We Just Have to Decide to Do It
By Rob Morse
News of mass murderers hits everyone on both sides of the gun control debate hard. We all want to stop them, but the question is how. I’ve studied armed defense for about a decade. While I admit there’s more to learn, that makes me a veritable elite subject matter expert compared to the journalists and politicians who shape public policy.
We can stop most mass murders today. We have the tools.
Optic Review: SIG SAUER Whiskey6 3-18x44mm Riflescope
When Jeremy handed me the SIG Cross rifle I hunted with this last season, the SIG SAUER Whiskey6 3-18x44mm riflescope was already mounted on it.
Jeremy commented about the image quality when I picked up the scope.
“I think it’s one of their less expensive lines, but it’s really clear glass,” he told me.
He wasn’t wrong. Especially at this price point, the edge-to-edge clarity of the glass is exceptional.
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The Science is Settled: ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence is Smarter Than Anti-Gun Journalists
By BJ Campbell, Handwaving Freakoutery
We prompted the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, the large language model, with a simple question we might just as easily ask of the anti-gun journalists who bombard Twitter with dishonest attention seeking after spree shootings. Then we asked it several more questions, and in the course of the dialogue, we found something interesting…ChatGPT is more capable of learning than your average online journalist.
Let’s pause here for a second.
Louisville Mayor Will Have the Firing Pins Removed From All Confiscated Guns
[Louisville Mayor Craig] Greenberg made it clear his new policy is just a start, saying it’s the best the city can do right now as it relates to seized gun policy — while still abiding by state law.
“Basically, they’re just creating a lot of busy work for law enforcement and gun dealers to put the gun back in a position where it can be sold again,” [Openrange Gun Range President Barry] Laws said.
The 3 Most Important Handgun Shooting Stances to Learn
It’s interesting how much your body position affects how you can control your pistol. It’s not too much of a surprise, as it’s the same as martial arts and other combat sports. A good stance can make a world of difference in your shooting.
There are a variety of stances in the shooting world for each platform with three main stances in the handgun shooting realm. Naturally, each has its pros and cons.
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Citizens Increasingly Turn to the 2nd Amendment as a Result of Chicago’s ‘Defund to Police’ Movement
Some folks don’t realize that in a civilized society, the police exist to protect the criminal class as much as to keep them in check. Because when government can’t or won’t stop criminal behavior, gun owners will step up and enforce the rule of law in order to protect themselves. Unlike the police, the civilians are restrained by common sense, not volumes of rules, procedures – and politics.
In Chicago, regular people try to live and work in a cesspool of violence.
Charles: Bruen Is Part of the Supreme Court’s Attempt to Concentrate its Own Power
“[I]n requiring courts to strike down gun regulations even when they might be narrowly tailored to accomplish the most compelling of governmental interests,” Professor Khiara Bridges argues, Bruen “has rendered the right to bear arms the most protected of rights in the Constitution.” The Court’s hidebound historicism in the case significantly expands the Second Amendment’s scope. No matter how compelling the state’s interest, no matter how narrowly tailored its regulation, Bruen’s new method dictates that a modern gun law cannot stand without adequate grounding in the distant past.
Narrative Fail: Legally Armed Civilian Shot El Paso Mall Shooter, Preventing More Casualties
It happened again. A civilian carrying a concealed firearm stopped a shooting in an El Paso, Texas mall earlier this week. We know news like this will come as something of a shock to our friends in the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex, but…who are we fooling? That’s exactly why we wrote this.
Anti-gunners love to claim that people who carry firearms don’t use them to defend themselves or stop crimes…all evidence to the contrary.
Forest Service Authorizes Shooting Feral Cows in the Gila Wilderness to Protect the Environment
By Susan Montoya Bryan, AP
A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill.
U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan Thursday to protect sensitive spots in the nation’s first designated wilderness area. The move sets the stage for legal challenges over how to handle unbranded livestock and other stray cows as drought deepens in the West.
Wilson Combat Announces the New WCP365 9mm Pistol
From Wilson Combat . . .
The SIG-SAUER 365 Series is among the most reliable and safest ultra compact 9mm pistols ever designed and now Wilson Combat has made it even better with a host of our proprietary custom modifications to improve handling, shooting and optics capability. These sixteen new models of Wilson Combat Custom WCP365’s produced in our Berryville, AR facility in conjunction with SIG-Sauer are among the ultimate in a production every day carry gun.
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Gun Review: Taurus GX4XL T.O.R.O. 9mm Pistol
With the GX4XL T.O.R.O., Taurus is stepping into one of the fastest growing, most challenging, and most in-demand market segments in the gun industry; higher capacity micro-compact carry guns. After the new standard-setting SIG P365 and the follow-on models from competitors, consumers now expect a whole lot out of a little gun.
Taurus has delivered.
The GX4XL is simply the previously released Taurus GX4 with a 1″ longer slide. The benefits of that extra length are pretty obvious; a longer sight radius for more accurate shooting, and more mass up front to reduce recoil.
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Anti-Gun Students Paint Over Pro-Campus Carry Message At MSU After Murder Spree
There’s a big rock on the Michigan State University campus on Farm Lane that serves as a totem pole of sorts for the MSU community. Following the massacre of three MSU students by a lunatic illegally carrying a handgun, images of an anti-gun message painted on the rock illustrated many media reports on the shooting.
But some students had painted a pro-campus carry message on the rock: “Allow us to defend ourselves & carry on campus.” That didn’t get nearly as much media attention.
Chaos Theory: George Soros Takes an Integrated, Long-Game Approach to Destroying Gun Rights
By Lee Williams
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Open Society Foundation’s George Soros may appear to have similar goals. They have each spent massive amounts of their personal fortunes in pursuit of their political objectives through networks of shadowy cutouts, foundations and nonprofits. Both champion big government and abhor personal freedoms – especially gun rights – but it’s their methods that separate their madness.
Bloomberg funds a half-dozen Astroturf (they’re certainly not grassroots as he claims) anti-gun groups, which focus primarily on policy and legislative issues.
300 Blackout Fine-Tuning: Finding the Right Barrel Length for Your Rifle
Whether you’re hunting, defending your home, or just shooting suppressed at the range, 300 Blackout is a popular and adaptable cartridge. But barrel length can significantly impact your firearm’s performance. This guide takes a closer look at the various barrel lengths for the 300 Blackout round and where to find them.
The main question you need to ask yourself is whether or not you plan on using a suppressor. If you’re looking for the quietest and best handling setup, you could easily go as short as 7.5″, which is offered by makers like Faxon Firearms and others.