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IN: NRA convention draws top GOP 2024 hopefuls after shootings
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Last year it was Uvalde. Now it’s Nashville and Louisville. For the second year in a row, the National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention within days of mass shootings that shook the nation.
The three-day gathering kicked off Friday with thousands of the organization’s most active members at Indianapolis’ convention center attracting a bevy of top Republican presidential candidates — enough that it could help shape the early part of next year’s GOP primary race. |
Top 5 Reliable and Affordable Compact 9mm Pistols Under $400
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Several of my readers and followers have asked if I would write a 2023 article about my opinion of the top value or budget-priced 9mm compact pistols that are reliable and specifically priced under $400. Given the high inflation rate and the state of the economy now, they want to buy a reliable and accurate compact pistol that is made by a reputable manufacturer for a low price. And several have said they do not want a very small, sub-compact, or micro-compact pocket pistol, recognizing that they are generally more difficult to shoot accurately, although easy to conceal. And there are many excellent ones out there. Another article for another time. |
30 Super Carry Comes to Hi-Point – The Model 995 Super Carry Carbine
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Hi-Point Firearms is proud to introduce its newest extension to the Model 995 Carbine family of firearms – the New Model 3095 30 Super carry Carbine. The Model 3095 Super Carry Carbine takes advanced of the latest potent self-defense cartridge on the market to give shooters ammunition compatibility with their 30 Super Carry handguns, in a budget-friendly platform that is lightweight, reliable, and affordable. |
SD: Noem signs Executive Order to protect Second Amendment Rights
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On Friday, Governor Kristi Noem signed an Executive Order to protect South Dakota’s Second Amendment rights from being infringed upon by financial institutions.
“This Executive Order will protect the God-given right to keep and bear arms from being infringed upon by financial institutions,” said Governor Noem. “South Dakota is setting the standard for the most Second Amendment-friendly state in the nation. But it’s not just the media and big government that are attacking our rights. Now, we have seen banking institutions go after law-abiding gun owners. Well, not on my watch. I won’t stand for it, not in South Dakota.” |
WA: Attacking Second Amendment doesn't address core causes of society's violence and lawlessness
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On the Saturday before Easter, the state Senate’s majority Democrats passed what they call an “assault weapons ban.” In reality, the bill targets several of the most popular sporting and self-defense firearms in the country, including most modern sporting rifles and even some shotguns used for hunting and competition shooting.
My Republican colleagues and I debated the measure for nearly three hours, using the amendment process to try to point out the fallacies of their arguments and mitigate some of the damage the bill would do to the rights of Washingtonians and small business owners who work as legal firearms dealers. |
How the NRA has replaced the KKK
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According to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 21% of Americans have been threatened with a gun, 19% tell researchers a family member was killed by a gun, and 17% say they’ve seen someone shot in front of them. Fully 54 percent of Americans or members of their family have had one of these experiences.
Eighty-four percent of Americans consider how to avoid getting shot when they go out in public.
But why? |
TX: Is justice about to be overturned in Texas?
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On the same day a jury convicted 35-year-old U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry of murder, Fox News host Tucker Carlson blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for failing to appear on his show to discuss this “legal atrocity.”
“So that is Greg Abbott’s position,” Carlson said. “There is no right of self-defense in Texas.”
Abbott responded the next day.
“I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry,” he tweeted.
Never mind that a jury had sat through more than a week of testimony and about 15 hours of deliberations before returning that verdict. |
FL: The number of women with a concealed weapons license is on the rise
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Two years ago, a pregnant Florida woman, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, gunned down one of two home invaders who had broken into her Tampa home.
The woman, who had a concealed weapons license, said the men were pistol whipping her husband when she grabbed her legally possessed firearm and fired one round.
The woman, who requested her identity be withheld, is one of the 2.5 million people who have a concealed weapons license in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. As of Feb. 28, one-third of the license holders were women. |
IN: Families affected by Indianapolis FedEx shooting sue magazine distributor
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Two years after a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indiana, survivors and victims' family members are suing the company that distributed the magazine used in the killings.
New York-based American Tactical sells high-capacity ammunition magazines (HCMs) that allow shooters to fire off 60 rounds of ammunition without reloading. That feature is "not necessary, or even useful, for lawful self-defense or hunting," a federal lawsuit filed Thursday argues. Court documents also allege that American Tactical is aware of how many times high-capacity magazines have been used in recent killings and that its decision to continue selling them is "reckless." |
NE: Rise of the AR-15: How the rifle became a top choice for gun owners, symbol of fear for others
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When a gunman entered a west Omaha Super Target in late January, he carried 13 loaded rifle magazines and a weapon that has gained symbolic stature in the national debate over guns: the AR-15.
Initially created for war, the AR-15’s popularity among firearm owners has skyrocketed in the past two decades, thanks largely to marketing by the gun industry, the sleek American aesthetics of the weapon and other factors that have contributed to an overall jump in firearm ownership. |
IN: Holcomb, Pence and Braun address thousands at NRA Convention
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, a gubernatorial candidate for 2024, called for fighters to continue defending firearm access at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) Convention in Indianapolis Friday.
“We fully exercise our constitutional rights and we invest in those who protect them … you won’t find a place more supportive of your — of our — Second Amendment than here in Indiana,” Holcomb told the crowd of thousands. |
DE: Jury finds Muncie teenager not guilty of murder
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A Delaware Circuit Court 2 jury on Friday found a 17-year-old Muncie youth not guilty of murder.
Aytae A. Seals was charged in the fatal shooting — on June 22, 2021 — of 21-year-old Martel Lavel Jones-Lampkins in Heekin Park.
On the witness stand on Thursday, Seals maintained he had fired the gunshot that killed Jones-Lampkins, striking him in the head, after the shooting victim had pointed his own handgun at the defendant and others. |
WA: Dems proposed assault weapons ban will do nothing to address root cause of violence
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On the Saturday before Easter, the state Senate’s majority Democrats passed what they call an “assault weapons ban.” In reality, the bill targets several of the most popular sporting and self-defense firearms in the country, including most modern sporting rifles and even some shotguns used for hunting and competition shooting. My Republican colleagues and I debated the measure for nearly three hours, using the amendment process to try to point out the fallacies of their arguments and mitigate some of the damage the bill would do to the rights of Washingtonians and small business owners who work as legal firearms dealers. |
VT: Phil Scott likely to sign paramilitary bill following approval from House and Senate
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A bill that proposes banning paramilitary training in Vermont is poised to become law.
Gov. Phil Scott has indicated that he’s likely to sign S.3, a bill lawmakers in the state’s House of Representatives passed on Friday after the Senate passed it in February.
“The Governor hasn’t reviewed the latest draft, but he is not opposed to the concept and barring any new additions that significantly changed the bill since the version the Senate originally approved, it is likely to become law,” Jason Maulucci, the governor’s press secretary, wrote in an email. |
MO: If you can’t call 911, who can you call? Man Bleeds to Death Waiting on Hold With 911
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A young husband and father bled to death after sustaining an accidental gunshot wound while driving home from work. As if that isn’t sad enough, the man called 911 but never got through to a dispatcher. This tragic story illustrates some very important lessons that we would be wise to learn.
I came across a story posted this week on the KSDK St. Louis News 5 website. The article documented the tragic death of Richard Schlesing. Based on the news report, here is what happened. |
RI: This year's battle over RI gun-control bills to get underway
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The warring sides in the Rhode Island gun debate are headed to the State House on Monday for this year's battle over proposed new "safe firearm storeage" requirements and a proposed "assault weapons" ban.
And the battle once again pits those with heart-wrenching stories of lives lost to gun violence against those with an unshakeable belief in their right to own whatever firearms they choose for self-protection and sport. And the written testimony is already streaming in. |
AK: Legislature must pass HB 61, ‘An act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons’
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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states that we Americans have “the right to keep and bear arms.”
It is a constitutional check on power by the federal government and clearly intended as a means of protection for an individual’s right to self-defense.
It was never intended to be restricted by Congress or the courts to just sporting events and hunting. Today the foundation of the Second Amendment is under attack by progressive politicians and a judicial system that believes the constitution is a “fluid” document that must evolve with the times. |
MD: Teacher Arrested At Seven Oaks Elementary, Gun Found In Car: Police
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An Anne Arundel County teacher was arrested this week after police said they found a loaded gun in her car in the school parking lot. Talk of a gun on the property prompted a school lockdown.
Officers identified the suspect as 29-year-old Charese Thompson of Glen Burnie. Thompson teaches second grade at Seven Oaks Elementary School in Odenton, Anne Arundel County Public Schools told Patch. |
That Kaiser Gun Study The Media Love Is Garbage
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It’s become virtually impossible to find reliable data or polling on gun violence these days. A new Kaiser Family Foundation report being shared by virtually every major media outlet this week offers us a good example of why. The headlines report that “1 in 5 adults” in the United States claim that a “family member” has been “killed” by a gun. And, let’s just say, that’s a highly dubious claim. |
CA: Stay of block on California handgun rules remains pending appeal
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A federal judge in San Diego doubled down on a stay of his order forcing California to stop enforcing important components of its handgun control laws while the state appeals the ruling.
In March, Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw sided with a group of gun owners and gun lobbying groups who claim provisions of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act violate their Second Amendment rights.
In his ruling, Sabraw also stayed his injunction pending the state's appeal of the ruling. |
Dan Wesson DWX, Tested and Reviewed
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The Dan Wesson DWX was first announced in 2019 as an idealistic blend of CZ 75 ergonomics and 1911 function. Both pistols are popular worldwide, and the DWX, or the idea of the DWX, cultivated in a pitched anticipation among pistol shooters well before the first ones hit the shelves. The rollout was delayed, but as of now, the Dan Wesson DWX pistols are shipping out to customers.
Pistols based on collaborative and blended-design are nothing new. Favorable features are often borrowed from successful designs. The VIS P35 that my grandpa brought back from Europe at the end of WWII is a beautifully-shooting Polish mash-up of 1911 and pre-production FN/Browning Hi-Power features. |
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