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First, how not to do it.

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— Víctor (@raqrockyjones) August 10, 2022

Now for how to do it the right way.

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— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 7, 2022

I wish I was that good.

At The Gun Feed:

WASHINGTON, DC (June 30, 2022) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that the United States Supreme Court has granted, vacated, and remanded its Bianchi v. Frosh lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The case will now return to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals “for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen.”

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“This is an important moment,” said FPC Policy Counsel Matthew Larosiere. “We have suffered at the hands of government actors who felt empowered by a lack of clear standards from the Supreme Court. All too often, horrible restrictions which threaten jail time for simply owning a common type of arm–one the people have an undeniable right to–were allowed to stand. This case presents one of the first opportunities to give force to our right to these common firearms, and we intend to see it through.”

The case was sent back to the lower court in light of Bruen. This is good reporting; TGF has included links to case documents and other links perhaps of interest to the case.

After congress let Reagan’s ASW ban expire during Bush Jr’s administration, I bought an “Assualt Weapon” in Maryland. There was a three-day waiting list. And get this: The county police showed up during that three days to inspect the weapon. I was young and very ignorant, but that was the local ‘law’ back then. This databasing of weapons has been ongoing for decades. Fill out 4473s if you want to, but keep in mind that: “wise a serpent, harmless as a dove” (Matthew 10:16) would indicate prudence in these matters. For the record, I no longer reside in MD nor have the weapon.

At Outdoor Life.

Some ARs, some bolt action rifles.  Mostly .350 Legend and 45-70.  The Franchi Momentum in .360 Legend is a nice looking rifle in Optifade Cerakote finish.

The new Marlin 45-70 is still unobtanium unless you’re willing to spend $1800.  Lever actions guns are priced very high right now.

This is yet another informative podcast by Hornady.

I don’t think they do a very good job with this video on the Langdon Tactical Beretta 92.  They make no distinction between the factory slide and the Langdon Tactical custom pistol job where they modify the internals of the gun to make it accept a lower profile slide without interfering with the action.  With the former, they simply mill a slide cut.  With the later, they allow optics to co-witness with the sights because of modifications to the gun.  This video does a decent job of explaining it.  This is something Shooting Illustrated could have done as well.  Begin at about the 11:00 mark.

So this is a good segue to a question that would undoubtedly have some interest for readers.  I know it would for me.

If you had a chance to list any three firearms, your “dream guns,” what would they be?  Here are the rules: [1] Be specific, and [2] they must be firearms you don’t currently have.  List what you would like to have.  If your dream gun is a .50 caliber M2, say so.

I’ll begin.  I don’t own any of these firearms.

I’d like this Langdon Tactical custom job on the Beretta 92.  It’s more expensive than the optics cut on the factory Beretta 92, and by the time an RMR is put on top, including transfer fee, taxes and shipping, the total would approach $3000.  I want the FDE Cerekote.

Next, I’ve been quite disappointed in how quickly Marlin (Ruger) has made new lever action rifles available to the community, especially at reasonable prices.  Currently, the 45-70 is the only model in production.  I was told by an FFL just yesterday that two other models will come out before they even think about making the 30-30.

I’d like a Henry 30-30, but I confess I don’t like the synthetic furniture.  But I also don’t like the straight stock typical of so many of their guns – I’d rather have a pistol stock.  The 45-70 currently comes that way, both Henry and Marlin.

I’d like to send that Henry 30-30 to a fine furniture maker to replace the stock and forend with fancy walnut.  Then I’d like a custom gunsmith to work on the action to smooth it out and lighten the trigger.  I’m assuming that this would total the package out to $3000 – $4000 by the time a fine furniture maker gave me a fancy walnut stock and ensured that the fit was right.

Finally, I’d like to have a Bighorn Armory 454 Casull rifle with fancy walnut.  By the time this got finished, between the price of the gun and transfer fee, taxes, and shipping, the total would be about $4500.

Enough with the plastic and tactical guns.  I’d really like some heirloom firearms.  We’ve discussed that at length before.

Okay.  I lied.  I’ll give the fourth.  I’d like a Thompson submachine gun.  Readers know that I’m a .45 ACP devotee.  This would be the really expensive one.

Share your list.  Who knows.  Maybe dreams come true.

This is a very good and informative interview.  By the way, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard this about the 300 Win Mag, freebore and “jump” with factory ammunition.

How did a state school board come to wield enough power to deny a fundamental right?

The Mississippi Board of Education is giving the green light to public schools to craft their own policies regarding properly licensed concealed carry.

Mississippi has an “enhanced carry permit” that gives permission to carry in areas normally off-limits, including schools, but since 1990 the education board has had an internal policy prohibiting anyone outside of law enforcement from carrying at a public school. However, late last week the board determined that policy is in conflict with 2011’s state law on enhanced carry permits, opening the door for different schools to have different policies.

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In addition, Mississippi public schools have the ability to train employees to use guns using state funding. Senior vice president with Gun Owners of America Erich Pratt praised the idea of allowing teachers and other staff to conceal carry in school to protect students, noting the recent spate of mass shooter incidents.

The board has reviewed policy compliance with State Law and found a discrepancy. You would think that a school board would have heard of the constitution. This is an increment in the right direction, so we applaud it.

From American Military News (AMN) via The Gun Feed. Mr. Dicken made the correct choice.

An administrator of the Facebook group “Indiana Gun Free Zones” created a photoshop rendering of the incredible 40-yard shot that armed citizen Eli Dicken took with a pistol to stop an active shooter at an Indiana mall last week.

“My photoshop rendering of what Eli Dicken’s point of view & distance to the shooters location might have been. The red X is generalized location of were [sic] the shooter was firing from,” Jason Lee posted on Facebook along with the image.

 

I think Mr. Dicken landed 8 of 10 shots. The journalism at AMN is just as bad as at MSN. Note the backdrop; that’s a shot any firearms carrier should be able to take.

This is a really good and informative discussion.