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Sounds and Fury Signifying Nothing: N.J. Governor Emotes Over Challenge to ‘Sensitive Places’ Law
New Jerseys Governor Phil Murphy lashed out in response to a ten day old filing by the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, in the challenge to the state’s “carry-killer” Bruen response law. The 2022 law signed by Murphy eviscerated the ability of Jerseyites to exercise the Second Amendment and currently is sitting on the chopping block of a legal challenge.
One of the most egregious provisions of the law created new so-called “sensitive places” where carrying firearms is prohibited.
The Truth About Suppressors – How They Work and What They Really Do
By David Lewis
This project is a comprehensive look at silencers with testing data that shows exactly what difference a suppressed firearm can make on sound levels while shooting.
Understanding How Firearm Silencers/Suppressors Work
When you fire ammunition from a gun, the ammo generates hot pressurized gases that need a place to escape.
As these turbulent gases exit the firearm, the dramatic change in pressure causes a loud blasting sound.
Judge Orders New York to Pay Almost Half a Million of NRA’s Bruen Legal Expenses
In a case decided last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that a New York public carry licensing law was unconstitutional and that the ability to carry a pistol in public was a constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
The NRA was a party in that case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, and last week a New York judge ordered the state to pay $447,700.82 in legal fees.
Heritage Manufacturing Releases a Trio of Rimfire Lever Guns
Heritage Manufacturing is known for their affordable single action revolvers but their latest release, while staying true to that Old West theme, is something new. While they’ve done some neat revolving carbines before their first true foray into rifles is appropriately enough a lever action. Three of them in fact.
The Settler family consists of a 20 inch rifle, a 16.5 inch carbine and a 12.5 inch Mare’s Leg (which is actually a pistol).
With a New Term Starting Tomorrow, the Supreme Court Will Clarify Its Stance on Guns and Regulation
By Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington
The first Monday in October, the traditional date for the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, is almost here: On Oct. 2, 2023, the court will meet after the summer recess, with the biggest case of the term focused on the limits of individual gun rights.
The other core issue for the coming year is a broad reassessment of the power of the administrative state.
Do You Know the Difference Between a Flash Hider, a Compensator and a Muzzle Brake?
I hear the terminology for different muzzle devices misused and mangled frequently. As in…a lot. And it’s not just newbies who are guilty of mis-identifying these things. Plenty of “gun guys” don’t really know the difference.
So to help alleviate the problem and clear up some confusion, here’s the difference between the most commonly used muzzle devices in use today.
Flash Hider
When you buy an AR-15, or any modern rifle with a threaded barrel, the default muzzle device is typically some kind of flash hider.
‘The Nation’ Contemplates the Horror of Due Process Applying to Gun Owners and Their Rights
Conservatives try to mask the horror of what the Fifth Circuit has done [in US v. Rahimi] by making a due-process argument. They say that a restraining order is vastly different from a criminal conviction and that people should not have a fundamental constitutional right taken away from them without the full benefit of a trial. There is a version of this argument I could agree with: I don’t, for instance, think people should lose their voting rights based on a prosecutorial indictment.
CRPA Files Motion in Federal Court to Block New California Carry Restriction Laws
By Chuck Michel
Governor Newsom held a press conference Wednesday at which he signed almost two dozen new gun control laws all designed to make it harder and more expensive to buy or have a gun to defend yourself or your family in California. Two of those bills have gotten the most attention – Senate Bill 2 and Assembly Bill 28. Legal challenges to those two bills, and others, are already in motion.
District Court Judge Blocks Part of Maryland’s ‘Sensitive Places’ Concealed Carry Ban Law
A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction in two cases—including one involving the Second Amendment Foundation—challenging Maryland’s “sensitive places” law, which is supposed to take effect Sunday.
The case, known as Novotny v. Moore, was filed earlier this year against the law, which places broad restrictions on where a legally-licensed private citizen may carry a firearm for personal protection.
Gun Controllers Like Dianne Feinstein and the Clinton ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Made the AR-15 America’s Rifle
Although AR-15-style rifles have been sold commercially since the 1960s, for a long time there was barely a market for them. In 1990, they accounted for just 1.2 percent of all firearms manufactured in the United States.
But starting in the mid-2000s, after the assault weapons ban expired, their appeal grew. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq gave AR-15-style rifles a certain cachet — people wanted the same guns the soldiers were using.
Senate Joins House in Overturning Administration’s School Hunting Program Cuts, Biden Says He’ll Sign It
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.
Gun Review: FN Reflex and Reflex MRD Micro Compact 9mm Pistols
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.
BREAKING: Longtime Gun Control Crusader California Senator Diane Feinstein Dead at 90
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.
American Suppressor Association Holds its First ‘Silent Night’ Banquet and Auction in Austin, Texas
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.
Gun Meme of the Day: Simple Misunderstanding Edition
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
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
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.
Ruger Wants to Know Why Texas’s AG Gave Wells Fargo a Pass on Their Financial Discrimination Policy
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.
Americans Won’t Soon Forget the Weaponized ATF’s Abuses in Biden’s War on Guns
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.