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The Dumbest $h!t We Heard During the House’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Hearing
As was pre-ordained, the House Judiciary Committee passed HR 1808 on to the full House of Representatives yesterday. The bill moved on after a party-line vote which was preceded by some of the most entertaining debate and testimony in recent memory. And by entertaining, we mean in a facepalmingly sardonic, end-of-the-empire kinda way.
As was noted yesterday in a piece by the Outdoor Wire’s Jim Shepherd, this is all an exercise in election year kabuki.
HWFO: The Only Way to Reduce Mass Shootings Is for More Eli Dickens to Kill More Shooters
HWFO has discussed at length how media organizations such as Vox and CNN make millions of dollars by pushing freakoutery for clicks, and how their rampage shooting coverage approach increases the incidence of rampage shootings by one third because of copycat effects which are mathematically shown to be media driven.
As of July 20th, CNN.com had nine articles about the Greenwood Park Mall shooting, including one opinion piece devoted to “debunking” the idea that good guys with guns can stop rampage shootings even though one just did.
Gun Meme of the Day: Hating On Bullpups Edition
The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Well…no accounting for poor taste either way.
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No, 9mm Is Not A ‘One Size Fits All’ Defensive Caliber
There’s a tendency among gun owners to follow whatever law enforcement does when it comes to selecting a firearm for defense. When the police carried revolvers, many civilians had a revolver (yes, that’s mostly what was available at the time). When police departments switched to semi-auto pistols, the civilian world largely followed over time (with a few really obsessive holdouts, like these guys). We can see a similar thing with shotguns gradually falling out of favor for home defense in favor of the AR-15 in recent years
Calibers are the same way.
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Choosing The Best Concealed Carry Holsters: A Beginner’s Guide
So, you want to start carrying a gun, and are wondering what to look for in a good concealed carry holster. That’s a good thing to think about, to be sure. Not enough concealed carriers give enough thought to the right holster for their gun or the way they like to carry it.
Let’s start with the basics. There are a lot of brands out there, so we won’t get too deeply into that.
This is What ‘Commonly Owned’ Means: Americans Have Over 24 Million Modern Sporting Rifles
From the National Shooting Sports Foundation . . .
NSSF, the firearm industry trade association, updated the industry estimate of modern sporting rifles (MSRs) in circulation in the United States to 24,446,000 since 1990. That is an increase of over 4.5 million rifles since the last estimate was released in 2020.
The estimate is derived from NSSF research, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER) and U.S.
California Keeps Gun Ownership Lower by Overwhelming Citizens With Laws and Regulations
“One of the mechanisms by which California’s laws produce their effect is [that] we have a substantially lower prevalence of firearm ownership in this state than many other states do,” [UC Davis’s Garen J.] Wintemute says. “There are fewer of those tools in circulation…and no surprise, they get used less.”
Studies show that suicides account for more than half of U.S. gun deaths; and not to mention the casualties caused by mass shootings in schools, churches, supermarkets, and other public places.
Gun Meme of the Day: Gun Guy Problems Edition
True story. Literally found an empty 375 Raptor case in my laundry a few weeks ago:
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Sorry Gun-Grabbers, Eli Dicken Really is a Good Samaritan and He Deserves a Medal for Stopping a Mass Shooting
By Lawrence W. Reed
On Sunday evening—July 17, 2022—at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana, a gunman opened fire in a food court. He killed three people and wounded two others. He might have murdered many more but for the quick work of a man named Elisjsha Dicken, who pulled out his own gun and blew away the assailant.
Dicken, who was legally carrying a firearm under the state’s constitutional carry law, was hailed as a “Good Samaritan” for saving lives.
Uvalde School Shooting Response Failures Will ‘Set Back Law Enforcement 20 Years’
By Lindsay Whitehurst, AP
A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a midsize American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or Tempe, Arizona. But for more than 70 minutes on May 24, not one stopped the shooter.
Amid the sounds of continuing gunfire emanating from the elementary school they waited. By the time they entered and killed 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, 19 children and two teachers were dead or mortally wounded.
Knock, Knock: Video Shows ATF Straw Purchase Task Force Asking to See Delaware Man’s Guns
By Lee Williams
The homeowner was alerted there were trespassers on his property by motion detectors outside his front door. A live video feed from his doorbell camera showed three armed men wearing tactical vests, t-shirts and jeans. Two appeared to be ATF agents. The third was a Delaware State Police trooper. None wore body cameras.
The homeowner, who did not want his name used in this story, is a small businessman – a law abiding citizen who even ATF acknowledged had done nothing wrong.
Gun Meme of the Day: Keep It Minimalist Edition
I mean, I’d argue he needs a few more guns and a gun safe…is that what this is about?
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Do The MP5 Slap! 3D Printed Gun In Hilarious Video
Hahaha this video slaps! View “The HK Slap” from Print Shoot Repeat on YouTube HERE or hit play on it embedded below:
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Gear Review: The Shield RMSc Micro Red Dot Sight
The micro-compact pistol market has gained lots and lots of steam in recent years. Small guns with higher capacity go a long way, and part of that micro-compact appeal is the modern capabilities they offer. That includes the ability to mount an optic, and without the Shield RMSc red dot sight, the micro-optic market might have stalled out. They took mini red dots and made them micro-sized.
These days companies like Holosun, SIG SAUER, Riton, Crimson Trace and more owe the original Shield RMSc a little credit.
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Why Does an Armed Citizen Stopping a Mass Shooter Upset So Many People?
What happened yesterday at the Greenwood Park Mall in suburban Indianapolis was every gun control advocate’s worst nightmare. No, we’re not talking about the obvious horror of a crazed wacko walking into a mall with a rifle and indiscriminately opening fire on innocent people. We’re talking about the reason why the shooting and the casualty count wasn’t far worse than it was.
As has been reported, the shooter, who killed three and wounded two more, was stopped by a 22-year-old man who was carrying a firearm.
BREAKING: Armed Citizen Stops Mass Shooting in Indiana Shopping Mall
From the AP . . .
Three people were fatally shot and two were injured Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.
The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.
More Churches, Synagogues Taking Active Measures to Guard Against Attack
By Deepah Bharath and Luis Andres Henao, AP
The Rev. Steven Marsh never thought he would see the day his church in Laguna Woods, California — a town of 16,500 populated largely by retirees — would be spending $20,000 a month for security.
Then a gunman opened fire on May 15 during a luncheon at Geneva Presbyterian Church, where Marsh is senior pastor, killing one and injuring five other members of a Taiwanese congregation that met there.
Another One: Actual Good Guy With a Gun Kills Man on Violent Crime Spree
A St. Louis man on a bathroom break at a QuikTrip [in St. Charles, Missouri] shot and killed an armed robber early Saturday.
Police said the robber was on a “violent crime spree” across three St. Charles gas stations.
The QuikTrip customer, identified only as a 26-year-old man from St. Louis, stopped around 3:20 a.m. at the gas station at 2260 First Capitol Drive to use the restroom and make a purchase, St.
Gear Review: The Flux Raider Chassis for SIG P320 Pistols
What is the Flux Raider? That’s a good question. It’s not a firearm and not exactly a pistol chassis like the Roni. It’s something between a grip module and a pistol chassis designed for the SIG P320 pistols. The Raider comes in SBR and brace variants, and I went with the brace variant. Well, I didn’t. A friend loaned me a Flux Raider and I tossed in my P320C slide to see how it works.
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