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Justice: ATF Jails 74-Year-Old Florida Man for Selling Guns at Flea Markets
By Lee Williams
Charles “Chuck” Palmatier will serve one year and a day in a federal prison for selling guns at the Volusia Flea Market in Deland, Florida without a Federal Firearm License.
According to a press release, the ATF first warned Palmatier that he needed to stop selling guns without an FFL.
“According to court documents, on July 28, 2021, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) met with Palmatier and explained that if he wanted to continue to sell firearms he would have to apply for a Federal Firearms License (FFL).”
Palmatier, the ATF claims, ignored the agents’ warning.
FN Expands the SCAR Line With the New FN SCAR 15P Rifle Caliber Pistol
From FN America . . .
Building on the heritage of the FN SCAR family, FN America, LLC proudly introduces the long-awaited FN SCAR 15P rifle-caliber pistol. The 5.56 NATO-chambered pistol is an extremely lightweight and compact design, weighing in at 5.65 pounds unloaded and just under 20-inches in length with its 7.5-inch cold hammer-forged barrel. Specifically developed with flexibility and mobility in mind, the SCAR 15P is an ideal choice for home and personal defense applications or for everyday range use.
Another California Sheriff Allegedly Sold Carry Permits for Campaign Contributions
Concealed carry weapon permits are issued by Sheriff Carlos Bolanos, who lost re-election in June. Bolanos has been the top law enforcement officer in the county since 2016.
According to public records obtained and analyzed by the I-Team, the majority of people who applied for a license under Sheriff Bolanos didn’t get one. Roughly a quarter of applicants did.
“Application was denied,” said David Lipin, a 25-year veteran disaster response worker.
Gun Review: Tisas USA PX-9 Gen 3 Tactical Threaded Pistol
At the beginning of 2022 we had an opportunity to check out Tisas USA’s 3rd generation of the PX-9 pistol. The 2nd generation was a good gun, but our sample had some quirks that prevented it from really shining. The 3rd generation model included a lot of upgrades both functionally and aesthetically and stands out as probably the highest value offering of the year.
Over on the GBGuns YouTube channel we reviewed the more-compact “duty” model, but now that we have the 5.1-inch barrel “tactical” model with a threaded barrel, it’s time to show the TTAG crowd.
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Armed American Chronicles: Concealed Carry Permit Holders Are Shooting Back in Chicagoland
Aspiring holdup artists in Chicago, by and large, have operated with impunity. Out of 65 hold-ups recorded in less than a week, cops have made no arrests save for an unlucky crew that ran into a concealed carry holder.
That CCW holder took out all four members of the vehicular-borne team. Other gun-toting good guys and gals haven’t always fared so well. With almost 700 homicides for the year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Murder City, USA has easily secured its place, once again, as America’s homicide capital.
Ruger Announces the New Security-380 Lite Rack Pistol With 15+1 Extended Magazine
From Ruger . . .
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to introduce the newest addition to its Lite Rack family of pistols, the Ruger Security-380. Chambered in .380 Auto, the Security-380 is full-featured, ideally sized, and modestly priced.
The American-made Security-380 is constructed around a rigid, precision-machined, hard-coat anodized aluminum chassis with full-length guide rails and features a blued, through-hardened alloy steel slide and barrel.
You Can’t Stop the Signal: Behold the ‘Smith & Methson’ .410 Shotshell Pistol
Where there’s a will there’s a way. That, and you can’t stop the signal. A rather industrious felon in Iowa with a penchant for methamphetamine crafted this steampunk-ish masterpiece. It fires two .410 shotshells, so perhaps it’s the world’s largest homemade derringer.
Maybe the craftsman who made this unique piece was inspired by Blade Runner. Either way, it didn’t turn out quite ready for mass production and mass market sales. Can you imagine Jeremy S.
Florida Sheriff Apologizes to Blind Man After Deputies Mistook His White Cane for a Gun and Arrested Him
[ED: See our original post including bodycam video of this incident here.]
A Florida sheriff apologized this week after a legally blind man was arrested when deputies mistook his walking cane for a gun.
Deputy Jayme Gohde and her supervisor [Sgt. Randy Harrison] were suspended after arresting James Hodges, of Lake City on Oct. 31 for resisting an officer without violence, according to Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter.
The 5 Carry Conditions – How Do You Carry Your Handgun?
“Carry condition” isn’t a subject as hotly debated in the gun community as, say, stopping power or GLOCK vs. 1911, but it’s up there. What is a carry condition? It’s the state of readiness you use for a handgun (usually one you’re carrying). It’s a sort of code for the number of steps needed to make the gun ready to fire.
Since you’re likely to hear these terms used the more you’re around firearms and the people who use and carry them, it’s a good thing to know what they mean (especially at a range or other location where specific carry conditions may be mandated in certain situations).
Continue reading The 5 Carry Conditions – How Do You Carry Your Handgun? at The Truth About Guns.
15-Year-Old Shoots Mother’s Ex-Boyfriend to Stop Another Domestic Attack
A courageous 15-year-old shot and killed his mother’s violent ex-boyfriend last week in Eastpointe, Michigan. Cops found the man, Roderick Neely, face-down and very dead in the grass outside the home. It capped off the sixth and what should be the final call to the residence with Mr. Neely as the suspect in each case.
As is frequently the case after a defensive gun use, police took both the woman and the 15-year-old into custody.
This is Why You Really Should Rotate Your Carry Gun Ammunition Regularly
Many folks — cops included — load up their self-defense sidearm, and then those tools silently serve and protect their owners from bad people with evil in their hearts. Unfortunately, most of us don’t think about regularly rotating the personal defense ammunition in our carry gun. or think we need to.
Don’t let that be you.
How long ago did you put the cartridges you’re carrying in your EDC pistol? Six months ago?
Handgun Hunting for Texas Hill Country Red Deer
A full moon lit up the Texas Hill County as I drove to a hunt just south of Kerrville. I made a game out of adding up the value of the axis deer roaming wild on the roadside. $100,000 on the hoof? It was starting to add up to some real money. An Axis buck would make a gorgeous mount, but for this hunt, my intended trophy would be more precious: game to fill the freezer.
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Biden’s Nauseating Hypocrisy On Guns Takes a New, Dangerous Turn
From the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms . . .
“Joe Biden’s world-class hypocrisy is on full display, and it has taken a dangerous turn, in his trade of a notorious Russian arms dealer for Brittany Griner,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Biden’s swap of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout—known as the “Merchant of Death”—for Griner this week has brought expressions of outrage and astonishment.
CT Gov. Ned Lamont Declares Grandfathered AR-15 Ownership a ‘Loophole,’ Now Wants to Ban Possession
Important allies are cool to an idea Gov. Ned Lamont unexpectedly floated during a campaign debate and intends to pursue: Repealing the exemption that allows residents to possess AR-15 rifles purchased before the ban on sales in Connecticut.
Twice, in 1993 and then again after the Sandy Hook massacre a decade ago, the General Assembly has passed laws banning the sale of certain military-style weapons, most notably the AR-15 and its many variations.
Gun Meme of the Day: Not a Meme At All Edition
Okay this one isn’t a meme at all whatsoever. But I thought y’all would like it. Click to enlarge:
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Holiday Holdup Crews Hitting Chicagoans in Waves of Armed Robberies
Happy Holidays. That’s what crews of armed robbers are thinking in Chicago as they stick up scores of people, relieving them of their valuables, particularly in the decent parts of town. Vehicular-borne bad guys ride around in stolen cars and swarm their targets with alarming regularity. They’ve hit dozens of victims in recent days, and those are just the reported robberies.
The short-handed Chicago Police Department issued community alerts, but those are about as useful in protecting residents as a sternly-worded letter from the United Nations.
California AG Can’t Defend the Indefensible, Won’t Argue the Constitutionality of Gun Control ‘Fee Shifting’ Law
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
The California Attorney General’s office has stepped away from defending the constitutionality of the state’s new “fee shifting” law related to legal challenges of gun laws, and as a result, Gov. Gavin Newsom has hired a private law firm to intervene in two legal actions, Miller v. Bonta and South Bay Rod & Gun Club, Inc., v. Bonta. The defendants’ supplemental brief may be read here.
Gear Review: Pnuma Outdoors Chisos Day Pack
If there was one piece of kit that has sold me on Pnuma Outdoors, it’s their Chisos Day Pack. For a bit over a year I’ve carried this pack on planes, in big trucks and bakkies and on my back for dozens of trips and hunts all over the US as well as southern and western Africa. I take it everywhere.
The Pnuma Outdoors Chisos Day Pack is the best I’ve ever owned.
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