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11/28/2025

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Reminder: If You Leave Your Kids Home Alone This Holiday Season, Make Sure They Have Plenty Of Paint Cans, Blowtorches, And A Cutout Of Michael Jordan
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Authorities issued a public service announcement in time for the holiday season, reminding parents that if they leave their children home alone, they should ensure that they have access to plenty of paint cans, a blowtorch, and a cardboard cutout of Michael Jordan. In a pinch, a cardboard cutout of Shaquille O'Neal would also be acceptable.

The Federal Administration for Children and Families held a press conference on Wednesday in which it called on the public to remain vigilant throughout the holidays by keeping a sufficient supply of paint cans, blowtorches, bowling balls, nail guns, tar, Micro Machines, hot irons, old gangster movies, and tarantulas.

Trump DOJ Plans Dedicated Second Amendment Rights Section
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Reports indicate that the U.S. Justice Department plans to establish a section dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

The new Second Amendment Rights Section will be part of DOJ's civil rights division, as first covered by Reuters. The section will open on Dec. 4 and will be "dedicated to investigating local laws or policies limiting gun rights."

If the reports are correct, it will be the polar opposite of the Biden administration's White House-based Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which was staffed with advocates who had long worked for increased gun control. The OGVP was disbanded soon after President Trump returned to the Oval Office in January 2025.

MN: Minnesota - where anti-gun cities keep challenging preemption without consequence
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Preemption laws offer legal protection for gun owners, but only when they are enforced. The work to advance any pro-gun legislation is arduous, more so in Minnesota than most states. But passing a law is only half the battle. This is also especially true in Minnesota, where local officials are concocting yet another illegal scheme to defy the states firearm preemption statute.

This has sadly become the norm, as defying preemption is a recognized way for municipal politicians to signal to their anti-gun supporters and donors that if the Second Amendment is no impediment to their plans, neither is a state statute. This contempt is now playing out in Minnesota, where mass noncompliance and legal fairytales are the order of the day.

Second Amendment Rights at Risk: Key Threats Identified Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A recent analysis outlines five significant threats to Second Amendment rights anticipated in 2025, highlighting a potential resurgence of strict federal gun control measures. Among these threats is a new version of the Assault Weapons ban that could introduce stricter regulations, including the registration of semi-automatics and hefty fees for owners wishing to retain their firearms.

Nigeria: Insecurity: Nigeria not ripe for private individuals to bear arms Njoku
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Major-General Elias Njoku (retd), Interim Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria, ALPSAN, has declared that despite the myriads of security challenges facing the country and the seeming free ride of bandits, terrorists, who engage in kidnappings and other attacks against innocent citizens, Nigeria was not ripe for private citizens to be allowed to bear arms for self protection.

According to Njoku, the country is yet to recover from the menace caused by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, which are fallouts of the insecurity ravaging parts of the country.

India: Americas Deadly Romance with Guns Must End
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Americas defenders of the gun culture cloak themselves in constitutional absolutism and the language of freedom. But freedom that cannot protect life is a hollow boast. No right is sacred when its exercise slaughters innocents. No tradition is noble when it leaves bodies in its wake. The gun is not a neutral object; it is a machine designed to kill efficiently. To pretend otherwise is willful blindness bordering on cruelty.

Nigeria: Allow Nigerians bear arms, Senator tells NAssembly
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A lawmaker representing Osun East in the Senate, Francis Fadahunsi, has urged the National Assembly to enact a law that would enable responsible Nigerians to bear arms, especially now that the country is grappling with worsening security challenges.

A short video of the lawmakers admonition at plenary was obtained by PUNCH Online in Osogbo, Osun State, on Thursday.

Fadahunsi, a lawmaker belonging to the All Progressives Congress, while advancing arguments on the need to allow responsible Nigerians to bear arms, said about 120 countries across the globe have legalised arm bearing by the people.

Philippines: 3-day suspension of permit to carry guns imposed amid Trillion Peso March
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be suspending permits to carry firearms outside of residence (PTCFORs) in Metro Manila from Saturday until Monday (November 29 to December 1) in view of the second Trillion Peso March.

This announcement came in a memorandum issued by Acting PNP Chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. dated Nov. 27 and sent to reporters in Camp Crame on Friday.

In view of the Trillion Peso March permits to carry firearms outside of residence are hereby suspended in Metro Manila from 12:01 a.m. of Nov. 29, 2025 to 11:59 p.m. of Dec. 1, 2025, the memorandum read.

Greece: Mapping Greeces Hidden Arsenal: Over One Million Illegal Guns
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In Greece in 2025, authorities record 62 violations of the gun law every single day. Over the past year alone, 22,889 firearms offenses were loggedyet only 82 were classified as felonies, while the remaining 22,807 were misdemeanors.

According to data compiled by To Vima, out of all recent illegal acts involving weapons, 2,445 incidents occurred in Crete (a surprisingly low 9%), 6,796 in Athens, 1,582 in Thessaloniki, and a striking 3,761 in the Peloponnese, which tops the list.

CAR-15 to SOCOM Combat Assault Rifle (CAR)
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SOCOM recently announced that Sons of Liberty Gun Works was awarded the contract for its Combat Assault Rifle (CAR) program. If youve been a fan of AR-15 development for any length of time, youve probably heard the term CAR before. Originally, CAR stood for Colt Automatic Rifle.

In simple terms, the CAR-15 line was Colts attempt to rebrand the Armalite Rifle (AR-15) after acquiring the design from ArmaLite. Marketing intent aside, the rifles developed under that banner shaped the way specialized AR variants evolved. The lineage starts with the Model 605, widely considered the genesis of the AR carbine.

Concealed Carry Corner: My Top Carry Guns
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Welcome to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we took a look at the various types of handgun actions and why you should consider each style as well as some of their drawbacks. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I wanted to look at my personal carry guns and explain why I carry them and in what circumstances they are good options to carry. So many people struggle to figure out what they need and what they don't need. I use my example as a starting point where you can use these as a reference and go from there. Let's take a closer look at my top carry guns.

The Best Black Friday Deals at Guns.com Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Guns.com website runs a lot of great deals throughout the year, but none are quite as hot as this massive Black Friday event. The site is running deep discounts on guns, ammo, optics and more. I scoured the Guns.com pages to find the deals that I thought were the most worthwhile. Here are my top picks.

Nigeria: Guns will not save Nigerians from bandits and terrorists
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Guns are complicated objects; their ownership changes society in complicated ways that a disorganised country like Nigeria is not fully prepared to manage. There is little to suggest that owning firearms will do much for the communities under constant siege.

Where do we even start from? Will the guns be carried by individuals or kept by community leaders who will coordinate their use? Individuals who are unskilled in firearm use (and even safety practices) cannot efficiently raise weapons against the marauders without harming themselves in the process.

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