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If it seems like you’ve seen a lot of news about the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) recently it’s because you have. The organizations is one of the most active in the nation at challenging unconstitutional firearm laws in courtrooms throughout the country.

In celebration of our uniquely American freedom, the day before Independence Day FPC announced a new lawsuit challenging Washington, D.C.’s, ban on common semi-automatic rifles. The case, Clemendor v. District of Columbia, which will be heard by the U.S.

Continue reading Court Challenge Filed Over D.C. ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban at The Truth About Guns.

Bushnell has been making solid, affordable optics rugged enough for hunters for generations. When I saw their new RXM-300 come out earlier this year I suspected it might just fill the niche I was looking to fill for a recent build. I’m not heading into combat, but I do want an optic that’s going to be durable and reliable and will withstand harsh weather and some knocks or drops that might happen at the range or in the woods.

Continue reading Gear Review: Bushnell RXM-300 Reflex Sight at The Truth About Guns.

In one of the biggest decisions following the 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a district court in Massachusetts ruled last August that the state’s law barring nonresidents from carrying a firearm in the commonwealth to be unconstitutional.

Now, the case, Commonwealth v. Dean F. Donnell, is set to begin the appeals phase before the State Supreme Judicial Court.

As some background, the case revolves around a New Hampshire man who was arrested and prosecuted for carrying a firearm in Massachusetts without a permit from that state.

Continue reading Important Carry Case Set to Start in Massachusetts Court at The Truth About Guns.

Those from my generation likely remember the great fun we had trying to get our moms to give us a nickel or dime at the grocery store so we could get a handful of M&Ms or Hot Tamales from the coin-eating candy machines. While I was seldom successful (my Mom was a health food nut), I thought there was nothing cooler.

However, as the saying goes, “Hold my beer.” Automated vending machines at several stores in Alabama and Oklahoma are dispensing something even better than Hot Tamales—specifically, ammunition.

Continue reading American Rounds: Making Ammo More Accessible at The Truth About Guns.

Gannett’s flagship newspaper USA TODAY claims in a recent story that if a Delaware gun shop had “done its job” in 2018, Hunter Biden would never have been able to illegally purchase the .38 Special Colt Cobra revolver, which led to his three felony convictions.

“By law, handguns can be sold by shops only to state residents, who must provide a government-issued proof of residency, and Biden was not a legal resident of Delaware in 2018.

Continue reading Newspaper Blames Gun Shop, Not Biden for Illegal Handgun Purchase at The Truth About Guns.

We discussed recently the possibility of President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race and being replaced by any of a number of gun-ban advocates including Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

A recent story published in the Washington Examiner has raised an even more concerning possibility—replacing Kamala Harris on the vice presidential ticket with former divider in chief Barack Obama, paving the way for him to be president should Biden be elected and step down.

Continue reading Legal Scholar Suggests Scheme To Put Obama Back In White House at The Truth About Guns.

Rumors have circulated about Biden not making it to the Democratic National Convention in August after his disastrous debate performance a little over a week ago. Now it looks as though those rumors continue to grow. The bad news for gun owners is that gun hater Kamala Harris will take the reigns upon a Biden resignation.

But is that really bad news for whose who understand the proven benefits of firearm ownership?

Sure, Kamala Harris hates the idea of the little people owning firearms to defend their homes, families or livelihood. 

Continue reading Rumors of a Biden Resignation Monday: Will Kamala Appoint Pete Buttigieg VP? at The Truth About Guns.

HUXWRX Safety Co. just dropped a new limited edition blast deflector in time for the 4th of July. The Kaibosh is 3D-printed from 17-4 heat-treated stainless steel and has a PECV DLC coating. HUXWRX is saying it has “superior blast wave dispersion that redirects the concussive forces away from the shooter and bystanders.” Their press release says that it was initially so effective that ATF deemed it to be a suppressor, and they had to go back and open it up more to meet the blast deflector approval.

Continue reading HUXWRX Drops the Kaibosh Blast Deflector for the 4th of July at The Truth About Guns.

California gun owners have long been besieged by a lengthy list of unjust, unconstitutional firearm laws that make practicing their Second Amendment right more difficult. And a new law that just took effect is going to make freedom even more scarce in The Golden State.

The new law, passed by the legislature last year and signed by anti-gun Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, required credit card networks to make a new firearm-specific Merchant Category Code (MCC) available to banks and other financial institutions by Monday.

Continue reading New Law Takes Effect Allowing Tracking Of California Credit Card Gun Purchases at The Truth About Guns.

It’s regrettable, although not all that uncommon, when a family member has to shoot another family member in self-defense. And it seems even more regrettable when a young man is forced to shoot his father to protect himself and his mother.

Yet that seems to be the case in an Arkansas shooting that left one man dead and his son claiming the shooting was in self-defense.

According to a recent report at deltaplexnews.com, the prosecuting attorney in the murder trial for Justice Taggart, who shot and killed his father, Maurice Taggart, on Aug.

Continue reading Prosecutor: Suspect In Arkansas Family Shooting Was Defending Himself at The Truth About Guns.

Students at colleges in two southern states—West Virginia and Tennessee—will be a little better protected now, thanks to their state legislatures passing laws to increase self-defense options.

In West Virginia, Senate Bill 10, called the “West Virginia Campus Self-Defense Act,” was passed by the legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Jim Justice back in 2023. That law just took effect on July 1.

Under the new law, law-abiding carry permit holders can carry on the campus of a state institution of higher education.

Continue reading West Virginia, Tennessee Strengthen Campus Self-Defense at The Truth About Guns.

Perhaps the greatest military victory in the history of America, the Battles of Saratoga are known as the “Turning Point,” and without those victories, there almost assuredly wouldn’t be the “Shining City on a Hill” that we cherish today. The beleaguered American forces desperately needed something – anything – to show it could stand and fight the British as it sought freedom and independence. The world was watching and in September and October of 1777, the men and women fighting for their lives in this new experiment got exactly what they needed.

Continue reading UPDATED: America Celebrates a History of Freedom Won by Firearms at The Truth About Guns.

If you like your .40 caliber numbers to end in 5 then you’re in luck. Smith & Wesson just added .45 Colt to the chamberings offered in the new Model 1854 lever action rifle line up. Available in either black polymer and stainless steel or walnut and black Armornite finished the .45 Colt Model 1854 holds 9+1 rounds of big, fat .45 Colt slugs. It comes with XS iron sights as well as a Picatinny rail for mounting optics so you can make the most out of one of the best cartridges of the 19th Century, by using all the tech available in the 21st Century.

Continue reading Smith & Wesson Adds the .45 Colt to the Model 1854 Lineup at The Truth About Guns.

SIG just dropped two new air pistols based upon their popular P320 and P229 handguns. Aside from being fun for general plinking and target practice, they’re actually nice training tools as well. Mimicking the size, weight and controls of the real thing, these SIG air pistols allow you to train in your back yard or even your garage or basement. Plus, they’re a heck of a lot cheaper to shoot, even compared to .22 LR.

Continue reading FIRST LOOK: SIG Releases New P320 and P229 Air Pistols at The Truth About Guns.

A coalition of pro-gun organizations has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California in the County of San Diego challenging the state’s 11% excise tax on firearms, gun parts and ammunition.

California’s Firearms Excise Tax, created by Assembly Bill 28 during the last session, imposes the tax on gun sellers, not gun purchasers. However, as with any other tax scheme, the increase is passed on to the final purchaser.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday and titled Jaymes v.

Continue reading Pro-Freedom Groups Set Sights On California Firearm Excise Tax at The Truth About Guns.

About a month ago, a Chicago resident used his concealed carry piece to repel a feral swarm of attackers.  We wrote about it as one of several defensive gun uses that happened in America’s Murder City in just one weekend.  Now that the dust has settled, we can share the rest of the story.

Here’s how CBS Chicago reported it:

CHICAGO (CBS) — A concealed carry license holder was attacked Friday night in Chicago and responded by shooting three men from his Northwest Side front yard. 

Continue reading IT HAPPENED TO HIM: U.S. LawShield Rides to the Rescue in Chicago Self-Defense Triple Shooting at The Truth About Guns.

Much of the coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the Chevron Deference doctrine suffers from one of two problems: Either it’s written by lawyers for lawyers and is therefore unintelligible for anyone without a juris doctor, or it’s written by the corporate media and is chock-full of errors, omissions and untruths. TTAG broke it down pretty well for gun owners when reporting the decision on June 28, but here’s a deeper look at how the decision may affect the gun crowd from a Q&A with a 2A lawyer.

Continue reading What SCOTUS Chevron Decision Means for Gun Owners at The Truth About Guns.

NSSF issued a statement today, declaring their disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of a writ of certiorari in Barnett v. Raoul, one of several challenges to Illinois’ bans on Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) and standard-capacity magazines. The decision not to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision at this early stage of the litigation, while disappointing, does not mean the Supreme Court will not review the matter later after final judgment.

Continue reading NSSF Issues Statement on SCOTUS Denial of Illinois MSR Ban Challenge at The Truth About Guns.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a series of challenges to Illinois’ ban on assault weapons, leaving the controversial law in place for now but indicating potential future involvement, WTTW and The Center Square are reporting. The decision comes after the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ban last November, stating that “even the most important personal freedoms have their limits.”

In a Tuesday order, the high court denied petitions for writs of certiorari in six cases challenging the ban.

Continue reading BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenges to Illinois Assault Weapons Ban at The Truth About Guns.

First-term Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is quite a stark contrast to his predecessor in many ways, but perhaps none more so than his approach to protecting and preserving Constitutional rights – specifically the Second Amendment. For Gov. Landry, it’s been promises made, promises kept to Louisianans who revere the right to keep and bear arms, and that includes more than 1.4 million Pelican State residents who have purchased a firearm since 2020.

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Continue reading Louisiana’s Jeff Landry Goes the Extra Mile for Gun Owners at The Truth About Guns.