Notes from the Resistance
With the danger to recognition of the right to keep and bear arms clear if Democrats succeed in changing the electorate, claiming a “single issue” excuse is a cop-out. If the fear is that the media and Democrats will portray them as fascists and racists, that’s been happening for years, and no amount of conciliatory compromises is going to change that. [More]
There’s a question at the end for all the “gun rights groups.” Will anyone ask it besides me?
If you missed this morning’s program, here’s your chance to make your life complete. [Watch]
The March 2026 issue of Firearms News, including my articles “Gun Prohibitionists Siding with DOJ on NFA Registration” (p. 10) and “Gun-Grabbers Demand More Defenselessness after Brown University and Australian Shootings” (p. 12), is no available at Diverse and Inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic.
Then again, you could just subscribe…
On camera? If it involves technical ability I’ll find a way to screw it up. Tune in and see.
DeStefano has refused to turn over customer lists, and thus has been singled out for total destruction as an example to any who might defy the orders of the violence monopolists. [More]
He could minimize his ordeal tremendously if he would just give up customer names. But he won’t. So Letitia James is going to make an example of him.
The late Robert J. Kukla made a brilliant observation in his 1973 classic, Gun Control, equating the release of violent misfits from prison with opening the cage of a man-eating tiger and expecting a different result. [More]
Anyone who can’t be trusted with a gun can’t be trusted without a custodian.
This created a dilemma for Hawaii’s gun owners, the post explained, because it “left residents seeking lawful training with no independent way to confirm who was approved.” [More]
Catch-22…
Noting the legal environment the nominee is part of and stepping into, he’s as good as we’re going to get, but hardly measures up to the superlatives of being “truly pro-Second Amendment.” [More]
Some refuse to accept the parameters being defined for them, “don’t believe in the no-win scenario,” and don’t consider a writhing platter of gagh to be a gourmet meal.
What we’re seeing is a practical repeat of what the anti-gunners and their media amplifiers were telling the American public prior to “Gunwalker” in an attempt to swindle them out of their rights… [More]
It’s déjà vu all over again.
Maybe it’s time to stop dousing the fire in gun owner bellies, especially with top administration officials making inane comments that spit in the faces of Second Amendment activists — the very people Republicans need to win. [More]
In what reality is making core constituents feel like they’re being used smart politics?
The Feb. 2026 issue of Firearms News, with my “FOP and IACP Show ‘Only Ones’ Arrogance…” column on page 10, is now available at diverse and inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic.
Of course, you could always subscribe…
Meanwhile, Over on the Other Side of the Equation:
The editor just forwarded an email from corporate:
I just received a call from [redacted] and he said that he was not going to renew his subscription because David Codrea is always spouting anti-Trump rhetoric and is a liberal in disguise.
Funny. He never said what I got wrong.
Another angry reader canceled over this.
Hey, at least they didn’t call me a Trojan Horse…
Related UPDATE
Here’s the official issue announcement.
This is obviously a clumsy attempt at stirring the pot and creating divisions between the administration and Second Amendment supporters. [More]
So… are trolls just doing it for kicks, or is there something more insidious at play here?
With that as a backdrop, in between capitalizing on her notoriety through selling her story and her sex tapes, Fisher served a brief stint as an opinion columnist, where she advocated for the government disarming those of us who haven’t shot innocent people in the face.[More]
Y’ever notice how those who can’t — or won’t — control themselves are so obsessed with controlling the rest of us?
“‘The Matchless Enfield’ tells the story of the No. 4 sniper rifle and how it was developed and used,”… [More]
Every once in a while I break with tradition and actually talk about guns…
“You gotta win the midterms ’cause, if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just gonna be – I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” [More]
You’d think “a very stable genius” with so much skin in the game would know better than to let his people douse the fire in gunvoter bellies.
These books represent years of painstaking research and labor. The information presented is invaluable and the cost of producing limited run copies is great. [More]
Knowledge is power. Those who have it know that.
None of this is done to disparage recognized and deservedly lauded good and unprecedented positions being taken by DOJ that would, admittedly, never have happened under any other administration to date. But that does not require Second Amendment advocates to turn a blind eye to when those positions turn cognitively dissonant. [More]
“Friendly fire” can be more devastating than what’s coming from the enemy.
Efforts in USA and Australia to disarm potential victims continue after decades of failure [More]
Gun prohibitionists here, there, and everywhere don’t care how many people get killed by their monomaniacal demands for a forcibly disarmed populace.
The Jan. 2026 issue of Firearms News is now available at diverse and inclusive newsstands throughout the Republic or via subscription (digital only or digital and print). We’ve talked about how Guns and American Handgunner have gone out of print, and how even NRA is reducing print issues to save costs, and me, I do enough online reading. I like to hold books and magazines in my hands.
It’s the 80th Anniversary of a publication that began as Shotgun News.
My Gun Politics column, “What Does Massie Challenger Gallrein’s Promised 2nd Amendment Support Really Mean?” where the candidate personally responded to my questions, starts on page 16.
The request was pretty straightforward. Rather than provide the information, however, the government chose to stonewall on the request. [More]
TTAG notices my latest about trying to get DOJ to define criteria for rights restoration And that’s a good observation they made, because in my first report about my FOIA request last April, I asked:
Under a Bondi DOJ that says it’s committed to “protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens,” will we see dutiful compliance and production of requested documents, or more of the trademark stonewalling the department has become notorious for in prior administrations?
One point of clarification that people who haven’t read the complaint seem to be getting stuck on: There’s no intrusiveness or 4A/privacy conflicts. The complaint, specifically asks the court to “Order Defendant to produce… non-exempt records responsive to Plaintiff’s FOIA request.”
As a quick aside, if I were a gun-grabber, I’d be heartened by the juvenile, ugly squabbling in comments over at AmmoLand and similar forums.