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SAF, FPC Sue State of New York Challenging ‘Sensitive Places’ Concealed Carry Bans
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new gun control law adopted in New York State following the Supreme Court’s nullification of its previous concealed carry state that required “proper cause,” alleging the state’s new statute is just as unconstitutional as the previous law.
Joining SAF is the Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc., and two private citizens, Brett Christian and John Boron.
Latest Freedom Granted to Saudi Women: Gun Ownership
Saudi women can now legally lock and load. In barely two years, Saudi women have earned the right to both drive and to own a firearm. While women have been legally behind the wheel since 2019, it was only last year that they were allowed to own firearms.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, shooting became popular with many Saudis as a social distanced and outdoor activity. Yet, some women have been shooting for far longer.
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Chicago Blows Past 500 Homicides in 2022, More Than 32 ENTIRE States Totaled in 2020
Imagine a single American city that in less than nine months tallies more homicides than 32 entire states had in all of 2020. That’s Chicago. Otherwise known as Chiraq, or Mogadishu on Lake Michigan. This past weekend, Lori Lightfoot’s domain blew past the 500th homicide total for the year and stands at 504.
What used to happen in most cities when they experienced historical levels of homicides? Police worked to investigate, arrest, and prosecute the criminals who commit the majority of violent crimes.
Civilian Disarmament Chronicles: The State of Biden’s War on Guns After 18 Months
By Lee Williams
The Biden-Harris administration’s war on guns is the most comprehensive and multi-faceted gun control scheme ever created.
Former Obama national security advisor Susan Rice, who has admitted meeting with gun control groups regularly at the White House, likely drafted most of the plan.
Under Rice, the administration nimbly exploits any anti-gun gain, while quickly pivoting away from pushback from the media, the public or Congress.
By design, most of their gun control agenda skirts any oversight – legislative or constitutional – and is immune from other normal checks and balances.
Liberty Suppressors Announces the New Leonidas Gen 2 Integrally Suppressed AR-15 Upper
From Liberty Suppressors . . .
Liberty Suppressors is proud to announce the release of our latest silencer design, the Leonidas Gen 2, a centerfire suppressed rifle system for the AR15.
We here at Liberty Suppressors are driven to constantly improve upon our products. We’re happy to introduce the very latest in our quest to level up our line of state of the art suppressors. Available now is the next generation of our Leonidas integrally suppressed .300 blk upper.
After Shunning Good Guy Gun Owners, Retailers Now Hiring Them For Armed Security
Imagine retailers, some of whom post “no guns” signage against good guys carrying guns, are now reconsidering their security needs thanks to rampant crime, shoplifting and holdups. Who would have thought that decriminalizing retail theft and other minor crimes would lead to…more crime?
As a result of watching swarms of shoplifters pick their stores clean, some of these businesses are now looking to hire good guys with guns to protect their property, guests, and employees.
Gun Banners HORRIFIED to See Americans Already Working Around the ATF’s New ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule
It’s been less than a month since new federal rules took effect attempting to rein in the proliferation of so-called “ghost guns,” a catchall term for unserialized, home-built firearms that Democratic leaders, law enforcement officials, and gun control groups say are turning up in the hands of criminals across the United States.
But barely a few weeks into the new regulatory regime, the firearms industry has already adapted and scored an early legal victory.
Gun Meme of the Day: If The Glove Fits Edition
If Chewbacca is a wookie, you must acquit! Watch your backs and your dogs, y’all.
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GrovTec’s New Sabre Sling Rifle Sling
From GrovTec . . .
GrovTec is proud to announce the Sabre Sling, built with a culmination of feedback from professional users about what they want from a tactical sling: lightweight, minimal snag, freedom to change attachments, and no excess materials to bunch or bind.
The Sabre Sling is a third-generation design that includes features professionals seek, while maintaining a lightweight, minimal profile. Based on a tailless design to reduce snagging, the Sabre Sling includes quick-slide adjustment to support shooter positional changes.
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NRA Member Raul Mendez Tells His Story of Stopping a Killer and Saving Lives After He Was Shot in the Head
Tucker Carlson hosted Raul Mendez on his show last week to tell his remarkable story of how he used his gun to stop a mass murderer this past Independence Day weekend in Arizona.
After taking a shot to the head that took out his left eye, Mendez regained consciousness enough to draw his gun, then he shoot and kill the berserk killer, ending the carnage. In the process, he saved other innocent lives including those of his wife and daughters.
Primary Arms’ Holosun 507C-X2 Pistol Red Dot Sight Is A Game-Changer
A couple weeks ago, Primary Arms sent me a Holosun 507C-X2 red dot sight, but with a unique DNA twist you can only get from Primary Arms. Instead of the usual red dot, circle, or red dot inside a circle, Holosun sights usually come with, Primary Arms sells them with an exclusive ACSS Vulcan reticle. Instead of a dot, the PA-upgraded Holosun displays a 10 MOA tall chevron in the middle of a huge 240 MOA circle.
Don’t Mess With Texans: 4 Would-Be Home Invaders Meet a 17-Year-Old With a Shotgun
A quartet of unemployed rocket scientists never learned that most folks in Texas own firearms. Or maybe these wizards thought the four of them, wearing masks and carrying pistols, would be able intimidate their victims into submission. Who knows…maybe they’d successfully pulled this off before.
Whatever the case, their luck ran out at around 10:40p on Friday Friday in Channelview, Texas, east of Houston. That’s where the formerly fab four ran smack dab into a 17-year-old resident toting a shotgun.
NSSF Blitzes Phoenix Area With ‘Don’t Lie’ Anti-Straw Purchase Campaign
From the NSSF . . .
As part of an ongoing national effort to help prevent illegal “straw” purchases of firearms, NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are reminding the Greater Phoenix area public that stiff penalties are in place for individuals convicted of such unlawful purchases. The campaign is in its 22nd year and is a cornerstone of the cooperative relationship between members of the firearm industry and law enforcement.
Major Credit Card Processors Agree to Use New Gun Store Transaction Code to Track Purchases
On Friday, the International Organization for Standards announced that it had approved a new merchant category code for gun retailers. In other words, the ISO caved to longstanding pressure brought by the gun control industry and politicians including a group of US Senators to create the new code.
The ISO’s announcement was quickly followed by announcements from Visa, MasterCard and American Express that they would begin to use the new code to segregate gun store purchases.
Hunting Is What You Make of It
Without a doubt, the easiest hunts I’ve had were on public land.
In Pennsylvania, I sat in a tree stand in a wooded area between a series of farms. A local friend of mine told me the strategy: “Just be quiet and everyone else making all their racket will drive the deer right to you.” And he was right.
The tiny patch of public land available for hunting was packed with people.
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Georgia Man Charged with Double Murder in Killing of Two Deputies Serving an Arrest Warrant
From the AP . . .
Authorities charged a man with murder Friday in the killing of two sheriff’s deputies serving an arrest warrant on another person outside a suburban home near Atlanta.
Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer told reporters at a news conference that the deputies were attempting to arrest a man wanted on theft charges in the driveway of his home Thursday night when another man inside confronted them with a gun.
NY Gov. Hochul’s Law Claims Its First Victims: Historical Battle Reenactors
During the annual Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration, re-enactors from New York, Canada and the Northeast demonstrate the ground battles that occurred as a naval battle took place simultaneously on Lake Champlain. They also march in a parade with their muzzleloaders, flintlocks and black powder rifles and camp on the grounds of the local historic museum.
But there’s a problem this year. State Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, a Democrat representing the 115th district, says New York’s new gun law specifically prohibits all those activities.
Gun Meme of the Day: Big Brain Edition
That’s some big brain energy right there.
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Bushnell’s New RXC-200 and RXU-200 Micro Red Dot Sights
From Bushnell . . .
Bushnell, an industry leader in performance optics, announces the availability of two new micro red dot sights for personal protection and concealed carry, the RXC-200 and RXU-200. The two new micro red dots expand Bushnell’s proven RX Series and are compatible with popular optics-ready pistols such as the Glock 43, S&W Shield, Springfield Armory Hellcat and SIG P365.
Designed for compact semi-auto handguns, the RXC-200 and RXU-200 work across popular optics-ready pistols with the SHIELD Reflex Mini Sight Compact (RMSC) mounting footprint and pattern.
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