Rick Scott

Florida Governor Rick Scott and the 7-10 Split

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March 9th, 2018, a date which will live in infamy. You see, I never thought I would live to see it happen, but it's happening. I'm not talking about Donald Trump as president, the...

American Guns Reality TV Star Richard Wyatt: Six Years in Jail for Tax Evasion,...

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"A Wheat Ridge gun dealer who became a Discovery Channel reality TV star was sentenced to 78 months in prison for failing to report $1.1 million in income to the IRS, conspiracy and dealing firearms...

Man Commits 10-Year Felony Going All “One Less” On His AR-15

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The #OneLess movement is a thing. Maybe. For a couple folks, at least, who think destroying their own AR-15s will somehow prevent a psycho killer (qu'est-ce que c'est?) from getting one. Or, more likely,...

Machine Gun Madness Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

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I was slogging through some of the saved bookmarks on my desktop this morning. I stumbled on an old article about a human factors guru named Earl Weiner. Since my last post on TTAG...
Columbia, SC bans use of bump fire stocks

Guess What Percentage of Comments Opposed ATF Bump Fire Stock Ban

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"In December, the ATF announced that it would explore the possibility of regulating bump stocks by reclassifying them as machine guns," The Trace reports. "The agency initiated a public comment period to solicit input from manufacturers, retailers, and consumers...

Franklin Armory, a Straight Shooter? Design Details Confirmed.

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The bell of the SHOT Show ball this year is the Franklin Armory Reformation. It's an AR15 with an 11.5'' barrel but not subject to the NFA. I got to shoot it yesterday and...
Former ATF Technical Branch Chief Rick Vasquez (courtesy youtube.com)

ATF Bump Fire Stock Regulation Aims to Set Legally Acceptable Rate of Fire

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In the video below, former ATF Firearms Tech Branch Chief Rick Vasquez sounds the alarm on the Bureau's soon-to-be-released bump fire stock ban. As the Military Arms Channel's Tim Harmsen discovered, the new regs...
Bump fire stock (courtesy washingtonpost.com)

List of States and Cities That Ban/Want to Ban Bump Fire Stocks. Is Your...

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"States and municipalities nationwide are attempting to ban bump stocks -- devices used to make rifles fire more rapidly," washingtonpost.com reports, "after Congress failed to act on bipartisan resolve to restrict them following their...

California Laws Restricting Ammo Sales, Legalizing Weed Make Gun Owners’ Lives More Difficult

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If you're a gun owner who lives in California, you may not have been popping any champagne corks last night as 2017 turned to 2018. A new law heavily regulating ammunition sales went into...
Patients must choose: Medical marijuana or gun ownership

Gun Rights or Medical Marijuana…You Can’t Have Both

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This is becoming more of a problem every day . . . Patients must choose: Medical marijuana or gun ownership The town drunk can buy firearms. So can someone who has been involuntarily placed in a mental...
Slidefire bump stock

ATF Seeking Public Comment on Bump Stock Rule

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From AmmoLand.com: The Department of Justice anticipates issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would interpret the statutory definition of “machine gun” in the National Firearms Act of 1934 and Gun Control Act of...
Trump ended Obama's Operation Choke Point

Despite End of Operation Choke Point, Firearms Businesses Still Face Financial Services Discrimination

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By Adam Carlson Being a gun dealer isn’t easy. Sure, the previous president (AKA The Greatest Gun Salesman of All Time) offered a sustained sales boom to gun dealers everywhere. But, over the last decade, internet sales...