Housekeeping

If you are getting this late, it’s because AT&T is totally incapable of keeping its internet services operational for two days in a row.

 

No newsletter next week. Enjoy Thanksgiving with your loved ones, and be sure to give thanks. I am thankful to live in this great country and for all of you.

 

– Jeff

Election Fallout

• After years of emasculating the US military through DEI initiatives, a new executive order under consideration by the Trump transition team would establish a “warrior board” of retired senior military personnel which would be granted the power to review three- and four-star officers and recommend any removals of those deemed unfit for leadership. Should this proposal come to pass, I suspect the board will be very busy.

Litigation

• Court Mistakes in Post-Bruen 2nd Amendment Cases. A Deep Dive.
• In a 6-0 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed Philadelphia’s lawsuit challenging the state’s firearm preemption laws, which prohibit local governments from passing gun laws stricter than the state’s laws, as unconstitutional. The Court ruled that Philadelphia’s legal theory for bringing the case did not withstand scrutiny.
• In a divided 4-3 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the state may limit the gun rights of people who have been involuntarily committed over mental health concerns. The state’s highest court upheld a lower court decision against a man who was denied a concealed carry permit because he was involuntarily committed as a teenager. It ruled that the state’s gun rights restoration process does not violate the state’s recently adopted constitutional arms protection.
• Firearms Policy Coalition has filed a new federal lawsuit challenging New York’s ban on firearm carry by residents of other states. The case is Shaffer v. Quattrone.
• The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging restrictive gun control laws in Hawaii which discriminate against young adults, prohibiting them from acquiring, purchasing, and possessing firearms and ammunition, therefore violating their Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
• The newly formed New Jersey Firearm Owners Syndicate (NJFOS) has teamed up with the American Suppressor Association Foundation (ASA) and Silencer Shop in mounting a legal challenge to the state’s unconstitutional outright ban on firearm suppressors. They are looking for funding for the lawsuit.
• Grassroots report.

Enemies & Idiots

• Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is a confirmed liar, according to SCOTUS.
• 3D Printer Companies’ Spyware Reporting You.
• Gun Control “Expert” Seriously Beclowns Herself Before Congress. You can’t make this stuff up. It writes itself. And I learned a new word.
• Do Black Lives Matter? Black Lives Matter Killed 8,682 Black People.

The Only Ones

• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer Alexander Bookman, 26, shot a Nevada father who called 911 for help during a home invasion. Officer Bookman shot him six times.
• A Polish Sport Shooting Federation judge with a shotgun negligently shot a contestant at a shooting event. Video is a bit graphic.
• Another Hinds County, MS law enforcement officer is guilty of lying to a pawn shop dealer when he bought a firearm, saying it was for him rather than a convicted felon. Torrence Mayfield, 53, a former Jackson police officer and chief of the Edwards Police Department, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one charge of making a false statement to a firearm dealer, according to federal court documents.

DGUs

• The Armed Citizen:
  • America’s 1st Freedom – November 15, 2024
  • American Rifleman – November 18, 2024
• Gun free zone. Not a DGU.

Tactics & Stuff

• Lessons learned. Ayoob.
• Handgun: The Best Home Defense Option?
• Should You Change Your Defensive Ammunition During Colder Weather? No.
• Recent US gun stats. In case you want to know.

Industry News

• Winchester has recalled seven lots of its .22 Long Rifle M-11 40 grain ammo.
• Heckler & Koch, founded in Oberndorf, Germany in December 1949 as Heckler & Co. by displaced Mauser engineers Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch and Alex Seidel, is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Products

• The BlackWolf rideshare service has an armed driver option.
• Brownells has new M2A1 50 Cal steel ammo cans on sale for half price – $10.
• Effective November 4, 2024, Beretta USA has paused production of the Beretta 1301 Tactical shotgun with 7+1 capacity due to recent BATF import meddling.
• Patriot Ordnance Factory’s newest rifle is the Light Modular Rifle (LMR) BASE Rifle, an AR-style platform chambered in .308 Win. that weighs just 6 lbs. and retails for $1359.
• The 17-556. A 5.56/.223 necked down to .17. 5000+ fps.
• Streamlight’s new Nano Light® II is an ultra-compact LED keychain flashlight that runs for one hour using a single AAAA alkaline battery. It is waterproof and has a non-rotating snap hook for one-handed operation with an easy twist of the rotating on/off head switch.  Its LED provides 20 lumens, 120 candela, and a beam distance of 22 meters. Measuring 2.2 inches in length and just over a half inch wide, the Nano Light II weighs just 0.6 ounces and is double the brightness of its predecessor, the Nano Light®. Limited lifetime warranty. $17.
• Olight’s Oclip Pro clip-on flashlight with 500 lumen floodlight, spotlight and red light looks like it might be useful. Waterproof, USB-C rechargeable with a magnetic base, and available customization. On sale now, $32.

Just out of curiosity I recently weighed a couple of my favorite shotguns:

• Browning new model A5 Sweet 16, 16 ga.: 5 lbs., 13.6 oz.
• Benelli Montefeltro, 20 ga.: 5 lbs., 14.4 oz
• Browning reproduction of Winchester’s Model 42, .410 bore: 6 lbs., 6.5 oz.