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Which Self-Defense Caliber Is Best for You?
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When purchasing a pistol for concealed carry, the choice should begin with the caliber. In a life-or-death situation, effective stopping power is crucial, but it’s not the only factor.
The shooter must also consider the cost and availability, recoil management, magazine capacity, and overall size as it pertains to handling and concealment. There are several options for self-defense calibers, but we will focus on the four most common: 9mm, .380 ACP, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. |
TN: Mother Who Shot Home Intruder In Self-Defense Won’t Be Charged
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A Memphis mom won't face charges after she shot an intruder who broke into her home, per Black Enterprise.
Video of the break-in showed the mother, who remains unidentified, retreating into a room and asking three intruders to leave her home. The mother informed the intruders that she had children in the house with her before she opened fire against one of the women who broke into her home.
21-year-old Kimari Burnham, 21-year-old Nala Kelley, and 22-year-old Dejwan Payne were arrested and charged in connection with the break-in. Burnham, who was shot, was listed in critical condition following the intrusion. |
CA: Appeals court says California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional
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A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun violence.
In upholding a 2024 ruling by a lower court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law violates the Second Amendment. Voters passed the law in 2016 and it took effect in 2019.
Many states, including California, make people pass a background check before they can buy a gun. California went a step further by requiring a background check, which costs either $1 or $19 depending on eligibility, every time someone buys bullets. |
FL: Armed Citizen Saves Woman From Knife-Wielding Attacker In Mall Parking Lot
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Anti-gun advocates just can’t bring themselves to admit that armed citizens use their firearms to save themselves from attackers millions of times a year. That fact runs directly against their philosophy and beliefs.
Another thing they’ll never admit is that armed citizens frequently save other people from attackers, using their firearms to protect their unarmed neighbors from bad guys intent on harming them. Good guys with guns are called “good guys” for a reason—they know that helping others who are under attack is a noble endeavor and are often willing to take the risk to do so. |
DE: Concealed Carry Course Offered This Weekend in Milford: A Focus on Safety, Law, and Responsible Ownership
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A full-day concealed carry training course will be held this weekend at the Milford Wellness Village, offering essential education and live-fire instruction for both current gun owners and those considering purchasing their first firearm.
Hosted by Complete Defense, a Milford-area self-defense training company, the class runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, July 26–27. The course is designed to meet the requirements for Delaware and Maryland concealed carry permits, and is open to residents from either state. |
Issa, Stefanik Introduce the Modern Firearm Safety Act
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The Modern Firearm Safety Act prohibits all states from requiring gun manufacturers to adopt costly and unnecessary features – including loaded chamber indicators, magazine disconnect mechanisms, and microstamping – to sell firearms nationwide.
“I am proud to re-introduce the Modern Firearm Safety Act to end the unconstitutional gun-grabbing agenda thrust on law-abiding New York residents by Far-Left Democrats like Kathy Hochul. This legislation would ban Albany Democrats from imposing illegal handgun roster requirements meant to deter gun ownership. I will always protect American citizens’ Second Amendment rights and provide a critical check to any entity attempting to encroach on their liberties,” said Chairwoman Stefanik. |
AZ: Second Amendment Pride Runs Deep in Southern Arizona
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In Southern Arizona, the Second Amendment isn’t just a talking point – it’s a tradition. Across towns like Safford, Pima, and Thatcher, firearms are part of everyday life. Whether it’s weekend target shooting, hunting with family, or keeping a home secure, gun ownership is something folks here take seriously.
Across Arizona, more people are buying firearms than ever before – and the Gila Valley is no exception. Some are first-time buyers, while others are longtime gun owners looking to expand their collections or get trained up. |
CA: Ninth Circuit strikes down California’s background check requirement for ammo purchases
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California’s law requiring a background check for each ammunition purchase violates the Second Amendment in Rhode v. Bonta—a case backed by the National Rifle Association and California Rifle and Pistol Association.
The Ninth Circuit applied the text-and-history test set forth in the NRA’s landmark Supreme Court victory, NYSRPA v. Bruen.
First, the Ninth Circuit determined that the background check requirement regulates conduct covered by the Second Amendment’s plain text, because it meaningfully constrains the right to keep operable arms. |
FL: Masked Teens Add Airsoft Guns to Prank in Armed Florida — What Could Go Wrong?
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Florida teens from Hillsborough County have added balaclavas and Airsoft guns to what used to be called doorbell-ditch.
Now, rather than just ringing the doorbell, the masked teens kick the front door and fire several Airsoft rounds at the homes before running away, a video shows.
The events were captured by the victim’s doorbell camera in Riverview, Florida last Friday.
The “masked gunman” approached the front door wearing a ski mask while armed with his Airsoft carbine. He kicks the front door, fires several rounds and then runs away. |
CA: Court blocks ammunition background checks in new blow to California’s gun control framework
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases, another blow to the state’s gun control framework that has been pared down, case by case, since the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically expanded gun rights in a monumental 2022 decision.
The California law that forced ammunition purchasers to pass a background check was passed by voters in 2016. Gov. Gavin Newsom, at the time the state’s lieutenant governor, championed the initiative and was its primary advocate. |
NJ: New Jersey gun law challenged in lawsuit seeking to end the suppressor ban
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A Marine Corps veteran from South Jersey is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to end the state's ban on gun suppressors.
The challenge presents a legal argument against the ban, arguing that it violates the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.
But it also cites health concerns, saying that suppressors protect gun owners from hearing loss by reducing the sound of gunfire.
The suit was filed in the name of David Padua of Deptford, an 18-year Marine Corps veteran who served as a machine gunner and a machine gun instructor, according to the suit. Individual plaintiffs also include a military veteran from Ocean County and a Hunterdon County man with a private firing range. |
CA: Ninth Circuit kills California’s ammo background check law
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“The Supreme Court has indicated that the Second Amendment protects ‘operable’ arms. Because arms are inoperable without ammunition, the right to keep and bear arms necessarily encompasses the right to have ammunition. A firearm is not available ‘for the purpose of offensive or defensive action,’ if it is unloaded. In other words, the right to keep and bear arms incorporates the right to operate them, which requires ammunition,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta, a George W. Bush appointee, in the panel’s majority opinion, quoting District of Columbia v. Heller, a 2008 Supreme Court decision.
In 2018, Olympic medalist skeet shooter Kim Rhode and other gun owners sued Xavier Becerra, then state attorney general... |
New FIRE Act Aims to End Magazine Capacity Limits Nationwide
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Congressman Tony Wied of Wisconsin’s 8th District has introduced the Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement (FIRE) Act, a bill that would outlaw any government-imposed restrictions on firearm magazine capacity—whether at the federal, state, or local level.
Wied, a strong proponent of the Second Amendment, says the measure is long overdue. “For too long, the federal government has infringed on Americans’ Second Amendment rights while maintaining a confusing, inconsistent system,” said Wied. “The FIRE Act ensures that law-abiding gun owners can access magazines of any size, no matter where they live.” |
MO: Missouri Sheriffs’ Constitutional Firearms Alliance
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Dozens of Missouri Sheriffs have united to form the Missouri Sheriffs’ Constitutional Firearms Alliance (MSCFA), a group dedicated to safeguarding Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens while promoting gun safety throughout communities across the state.
Douglass County Sheriff and president of the MSCFA, Chris Degase, believes there is an agenda at the federal level to control and restrict access to firearms, a sentiment not unfamiliar to gun owners or any person paying attention, for that matter. |
CA: 9th Circuit Strikes Down California Ammo Background Check Law as Unconstitutional
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This decision comes after nearly eight years of litigation and was closely watched by gun rights advocates nationwide. The case was backed by the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), with support from groups like Ammunition Depot, Able’s Ammo, and Olympic shooting champion Kim Rhode, who served as the lead plaintiff.
“This is a big win for all gun owners in California,” said Rhode. “Once again, California has been found to be wanting, and the courts, with proper review, noted that gun owners have the law on our side.” |
WI: Father of Abundant Life school shooter will stand trial for providing guns used in attack
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The father of the freshman who killed two people in a school shooting last year appeared in court July 24, with his attorney arguing he could not be held responsible for his daughter's actions that day or the fact she used guns he purchased for her.
Jeffrey Rupnow, 43, appeared for his preliminary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court, wearing a black suit, with his long hair in a slicked back ponytail. Rupnow has been charged with two felony counts of intent to sell a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 and one felony count of contributing to the delinquency of a child. |
In ‘The Hunting Wives’, All The Women Have Guns and Sex With Each Other
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From time to time, we as a people (lesbians) have been known to passively enjoy a psychological thriller based on a Hudson News bestselling novel in which the sexual tension between this or that pair of female characters is so palpable that their failure to consummate the relationship feels low-key homophobic. We have been known to openly lament the show’s refusal to “go there” (have sex) when the characters so clearly want to. Thanks to the new Netflix thriller The Hunting Wives, I now realize I was incorrect to want what I wanted before.
Ed.: Seems like an unusual show. Judging by the photos accompanying the story, they are all at least indexing properly. :-) |
Report: ‘Shoot First’ Laws Shown To Be Dangerous, Discriminatory, and Costly
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“Shoot first” or “stand your ground” laws were meant to protect us. But research cited in a new report from Everytown for Gun Safety indicates these laws increase homicides and other violent crimes, especially in the South, and consistently fail to protect vulnerable people.
Florida enacted the first modern Shoot First law in 2005, allowing a person to use deadly force in self-defense in public, even if they could safely walk away from the threat. The law was designed to make people safer on the theory that perpetrators would not commit violent crimes if they thought their victims could be armed. |
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