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NSSF Rejects Fish & Wildlife’s New Final Rule Banning Lead Ammo in Wildlife Refuges
From the NSSF . . .
NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, rejects the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Final Rule that bans the use of traditional lead ammunition on eight National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) and fishing tackle on seven NWRs in exchange for opening hunting and fishing opportunities on public lands. The announcement banning the use of traditional ammunition and fishing tackle is devoid of any scientific evidence that traditional ammunition causes detrimental population impacts.
Bloomington, IL Gun ‘Buyback’ Paying $200, $400 and $500 EACH For ‘Unwanted’ Guns This Sunday
Trick or treat, smell their feet cash. The Bloomington, Illinois Police Department will be hosting a “gun buyback” this Sunday, October 29th. They’re seeking “unwanted” or unloved guns and they’re paying a premium price for them.
After a call to the Bloomington PD this morning, I learned they’re paying $200 for rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Wait, it gets a lot better. They’re paying $400 for ‘unwanted’ ghost guns. And they’re paying $500 for unwanted “assault” guns.
Gun Review: SSK-50 Frame and .309 JDJ Pistol from Haus of Arms
SSK Firearms has released a modern version of the much beloved but no longer produced Thompson/Center Contender frame. It’s called the SSK-50 and it’s backwards compatible with the last version of the Contender. You can buy it from Haus of Arms and they’re shipping them as we speak.
What I truly love about the Contender platform is that right now there are people who’ve stopped reading this review so they can order a frame.
SIG SAUER Announces the New P365-AXG LEGION, the first P365 LEGION Model
You knew it had to happen. SIG SAUER’s LEGION line of upgraded versions of their pistol lines has finally been extended to the P365 platform. Today they announced the new P365-AXG LEGION.
With its AXG aluminum grip (it takes replaceable grip panels), this is a larger compact-size 17-round everyday carry pistol with an extended magazine well. My, the P365 has certainly come a long way.
Here’s SIG’s press release . .
Biden and Newsom Wasted No Time Using the Maine Mass Shooting to Push Their Gun Control Agenda
Republicans in Maine rejected a bill this year that would have required a waiting period for firearm purchases.
They seriously could not fathom waiting 72 hours to buy a gun.
Maine also does not…
– Ban assault weapons
– Require permits to carry a gun in public
– Require… https://t.co/18IoTtYRsY
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) October 26, 2023
From the CCRKBA . .
Maine’s Yellow Flag Law Wasn’t Used to Detain the Maine Shooting Suspect
A proposal for a red flag law that more than 20 states have adopted failed in 2019 in favor of the yellow flag law that backers said would stop suicides and protect both the public and the constitutional rights of gun owners.
The yellow flag law had the support of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, which was instrumental in writing it and viewed other states’ red flag laws as unconstitutional.
Gun Meme of the Day: Another Abject Failure Edition
Sometimes memes are funny. Sometimes they’re a picture that speaks a thousand words on an important topic. This is the latter.
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Things That Don’t Suck: Clip-N-Shoot Dry Fire Training System
While dry fire practice is very beneficial, it’s always boring. Well, it can be. Ten reps often feel like 50. Just plain dry firing gets boring and doesn’t always offer the best practice. Yet, dry fire remains important. The world and firearm industry recognized this, and they’ve responded with numerous laser systems and targets to add some active feedback to your dry-fire. One system that grabbed my attention was the iDryFire Clip-N-Shoot target system.
Like a lot of these systems, it uses your smartphone to aid in feedback.
New Products From Hornady: HIT Target Indicator, Mobilis Single Door Safe, and 5.7×28 Ammo
Hornady has announced a range of new products for 2024, but three stood out at first glance. First is the handy new HIT Target Impact Indicator. It’s a simple, USB-charged accelerometer that you can attach to a target stand to give you visual confirmation of hits on targets at distance. It’s not the first of its kind, but it’s small and lightweight and looks well designed (especially if you know Morse code).
We don’t have a price on the HIT Target Impact indicator yet.
If Reports About Robert Card’s Mental Health are Accurate, Maine Will Have a Lot of Questions to Answer
As of this writing, Robert Card, the prime suspect in the Lewiston, Maine mass shooting, has not yet been arrested. Last night, Maine State Police announced that Card “recently reported mental health issues to include hearing voices and threats to shoot up the National Guard base in Saco, ME. Card was also reported to have been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks during the summer of 2023 and subsequently released.”
Assuming all of this is true, the Maine mental health and criminal justice systems will have some explaining to do.
Kennedy Amendment to Funding Bill Would Stop the VA From Stripping Veterans’ Gun Rights
Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs reports a veteran’s name to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System when they seek help managing their finances in a conservatorship.
“If a veteran who defended this country has to go to the VA and ask for help managing his or her financial affairs, the VA automatically reports that veteran to the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System .
Gun Meme of the Day: Touché Edition
Ahha! Ball’s in your court now, loser. Also, do books on Kindle count? Asking for a friend.
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Gear Review: HUSH Holster for Suppressed Pistols
Designing a holster for a suppressed pistol presents all sorts of challenges. The biggest one, of course, is accommodating that honkin’ can sticking off the front of the gun. It’s the large diameter of the silencer, really, rather than the length of it that makes it hard for a holster to allow the silencer to pass through while also managing to hold the skinnier pistol behind it.
HUSH Holsters has come up with a great solution!
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Self-Defense Training: Does Anyone Ever Really Have Time for the OODA Loop?
A TTAG Reader writes:
Innumerable articles have been written about the defensive use of firearms, especially handguns. Due to the high number of current and former combat veterans, much of the self-defense literary efforts seem to be influenced by small unit tactics. One of the significant theories of defensive tactics is the famous (infamous?) OODA loop.
Many gun owners who have had some personal defense training are familiar with the concept of the OODA loop.
The ATF’s Prosecution of Larry Vickers Was About Headlines and a High Profile Scalp
By Lee Williams
The ATF wants to imprison a decorated American soldier for a series of victimless crimes, even though the federal regulations he’s accused of violating may not be constitutional, and questions about ATF’s potential involvement in the case remain unanswered.
The same federal agency that ran guns across the border into Mexico – which were used by drug cartels to murder Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and scores of Mexican nationals – believes that retired special operations veteran, Larry Vickers, needs to be locked up, even though none of his weapons ended up in cartel hands.
Dickey: The World of the AR-15 is a Frightening Place Where All That Matters is the Gun
A lucid, straightforward, and well-researched and -reported work, American Gun promises, via its back cover, “fairness and compassion.” By the book’s end, I found myself wondering why fairness is a worthy goal here. I don’t know what fairness we owe these manufacturers or the individuals who buy their products. There is no argument here—compassionate or otherwise—that can explain why an everyday person needs a weapon designed solely to kill as many people as possible in seconds.
We Know Exactly What the Founders Thought About Guns Because We Can Read What They Wrote
By Daniel Kowalski
In all my years of existence, the Second Amendment of our Constitution has always been considered controversial. Opponents claim it is the cause of gun violence. Proponents assert that it helps guarantee freedom and safety.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
These twenty-seven words have been the subject of much debate during the 20th and 21st centuries.
News From Israel and Canada Highlight Why Defending Second Amendment Rights Here is So Critical
Israel Loosens Strict Gun Control Laws To Arm Citizens https://t.co/8Ux3yJTGre
— Leon W Todd (@leontodd) October 19, 2023
Citizens in two countries are reminding Americans that Second Amendment rights and a robust firearm and ammunition manufacturing base cannot be taken for granted.
Israel is preparing for a ground invasion into Gaza after more than 1,400 of their citizens fell victim to Hamas terrorists storming into their homes, murdering, torturing and dragging off innocent civilians as hostages.
Angstadt Arms Announces the New AXL-9 AR9 Modular Lower Receiver
Angstadt Arms has a new AR-9 lower designed to work with a wide range of magazines. It features interchangeable magazine wells to use magazines from a number of pistol makers as well as different calibers.
So if you have, say, GLOCK 33-round magazines along with 30-rounders for an MP5 that you’d like to be able to use in a pistol caliber carbine format, the new AXL-9 lower lets you swap out mag wells to accept them.