Litigation

• A unanimous three-judge panel on the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling in the case US v. Morgan and decided that possession of machine guns is not protected by the Second Amendment, because the defendant didn’t prove that they are “in common use today for self-defense,” an erroneous standard set in the Supreme Court’s Heller decision. First, the Second Amendment does not require that an arm be in common use or be used for self defense in order to be protected. Second, when the government (illegally) essentially bans a class of guns, it follows that they would then not be in common legal use for anything. It’s a Catch-22. An unconstitutional one.
• Another take.
• A three-judge panel from the US Seventh Circuit has upheld an Illinois law that bans the carrying of loaded firearms on public transportation, not because it’s a “sensitive” area, but because, the judges said, the plaintiffs still have a right to bear arms on public transportation because they can carry an unloaded gun in a secure case on a bus or train. The official term for that is BS.
• The US Fourth Circuit decided in the case LaFave v. County of Fairfax, Virginia, to uphold a ban on possession of a firearm in the public parks of the County, essentially saying that 23,584 acres are a “sensitive area” in which guns could be banned. Bogus decision.
• Obama-appointed Chief US District Judge Denise J. Casper upheld Massachusetts’ Approved Firearms Roster against a challenge from gun-rights advocates, ruling that Massachusetts can restrict the retail sale of many common handguns so long as it does not ban all handgun sales. The roster restricts what handguns residents may legally purchase from licensed gun dealers based on special safety-feature requirements. In other words, she says infringing on some gun purchases is not an infringement of Second Amendment rights, and effectively said governments could ban every handgun make and model but one. Appeal in 3, 2, 1…
• The US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is asking to take part in oral arguments AGAINST Illinois’ Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) at the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. PICA is a gun ban law with restrictions on the allowed capacity of firearm magazines that went into effect in 2023. The law prohibits almost all semi-automatic rifles with certain cosmetic features. Yay, Trump.
• Feds (Dept. of Agriculture) ban shooting on 800,000 acres of our public land, triggering civil rights showdown.
• Meanwhile, Feds (Dept. of Interior) creates 42 new hunting and sport fishing opportunities across more than 87,000 acres within the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System.
• Grassroots Judicial Report.

GFZs

• You heard about the weirdo murderer killing two children and wounding 17 others in an attack at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on August 27. It’s a “Gun Free” Zone, and was apparently chosen for that reason.

Enemies

• Chi-Town’s Poop Leo, following in his predecessors’ missteps, called for an end to “pandemic of arms” after Minnesota school shooting. You first, buster: disarm and disband your Swiss Guards, and go everywhere without protection.
• Glock.
• Anti-gun Dick’s Sporting goods is planning a merger with Foot Locker, with each chain continuing to operate under its own brand.
• Greenville, NC, San Joaquin County, CA, Sevierville, TN, and North Carolina.
• Canada.
• Hogg Wild.

DGUs

• You’ve seen the report of a Houston man fatally shooting an 11-year-old boy in the back while he was running away from the man’s house after playing the “ding dong ditch” prank. By all reports, NOT a DGU.
• Get shot committing a crime, run to church, die and meet Jesus.
• The Armed Citizen:
  • America’s 1st Freedom – August 29, 2025
  • American Rifleman – August 29, 2025
  • American Rifleman – September 1, 2025

Tactics & Stuff

• How to Survive an Angry Mob when in Your Vehicle.
• Parking Lots.
• When Burglars Attack: The Stiffler Case.
• 36 Lessons for Armed Defenders.
• More. YOYO.
• Attacks on US churches have risen significantly since 2021. (This includes simple property crime and vandalism.)

Obit

• Robert “Bob” Nosler, son of Nosler bullets’ founder John Nosler and Chairman of the company, passed away on September 2, 2025, at the age of 79.

Products

• Remington Ammunition’s re-booted .22 Short rimfire loads are now shipping to dealers. The updated .22 Short line includes both a 27-grain hollow point at 1105 fps and a 29-grain round nose at 710 fps. That slow load might be just the ticket for discreet short range pest control.