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MO: Rejection of Gun Displays at Third Thursday Fests at Issue
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A Joplin gun store is at loggerheads with the nonprofit that runs Third Thursday after it was not allowed to display its custom-decorated weapons at the event. The owners of Rayzor’s Edge Tactical say they were denied a permit to display their wares at last week’s installation of the event. Rayzor’s Edge specializes in decorating guns with a colorful ceramic coating. Brandon Kelley, the store owner, asks customers to bring back his shop’s finest work for display at Third Thursday, which draws thousands of people to downtown Joplin.
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CA: Lawmakers Aim to Strengthen Gun Ban in Schools
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California lawmakers have passed a bill to revoke superintendents’ ability to let people carry guns in a school zone. The California Assembly passed AB424 43-23 Monday, sending the measure to the state Senate. The Legislature initially let superintendents give people permission to carry guns on campus to ensure domestic violence survivors could protect themselves, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty said.
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PA: Gun Rights Rally Targets Concealed Weapons
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Hundreds of gun rights supporters took their cause to the state Capitol on Monday, pushing for an agenda that includes looser rules for carrying concealed weapons. A "Make the Second Amendment Great Again" rally in the Rotunda brought together state lawmakers, sheriffs and gun rights enthusiasts for what has become an annual event.
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NV: Permits Young Soldiers to Carry Concealed Weapons
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Nevada is lowering the age requirement for permits to carry concealed weapons to 18 for active-duty soldiers and honorably discharged veterans. The special exemption for young military members and veterans takes effect immediately under the bill Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law on Monday.
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IL: Willowbrook Rejects Modified Gun Club Proposal
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Backers of a controversial proposal to open a luxury gun club in suburban Willowbrook made major changes to the plan, but it didn’t satisfy village leaders. They voted against the revised proposal, CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports. For the second straight Willowbrook Village meeting, a packed and passionate group voiced their opinions about the gun facility that would break ground at Route 83 and 79th on long-vacant land.
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Your Gun Rights to be Studied This Summer
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Constitutional carry for guns did not pass this year in Indiana, but some of the lawmakers who introduced the bill are working on reintroducing it after what's called a "summer study" on it. If the bill passes, it would allow you to open carry a gun without a license. Rep. Jim Lucas, a Republican, said he believes it's not a matter of if Constitutional carry will pass, it's a matter of when.
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KS: Gun Debates Could Continue in House
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Lawmakers in the Kansas House have twice rejected efforts to hold a debate on the issue of concealed weapons in public buildings, but the issue could keep popping up.
This summer, college campuses and public health facilities will be required to allow guns or install more security to keep weapons out. The top Democrat in the Kansas House, Jim Ward, says they should debate amending the concealed carry law to exempt some facilities from the requirements.
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The Best Shotguns of 2017
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As a category, over/under shotguns don’t lend themselves to innovation. There have been a couple of interesting internal tweaks to how these guns operate in the last few years, but in truth, gunmakers long ago perfected the platform. So the issue becomes, how do you build one well and at a price that will make shooters take notice? Barrett—and, no, that’s not a typo—has jumped into the fine-shotgun game with the Rutherford. Made in Italy in partnership with Fausti, this is a classically styled double that hits all the right notes—including price.
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MI: Ypsilanti Man Turns Tables on Would-be Robbers by Firing Shot at Them
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Four suspects in an attempted robbery were arrested early Monday, May 22 after the would-be victim - an armed Ypsilanti resident - fired a shot at them, police say. Police were called about 1:19 a.m. Monday, May 22, for a reported robbery in the 800 block of Green Road in which the victim reported taking a shot at the suspects, according to the Ypsilanti Police Department. However, before Ypsilanti police arrived, Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputies radioed to say they had stopped a vehicle fleeing the area at a high speed.
The man told police he then pulled his own gun and fired a shot at the suspects, who fled, police said.
Police then arrested four men...
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TX: Fort Worth Police Officer in Shooting Trial Takes Stand in Self-Defense
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The jury heard emotional testimony Monday from a Fort Worth police officer on trial for shooting a man in the arm, back in 2015. This is the first time a police officer has stood trial for shooting someone while on duty in Tarrant County, in at least 15 years. Officer Courtney Johnson chose to take testify. He said he did not mean to shoot Craigory Adams and never pulled the trigger. But he also talked about fearing for his life that night. |
NJ: State Police Allege Gun Company Sold Defective Guns
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New Jersey claims in a lawsuit that gun manufacturer Sig Sauer sold about $2 million worth of defective handguns to state police. The state attorney general's office claimed breach of contract among other charges in the lawsuit, filed in April. Sig Sauer, based in Newington, New Hampshire, sold 3,000 P229 handguns and various holsters to the New Jersey State Police. The guns arrived in September 2014. |
Save the Date: Carry Guard Expo
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The National Rifle Association is expanding its effort to provide Americans with the skills and knowledge necessary to defend their lives and their families with the launch of the first-ever NRA Carry Guard Expo, a three-day experience at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, WI, from Aug. 25-27. The expo will feature a number of seminars and workshops designed to provide personal-defense-minded citizens with personal-protection and concealed-carry tips and tactics, taught by the foremost instructors and defense experts from around the country. |
Does Special Montana Election Hinge on Gun Rights?
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When Montana voters head to the polls this Thursday to fill the state’s single seat in the U.S. House of Representatives left vacant by Ryan Zinke, will their decision hinge on which candidate – a former country singer Democrat or a tech industry Republican – has a better chance of defending their gun rights? |
DE: Off-Duty Trooper Fatally Shoots Boyfriend During Domestic Dispute
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Delaware State Police are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of their own. A state trooper told investigators she shot her boyfriend in self-defense after a domestic dispute. Delaware State Police say the boyfriend, 43-year-old Maurice Ifill, died at Christiana Medical Center. His body has been turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Sciences where an autopsy will be performed.
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TX: Man Shoots BFF in Self-Defense
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At approximately 11:54 p.m., on Sunday, Bowie County deputies responded to the call of a shooting on the 900 block of County Road 4106 in DeKalb. According to a release from the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office, when deputies arrived at the scene, they spoke with Nicholas Paul. Paul informed that his best friend, Rodney Clay Peters, had been acting “crazy” and carried a riffle with him.
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Review: Dan Wesson Guardian 1911
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The Dan Wesson Guardian 1911 had a considerable advantage going into this review: the CCO configuration (Commander-length slide, lightweight Officer-size frame) is my favorite for 1911-based, concealed-carry pistols. The grip, not the barrel, is the most difficult part of a semi-automatic to conceal. A 4.25-inch barrel seems the ideal compromise between concealability, balance, quick handling, enhanced sight radius and good velocity. Also, it allows the preservation of John Browning’s original system and internal geometry. All that was required of Dan Wesson was to execute the concept well.
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Demand Soars for Concealed Carry Permits, Data Shows
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The number of concealed carry permits in the United States has topped 15 million over the last year, according to data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center. That’s the largest one-year increase ever in the number of permits issued, according to the research center. In July 2016, the center reported that 14.5 million people had concealed handgun permits. As of May of this year, the number is already 15.7 million.
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Tested: Smith & Wesson's M&P M2.0 Pistol
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A couple of weeks before last Christmas, I traveled to Springfield, Mass., to unwrap a raft of new presents placed tantalizingly under the wide-reaching boughs of the American Outdoor Brands Corp. tree. While many of the things presented to gun writers at the event were interesting, some were mere stocking stuffers, as it were, while others were the kind that could make a full-grown firearm enthusiast whoop and holler with childlike joy—if only on the inside, of course. |
WA: NRA Files Amicus Brief in Challenge to Kitsap County Anti-Gun Ordinance
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Last week, attorneys on behalf of the NRA filed an amicus brief in Kitsap County v. Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club (Kitsap II), the case which challenges Kitsap County’s firearm discharge ban and range licensing scheme. Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club, a local shooting range that has served the Kitsap community for almost 100 years, is at risk of being shut down by the regulations set forth in the Kitsap County anti-gun ordinance. In the amicus brief, the attorneys establish that Washington state law preempts firearms and shooting range regulations and that the Kitsap County ordinance is in violation of the state’s preemption statutes.
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American Way Conservation Society host Education Expo featuring Former NBA Great Karl Malone
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The American Way Conservation Society is excited to announce its first Firearms and Education Expo to be held Saturday, June 3, 2017. The Education Expo will be held in conjunction with Karl Malone and the Union Parish Sheriff’s Department. The Expo’s mission is to teach those who sign up about firearm safety and usage in a controlled environment with the Union Parish Sheriff’s Department and leading firearms manufacturing representatives as the educators. The event will be held on a firearms range with live fire exercises involving both a pistol and AR for all participants.
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OK: Thieves Steal Guns, Jewelry During Pawn Shop Armed Robbery
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Monday was supposed to be business as usual for Fast Cash Pawn on Northwest Expressway. Employees were gearing up to make final sales before the store officially closed. But, around 10 a.m., things changed. “Two individuals made entry into the pawn shop, and several guns were stolen,” said Major John Gray, deputy chief with Warr Acres police.
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Stephen Hunter Explains His Novels, Movies, Gangsters, And Guns
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Stephen Hunter is the author of twenty novels and the retired chief film critic for The Washington Post. He joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss writing, movies, guns, and his newest novel in his Bob Lee Swagger series, “G-Man.” Hunter contrasts the feelings of critiquing others’ work and putting his own work out their to be critiqued. “The same thing is true of critics as is true of serial killers, is that they’re sort of in the same business. They’re very good at compartmentalizing,” he said. “I was able to be a novelist and I was able to be a critic and not really let them interfere with each other.”
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CA: From Shotguns to Rocket Launchers: Nearly 800 Guns Turned in at LAPD's Gun Buyback
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Standing in front of an array of assault rifles, shotguns, handguns and even a couple of rocket launchers, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck, Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders showed off the results of their latest gun buyback program. Held at Exposition Park and Facey Medical Group in the San Fernando Valley on Saturday, the city handed out Target gift cards in exchange for 788 guns with no questions asked. "Each of these guns represents one less opportunity to take a life, or to lose a life,' Garcetti said during a new conference at LAPD headquarters near two long tables holding weapons. |
From Guns to Drugs, AG Healey Fields Questions in Lowell
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The line between national and local issues seemed fuzzy during Monday night's meeting at the Wang Middle School led by state Attorney General Maura Healey. During the town-hall style meeting, Healey took questions on topics that have made headlines recently. These included questions about guns, opioids and mental health, repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the environment and the appointment last week of a special prosecutor to investigate Trump-Russia connections and the 2016 election. |
Review: Savage Arms MSR-15 Recon
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Right now, Savage Arms is in the midst of a brand evolution. For years, the company had a traditional, old-school feel. Even its now-defunct brand logo, the Savage Indian Head, hearkened back to a time when “rifle” and “bolt-action” were synonymous, and the gas-operated semi-automatic was in its infancy. However, all that has changed with the new Savage MSR-15 Recon.
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A Foolish Take: What's Next for America's Top Gunmakers?
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There are only two publicly traded gunmakers in America: American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ: AOBC) (formerly known as Smith & Wesson) and Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR). Today, we're examining each company's revenue over the past four years, as well as estimates for 2017. Gun sales don't consistently rise. Instead, they're influenced by current events and politics. NICS background checks for firearm purchases -- the key gauge of gun demand -- generally rise after mass shootings and Democratic proposals of tougher gun regulations, and fall when Republicans are in power.
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TX: Senate Bill 15 Could Affect Gun Sales
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Senate Bill 16 is on Governor Abbott's desk, and if signed, it could mean an increase in gun sales. The bill would lower the cost of a first-time license to carry from $140 to $40. It would also lower the annual renewal fees from $70 to $40. The Abilene Convention Center hosted the Texas Gun and Knife show, where KTAB spoke with attendees and business owners to get some insight on the bill.
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GA: Athens Family’s Pug Chases off Trio of Armed Home Invaders
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A small family pet chased off a trio of armed home invaders Sunday night after they attempted to rob residents at Woodland of Athens condominiums off Barnett Shoals Road, Athens-Clarke County police said. The suspects appeared to be young males between 14 and 16 years old. Their intended victims — a 20-year-old resident and his parents, ages 52 and 57 — were in the living room of the home, with the front door open and blocked only by a baby gate, according to police.
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