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A Viable Choice for Home Defense: The Marvelous MSR

by Scott E. Mayer

7:00am Friday, June 26, 2020

Handguns are typically the tool of choice for defense in the home. Depending on your home design — single-family, apartment/condo, duplex/townhouse, etc. — shotguns can also be deployed. Some will choose carbine rifles or even lever rifles chambered in pistol rounds (9mm, .44 Mag., .45 ACP), but few opt for rifles chambered for rifle rounds, the prevailing concern being overpenetration. Reducing...

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Police search 11 year-old Scout's bedroom after school Google Meet call

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, June 25, 2020

WBFF (Fox Baltimore) is reporting that a Baltimore County family is warning other parents after they say police were called to their house over something that happened during a virtual school lesson. The incident is raising concerns over privacy and safety in the era of online learning. From the article : As a Navy veteran with four years of active duty, Courtney Lancaster has extensive knowledge...

Legal Reckoning for Jackson, MS Mayor’s Foolish Carry Ban

7:00am Thursday, June 25, 2020

As we reported earlier, Chokwe Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, announced an executive order on April 24 as part of his response to the COVID-19 civil emergency. The order prohibited the “carrying of an unconcealed loaded or unloaded pistol or revolver or any other firearm, carried upon the person or in a sheath, belt holster or shoulder holster or in a purse, handbag, satchel, other...

Senate Passes Great American Outdoors Act

7:00am Wednesday, June 24, 2020

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has passed the historic Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422), which represents the single greatest commitment to increasing public access and advancing conservation in a lifetime, on a strong bipartisan vote of 73-25. The Great American Outdoors Act will provide $9.5 billion over 5 years to address the crumbling infrastructure on America's public lands and waters...

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Supreme Court’s Inaction Frustrates Second Amendment Supporters, Emboldens Anti-gun Activists

7:00am Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Gun owners are by now used to being disappointed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to uphold their rights or even to defend its own Second Amendment precedents. But the court’s neglect reached a new low last Monday, with its sweeping decision to deny review of the many Second Amendment cases pending on its docket. At issue were 10 petitions that offered the court opportunities to clarify the...

Concealed handgun license-holder cleared of charges after defending self and wife in ambush

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, June 22, 2020

A husband who was forced to defend his own life, and that of his wife, when his ex-wife and her husband ambushed them in their driveway in February will not face charges. A grand jury found that the man, an Ohio concealed handgun license-holder, was acting in self-defense when he shot his ex-wife and her husband in the Greene County attack. From the Xenia Gazette : The attack happened at the...

Gun News Roundup - June 19, 2020

3:00pm Friday, June 19, 2020

Fighting for Second Amendment rights, and exercising those rights freely and effectively, starts with being informed. Here's a quick roundup of important stories in the news recently: BREAKING: SCOTUS Denies Cert In Pending 2A Cases SCOTUS Gun Case Denials Signal Conservative Justices Don’t Trust Roberts With The Second Amendment No, Recent Spike In Gun Sales Don’t Underscore Anything Senate...

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The Concealed Carry Trap

by Gary Evens

7:00am Friday, June 19, 2020

If you think your basic concealed carry class has adequately prepared yourself to defend yourself or someone else, you are seriously mistaken. Sure, people with little or no training have won in gunfights against criminals, but that was more a matter of luck than it was of skill. Criminals don’t expect their victims to resist and are often caught by surprise when one of them does. Unfortunately,...