Veterans Day

My sincerest apologies to all the veterans out there for not mentioning Veterans Day in the last newsletter. You are not forgotten, except sometimes when I’m typing something else.

Trumped

• FPC calls on President Trump to end defense of federal gun control laws. After all, they are unconstitutional and the president takes an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”

Litigation & Stuff

• The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms joined by the Texas State Rifle Association, Hot Shots Custom LLC and three private citizens have filed a federal lawsuit – Jensen v. ATF – challenging the National Firearms Act of 1934 in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division.
• Rebutting the Defense of “Gun-Free Zones” on Public Transportation.
• Grassroots Judicial Report.

NRA – on the right track

• Another one bites the dust. NRA Director and former President Bob Barr resigned his seat on the NRA Board of Directors. This makes the fifth resignation from the Board within a month.
• Director Jeff Knox on changes at the NRA.

Enemies

• ATF. Even the ATF now admits inert RPGs—including Patrick Adamiak’s—are not firearms.
• Circle Internet Group, the crypto company behind the popular stablecoin USDC, has backtracked on its anti-gun purchase policy after facing intense backlash from conservative and gun rights groups. The terms of use of Circle’s US Dollar Coin prohibited transactions involving firearms, ammunition, knives, explosives, or related accessories.
• On Veterans Day 2025 Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, is pushing more gun control for veterans who avail themselves of Department of Veterans Affairs services. One of their services should be to make sure veterans are armed.
• How One of the Country’s Loudest Anti-Gun Doctors Gets Data for His Anti-gun Stories.
• Everytown’s “Journalism” Goes After Lake City Ammunition.
• Want to mess with Everytown? Fill out their survey. I used a fake name/email/phone.
• How To Win A Debate With An Anti-Gunner. Old but good.

Gun Free Zones

• (North Carolina) WakeMed Campus Police Officer Roger Smith died following a shooting at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex emergency room last weekend. Gun free zone.

DGUs

• Life Gets Real
• Baltimore store owner’s fatal shooting of burglar ruled self-defense
• Landlord shoots and kills naked intruder who body-slammed him at Studio City apartment: LAPD
• The Armed Citizen:
  • American Rifleman – November 7, 2025
  • American Rifleman – November 10, 2025

Thoughts

• “Machine guns are arms, as protected by the Second Amendment, and thus should not be banned or restricted from ownership by law-abiding Americans. Any attempt to do so, including the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), and the 1986 Hughes Amendment found in the Firearm Owner’s Protection Act (FOPA), constitutes a violation of both natural law and the United States Constitution. Does that make our federal and state governments criminal? Unequivocally yes.”

Tactics & Stuff

• Pocket carry.
• Should You Report a Grizzly Bear Self-Defense Shooting? Grizzly bears in the 48 contiguous states are currently protected as a threatened species. It is illegal to harm, harass or kill these bears, except in cases of self-defense or the defense of others. I failed to find any constitutional authority for the federal government to regulate shooting grizzly bears or any other wildlife, whether threatened, endangered, or not.
• Don’t be stupid.

Industry News

• Wolfe Publishing Company has announced the rebranding of its long-standing Rifle Magazine to Rifle & Handgun Magazine. The change will officially take effect with the January/February 2026 issue, No. 344. We hope they will still PRINT the magazine.
• A win for Sig (details here and here).
• Bad guns, companies:
  • DesertTech.
  • S&W. “Almost all of the S&W revolvers I’ve purchased in the last five years have needed to be immediately returned to the factory after firing less (sic) than 50 rounds. Some of mine have been back a few times without remedy. I hate to say it, but if you are in the market for a new snub revolver, the Ruger LCR is a much better choice.” – Greg Ellifritz
• The NRA Foundation announced new grant awards supporting school security initiatives through the NRA School Shield program, made possible in part by a generous estate gift designated specifically for school safety initiatives.

Products

• Smith & Wesson has announced the Davidson’s Exclusive Model 432 (black) and Model 632 (silver) revolvers. Chambered in .32 H&R Mag, both of these double-action revolvers feature a 6-round capacity, a 1.88-inch stainless-steel barrel, a precision-regulated gold bead front sight and an integrated u-notch rear sight, and weigh just 14.7 ounces. (See the S&W item above.)