Category: gun sales

A Right Denied

This has got to be one of the most frustrating processes that I can think of because there’s just nothing that we could do to stop it. Or at least that’s how it feels. But this is what happens when the left has a super majority in the state. They could pass whatever they want without a care in the world because there just isn’t enough opposition to make a difference. And when they get so much support from the executive, it becomes a a game of who can pass what the fastest regardless of the Constitution. And that’s exactly what we have here. [Watch]

“Don’t like bad gun laws?” she asked. “Tell Congress, ” she answered.

I’d suggest another way, but I wouldn’t want the “gun rights” establishment to call me “juvenile.”

[Via Jess]

No Dog in This Fight

Any potential acquisition by Italian Beretta would place a major US defense and firearms manufacturer with operations in three key battleground states — under foreign ownership. [More]

So the concern is for the standing army, not the militia of the whole people? Why does Ruger’s main concern not being the Second Amendment not surprise me?

As for Beretta, anyone else note the irony of their HQ being in Luxembourg?

Gun manufacturers… most don’t deserve us, you know…

[Via Antigone]

In the Spirit of Aloha

Why are residents being charged multiple fees not authorized by law? Why are residents being charged at all when the County is already paying for the system? Why is confidential firearm data being handled by a private company? And who is ensuring compliance with Hawaiʻi statutes? [More]

And why is such a “public/private partnership” not referred to by it’s true name?

A Mixed Bag

Among changes expected to be forwarded by the administration in 2026 include proposals to ease private gun sales, ship firearms interstate via mail, export firearms overseas, trim fees for licensed retailers, and simplify the 4473 Form required when purchasing a firearm, including requiring applicants list their biological sex at birth. [More]

It ain’t all winning.

License fees and prior restraint applications the Founders could do without, and and as for the sex identifier, if DOJ/ATF were compliant with Trump’s EO, they’d have already gotten rid of “non-binary.”

[Via bondmen]

An Age-Old Question

How Old Do You Have to be to Buy a Gun [More]

Tench Coxe said “sixteen to sixty” as fit for militia service, but never even hinted at ownership prohibitions on either side of that range.

U.S. Code says “The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age,” so how it can then require 21 for handguns is one of those paradoxes that can only be explained by pointing out fraud.

Michael Bloomberg says “25”… if you’re a minority male.

And, of course, we know the goal is Democrats would rather see you dead first.

We’re All Suspects Now

Gun store owner says FBI asked him to check firearm sales against list of names, pics in Guthrie case… He said none of the names returned a match for firearm purchases within the past year. According to Martin, the agent told him investigators planned to visit additional gun stores to determine whether anyone on the list had recently bought a weapon. [More]

Why didn’t they just ask ATF?

What did Inspector Clouseau say?

[Via Steve T]

Fair Share?

NSSF Touts Bill Banning Unfair Gun Taxes [More]

Anyone care to name a fair one?

NSSF: Isn’t that the group that “celebrates firearm and ammunition manufacturers topping $17 billion in excise tax contributions to the Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund since its inception in 1937″?

I’m not a hunter. If I ever decide to, I’ll pay my way. Until then, why should I indirectly fund a socialist Fudd tax on the price of guns and ammo, especially when so many of them are out there undermining my right to keep and bear arms?

[Via Nicholas]

And Another One Gone, and Another One Gone, Another One Bites the Dust

Firearms manufacturers that closed down operations and filed for bankruptcy in 2025 included SCCY Industries LLC, whose assets were seized by the Volusia County Tax Office of Florida at its Daytona factory on March 11, 2025, for non-payment of tax debts of almost $250,000… And now, struggling firearms maker and dealer Custombilt Firearms Manufacturing LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after battling the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives over its license in 2023 and 2024. [More]

So, unlike Big Rock, they’re both being shut down by governments headed by “pro-gun” administrations…?

[Via Jess]

The Going Rate

AP: ‘Experts’ Warn that 2-Year, 44% Decline in Mass Killings Is Not Necessarily Cause for Optimism [More]

How that squares with all those new gun owners is left unsaid.

Still, they have a point. And it won’t take all that much to affect rates, especially as hatred against traditional Americans is being ratcheted up and at some point the restraints are gonna come off.

[Via bondmen]

I’ve Got Mine!

Federal Judge: Biden ATF Rule on Firearms Sales Cannot Be Used Against NRA Members [More]

Speaking as Life Member who is now covered, let me just say that equal protection should demand it apply to everyone else, as well.

Note the difference in that attitude, and the attitude of “Only Ones” benefiting from LEOSA but unwilling to invite those of us on the outside in.

[Via bondmen]