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The 50 Best Memorial Day Deals on Guns and Ammo
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Many of our favorite firearm retailers are having Memorial Day sales and we combed through all of them to put together a list of the top 50. Some of the best deals include a double stack 1911 for only $650, more than half off the Sauer 100 Classic XT 6.5 Creedmoor, $400 off the Geissele Automatics GFR Stratomatch 22 ARC, and 18% off the Beretta 1301 Tactical Mod 2. |
Best Concealed Carry Guns In 2026 [Field Tested]
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Finding a handgun you can confidently use and comfortably carry every day is crucial. With countless options available, navigating through the various sizes, styles, calibers, and price points can be overwhelming. That’s where I come in—to guide you through some of the the best concealed carry gun options currently on the market.
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NH: In New Hampshire, a Setback for Second Amendment Rights on Campus
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On Thursday, an effort to eliminate gun-free zones on New Hampshire college campuses fizzled out in the state Legislature, when the Senate voted against a committee of conference to renegotiate the bill with House leaders. Despite the setback, proponents of the legislation say they're not done.
"We'll be pursuing this with a legal challenge," says state Rep. Sam Farrington (R–Rochester), who sponsored the bill, which would have also allowed students to carry nonlethal weapons such as pepper spray and mace. |
SAF, Nine Line Apparel Partner For Exclusive T-Shirt Collection
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Nine Line Apparel – a leading patriotic lifestyle clothing brand – have partnered to offer an exclusive T-Shirt collection.
The two brands collaborated to create a co-branded T-shirt collection that features signature products reflecting the more than 50 years the Second Amendment Foundation has been fighting to defend, secure and restore your Second Amendment rights. A portion of proceeds from each shirt sold will be donated back to SAF to help fund their current lawsuits seeking the removal of the remaining registration requirements for silencers and short barreled rifles in the National Firearms Act. |
CA: Ninth Circuit hears challenge to California gun permit denial over club tiesv
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The Ninth Circuit heard arguments from Kenneth Shilling, who says San Diego County’s internal policy labeling his motorcycle club a “criminal street gang” unfairly branded him dangerous and cost him a concealed carry permit. His lawyer argued the policy violates constitutional rights and could lead to arbitrary bans on other professions or affiliations. The panel, comprising judges appointed by both Republican and Democratic presidents, has not indicated when it will rule, and either side could appeal to the full court or the Supreme Court. |
OK: Neighbors Say the Man Had Alzheimer’s. It Doesn’t Change What the Homeowner Faced.
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A homeowner shot and killed a man who entered his home and began assaulting him early Thursday morning. The basic facts here are not complicated, even if the backstory is sad.
According to the Midwest City Police Department, officers responded to a shooting on Lloyd Drive at about 7:30 a.m. A male subject entered a neighbor’s residence unannounced and started assaulting the resident. The resident shot him. The man was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
Investigators are still speaking with witnesses and people connected to those involved. The department says there is no threat to the public, and once the investigation is complete, the case will be referred to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office for review. |
New York Times Leaves Out Huge Chunk Of New Gun Owner’s Story To Preach Anti-2A Message
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In the updates, the user reported the partner both started therapy for PTSD and took a long-overdue professional training course for the firearm and has since been to a range multiple times, stuff that should have happened long before that “accidental discharge” took place. All in all, this story is something those exercising their Second Amendment rights should view as a close call leading to someone becoming a responsible firearms owner.
But that is not how New York Times “Ethicist” Kwame Anthony Appiah, a philosophy professor at New York University, saw it. In his column, a truncated version of the Reddit post omitting the updates about the training and range visits was used as the question,...
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PA: What Pennsylvania lawmakers are not doing for Patrick Tate Adamiak
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Last week, Congressman Bresnahan’s staffers refused to allow him to be interviewed about Patrick Tate Adamiak, the weeks of “Diesel Therapy” he was recently saved from, or the 50-plus stories we’ve written about his wrongful prosecution, conviction and imprisonment.
Just minutes after killing the interview, Bresnahan’s staffers immediately called Adamiak’s father and questioned him once again about his son’s plight. The Congressman’s staffers have been talking to him for months but have done nothing substantive. |
FL: Florida AG Warns Port St. Lucie HOA Over Gun Ban in Common Areas
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has issued a strong warning to a Port St. Lucie homeowners’ association regarding its recent ban on firearms in common areas. The association’s policy is not allowed under state law, specifically Florida Statute 790.33, and could prompt the attorney general to take legal action against the HOA.
In a formal letter sent on Thursday to the Tradition Community Association Inc., Attorney General Uthmeier informed the HOA that its rule prohibiting firearms in shared spaces directly conflicts with Florida Statute 790.33. |
Congressman Patronis looks to legalize machine guns
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On Friday, May 22, U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis, who represents Northwest Florida in Congress, introduced the Firearm Freedom Act.
If passed, the Act will eliminate the 1986 Hughes Amendment, which banned the purchase, ownership and transfer of machine guns. According to Patronis, this is the first time legislation has been introduced to fully repeal the provision.
“For years, Washington bureaucrats and the radical Left have tried to chip away at the constitutional rights of hardworking Americans,” Patronis said. “The Firearm Freedom Act sends a clear message that we will defend the Constitution, stand up for law-abiding gun owners, and protect the freedoms that make America exceptional.” |
OH: Woman claims self-defense in North Side stabbing as man arrested on strangulation charge
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Reports said a man who was stabbed in the arm was booked into the Mahoning County jail on a third-degree felony strangulation charge after a woman said she stabbed him in self-defense.
Devin Higgins, 32, is expected to be arraigned on the charge later Friday in municipal court.
Reports said police were called about 7:40 a.m. Thursday to a home on Ohio Avenue on the North Side for a stabbing, and when they arrived, Higgins was in the front yard bleeding heavily from the wrist. |
IL: Civil Liberties Group Sues Illinois Over FOID Card Requirement
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A civil liberties organization has filed suit against the State of Illinois over the law requiring state residents to apply for and carry an identification card to possess any firearm or ammunition.
According to a Fox News report, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed the lawsuit on May 19 against Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke. |
Congressman Patronis Introduces the “Firearm Freedom Act” to Defend the Second Amendment
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Today, Congressman Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) introduced the Firearm Freedom Act, legislation to eliminate the 1986 Hughes Amendment, which banned the purchase, ownership, and transfer of machine guns and limited Americans’ Second Amendment rights. This is the first time legislation has been introduced to fully repeal the provision.
“For years, Washington bureaucrats and the radical Left have tried to chip away at the constitutional rights of hardworking Americans,” said Congressman Patronis. “The Firearm Freedom Act sends a clear message that we will defend the Constitution, stand up for law-abiding gun owners, and protect the freedoms that make America exceptional. I’ll never back down from fighting for the Second Amendment.” |
Tate Adamiak’s letter to the new ATF director
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If I could speak directly to ATF Director Robert Cekada, I would begin by acknowledging that what happened in my case occurred prior to his leadership at the ATF, under then-Director Steven Dettelbach. I recognize that distinction. I also recognize the tone he and Attorney General Todd Blanche have recently set, and it is one that gives me reason to write this.
If I could ask for one thing, it would be this: clear lines, consistently enforced. No American should have to guess where legality ends and a felony begins, especially when the consequence can mean decades of imprisonment and the permanent loss of constitutional rights.
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House Passes Veterans Gun Rights Bill and Restores Firearms Access for Vets
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The House passed H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, on a 216-200 vote, delivering a significant win for Second Amendment advocates and the Trump administration. The bill would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from transmitting veterans' personal information to the Department of Justice for use in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System solely because a veteran has been assigned a fiduciary to manage their benefits.
Under current practice, that administrative designation has blocked an estimated 250,000 veterans from purchasing firearms, without a judicial determination that they pose a danger to themselves or others. |
IN: Indiana Court Shuts Down 27-Year-Old Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers
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A legal battle that began before the iPhone was invented ended Thursday as the Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the city of Gary over a ruling that killed a lawsuit against 11 gun manufacturers.
The city initially filed its suit in August 1999 seeking not just money for alleged damages caused by the gun manufacturers’ “negligence,” but also for the court to order the manufacturers, including Smith and Wesson, Glock and Beretta, to take various measures that anti-Second Amendment groups had not been able to achieve via legislation. In a statement released Thursday, Brady United, formerly known as the Brady Campaign and Handgun Control, Inc., ... |
VA: Virginia Gun Ban Faces NSSF-Backed Lawsuit and Emergency Injunction Request
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A new NSSF-backed lawsuit, Black v. Hook, is challenging Virginia’s SB749/HB217, the sweeping ban on so-called “assault firearms” and magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds. The complaint was filed in Fauquier County Circuit Court on behalf of Virginia gun owners, a gun shop, a firearms manufacturer, and a magazine manufacturer.
According to NSSF, the plaintiffs have filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction asking the court to block enforcement before the law takes effect on July 1, 2026. The plaintiffs requested a hearing by June 19, giving the court only a narrow window to stop Virginia from enforcing one of the most aggressive gun-control laws in the country. |
FL: AG Uthmeier Threatens Legal Action Against HOA Over Gun Ban
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Florida's Attorney General is warning a Port St. Lucie homeowners’ association that its ban on firearms in common areas violates state law and could trigger legal action.
In a formal letter sent yesterday to the Tradition Community Association, Uthmeier writes that the association’s policy prohibiting firearms in shared spaces conflicts with Florida statutes protecting the right to keep and bear arms.
The rule applies to residents, guests, and contractors and covers common areas including parks, trails, recreation spaces, and gathering facilities. |
CA: Year before shooting, father removed guns from home of Islamic Center teen gunman
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The father of one of the two teenage gunmen in the deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego was so concerned about his son that he voluntarily removed all weapons and knives from their Chula Vista home, he wrote in a court filing just over a year before the shooting that killed three people and devastated the community.
Chula Vista police filed a gun violence emergency protective order against Marco Vazquez in January 2025, court records show, an officer writing in the order that Caleb Vazquez, Marco's son, “was involved in suspicious behavior idolizing Nazis and mass shooters.” |
IL: Illinois lawmakers considering ban on guns like Glocks
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Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that a major gun rights organization says would effectively ban one of the nation’s most popular types of firearms.
The House Gun Violence Prevention Committee voted 9-5 along party lines on Wednesday to pass House Bill 4471, which seeks to ban the sale of any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar in Illinois. Supporters say that design can be altered to install an already illegal switch, ultimately turning the pistol into a machine gun.
John Weber, the Illinois director of the National Rifle Association, said banning that design would ban Glocks from being sold in Illinois. |
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