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Senate Joins House in Overturning Administration’s School Hunting Program Cuts, Biden Says He’ll Sign It

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 16:00

From the CCRKBA . . .

Only hours after the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms blasted the Biden administration’s attempt to eliminate funding for school hunter education and archery programs, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to prevent the cuts, and now the White House has confirmed President Biden will sign the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act.

The bill passed the House 424-1 Tuesday.

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Gun Review: FN Reflex and Reflex MRD Micro Compact 9mm Pistols

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 12:00

Earlier this year, FN entered the hottest segment of the firearm market with their own micro compact concealed carry pistol that manages to shoehorn 10 or 11+1 rounds into a teeny, tiny frame. They called it the Reflex, and it’s pretty dang good gun.

The FN Reflex is available in two versions, the standard Reflex (MSRP $599) and the Reflex MRD (optics-ready, MSRP $659), each available in both black and FDE.

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BREAKING: Longtime Gun Control Crusader California Senator Diane Feinstein Dead at 90

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 08:27

California’s longest-serving Senator, Diane Feinstein, who was a non-stop crusader for limiting gun rights is dead at age 90. She rose in power due to a high profile shooting in San Francisco’s city hall and went on to build much of her career on the fight to restrict Americans’ Second Amendment rights and outlaw classes of firearms and accessories.

From CNBC . . .

After two failed bids for mayor, she was elected president of San Francisco’s board of supervisors in 1978, becoming the first woman to hold the title.

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American Suppressor Association Holds its First ‘Silent Night’ Banquet and Auction in Austin, Texas

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 07:00

The American Suppressor Association Foundation (ASA-F) is thrilled to announce the inaugural Silent Night Banquet. Taking place at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas on Thursday, November 30th, the Silent Night Banquet will include an open bar, a delicious dinner, a silent auction, a live auction, a raffle, and a keynote address from Captain Chad Fleming from Team Never Quit. In addition, every table package sold will come with the buyer’s choice of amazing products, including the best suppressors, rifles, pistols, shotguns, and optics.   

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Gun Meme of the Day: Simple Misunderstanding Edition

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 18:09

Oh my. To my personal FBI agent: reposting this horrifying, irresponsible meme is not an endorsement.

 

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Gear Review: Benchmade 748 Narrows Folder

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 16:00

Let’s get this part out of the way right now. The Benchmade 748 Narrows is an extremely expensive production knife. Not a little expensive. Not pretty expensive. It’s very expensive. It has an MSRP of $580 and a street price of around $520. That is a lot of dinero to spend on a production knife — let alone a custom blade — no matter how cool the design, how well it’s made, and how great the materials used are.

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Gear Review: Riton 5 Tactix 1-6×24 Thunder Ranch Rifle Scope

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 14:00

Despite being a red dot/fixed prism scope kind of guy, I’ve found myself drifting towards low powered variable optics (LPVO’s) in recent years. I could blame my aging eyes, but really it’s a begrudging admission that there’s a lot of versatility in these optics.

It’s the same thing with Riton optics. While I have my favorite old-school brands, I have to admit there’s a lot of quality coming out of certain newer manufacturers.

Continue reading Gear Review: Riton 5 Tactix 1-6×24 Thunder Ranch Rifle Scope at The Truth About Guns.

Ruger Wants to Know Why Texas’s AG Gave Wells Fargo a Pass on Their Financial Discrimination Policy

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 12:00

One of the ways that states have successfully fought back against big banks and other firms blacklisting gun industry businesses is with Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) laws. If a lender — say, for instance, Bank of America, Citibank, or JP Morgan Chase — refuses to do business or calls the loan of a company that makes, distributes or sells guns because they’re involved in the firearms business, that lender is no longer eligible to do business with the state.

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Americans Won’t Soon Forget the Weaponized ATF’s Abuses in Biden’s War on Guns

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:00

By Lee Williams

If you’re an ATF agent who supports the constitution and has never violated your oath of office, you may want to start looking for a new job. An agency-wide comeuppance is coming. It is only a matter of time. 

The next administration will not look kindly upon your current role as Joe Biden’s anti-gun enforcers. The people will see to that. Americans have long memories, you see, and we are keeping track of your civil-rights abuses – each and every one. 

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California Doubles the Tax on Guns and Ammo (At Least Until It’s Challenged in Court)

Thu, 09/28/2023 - 08:00

California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday that will test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for interpreting the Second Amendment.

The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition at either 10% or 11%, depending on the type of gun.

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Gun Meme of the Day: I Blame The Owner Edition

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 18:00

This is the gun owner’s fault. Nobody should own a 308 when 6.5 CM is available. See HERE and HERE. (49% tongue-in-cheek)

 

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Congress Needs to Act Now to Restore Funding to Schools With Hunting Safety Programs

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 16:00

Congress has no shortage of “must-do” chores on the list in the face of a potential government shutdown. Among those tasks is passing legislation to restore federal funding for hunter education and archery in the schools.

Congress can tell President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona that their attempt to starve schools of these essential programs is over. The U.S. House of Representatives just passed U.S. Rep. Mark Green’s (R-Tenn.) H.R.

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Taurus’s New GX4 Carry T.O.R.O. 15+1 EDC Pistol

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:00

Taurus USA proudly announces the launch of the highly anticipated Taurus GX4 Carry, the latest addition to the award-winning GX4 series. Setting itself apart from its micro-compact sibling, the Taurus GX4 Carry boasts a larger, but compact frame, delivering the perfect balance of capacity and concealability for armed citizens.

Key Features of the Taurus GX4 Carry:

  • Industry Standard Iron Sights: The steel iron sights are easily replaced with readily available aftermarket sights, allowing the user to customize to their preference.

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Gun Control Orgs Directing More of Their Fire at the Nefarious ‘Gun Industry’

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 10:00

For decades, the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex, otherwise known as the gun control industry and their stenographers in the press, have primarily directed their attention and their attacks at the big bad NRA. They even referred to the NRA when talking about “the gun industry.”

It never seemed to matter much that the NRA is actually a member organization made up of millions of individuals. It similarly seemed to escape their notice that the actual gun industry — manufacturers, retailers, ranges, etc.

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Gun Meme of the Day: Saving Up Edition

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 18:00

I mean, if we’re honest we all know that gun collection IS retirement savings. Inflation-proof, eh?

 

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CRPA, SAF, GOA and Others Jointly File Federal Lawsuit Challenging California’s Carry Restriction Law

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 15:58

By Chuck Michel

Multiple gun owner’s rights advocacy groups and individuals have joined together and filed a Second Amendment challenge to Senate Bill (SB2) in the United States District Court. The lawsuit is known as May v. Bonta and you can see the filings so far here. We are already in contact with the state’s lawyers, are working out a briefing schedule, and have a tentative hearing date on a motion for preliminary injunction on December 4, 2023.

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FPC Sues California Over Just-Signed SB2 ‘Sensitive Places’ Carry Restriction Law

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 14:52

California Governor signs numerous gun control bills: pic.twitter.com/F86hawkRqs

— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) September 26, 2023

Today, California’s proudly hoplophobic, perpetually self-promoting Governor Gavin Newsom indulged all of the California legislature’s worst anti-gun instincts and signed into laws a huge slate of gun rights restriction bills. One of them, naturally, was SB2 a classic Bruen response bill meant to limit the places permit-holding Californians can legally carry a firearm.

Continue reading FPC Sues California Over Just-Signed SB2 ‘Sensitive Places’ Carry Restriction Law at The Truth About Guns.

Now I Know Why So Many Hunters Can’t Wait for Dove Season in Texas

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 14:00

Saturday was the first day of fall, but you wouldn’t have known it if you were in south Texas. That’s where JWT and I were, mostly sitting under the shade of a tree, tucked between some cacti in 100-degree heat, with shotguns on our laps and our eyes fixed on the sky.

We were posted up on the edge of a medium size field with a small watering hole at Frio County Hunts at the Wilson Ranch.

Continue reading Now I Know Why So Many Hunters Can’t Wait for Dove Season in Texas at The Truth About Guns.

Lucid Optics’ New E7 Enclosed Emitter Blue Dot Sight. Yes, Blue.

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 12:00

Earlier this year, Lucid rolled out their new E7 enclosed emitter red dot sight. Now, in a first, they’re making a version of the E7 with a blue dot. While we’d been told that the human eye is most sensitive to green light, Lucid claims blue is the most effective color. We can’t wait to give that a try. Here’s Lucid’s press release . . .

Lucid Optics, a pioneer in cutting-edge optics technology, is proud to announce the launch of the E7 reflex sight with an innovative Blue Reticle.

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Gun-Grabbing NJ Senator Opposed Arms Sales to Problematic Countries…Unless They Paid Him…Allegedly

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 10:00

To say U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) has been a thorn in the side of the firearm industry would be an understatement. The gun-controlling politician has railed for stricter gun control, called for bans on entire classes of firearms, taken money from gun control groups to advance the gun ban agenda and has done all he could to undo the export reforms for the firearm industry to reduce redundancies and regulatory costs associated with export licensing, while increasing national security.

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