Month: March 2019

Kentucky's Governor Matt Bevin tries to work cooperatively with everyone in the Kentucky General Assembly.  But regarding the debate over constitutional carry in the Bluegrass State, he's heard enough doomsday hyperbole. [caption id="attachment_488242" align="aligncenter" width="700"] AP Photo/Bryan Woolston[/caption] So when push came to shove, he offered a very pointed and…

[caption id="attachment_27086" align="aligncenter" width="770"] AP Photo.[/caption] Before Hugo Chavez took a dirt nap, he enacted the Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law.  It banned everyday Venezuelans from owning guns or ammunition, and confiscated those that were privately owned. More recently, as the inevitable effects of Bolivarian socialism have wrecked…

Sam Colt made people truly equal, as a pair of armed robbers learned the hard way when they forced their way into a Las Lunas, New Mexico home. The bad guy had a knife and his girlfriend/accomplice had an orange baseball bat. The homeowner, however, had a gun. He shot…

[caption id="attachment_27089" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Oleg Volk photo.[/caption] Kentucky's Governor Matt Bevin signed constitutional carry into law on Monday. His signature makes Kentucky the 16th state that does not require a license for law-abiding adults to carry concealed. The change will allow those over 20 years of age, "and otherwise able…

She should have been arrested, but after pounding out a threatening text message, an anti-gun activist was merely ejected from a Connecticut Senate hearing on gun control. According to a photo of her text in progress, she wrote, “If I had a gun, I’d blow away Sampson and a large…

The U.S. Air Force has followed the Army in adopting the SIG M18 handgun, based upon SIG's very popular P320 modular handgun system. And now, the USAF has begun issuing the new handgun to some of its personnel. Here's the news, directly from the U.S. Air Force website: JOINT BASE…

[caption id="attachment_27069" align="aligncenter" width="770"] AP Photo.[/caption] Nye County, Nevada Sheriff Sharon Wehrly doesn't believe that the state can ban the sale of firearms between residents. In recent days, she announced she will not enforce Nevada's new "universal background check" law, which really means a ban on the selling of guns…

Smith & Wesson has announced a M&P Consumer Safety Alert for their M&P15-22 rifle. It covers all guns and all models manufactured prior to February 2019. It involves the head-spacing on the bolt face, and if not correct, the gun could slam-fire. Now, I know a lot of folks have…

[caption id="attachment_27059" align="aligncenter" width="770"] AP Photo[/caption] Why are "anti-violence" activists so violent? Could their anti-violence crusade simply mask their own violent tendencies and lack of impulse control?  Either way, cops want to put the cuffs on a gun control preacher in St. Louis who also volunteers as a St. Louis…

Lose your FOID to revocation, lose your guns. And you won't get them back. Regardless if a court or the Illinois State Police rescind the revocation. That's the what happens under a new bill currently being seriously considered in Illinois. Following the Aurora massacre and revelations of the ISP's screw-up…