Gun News Roundup - April 22, 2023

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: Fingerprint-activated 9mm handgun coming to market More: Biofire refusing to allow independent reviews of its new ‘smart gun’ Second Amendment scholar challenges gun control narrative, says it increases racial bias...

Concealed-carry manager stops armed robbery at Chicago auto parts store

Some of us need supplies to fix or maintain our automobiles. All of us have been out shopping on the weekend. The customers and employees at an O’Reilly Auto Parts store never thought they would be involved in an armed robbery. The store manager at this auto parts store thought differently. He didn’t know when, but he thought his store could be robbed and his customers threatened. To be fair, the...

Nebraska becomes 27th state to pass NRA-backed 'Constitutional Carry'

The National Rifle Association applauds the Nebraska legislature for passing NRA-backed constitutional carry today in a 33-14 vote. The bill is now headed to the governor for his signature. “With Gov. (jim) Pillen’s signature, Nebraska becomes the 27th state in America that protects the right of Americans to carry a firearm outside of their home without first asking the government for additional...

ATF determines 'metal sliver' is a machine gun

Thanks to a Gun Owners Foundation and AmmoLand News Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, the gun-owning community now knows that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has determined a metal sliver is a machine gun. The FOIA in question included a criminal examination letter by the ATF’s Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD) that examined a Noveske N4 AR...

New York court: 'Innovative' gun control unconstitutional

Well, that was interesting. Our alert last week pointed out that “ [g]un control advocates are ceaseless innovators in the realm of limiting freedom ,” with one of these original ideas being so-called “red flag” gun confiscation laws. The alert added that these laws are open to challenge, citing United States v. Rahimi, 61 F.4th 443 (5th Cir. 2023), a case invalidating a federal firearms...

Ohio's 2023-24 deer hunting seasons approved

The Ohio Wildlife Council approved proposed hunting and trapping season dates for 2023-24, including deer bag limit changes in seven counties, during its regularly scheduled meeting April 12, according to an April 13 news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Deer hunting seasons Deer are Ohio’s most popular game animal. Seasons in 2023-24 will have similar...

African American gun ownership is up; here's why

Policy-makers are confounded. A recent report by The Hill showed that African Americans are the most directly impacted by what they call “gun violence.” At the same time, firearm purchases by African Americans rose steeply in recent years. Those two facts are not mutually exclusive and are linked in ways that gun control groups don’t want to admit. In other words, it’s the crime, stupid. And...

Alabama: House Republican majority moving anti-gun bills

The supposedly pro-gun majority in the Alabama House has scheduled committee hearings for three anti-gun bills. House Bill 12 violates Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights by making it a Class A misdemeanor for lawful citizens to not inform law-enforcement, upon request, that they are carrying or possessing firearms. House Bill 28 removes certain exemptions for carry permit holders in order to...

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