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Feds to Pay Charleston Church Shooting Families $88M Settlement After Botched Background Check
By Meg Kinnard, AP
Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.
The Justice Department will pay $88 million, which includes $63 million for the families of the nine people killed and $25 million for five survivors who were inside the church at the time of the shooting, it was announced Thursday.
Winkler Worries About Chilling the Political Debate Now That More Blacks and Latinos Carry Guns
“Everybody’s entitled to self-preservation. I don’t care who it is,” [Elmer Geronimo Pratt Gun Club founder Nick] Bezzel told CBS News. “I don’t advocate violence, but I do advocate self-defense.”
In May, Bezzel and several other groups organized hundreds of Black gun owners from around the country to march in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when a White mob destroyed the prosperous neighborhood of Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street.
Gun Meme of the Day: Alec Baldwin Edition
You knew it was coming, despite the true tragedy of what happened. They just keep coming, too:
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Springfield Armory Sues EAA For Alleged Copyright Violations
Tis the season for resurrecting the much-loved Browning Hi-Power 9mm pistol. Springfield Armory teased its new product — Springfield’s new Hi-Power reincarnation, the SA-35 pistol — in a series of advertisements and on its SpringfieldPremiere website.
European American Armory took Springfield’s image, did a little photoshopping and then published it to promote their own Girsan MC P-35 Hi-Power clone that’s been available for a while.
We’re bringing it back. pic.twitter.com/5ZCZgw2Je7
— Springfield Armory® (@Springfield_Inc) October 20, 2021
Here’s EAA’s reboot using the Springfield Armory ad image .
Same As the Old Boss: NY Governor Hochul Continues Cuomo’s ‘Gun Violence Emergency’ Declaration
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is just two months into her term and not wasting time renewing a sham gun control effort that began under her predecessor, disgraced former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo’s gun violence disaster emergency order carried a taxpayer price tag of $160 million, ostensibly to target crime hotspots, engage youth, declare a gun control “border war” at the state line and rebuild police relations with the community.
Gun Review: Adams Arms AA19 9mm Pistol
Man, since 2019, the rise of the GLOCK clone has really accelerated. The GLOCK 19 in particular seems to be the number one cloned pistol in the series. We have lots of options now, priced both high and low.
On the low end, PSA produces the Dagger. On the high end, we have guns like those from Zev. And in the still affordable middle is the Adams Arms AA19. Adams Arms is mainly known for being an AR manufacturer.
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The Atlantic: Exercising Second Amendment Rights Threatens Free Speech
Many Americans fervently believe that the Second Amendment protects their right to bear arms everywhere, including at public protests. Many Americans also believe that the First Amendment protects their right to speak freely and participate in political protest. What most people do not realize is that the Second Amendment has become, in recent years, a threat to the First Amendment. People cannot freely exercise their speech rights when they fear for their lives.
This is not hyperbole.
NRA Hacked: Russian Group Releases Some Documents, Promises More Unless They’re Paid
As if the National Rifle Association doesn’t have enough problems, a Russian hacker group has allegedly penetrated the association’s systems and stolen some documents, possibly including emails. They have published a handful of them, primarily innocuous grant-related documents. Unless the NRA coughs up a ransom payment, the group says they will release more.
NBC News has fessed up to downloading the allegedly purloined files from the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. So far, it sounds like all the hackers have gotten their hands on is some pretty mundane stuff.
Gun Meme of the Day: A Shot At Inexpensive Guns Edition
I say add a self-defense firearm for every household to the “Build Back Better” plan! Everyone deserves a functional gun to protect themselves and their family. It’s a basic human right. Also, Bob’s Burgers is a funny show.
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Missouri Successfully Completes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season
Missouri hunters wrapped up their first ever black bear hunting season, a sign of successful conservation and wildlife management.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) approved the inaugural 10-day black bear hunting season and all early signs point to the tags getting quickly filled. The black bear population is healthy and the hunting season only lasts 10 days, ending Oct. 28.
Following the Science
Black bears were almost non-existent in the 1800s in Missouri but their numbers have continually crept up, with bears migrating from Arkansas.
Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen is a Lying Liar Who Lies About Defensive Gun Uses
Who are you gonna believe…me or your lying eyes? That is, in effect, the narrative relentlessly pushed by the anti-gun rights left in this country. That’s nothing new, of course, but after 18 months of blistering gun sales and rising violent crime, the firearm prohibitionists, their media stenographers, and the politicians who share their goal of civilian disarmament are getting a little panicky.
Take, for instance, this recent assertion by Tennessee Rep.
Gear Review: The TOPS Knives Tom Brown Tracker #1 Fixed Blade Knife
I do a little work in Idaho and a whole lot of hunting there, too. About a year ago I stopped by Tops Knives to pick their brains, and pick up a Tom Brown Tracker.
I like big knives. Big knives like bowies or those simple blade shapes common among the early Quebecois traders and North American mountain men. The Tom Brown Tracker knife is surprisingly modern, complex, and frankly I thought it was too specialized to work as intended.
Movie Arms Expert: Blame Baldwin and the ‘Rust’ Armorer for Cinematographer’s Death
By Lee Williams
Richard Collins owns more than 1,000 machine guns and 4,000 other firearms. He stores his massive collection in two safes. Each is 1,000 square feet – the doors weigh 5,000 pounds.
Collins is president of Movie Armaments Group. Founded 40 years ago, MAG supplies guns, tactical gear, uniforms, military equipment and lashings of expertise to the film industry. All of his armorers are veterans of elite police and/or military units.
Gun Meme of the Day: Just Something the Poors Say Edition
It’s not that guns and ammo are more expensive, it’s that your money is worth less.
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Caregivers Are Often the Disabled’s First and Only Line of Defense
By Peter Rosenberger
An intruder recently received swift justice after breaking into an Atlanta home and threatening the occupant with knives. The homeowner produced a gun and shot the intruder, who had picked the wrong house and the wrong weapons. Even President Obama once opined on inadvisability of bringing a knife to a gunfight.
While home invasions and violent crime certainly seem commonplace in the dystopia that leftists seem eager to create, this incident had a different variable: a resident in the home who was confined to a wheelchair.
Man Selling Xbox in Online Transaction Shoots Armed Pair Who Tried To Rob Him
What happens when you arrange to meet up with someone after midnight to sell some merchandise from a Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist ad? Nothing good, usually. Such was the case in Chicago when an unnamed 29-year-old tried to sell his Xbox. At 1 a.m. Saturday. In northwest Chicago.
The prospective buyers, aged 15 and 19, turned into armed robbers as one produced a firearm while the other snatched the game console from the seller’s hands.
Things That Don’t Suck: TiTech Arms 1022 Chassis Rail For Ruger 10/22 Rifles
What do you do with that Ruger 10/22 rifle that’s been sitting in the back of your safe? One way to give it possibilities beyond the standard stock configuration is with an aftermarket chassis. TiTech Arms (formerly RTI Manufacturing) gives you two options.
Their 1022 Chassis Rail comes in two flavors. One has an AR buffer tube to let you mount an AR stock. The other model — the one I chose — has a rear Pic rail.
San Francisco’s Assault on Law Enforcement Forces More Than 100 Families to Hire Private Security
Policing and law enforcement have been under attack for the last year and a half. Calls to “defund the police” are becoming a reality and the average citizen is ultimately paying the price.
Insert San Francisco, one of the epicenters of the “defund the police” movement. Not only are more officers retiring or resigning, meaning fewer cops on the street, but SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin refuses to prosecute most criminals.
New York Gun Violence Program Funneled $18 million to Unions, Created 20 Jobs So Far
In mid-July, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the Consortium for Worker Education, a nonprofit group of 46 labor unions, would receive $18.5 million from the state to create 2,400 long-term jobs for young adults in communities distressed by gun violence.
“We are going to hire young people, train them, and give them jobs that set them up for long-term success in their careers,” Cuomo said on July 14 in Brooklyn, at an event where he was flanked by New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams.
Two Filmmakers On How On-Set Safety In The Film Industry Is Supposed to Work
By Christopher Gist, University of South Australia and Sarah Mayberry, The University of Melbourne
In a horrendous accident, a cinematographer has died and a director has been injured after Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun while filming in New Mexico.
When shooting a film with guns, there are many choices to make: each prop needs to be appropriate for the character, and appropriate for the scene. There is also the choice of whether you will use replica weapons, real weapons, or a mix.