Why do people say “Happy” Memorial Day?

• I had just written that headline all by myself when I stumbled across this.

Litigation & Legislation

• Indiana Court Shuts Down 27-Year-Old Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers.
• A unanimous three-judge panel for the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Minnesota can refuse to recognize out-of-state gun carry permits from states with which it has no reciprocity. I have little comment except to observe that the notion of requiring government permission slips to exercise Constitutional civil rights is itself facially unconstitutional, rendering reciprocity moot.
• The National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, and three NRA members filed a federal lawsuit – Hornbake v. Blanche – this week in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, challenging the federal prohibition on carrying firearms at United States Post Offices. Federal law prohibits knowingly possessing a firearm in a federal facility – including a US Post Office – as well as carrying firearms on postal property. Violations are punishable by a fine, up to one year of imprisonment, or both. The lawsuit notes that although the first post office was established in 1639 and the Post Office Department was established by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, firearms were not prohibited in post offices until 1972. The complaint therefore contends that the post office carry ban contradicts the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation and is thus unconstitutional. You will recall that the USPS ban – only as applied to FPC and SAF members – was already overturned by a federal district court in Texas.
• Firearms Policy Coalition, National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation have filed a new federal lawsuit in the US District Court of Maryland, NRA v. Moore, after Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed legislation to ban semiautomatic handguns with a cruciform trigger bar, which includes nearly every Glock and Glock-style pistol on the market.
• SCOTUS Gun Watch 5/26/2026.
• Grassroots Judicial Report—May 27, 2026.
• Grassroots Legislative Report—May 25, 2026.

News

• San Diego Shooter So Alarmed Police in 2025, They Seized Father’s Guns. Didn’t work.
• Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf’s Beretta M9 from Desert Storm is going up for auction. Estimated $60-90k.
• The US Department of the Interior announced major actions to expand hunting and fishing access across lands and waters managed by the Department, including the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed largest expansion of hunting and sport fishing opportunities in agency history, alongside National Park Service actions to remove unnecessary hunting-related restrictions across National Park System units where hunting is authorized by law.

Enemies & Liars

• YouTube. Still. I don’t understand why gun guys have never gotten the message.
• Tupelo (MS) police warn people about real-looking toy guns. But they claim the toy guns are not toys. Well, maybe they’re not really police either.
• RINO gun banning politician gets canned.

The Only Ones

• South MS cops rammed truck with military ATV, shot man 17 times, lawsuit says.
• Police Chief Earl Mayo, 45, of the New Chicago Police Department in Lake County, Indiana, was arrested in Ohio last week and charged with theft, official misconduct, attempted obstruction of justice, evading arrest and unlawful possession of anabolic steroids. He is accused of stealing guns from criminal investigations and selling the weapons to a pawn shop.

DGUs

• The Naked Creature From the Biloxi Lagoon.
• The Armed Citizen: American Rifleman May 22, 2026 and May 25, 2026

Not a DGU

• ‘It was brutal’: Brevard County woman dies after being mauled by neighbor’s dogs

Safety

• We see this from time to time…

Tactics & Stuff

• 1911 Mistakes.
• The 4 Tests Predators Run on Targets. Short video.

• More. Had the woman in the below story noticed the strangers before she started pumping gas and instead gone to a different set of pumps or different station, it would have been even less of a story.
• What Three Years of Gunsmith Support Data Revealed About the Future of Firearms Reliability. (I clean my screws with a volatile solvent before installing them. I also clean button- or coin-cell batteries – both sides and the edge – and the contacts with an alcohol swab when installing. I don’t even leave fingerprints.)
• What Three Years of Gunsmith Support Data Revealed About the Future of Firearms Reliability. (I clean my screws with a volatile solvent before installing them. I also clean button- or coin-cell batteries – both sides and the edge – and the contacts with an alcohol swab when installing. I don’t even leave fingerprints.)

Industry News

• USSOCOM’s HICAR Program wants to double the M4’s effective range. And be backward-compatible with existing ammo.
• Related: Federal Ammunition has executed an agreement that allows the US Army to utilize its patented Peak Alloy ammunition case technology for use in multiple cartridges and weapon systems.
• Registration for the 41st annual Gun Rights Policy Conference is now open, and this year’s event will be held Sept. 25 – 27 in Dallas, Texas at the Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport hotel. Beginning this year, GRPC registration will include a modest ($26.25), tax-deductible contribution. It’s still a steal.
• The FN Browning group is acquiring Accuracy International, the renowned UK-based precision rifle manufacturer.
• The US District Court for the District of Colorado dismissed with prejudice the Jantz v. Sig Sauer Inc. P320 case. The plaintiff voluntarily withdrew the case after Sig Sauer showed the P320 could not discharge without a trigger pull.

Products

• What is your favorite IWB holster? Asking for a friend…
• Winchester Ammunition’s new Magnum Pheasant™ shotshell for upland hunting has blended #5 and #6 lead shot, purposefully designed to deliver versatile performance in the field. Available in 2¾” 12- or 20-gauge, and 3″ 28-gauge.
• The Ruger ReadyDot for the LCP MAX pistol is designed to be an accessible, easy-to-use micro reflex sight system. It features a fiber-illuminated reticle for battery-free operation. $130.