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Things That Don’t Suck – Vertx SOCP Fanny Pack
A wave of 1980s nostalgia hit us in 2016 and still hasn’t let up. The 1980s are still considered cool, and I’d like to see us pull some of the more valuable things out of the 1980s. Like gas prices, a lack of the Hughes Amendment and fanny packs. The good news is that we get one of the three, and that’s fanny packs. In 1988, fanny packs were hailed as the product of the year, and in 2024, we have a small but growing market of fanny pack options for concealed carriers.
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Georgia Governor Kemp Signs Law to Protect Financial Data of Gun Buyers
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law HB 1018, the Second Amendment Privacy Act. This NSSF-supported law protects the privacy and sensitive financial information of people purchasing firearms and ammunition in the Peach State. With Georgia, there are now 14 states with laws that protect the Second Amendment financial privacy of their citizens.
The law prohibits financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearm code, also known as a Merchant Category Code (MCC), from being assigned to firearm and ammunition purchases at retail when using a credit card.
BLM Works To Do Right By Target Shooters In Arizona
No, not that BLM. Today, we’re talking about the Bureau of Land Management. While there are certainly land managers who haven’t gotten along with the gun-owning conservative side of society, this recent story out of Arizona shows that there are people in the agency who are trying to do right by everyone.
When it comes to target shooting, the environmental issues associated with less responsible shooters can be very real. Going out and shooting at garbage instead of paper or steel can be fun, but it can get to the point where there are little pieces of computers, TV sets, malfunctioning printers (Office Space anyone?) and all manner of other toxic waste.
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YouTube’s Algorithm Promotes Ghost Gun Content Manhattan DA Alleges
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has called on YouTube to address its algorithm, which he claims is steering vulnerable users, particularly young gamers, towards content on making untraceable ghost guns, ABC news affiliate WPVI reports. The investigation led by Bragg’s office suggests that YouTube’s current algorithm may inadvertently promote videos that instruct viewers on assembling these firearms, potentially increasing the risk of ghost gun creation among minors.
In a recent briefing, Bragg highlighted the ease with which individuals, including teenagers and young adults, can transition from gaming to gun manufacturing videos.
The Problem with Red Flag Laws
Connecticut, the first state in the country to pass a red flag law, provides just one example of the law’s shortcomings in combatting gun violence.
After voluntarily committing himself to a psychiatric ward at Midstate Medical Center in Meriden, Connecticut, Michael Mollow alarmed authorities when he disclosed “homicidal ideations” toward his girlfriend, Caroline Anne Ashworth, and his possession of firearms at home. Despite these alarming revelations and Mollow’s recent threats of violence toward Ashworth, he was released from a secure psychiatric facility in nearby Westport less than 33 hours after his transfer there on August 24, 2022.
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Never Unarmed .45 ACP 1911 Magazine: Inexpensive Performance
I know what you are thinking. Inexpensive and performance when describing a 1911 magazine is contradictory. We all have tried inexpensive 1911 magazines, and the result was a jammed up 1911. Stovepipes and failure to go into battery malfunctions can typically be traced back to an inferior magazine. Reliability in a 1911 magazine is mandatory, paying gobs of money for a good 1911 magazine is not. That’s why Lynn Thompson, former owner of Cold Steel, started Never Unarmed.
Judge: Young Adults Can Get A Carry Permit In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania young adults aged 18, 19 and 20 years old can now apply for a concealed carry license in the Keystone State.
On Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled that the state law forbidding adults under 21 from applying for a carry permit is unconstitutional, as is the law banning adults that age from open carrying during an emergency.
The case, Lara v. Evanchick, was filed by the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition and three private citizens.
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Maine Approves Sweeping Gun Legislation
The Maine Legislature last week approved comprehensive legislation that could impact gun ownership in the state, including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited individuals. Many of the new laws are simply twists on long existing laws that haven’t been properly enforced. The legislation comes nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history, a tragedy that Democrats oft invoked as they worked to implement their anti-gun agenda and tinker with laws that have failed to prevent such shootings in the past.
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DOJ, ATF Continue To Pile On With New Rulemaking
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden seems to have been turned loose to make as many new restrictive gun laws as possible—Congress and American citizens be damned.
Hot on the heels of the recent Final Rule that redefined who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms, the ATF has now announced another round of rulemaking that would move Americans a bit closer to the so-called “universal” background checks that President Joe Biden and other gun-ban advocates talk about so often.
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Nashville Homeowner Shoots Armed Intruder Breaking into His House
A Nashville homeowner shot a man who allegedly attempted to break into his house early Saturday morning, with police deeming the act self-defense, according to local authorities.
The incident occurred in the Trinity Hills neighborhood just before 6 a.m. when homeowner and his family were startled by loud banging on their front door and windows, reported WSMV 4. Anton Cosby, 32, is accused of trying to forcibly enter the residence on Shreeve Lane.
Ruby Ridge, Waco and Now Little Rock, But Arkansas AG Appears to Back Down to Feds
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is the top law enforcement officer in the state, and he is ultimately responsible for safeguarding the lives and civil rights of the more than 3.5 million Arkansans who call The Natural State home.
After the ATF shot and killed 53-year-old airport executive Bryan Malinowski in his home during a botched SWAT raid, Griffin had questions about the ATF’s use of force, which Malinowski’s family and most everyone else said was excessive.
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention More Interested in Political Theater than Actual Prevention
The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention is hosting the first in-person meeting of federal agencies to figure out what to do after a tragic mass murder and criminal misuse of firearms. The focus will be on what resources can be brought to bear after a shocking crime has been committed that once again rocks the nation’s conscience.
The Biden administration is missing the target, once again, on guns. The focus shouldn’t be on what can the government do after a tragedy occurs.
Nevada’s “Ghost Gun” Law Upheld By State Supreme Court
Just days before the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the lawsuit challenging the Justice Department’s Final Rule on “ghost guns,” the Nevada Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling and upheld that state’s restrictions on “unfinished frames or receivers.”
In the case Sisolak v. Polymer80, Nevada’s highest court on April 18 voted unanimously to reverse the lower court ruling, which had found the law to be unconstitutionally vague.
“The district court … concluded that the definition did not explain key terms or notify ordinary individuals precisely when raw materials would become an unfinished frame or receiver,” Justice Lidia S.
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Gun Industry Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Shut Down Laughable Lawsuit by Mexico
Firearm industry members targeted by Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case that seeks to blame them for the harm caused by lawless narco-terrorist drug cartels in Mexico. Mexico’s lawsuit also seeks to dictate how firearms are made and sold throughout the United States through a federal court injunction, in effect usurping the role of Congress and 50 state legislatures.
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Another Road Rage Incident, Another Shooting Death
A road rage shooting in Deltona, Florida, last week has left one man dead, with the surviving driver claiming he acted in self-defense, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
The confrontation began when, the shooter alleges, a white Dodge Charger slowed down in front of him. After passing the Charger, the driver of the Charger began to follow him closely, flashing his high beams, then eventually sped up to cut him off, as reported by Fox 35 Orlando and WESH.
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Galco Introduces the Revenger Belt Holster
In a world of polymer pistols and Kydex holsters, it’s nice to see classic steel and leather once in a while. Thankfully, Galco Holsters continues to serve the folks who appreciate classic leather gear, while still keeping their designs current and practical. The new Revenger Belt Holster is a good example of that.
The Revenger is part of Galco’s top of the line Masterbilt series of handcrafted holsters. The Revenger is built specifically for revolvers, and is a lined leather, outside-the-waistband belt holster made from premium steerhide.
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Colorado Democrats Advance More Anti-Gun Legislation
We told you recently how anti-gun Democrats in the Colorado Legislature had passed a semi-auto ban in the State House of Representatives and are considering a measure to expand the number of “sensitive places” where citizens cannot carry a firearm for self-defense.
Over the weekend, the state House passed three more anti-gun measures that would severely infringe on the rights of law-abiding Coloradoans while doing nothing to affect violent criminals.
One measure, HB 24-1270, would force gun owners to purchase a liability insurance policy.
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Sci-Fi and Space Gat 2: The AR-15-Based XCOM X-9
As I wrote in Sci-Fi and Space Gat 1, I feel like most folks are going to recognize Han Solo’s blaster, even if they don’t know it’s called a DL-44. I’ll admit, my next build goes further off in the weeds of nerdity. Cloning video game guns isn’t new, and there are innumerable versions of the Fallout New Vegas Service Rifle out there, and who knows how many builds based upon the various Call of Duty games.
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Supreme Court Will Take Up “Ghost Gun” Case This Fall
By a razor-thin margin, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the challenge to the Biden Administration’s “ghost gun” law.
The case, VanDerStok v. Garland, challenges the Department of Justice’s 2022 Final Rule that redefined important legal terms dealing with guns, including “firearm,” “receiver” and “frame,” making the longstanding American tradition of building personal firearms pretty much a thing of the past.
The vote to hear the case was 4-to-3, with no information released as to who voted for or against hearing the case.
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Connecticut Legislators Take a Breather on Passing More Gun Laws
One year after enacting significant enhancements to its gun control laws, Connecticut legislators appear to have shifted away from pursuing further restrictive measures on firearms during this year’s budget session, according to legislative leaders CT Insider is reporting.
State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chairman of the Connecticut Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, indicated that the focus this session will not be on major gun legislation. This decision comes despite Connecticut’s history of stringent gun control measures, particularly following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.