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After He Bested Them For Decades, Anti-Gun Groups Cheer LaPierre Resignation
As gun-ban advocates (and even some pro-gun voices) gloat over the announcement of National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s resignation, they’re leaving out some important facts. Despite some of NRA’s more recent challenges and criticisms, what they aren’t telling you is that the NRA, under LaPierre’s leadership, has outfoxed them at nearly every turn over the past three decades, leaving those anti-gun groups with very few accomplishments when compared to the sound beatings they’ve repeatedly taken in the political arena.
Say What? Antis Call for Assault Weapons Ban after School Shooting with Pump Shotgun and Handgun
The “Newtown Action Alliance,” yet another gun control shill group funded by dark money came out minutes after news of the Perry, Iowa, mass casualty incident. The turn to their well-worn playbook to screech, “if Congress just passed a ban on popular self-defense firearms and the magazines that feed them we could all live happily ever after.”
We can prevent these school shootings if Congress passes the assault weapons ban, Ethan’s Law to require gun owners to secure their guns, & other lifesaving gun laws.
A Friend with Weed A Friend Indeed? Not This Time
Most stoners are generally fairly chill people, whether they are smoking weed legally sold in their state (it’s stilll illegal federally) or not, but when a group of would-be robbers bum-rushed a San Antonio cannabis dispensary in the wee hours of Saturday morning, they found the employee working the shop to be packing more than just his next bowl.
Police told the San Antonio Express-News they responded to a report of a shooting in progress shortly after 3:30 a.m.
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Polite Chicago Carjacker Becomes Even More Polite As Victim Returns to Put Him At Gunpoint
Chicago Police solve precious few carjackings. Once in a while they will catch bad guys behind the wheel of “jacked rides,” then charge them with Criminal Trespass To Motor Vehicle (CTTV). Why? Because Cook County’s prosecutor Kim Foxx views violent criminals as “victims.” However, earlier this week, CPD got their carjacker. In fact, the only thing that 18-year-old Darrius Berry didn’t have when police arrived was a bow on top of his sorry head.
See Darrius very politely carjacked a man out of his SUV at 6:30am Tuesday.
NY AG Letitia James Flips NRA’s Former Second-In-Command
A new court filing in Letitia James’ case against the NRA reveals that she has flipped the former chief of staff of the NRA. In exchange for limiting his personal liability, he has agreed to testify against his former employer in court.
The Settlement
In a settlement (download a copy here), Joshua Powell agrees that he was guilty of misusing funds and not being true to his duty as an officer of the NRA.
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BREAKING: Wayne LaPierre Resigns On Eve of Civil Corruption Trial
Today the National Rifle Association publicly announced that long-time Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre will formally step down from his leadership position at the end of January. The embattled leader has faced all manner of criticism for a number of years which has culminated in a civil corruption trial that starts Monday in Manhattan.
LaPierre, originally hired as a lobbyist in the 1970s rose through the ranks to become the nation’s largest civil rights organization’s leader through the years.
Ohio: Gun Crimes Drop Following Passage of Permitless Carry
A new study conducted by the Center for Justice Research in partnership with Bowling Green State University found contrary to concerns by left-leaning politicians that gun crime has indeed gone down—not up—in six of the state’s eight largest cities since the state passed permitless carry in June 2022.
According to 19 News, the study focused on crimes involving firearms, verified gunshot detection alerts and the number of police officers struck by gunfire. The study found:
- Gun crimes decreased overall in the eight cities when numbers were combined.
Indy Homeowner Kills Intruder John Wick-Style
In a true-life example of life imitating art, an Indianapolis homeowner went into full on John Wick-mode Tuesday (Jan. 2) when an intruder forced his way into his home in an attempted robbery gone wrong—at least for the intruder and his accomplices. A short while after being released without charges, the homeowner spoke to Fox59 in Indy and told them how events played out, explaining it was his only option to survive.
“He smacked me in the head with a gun and told me I knew what it was and then I yelled out he’s trying to rob me,” said Brent Smith.
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Oregon Measure 114 Ruled Unconstitutional…Again
Measure 114, the controversial gun control law passed by voters by a narrow margin in November 2022 has again been ruled unconstitutional by Harney County Court Judge Robert Raschio.
Disingenuously dubbed the Reduction of Gun Violence Act, Measure 114 would impact legal gun ownership in Oregon in multiple ways including:
- Requiring gun buyers to apply with the police requesting permission to buy a firearm and the police would have to approve whether that person could buy the gun or not.
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Grand Jury: No Charges For Defensive Shooting In Houston Taqueria
About a year ago, a man in Houston made an extremely dumb decision: to pull out a realistic looking but fake gun and rob people eating at a local taco restaurant. He didn’t know that one of the diners had a pistol, and the moment he turned his back to threaten other diners, he got a severe case of sudden onset lead poisoning.
But, contrary to the advice of most instructors, the man kept shooting.
Review: The S&W M&P .22 Magnum
The newest Smith & Wesson pistol in the Military & Police (M&P) line-up is the most unique. The pistol chambers the .22 Magnum cartridge. It is old hat these days to test a reliable .22 Long Rifle. Dirty powder and heel-based bullets aside the M&P .22 KelTec P 17 and Taurus TX 22 run fine. The .22 Magnum has been mastered as well. Smith & Wesson has created a fun gun of the first order.
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Constitutional Carry: Can We Reach 30 States In 2024?
As we enter 2024, it’s interesting to note that more than half of the states in the union now have a “permitless” or constitutional carry law on the books. Yes, you read that right: Lawful Americans in 27 states can now carry a concealed firearm for defense of themselves and their families without jumping through government hoops, navigating endless red tape and paying a fee to practice their Second Amendment rights.
That’s obviously a good thing, as the founders never intended for lawful citizens to have to ask the government for permission to keep and bear arms.
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Fast Food Employee Serves Defensive Dose of Lead
While Taco Bell’s slogan may be Live Mas (Live More), a would-be robber almost got the chance to live a lot less when he strolled into an Akron, Ohio, location and found at least one employee to be anything less than an easy pushover to rob.
According to a 19 News (Cleveland) report, witnesses told police an armed man strolled into the Taco Bell in an attempt to rob the restaurant and fired shots at an employee.
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2023 Gun Sales 4th Highest Since Records Kept
Total firearms sold at retail in 2023 might not have topped the Covid pandemic-inspired years of 2020 and 2021, but they were still strong enough to make last year the fourth highest total since records have been kept.
Background check numbers provided by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) totaled 15.8 million in 2023, bolstered by a strong December figure that was up 1.6% from December 2022. Incredibly, December 2023 marks the fifty-third straight month that background checks have exceeded the 1 million mark.
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Anti-Gunners Are Playing Lucy Ball, and It Could Destroy The Peace
In the last few weeks, we’ve covered a lot of news where it was clear that government officials had no intention of even trying to do the right thing. Let’s review a few of those real quick.
Disingenuous Actions Taken Against Guns
For one, there’s the gun control group in New Mexico that committed multiple felonies, despite being warned by BATFE that they had to properly destroy firearms to avoid breaking all of these laws.
Causey: Remember, Don’t Shoot Into the Sky on New Years
When the clock struck midnight, gunshots rang out in my neighborhood and many others across southeastern Wisconsin as the calendar turned to 2024.
We live off 39th and Capitol Drive, and gunfire ranged from the small pop of a .22 caliber round to the rapid-fire succession of a Glock.
While I understand the need to celebrate the New Year, hearing so much gunfire for so long is unnerving.
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Former Mayoral Candidate Shot Dead in Defensive Shooting
In what is a case of “should’ve seen this coming,” a former mayoral candidate in Soso, Mississippi, who was going through a bitter divorce was shot outside his ex-wife’s home the day after Christmas, the Laurel Leader-Call reported.
Jason Adam Marshall, 41, was pronounced dead after being shot by his brother-in-law, Christopher Davis, in what police are investigating as a case of self-defense. Marshall was accused of coming on to his wife’s property in violation of a restraining order just before 4 a.m., Tuesday, Dec.
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Former State Senator Darren Bailey to Governor Pritzker on Gun Ban Registry: ‘I Will NOT Comply’
Darren Bailey says enough is enough. Not only is he like 99.4% of Illinois gun owners not complying with Governor JB Pritzker’s new gun registration mandate, but he’s publicly posting his refusal. Bailey, the former Illinois State Senator and current Congressional candidate boldly touts “I will not comply” in a series of social media posts.
Bailey then doubled down on New Year’s Day.
What’s more, following the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day announcements, complete with photos and video, Mr.
Hammered in Georgia
Georgia gun owner Kimberly Wright was involved in a road rage incident in August 2021 where an aggressive driver followed her to a Walmart parking lot and attempted to attack her with a hammer. When Wright, who had a permit to carry and was also a member of U.S. LawShield, removed her firearm from her purse, the assailant fled the scene. Matt Kilgo, an Independent Program Attorney for U.S. LawShield, answered Wright’s call following the incident, and with her attorney’s guidance, she spoke with the police and an arrest warrant was issued for the driver who attacked her.
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Ruger Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the 10/22 Rifle with a Slick New 10/22 Variation
In some ways it’s hard to believe that the Ruger 10/22 has been around for 60 years already, but on the other hand I grew up shooting one, and while I’m not quite that old myself, I’m closer to it than not! I expected the anniversary edition to be a wood stock with some fancy, maybe gold inlaid engraving or something, but it’s actually a really slick, practical looking rifle. Nothing wrong with commemorative guns, but I prefer something that I’ll want to take out and use, and the 60th anniversary gun is just that.