Election

• It’s coming. Be ready.

• White House word salad.

Litigation

• Grassroots Judicial Report
• Illinois AG’s Office Just Made a Huge Mistake in Defense of Carry Ban on Public Transportation
• Auto Key Card Case Appeal Says by ATF Standards Any AR-15 Could Be Considered a Machinegun

The “assassin’s” rifle.

• There’s something fishy here besides what’s in the article.

Seattle Homicides

• CCRKBA: ‘We told you so, Seattle’ After Report on City Homicides

Oh, Canada

• Canada’s federal firearm buyback program has cost its taxpayers nearly $67.2 million since it was announced in 2020, but it still hasn’t collected a single gun.
• Meanwhile, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including machine-guns.

Enemies

• The NFL.
• Have Anti-Gunners Admitted Their Gun Control Schemes Violate 2A? They darn well know their proposals are unconstitutional. We all know it. The emperor has no clothes.
• Massachusetts Ethics Commission Muzzles Police Chief Over His Opposition to New Gun Law.
• Costco. “Costco policy prohibits firearms and other weapons to be brought into the warehouse, except in the case of authorized law-enforcement officers.”

The Only Ones

• Follow-up. Former Houston police officer Gerald Goines was convicted Wednesday of two counts of murder in the January 2019 deaths of Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his 58-year-old wife Rhogena Nicholas. The couple, along with their dog, were fatally shot after officers burst into their home using a corrupt “no-knock” warrant that didn’t require them to announce themselves before entering.  Goines faces up to life in prison.
• Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced a department policy Wednesday formally banning so-called deputy gangs. Apparently they need a policy for that.
• You’ve seen the news that Letcher County, KY, Sheriff Shawn M. “Mickey” Stines, 43, was charged with one count of murder in the first degree after he ​​fatally shot a Kentucky district judge – a former close friend – following an argument inside the courthouse. Stines has pleaded not guilty and faces a potential death penalty if convicted. We have an unconfirmed report that the judge had been having illegal relations with the sheriff’s underage daughter. If that proves true, a jury can make things right.
• An unidentified on-duty US Secret Service Uniformed Division officer negligently shot and injured himself Saturday evening while handling his weapon in Washington, DC. His injury is not life threatening. That is all the information USSS shared. The current issue sidearm for the Uniformed Division is the 9mm Glock 19. It does not go bang unless the trigger is pulled.
• Leslie Boileau, a deputy with the Marion County, Florida Sheriff’s Office, has been charged with manslaughter and terminated from the department after he negligently shot and killed his girlfriend while they were drinking and cleaning/handling/dry firing guns at his home in Ocala. The fatal shot to her forehead was from a rifle that he was “demonstrating” how to use.
• An unidentified Marble Falls, Texas, High School resource officer shot himself in the leg, apparently while seated in a parking area before a ball game.
• An unidentified off-duty female Michigan State Police officer’s gun was inside her purse when it fired [sic] a single shot while she was inside the Costo Wholesale warehouse in Oshtemo Township on Sunday. The discharged bullet struck her in the hand. No one else was injured by the shot, but two other people were hurt during the chaos caused by the gunshot.
• “Policing for profit scheme” revealed by DOJ investigation into Lexington, MS police.

DGUs

• Follow-up. Citing self-defense, prosecutors have declined to charge a Hawaii man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting a neighbor who crashed into a home with a front-end loader and opened fire at a gathering, killing three women.
• A concealed carrier who killed two people with one shot at a Detroit Lions fan tailgate Sunday acted in self-defense and won’t be criminally charged, even though the second fatality was an innocent bystander. But look for a civil suit.
• Intruder in an unoccupied home killed in self defense by responding relative. This is probably a pretty good example of what not to do. The cops were on the way. No one was home. Wait down the way for them to show up, instead of inserting yourself into a potentially fatal situation for nothing. It’s not about being justified or right, it’s about being smart and safe.
• American Rifleman: The Armed Citizen – September 20, 2024

Tactics & Stuff

• Empty chamber carry.
• Carry Pistol Choice and Jury Perception.
• Tourniquets 101: How to Apply a Tourniquet Effectively.
• Another stuck screw removal article.
• Mobs & riots. Help is not on the way. Farnam.
• The USMC Ka-Bar

Industry News

• China has halted the export of nitrocellulose and antimony to the US. There are other, lesser sources, but CCP has always been the main supplier. That ain’t gonna help ammo prices or availability.
• Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. has secured its first international government contract for the supply of the MRAD Extreme Long Range (MRADELR) sniper system.

Products

• About the Ruger Redhawk.
• Savage Arms’ new Revel Classic and Revel DLX are rimfire lever rifles with a quick takedown feature, smooth and reliable cycling, crisp trigger, tubular magazine, drilled & tapped aluminum receiver and Turkish walnut furniture. Available soon in .22 LR, .22 WMR and .17 HMR at $439 and $539.
• XS Sights is now offering new, pre-drilled tritium Glow Dot front sights for S&W K-Frame, L-Frame, J-Frame, and Ruger SP101 revolvers. What’s new is the pre-drilling, and trust me that is a big, big help for DIY-ers with easier self-installation without the need for a gunsmith. (I once drilled and installed a no-hole XS front sight on a Ruger LCR, and trust me, there’s a reason they tell you to glue it on instead of trying to drill it. Success requires not a small amount of luck, and I don’t see how a gunsmith could do it without a bit of luck or a factory jig either.) The dual-illuminated front sight has a tritium vial surrounded by XS’ proprietary photoluminescent Glow Dot that absorbs ambient light to glow in low light. XS sights are backed by a Limited Lifetime Warranty. The company also offers a 12-year warranty on all tritium products. Green or orange, $65-$110.

“If you know how many guns you have, you don’t have enough.” (h/t Tom Gresham)

“Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible and safe.” – Kamala Harris