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Biden Owes the American People and the ATF a Qualified Director Nominee
The dust has settled on President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw David Chipman’s nomination for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). That’s got many, especially within the firearm industry, wondering what comes next.
The president has the responsibility to nominate a qualified individual to the position. The U.S. Senate has the constitutional duty to “advise and consent” on the president’s choice in order to consider that nominee and vote to confirm or deny that person to the role.
Sarsilmaz’s New SAR9 Compact 15+1 9mm Pistol
From SAR USA . . .
SAR USA by Sarsilmaz, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of firearms, is pleased to announce the new SAR9 Compact pistol. Built on the same platform as the legendary SAR9, it is possibly the most rigorously tested pistol ever developed and is proudly carried by NATO and elite forces around the world.
“The SAR9 Compact was inspired by feedback that we received from elite shooting professionals, dealers and consumers,” said Todd Pearson, COO SAR USA.
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SCOTUS Denies Cert in Three Cases Challenging Ban on Gun Ownership by Nonviolent Felons
In one of the cases before the court, a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in 2005 challenged the ban on purchasing or owning a gun. In another, a Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to making a false statement on her tax returns sued over the ban. In a third, a man who pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and smuggling cassettes in the 1980s challenged the firearms ban.
DEA Agent and Gunman Killed, Two Officers Wounded in Shootout On Amtrak Train in Tucson
By Terry Tang and Michelle A. Monroe, AP
A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed Monday when a passenger, who also died, opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal contraband on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. A second agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded.
“It’s very horrific and we’re all just coming to terms with just how terrible a loss this is,” Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said.
Gun Meme of the Day: Murderous Elmo Edition
Halloween is coming. Don’t be like Elmo. To prepare for actual zombies, simply visit the CDC website. To determine whether that’s a real vampire or a person in a costume, use this simple tool.
Side note: I spent five years in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America, and people in masks knocking on my door at night always made Halloween a little bit tense.
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VIDEO: Philly’s Mayor Becomes Gun Salesman of the Week After (Another) Lawless Weekend
Leave it to the UK’s Daily Mail to report what the American mainstream media won’t. This weekend in Philadelphia, a lawless mob literally drove donuts around a police squad car and the cops did nothing. What’s more, the same video shows a huge number of the mob hopping on the squad car and taunting the police inside.
Once more, police made no arrests.
Philladelphia’s Mayor Jim Kenney is a proud member of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Of Course: NRA Board of Directors Votes Overwhelmingly to Re-Elect Wayne LaPierre
As you may have seen, the National Rifle Association’s Board of Directors voted overwhelmingly yesterday to retain embattled CEO Wayne LaPierre in the association’s top spot. Reportedly only 49 of the directors attended the meeting and 44 of them voted to retain LaPierre despite all of the scandals and investigations surrounding the long-time NRA leader.
The NY Post has the report . . .
The National Rifle Association on Saturday said its board of directors reelected controversial CEO Wayne LaPierre.
Gear Review: Crimson Trace Brushline Pro 3-12X42mm BDC Riflescope
Crimson Trace is a household name among shooters. Their lasers and laser grips have adorned innumerable handguns and several major firearm manufactures have included their laser aiming grips on their guns right from the factory.
This year, Crimson Trace has branched out in a big way with multiple product offerings, from red dot optics, pistol and rifle mounted lights, to magnified optics.
Instead of focusing solely on the self-defense market, Crimson Trace’s comfort zone for decades, they’ve targeted the American hunter with the introduction of the Brushline Pro 3-12-42mm BDC riflescope.
Don’t Just Ask For An Attorney In the Aftermath of a Use-Of-Force Incident
If you haven’t thought about what to do and say after a use of force incident, you really should. After all, you don’t want to avoid victimization by a criminal attacker only to be later victimized by the criminal justice system.
If you don’t know what to say to responding officers (and their buddies, the investigating officers), ask to speak to an attorney before answering any questions. Yes, investigating officers may seem like they are on your side.
Dershowitz: With Crime Increasing, SCOTUS Will Extend Heller to Open and Concealed Carry
“I do think that the justices will take into account the fact that people really need more protection than they used to need,” he said. “Crime is going up dramatically, particularly in inner cities. And I do think that the need for self-defense will probably be recognized by enough justices of the Supreme Court to warrant extending Heller to open carry and concealed weapons again.”
— Sandy Fitzgerald in Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Supreme Court Won’t Overrule or Affirm Roe v.
4473 Cloud Storage Service Now Certified by FFLGuard
If you aren’t a firearm dealer the following press release will be a bit “inside baseball” for you, but as TTAG has many gun shop owners and employees who read us on the reg’, I’m sharing the info here just for y’all.
4473 Cloud service, which we covered HERE, was just certified by FFLGuard. That’s a huge added value to FFLs using 4473 Cloud.
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Parkland Shooter to be Tried for Attacking a Prison Guard – VIDEO
By Terry Spencer, AP
The suspect in the 2018 killing of 17 people at a Florida high school is finally going on trial — but not for the slayings. Jury selection begins Monday on charges Nikolas Cruz attacked a Broward County jail guard nine months after the Feb. 14, 2018, shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Cruz, a former Stoneman Douglas student, brawled with Sgt.
Got Gun? How Will Public Safety be Affected by Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Terminations?
President Joe Biden has mandated that Americans take the COVID vaccinations and he’s trying to force it upon people where ever he can. Along those lines, more and more states have plans to terminate public sector employees including police and firefighters who refuse to take the Wuhan flu vaccine. Medical professions in hospitals and clinics are finding themselves in the same boat.
What happens when ten or twenty percent of these groups resign or are terminated over their refusal to take the jab?
Cotton: Democrats’ Anti-Cop, Pro-Criminal Policies Sparked the Great Crime Wave of 2020
New nationwide data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that last year the number of murders rose by 29 percent, drug overdose deaths increased 30 percent, and the number of gang-related killings skyrocketed more than 55 percent. To put this carnage into context, a 29 percent increase in murder isn’t simply bad, it’s the worst single-year increase in American history. Similarly, the drugs flooding into our communities aren’t only deadly, they are the deadliest drugs ever sold.
The Real Reason You Need to Clean Your Carry Gun On a Regular Basis
Should you clean your handgun after every use? Most modern-day service handguns are built to handle tremendous abuse. They’ll continue to function even when they’re filthy dirty. Just Google your favorite polymer pistol and the words “torture test.” So why not wait for a leap year to clean your handgun? Or simply don’t clean it at all?
Most folks clean their handguns because everybody tells them if they don’t the Baba-Yaga will come for them.
USA Today Uses Bloomberg-Paid Anti-Gun Activist to Interview David Chipman
By Lee Williams
The senior leaders at Gannett’s flagship newspaper, USA TODAY, have surrendered their objectivity, independence and impartiality to an anti-gun group that wants to strip law-abiding Americans of their constitutional rights.
After Joe Biden’s ATF nominee, David Chipman, was rejected by the Senate, these editors allowed their newspaper to be used by Chipman’s supporters – who are working in their own newsroom – to rewrite the narrative of Chipman’s aborted confirmation, and the editors are not letting their highly touted journalism ethics get in the way.
Biden’s Plan for the IRS Should Scare the Hell Out of Gun Owners
The Biden administration’s plan to fund a multitrillion-dollar spending plan includes having the IRS snoop into every American’s bank account to examine transactions that are $600 or greater. This alarming proposal has implications far beyond the government looking to extract tax money. It is also a potential way for the Biden administration to track who is purchasing firearms.
Treasury Sec. Janet Yellin was on Capitol Hill defending the Biden administration’s proposal.
Glenn Loury: Cops Are Not The Issue, A Sick Community Is The Issue
The heroism of George Floyd, the iconic meaning of George Floyd…if that’s what we’re celebrating, if that’s where we take our stand – that’s our story, we’re sticking to it – it’s a weak hand. It’s a profoundly weak hand.
So, the cops in Minneapolis or anyplace else are not the issue here. George Floyd, may he rest in peace. They are not the issue. The gangbangers with pistols prepared to shoot wildly into crowds are the issue.
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING: NRA Scraps Louisville For Houston in 2022
The National Rifle Association has announced a change for the date and location of the 2022 annual meetings and convention. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization has moved the event from Louisville to Houston, Texas over the Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29.
The NRA has faced plenty of justifiable criticism over its decision-making lately, but this move was both wise and prudent. Kentucky’s Governor, Democrat Martin Beshear, has earned his reputation for radical COVID mitigation mandates, including restrictions on events and gatherings along with lockdowns.
Gun Meme of the Day: Give Me All Your Toilet Paper Edition
Posting a meme is not an endorsement of said meme! I don’t make ’em, I just share ’em. But a not-at-all-made-up friend of mine once totally agreed with this sentiment.
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