NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Even though the National Hearing Protection Act appears to be on the sidelines for the moment, Tennessee is pushing ahead with its own legislation to allow the possession of suppressors. Tennessee had prior laws on the books which prohibited the possession, transfer, sale, or transportation of suppressors — devices that reduce the […]
Lawn Care Worker Shoots Dog During Attack
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — A lawn care worker shot a dog who broke free from a neighbor’s property and charged at him. Believing his life was in jeopardy, the lawn care worker pulled his gun and shot the pitbull as the pitbull closed the distance between them. via News 4 Jacksonville “When he charged at me […]
Ex-Wife Kills Man After He Killed His Brother And Then Threatened To Shoot Her
PLANT CITY, FLORIDA — Warm, humid air swam across a pasture field of the Rocking V Ranch. The Ranch had passed down from generation to generation but lying on the ground were the last descendants of Lamar “Ed” Varn, already deceased and in the dirt. On one side was the body of Milton Varn, 62, and across […]
Random Stabbings In Vegas Leave 1 Dead — Suspect Should Have Already Been In Jail
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — By the time Richi Briones, 32, was arrested, one man was in critical condition and another was already dead. Briones appears to have stabbed the two men completely at random. The first stabbing occurred out behind a sushi restaurant and the second one was at a gas station. In the second stabbing […]
Gun Rights Massively Expanded In Newly Passed Iowa Legislation
DES MOINES, IOWA — If you’re like us, you’ve been watching the Iowa legislature as they plot a course to turn Iowa into a much more gun-friendly state. It’s a thing we always love to see and wanted to share with our reading audience. Last week, Iowa Governor Terry Barnstad signed House File 517 into law. […]
LA Bill Would Allow First Responders To Carry
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA — Ask any First Responder and he’ll have at least one nightmare story to recall where he or she arrived at a scene where someone needed urgent medical care and the scene hadn’t been cleared by police. Now, we all know that standard procedure is to have police secure an area before First […]
ASU President Responds To Upcoming Campus Carry Implementation
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS — It’s no secret that the Arkansas State University system has fought tooth and nail against allowing concealed carry on campus. It all started when Arkansas legislators were interested in ditching a lot of superfluous ‘gun free zones’. Then they took a closer look at the university system and initially allowed public universities […]
Why You Shouldn’t Trash Your Gun Until You Know What’s Wrong
I’ve seen it all the times on the gun forums. A new gun owner comes onto the site and posts pictures of his gun in some state of minor malfunction and claims that the pistol is completely unusable because of that one malfunction. “I picked up a brand new (insert gun here) and here’s a […]
FHTC Getting Ready For Concealed Carry On Campus
FLINT HILLS, KANSAS — One technical college is having a serious discussion about how they plan to alter policy to come into compliance with new Kansas legislation allowing concealed carry on campus. via Emporia Gazette “At this point we don’t have a choice, this is something that our attorney has drawn up,” Jacinda Kahle, director […]