Shameless Plug: Firearms News Oct. ’25 Issue

I have three articles this time out:

  • Fort Stewart Shootings Recall Forgotten Commitment (p. 13)
  • Florida’s GOP State Attorney Bakkedahl Cites Everytown (p. 14)
  • Trump’s DC Takeover Won’t Be Success if Constitution Ignored (p. 16)

Pick up a copy at a diverse and inclusive newsstand near you.

The Enemy Within

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives listed the Republicans who voted pro-gun control: Reps. Joe Hogan (R-Dist. 142), Kristin Marcell (R-Dist. 178), Kathleen Tomlinson (R-Dist. 18), Martina White (R-Dist. 170), and Rep. Craig Williams (R-Dist. 160). The gun control passed by a vote of 104-99. [More]

The Pennsylvania nosedive continues. And much of it appears self-inflicted though lack of involvement.

[Via bondmen]

What Will Help?

Anti-Gun Rhetoric Doesn’t Help With Domestic Violence Tragedies [More]

There’s violence in criminal households where “prohibited persons” ignore gun laws? Who knew?

Any room for “Be a better woman so you can chose a better man” in there? How about keeping people who can’t be trusted away from access to guns and to those who can be?

[Via bondmen]

Trust the Science

A combination of ideology, social media, mental health disorders, and medication may be influencing recent trends in violence and radicalization among those who identify as transgender, according to experts. [More]

Sorry, can’t look into that. Those who assured us the COVID-19 shots were safe and claims of election fraud were baseless will say — with final authority — that there’s absolutely no connection and that testing a hypothesis speculating otherwise would only pander to delusional haters.

We can’t even look into it, and if you disagree, you’re a Nazi.

[Via bondmen]

It’s Not Like It’s a Right or Anything

NFA approvals are paused until the shutdown ends. This means no new tax stamps will be issued until ATF staff return to work. [More]

I wonder what text, history, and tradition have to say about that…

Related UPDATE:

AI Overview
Due to the 2025 federal government shutdown, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) has halted the processing of NFA firearms approvals, such as those for suppressors and short-barreled rifles. The ATF eForms system remains online for submissions, but applications will not be reviewed or approved until the shutdown ends and staff return to work.
Here is what you need to know about the current situation:
Approvals are paused: While you can still submit NFA paperwork, no new tax stamps will be issued during the government shutdown. This applies to all National Firearms Act (NFA) items.
Submissions are still possible: You can continue to file and certify NFA paperwork electronically through the eForms portal or other platforms. Submitting your application now will secure your place in the processing queue once the government reopens.
Delays are expected: When the shutdown ends, a backlog of applications will likely cause a delay in processing times.
Status of NFA regulations: Recent legislation, “H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill,” was signed in July 2025 and eliminated the $200 NFA tax for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, effective January 1, 2026.
However, registration and compliance requirements remain. The tax repeal does not change the requirement to submit all necessary forms (Form 1 or Form 4, fingerprints, photos) and maintain records.

Kacie and the Sunshine Band

Sharpe is now asking the vice president to make a change. “Something has to be done, and I would beg him please, please do something, anything,” she said. “And one thing that can be done is banning these weapons.” [More]

Right, that would solve everything. Just ask the bleating hearts with signs in the photo.

Short on anything approaching logic, Kacie is, however, a master (mistress?) of emotional manipulation in her “artistic” musings.

Spock, comment…?

[Via Antigone]

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before

Colt Canada Denies Involvement in Confiscation Scheme [More]

You don’t say.

I’ll bet he gets a lot more reads than the source. I suppose a link would have killed him. You know, kind of like the same courtesy that gets regularly extended here…

Story of my life

And for the record, they denied involvement in the buyback scheme and said nothing about confiscation. Whether the claim is valid or invalid has not been definitively established.

Wolford at the Door

On Friday we celebrated DOJ Civil Rights filing an amicus brief with SCOTUS on Wolford v Lopez, the case out of Hawaii where there is a circuit split on “whether private property no carry default violates the Second Amendment.”

That’s the case where Alan Beck is one of the attorneys for petitioners.

Stephen Stamboulieh, who has worked with Alan on numerous efforts, as well as represented me, shares his thoughts:

We Could Tell You But Then We’d Have to Kill You

In an interview, Gottlieb noted that the organization has “been obviously working very closely with the Trump Administration.” However, he stipulated that “we don’t like to get into details talking about who we’re working with and how we’re accomplishing it.” [More]

Why not? Those are our rights being talked about in the back room, and if we have no input, who knows what kind of “deal” will be worked out by our betters, and if we’ll find the cost/benefit trade-off acceptable?

No one is saying to lay out all details of the legal strategy so the enemy knows your battle plans, but existing briefs and arguments mean they’re already pretty much known anyway. And if the “gun lobby” doesn’t have political/legal goals announced and prioritized by now, then what the hell?

I call bull$#!+ on “Rest assured we know best” attitudes. My feel is this has more to do with walking on eggshells and being able to jockey for credit. But when you have a longer reach, and a louder voice, you can ignore solutions that don’t provide for that.

A Beloved Superintendent

In Iowa, a sleepy city is moved to protest for a beloved superintendent detained by ICE [More]

Beloved“:

You know, the illegal alien who, in addition to that and all those current weapons charges has a past that includes “criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a forgery instrument and possession of a forged instrument in New York dating back to 1996 and charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree weapon charges.”

That and, surprise, he lied about his academic qualifications.

F_in’ useful idiot Democrats.

And great headline, there, “real reporter” Tyler Kingkade/NBC News/AOL!

An Immergut Reaction

Trump’s ‘war-ravaged Portland’ National Guard deployment halted by federal judge over authority concerns – Judge Karin Immergut, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, granted the TRO blocking the federal action. [More]

Crappy, disloyal appointments are what screwed him — and us — in his first administration. Who got her on the president’s radar and then championed her for nomination, especially since Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley were OK with her? And does that person still have the president’s ear?

O Canada/O Constitutional Carry

In this exclusive interview, Taylor Rhodes, Director of Communications for NAGR, sits down with Rod Giltaca, CEO of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR), to unpack the sweeping nationwide gun confiscation policies unfolding in Canada. [Watch]

Tell me leftists aren’t fascists, exemplified by Robert “I’m Not Your Buddy, Friend” Walsh and his imported Sri Lankan enforcer. This is what our Neighbors to the North must endure.

Good interview. That said, I’d like fact check on this claim at @ 20:35:

One of the things we’re proudest of with our organization is passing constitutional carry. Constitutional carry is a is a kind of really a bold idea that really wasn’t popular 15, 20 years ago. Vermont was the first state to ever have it. It was in their constitution that said you if you were legally able to own a firearm, you’re legally able to carry that firearm open or concealed. National Association for Gun Rights has led the charge. There’s 29 states. I think we’re directly responsible for about 24 of those states. The others were were led by other groups or state level organizations.

If so, they deserve to be hailed as the Number One Gun Group in America. I do seem to remember other groups worked to get these passed, too, and think it would be appropriate to quantify comparative efforts and contributions so appropriate gratitude could be expressed.

As for Vermont, that’s not exactly what Article 16 says, but I won’t split hairs.

[Via Jess]

The Bear Truth

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced Friday night that a death near a campground in Newton County was the result of an animal mauling. A 60-year-old Missouri man was found dead yards from his campsite at Sam’s Throne after a possible bear attack in Ozark National Forest near the town of Mount Judea. [More]

Thing is, you can have a gun there, you just can’t be a d!ck with it.

Tell me the old boy wasn’t a “prohibited person.”

And I love the notice at the top of the USDA page:

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