Litigation

• The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously ruled this week in United States v. Rush that short-barreled rifles can still be restricted under the National Firearms Act.
• Fifth Circuit Gives Trump Opportunity to Act on Suppressors.
• Firearms Policy Coalition has asked the US Supreme Court to hear its Worth v. Jacobson case, agreeing with the State of Minnesota that the Court should take up the State’s petition in order to affirm the victory and eliminate unconstitutional age-based bans across the country. The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously held that Minnesota’s age restriction prohibiting adults ages 18-20 from carrying firearms is unconstitutional, but federal courts of appeal have divided over the constitutionality of such laws, thus prompting the appeal to SCOTUS.
• Judge David Fleisher, an elected Harris County (TX – Houston area) Criminal Court Judge, finds no probable cause to search 17-year-old carrying pistol.
• A panel of the Oregon court of appeals found that Measure 114 – a gun control law approved by voters over two years ago – is valid under the Oregon constitution, reversing a lower court ruling from a state judge who had kept it on hold. The law requires people to undergo a criminal background check and complete a gun safety training course in order to obtain a permit to buy a firearm. It also bans magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds. In a separate federal case, a judge ruled Measure 114 was lawful under the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. The plaintiffs in that federal case, which include the Oregon Firearms Federation, have appealed the ruling to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. You can be certain that the law is in fact unconstitutional.
• The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that the state can require out-of-state visitors to obtain a special permit for their lawfully owned firearms, but only if the state grants those permits using objective standards, saying “To be consistent with the Second Amendment, the Commonwealth’s nonresident firearm licensing scheme cannot vest an official with the discretion to deny a license to a qualified applicant. The defendant was charged under a firearm licensing scheme that did just that. This manner of firearm restriction is no longer permissible.” Actually it was never permissible, no matter what the courts say.
• “Good guy with a gun:” Indiana’s top court overturns guilty verdict in shooting
• Grassroots updates.

Legislation

• Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon allowed Wyoming Bill 172, the “Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act,” to become law without his signature. He was opposed to the bill. The act repeals most of the areas where the legislature has allowed local political entities to infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment. We note that there are no “zones” in the Constitution where the Bill of Rights is not valid.

Enemies

• ATF & FBI. A reminder. We will see if the new political leadership of these agencies will make meaningful changes, but the signs are pretty good.
• ATF’s Own Documents Show it is Corrupt and Ripe for Replacement.
• More.
• The DOJ is arguing that FRTs stolen from gun owners can only be returned if they undergo a background check.

The Only Ones

• US District Judge Kenneth Hoyt in Houston (TX) found that FBI Agent Gavin Lappe “was negligent, even grossly negligent, in his response” during a hostage rescue attempt, and he was the sole cause of the hostage’s death. $2 million awarded. Lappe himself was protected against the lawsuit through qualified immunity, but the case was allowed to proceed against the federal government. Apparently no criminal charges either.
• Unidentified Chandler, AZ, police officer(s).

NRA Meetings & Membership Sale

• The 2025 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center on April 24-27, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
• The NRA Board of Directors has initiated a Life Member Recruiting Challenge, offering Life Memberships (regular $1500) for only $600 for a limited time. This is apparently for new Life memberships and not for upgrades above Life.
• The offer is ONLY GOOD UNTIL MARCH March 17, and is only available from sitting directors, so you must act fast using the form from a director.
• Anyone interested in taking advantage of this deal can easily do so by going to Jeff Knox’s website at FirearmsCoalition.org, downloading the form, and submitting it to the NRA by March 17th, 2025. Mail to: National Rifle Association of America • Attn: Derek Robinson • 11250 Waples Mill Road • Fairfax, VA 22030. It’s been reported that this can also be done over the phone by calling the NRA membership line [877-672-2000] and requesting the $600 Life membership deal, naming Jeff Knox or another current Director as your sponsor, but we have not verified this method.

DGUs

• The Armed Citizen:
  • America’s 1st Freedom – March 7, 2025
  • American Rifleman – March 7, 2025
  • American Rifleman – March 10, 2025
• Florida Home Invasion Ends in Self-Defense Shooting of MMA Fighter [DRT] ~ VIDEO

Not a DGU

• Sunday night a University of Mississippi Medical Center nurse (identity redacted) employed on Fourth Floor North was violently attacked by a man armed with a gun in the parking lot on the way to her car as she left work. Fortunately she was not seriously injured, but she said even though the stranger asked for her purse, it didn’t seem to her that he wanted money. UMMC is a gun free zone and their cop shop is a Barney Fife force. That is the same hospital and same lot where my wife parked on days when we did not carpool to work. Thankfully we are both retired now.
• Dog shoots man.

Tactics & Stuff

• Thoughts on the Castle Doctrine.
• For the lefty pistol shooters. I never knew this definition.
• Shotgun suppressors.
• Rust removal and prevention methods for knives. Note that these are caustic or abrasive and may cause their own damage. Such is the nature of rust.
• “Life is too short to coach a turd.“

Obit

• John Taffin, 86, passed away this week after several months of health difficulties.

Industry News

• Antimony shortage.
• The CT State Capitol Police in Hartford; the Brookfield, CT Police; Clinton, CT Police and New Haven, CT Police have recently switched to the HK VP9 pistol for duty issue.
• ATF Processes Record Number of NFA Forms In February.
• The US Army is in the market for a new dual-caliber machine gun chambered to fire the .338 Norma Magnum cartridge and that can be converted to use the same 6.8x51mm ammunition as its next-generation M7 rifles and M250 light machine guns.

Products

• Sig Sauer on the P320 pistol unintentional firing debacle: Nope, can’t happen, wasn’t us, blame it on the leftist anti-gunners.
• More.
• Sako’s new TRG 62 is a high-precision sniper rifle chambered in 9.5x77mm (.375 CheyTac) and designed for extreme long-range engagements beyond 2000 meters. Built for military and law enforcement applications, the TRG 62 features a cold-hammer forged barrel, an adjustable stock, and an upgraded chassis to maximize accuracy and shooter comfort.
• Beretta Defense Technologies, in collaboration with RWS, has introduced a new belt-fed anti-drone ammunition designed to counter modern drone threats. Built for high-rate-of-fire machine guns (specifically mini-guns not dependent on recoil operation), this specialized ammo is engineered to disable or destroy small UAVs at extended ranges while being safe for city or urban settings.
• Charles Daly’s new Mammut line of tactical triple-barreled shotguns includes a pistol-gripped, short barreled “firearm” version for tactical or defensive use, or just for fun. It features a single barrel stacked on top of a pair of side-by-side barrels.
• Escort’s BullTac – Mag Fed is a tactical pump-action bullpup shotgun fed from a box magazine between the butt and the pistol grip, available in 12-gauge, 20-gauge, or .410 bore, all with 3-inch chambers.

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