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Mandatory Firearm Serialization Comes to Maine

Maine’s LD 1126 goes into effect in January 2027. This means personally made firearms (PMFs) must now be serialized. Combine this with the ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F, and it is a significant change in the legal landscape for those who choose to make their own firearms.

DISCLAIMER: This is MY and ONLY MY interpretation of the laws, motivations and impacts. I strongly urge you to do your own research AND consult a qualified firearm attorney.

ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F: The SUPER SIMPLIFIED version of this is unfinished receivers are now considered actual firearms. It also dictates the content/format of any serial number applied by a FFL. It MUST be the FFL’s shortened number (8 digits) – plus a unique to-the-FFL number. The number must be recorded in the FFL’s A&D (Acquisition & Disposition) book.

Prior to this new rule, serialization could be completed with the name of the person who ‘manufactured’ it, along with the city/state of manufacture, model, caliber and a unique to them serial number. The ATF didn’t like this and called them “fictitious serial numbers” since they weren’t officially registered.

Maine’s LD 1126: Again, the SUPER SIMPLIFIED version says you may not possess an unfinished frame or receiver unless it has been imprinted with a serial number applied by a FFL. It also requires additional records be kept by the FFL on the firearms serialized.

Neither the ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F or Maine’s LD1126 require a 4473 and NICS background check to return a newly engraved ‘firearm’ back to the person who brought it in.

Does having a serial number engraved on your PMF put it on a registry? No, but actually yes.

The ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F now treats frames and receivers the same as commercially made firearms which can be traced from the manufacturer to the distributor to the retailer to the first owner. If Universal Background Checks are in place in your state, it continues on to the current owner.

This means a personally made firearm is now traceable to the original owner since the first part of the serial number is the FFL who engraved it, and that FFL has the owner’s name & address recorded in their A&D book.

By statue, the ATF is not allowed to create an electronic database of owners and their firearms. However, the ATF has already admitted to having done exactly this but claim to have put safeguards in place to prevent it from being used contrary to the statue’s ‘intent’, such as being able to look up a person and see all the firearms they own. You can believe that one if you’d like.

Now combine this with a change in FFL retention rules. FFL’s used to be able to dispose of all 4473 records after 20 years. Now, they must retain them in perpetuity and turn them into the ATF when they go out of business. The ATF has also been copying 4473 and A&D records outside of any specific investigations during their normal inspections of FFL’s.

States like California already have their own firearm registry.

So… yes, serializing your firearm ‘registers’ it to you.

Should you serialize your firearm/receiver/frame?

One of the reasons many choose to manufacture their own is to have a firearm the government doesn’t know about. This goes back to the unfortunate truth; registration leads to confiscation. It always has and always will. There is no other reason for firearm registration to exist.

But then there is the reality of life. Not everyone is willing to risk state or federal criminal charges for a self-manufactured firearm. Everyone must look at their own life, job, family, finances, community and myriad other factors to decide if they want risk a potential arrest, prosecution, fines, incarceration or potentially the loss of their Second Amendment rights.

I offer no value judgements here. Everyone must do what they feel is right for themselves. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Personally, I believe both the ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F and Maine’s LD 1126 are unconstitutional overreaches and should be repealed. If our representatives and courts were doing their jobs and supporting the Constitution and all the sections of the Bill of Rights, this would never have been a problem. But this is what we have to deal with right now.

ATF’s Final Rule – 2021R-05F – https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/definition-frame-or-receiver

Maine’s LD 1126 – https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0745&item=7&snum=132

Bob

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Measuring the Success of Gun Control

Two bits of information came out recently which illustrate the utter failure of gun control. Gun Control, Inc’s annual survey of the states’ gun control laws placed California in the top spot again with an “A” rating. We now also have the FBI’s report showing California had the most “active shooter incidents” for the five-year period from 2020 to 2024.

Like most people I would trust many things (a drink from Bill Cosby, an email from a Nigerian prince, gas station nachos) more than I trust the FBI to accurately report just about anything, but this isn’t the first time they’ve reported California with the most active shooter incidents, previously putting them in nationwide lead from 2020-2023. Note: A “FBI Trusted Statistics” article coming soon.

But let’s start off with the anti-gun Gifford’s 2025 Gun Safety Grades Across the Country. Their annual scorecard ranks states based on their assessment of “gun safety”. #1 ranked California with an A score, is their shining example of what a gun safety means. Giffords says… “Policies are assigned point values based on how effective they are at reducing gun violence…”.

Here is a PARTIAL list of what California has implemented. Universal background checks, strict limitations on the make/model/type of firearms available for purchase, a 10-day waiting period for purchases, minimum age restrictions, bans on so-called “assault weapons”, “large capacity magazines” and “ghost guns”, mandatory registration and state firearm sales record retention, safe storage laws, firearm dealer regulation and licensing at the state, county and local level, gun industry liability and responsibility laws, severe restrictions on public carry of concealed firearms by licensed individuals along with increased permit requirements, restrictions and licensing on conceal carry instructors, ammunition background checks, extreme risk protection orders (red flag laws), domestic violence gun laws, firearm relinquishment requirements, a ban on K-12 teachers being armed for classroom defense, funding for state sponsored community violence intervention and gun violence research.

You might think they’ve got every possible gun control law already in effect. Think again! In 2026 California bans so-called “machinegun-convertible pistols”. An online parts ban law targets everything from firearm components and accessories to tools, 3D printers, and even digital files and code. FFL’s face new annual mandatory training requirements for employes who handle firearms. Mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms expands to include “precursor” parts. A new three-firearms-per-month law comes into effect, even though courts have already ruled this is unconstitutional. Queued up for 2027, firearm barrels will be treated as a complete firearm requiring a background check from a dealer for sales and transfers.

Where are the new and improved laws that will stop a criminal/thug/terrorist from using an illegal firearm in a crime? Nowhere. Because all the laws are focused on the law-abiding firearm owner, the ones who care to follow the law. Given the gun control’s focus on restricting and eliminating the Second Amendment protected rights of law-abiding citizens, the conflicting numbers are no surprise.

But let’s be honest here. Do-nothing-for-public-safety gun control laws don’t fail by themselves. They are aided by a political and legal environment that refuses to hold criminals accountable for their actions. Politicians create laws to release those convicted of crimes from incarceration and minimize any potential penalties for newly committed crimes.

Soft-on-crime prosecutors using their ‘discretion’ refuse to prosecute wide ranges of crimes. Those who are arrested are immediately released and the very few who are convicted are given slap-on-the-wrist sentences. This leads to ever increasing lawlessness and violence in the communities as the criminals realize there is very little preventing them from escalating their crime and violence.

Any why shouldn’t criminals commit crime and violence? Their intended victims have been conveniently disarmed by the state so they know they can act with impunity. So, the FBI’s numbers showing California leading the country in active shooter incidents make perfect sense.

What do the numbers and rankings from Gun Control, Inc. mean? To be honest, absolutely nothing. Their in-house “research” is carefully manipulated and manufactured to make it appear the gun control laws they are pushing are going to keep you safe. Independent research, which is NOT paid for by the anti-gun lobby groups and Gun Control, Inc., show the opposite. The most violent, dangerous and deadly areas of the country are those with the tightest gun control laws.

By the way: In thirteen states the Giffords gun control group gave an “F” grade to have had no mass public shootings since 2010 — Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.

And California is a living, breathing – – – bleeding, suffering, dying example of this.

Bob

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H.R.38 – Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 – Again

Is the ramped-up opposition to the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 from Gun Control, Inc. a good thing? Could the anti-gun zealots read of the room indicate we may see progress on national reciprocity this time around?

Of note, the bill now with 189 Republican co-sponsors, up from the original 119, has passed a committee vote in the House of Representatives and could be placed on the calendar at any time. The President has said he would sign the bill if passed by Congress.

If you haven’t read the bill yet, take a minute and do it now. It’s short. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/38

For those of you paying attention to the activities of Gun Control Inc, you’ve probably noticed an uptick in ads, so-called “research”, reports and opposition to HR 38. Most bear the same false claims they parade out with every constitutional carry proposal in the states. They claim it would be the “wild, wild west” and “blood would flow in the streets” and call it “criminal carry”. They are calling this version a “race to the bottom” that eliminates their highly restrictive state-imposed licensing.

Let’s keep in mind what actually happens when states have implemented constitutional carry, violent crime has gone down.

There are now 29 states where constitutional carry – carrying a concealed firearm without a state issued permit – is now legal. The last 13 being brought in since the current (as of 01/19/24) anti-gun administration began. That’s more than half the states in the country where 46.8% of Americans (157.6 million) now live in constitutional carry states, with 67.7% of the land in the country (2.57 million square miles).

Interestingly enough, the number of concealed carry permit holders, 21.5 million, has gone down as the number of constitutional carry states increased. The reason is understandable as people who once were required to get a government issued permit no longer need to, saving the time, administrative hassle and costs associated with obtaining and keeping a permit valid. Those who do obtain one generally do so for additional benefits such as expanded carry zones, reciprocity with other states and no duty to inform on interactions with law enforcement.

In addition to the ad blitz, Gun Control, Inc. has gotten the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police to come out against HR 38, arguing that it could place officers in both legal and physical danger. This is of course unsurprising since these organizations are controlled by the agency heads of the largest law enforcement departments, appointed by the most liberal/anti-gun city councils in the country. In other words, politicians with badges. Taking their recommendations on safety for the general public comes with a large, and sad, grain of salt.

What do the rank-and-file officers say? According to a recent law enforcement survey of working officers more than 91 percent of respondents support the concealed carry of firearms by civilians who have not been convicted of a felony and/or not been deemed psychologically/medically incapable. A full 86 percent feel that casualties would have been reduced or avoided in recent tragedies like Newtown and Aurora if a legally armed citizen was present (casualties reduced: 80 percent; avoided altogether: 60 percent).

Let’s not forget there is already one conceal carry permit in the form of LEOSA (Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act). However, this applies only to qualified current, retired and separated law enforcement officials. It has also been summarily ignored by several anti-gun states even though the federal law has precedence over the state law. Properly credentialed LEOSA officers have been arrested and had firearms confiscated but released in the morning without charges. It’s the old cop saying, “you can’t take back a night in jail”. This harassment of law enforcement officers carrying under federal law may preview how some states will treat those carrying under a new national reciprocity act.

One of the objections noted by the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police was the potential HR 38 could pierce law enforcement’s qualified immunity. Based on the way the anti-gun states treat officers from other states, you can see why the provision is in the bill.

So why not get a concealed carry permit in the other states? Well, thanks to the diligent efforts of Second Amendment supporters, non-permissive states have been forced to offer their coveted concealed carry permits to out-of-state applicants. This in addition to being forced to offer them to their own in-state applicants. However, it’s not without considerable cost or burden. Non-permissive states have dragged out applications and approvals for months past their statutory limits with no recourse for correction other than the courts.

One individual I am aware of has spent over $10k for him and his wife to be able to carry in 46 states plus D.C., with four more states to go. Is this the kind of access a constitutionally protected natural right should have? How many people could afford the time and money to chase this around the country? Concealed carry permitting, and now especially out-of-state permitting dramatically discriminates against those who cannot afford the time and cost of their licensing schemes.

So, what will happen with HR 38? With only 189 co-sponsors and the Republican to Democrat split in the House of Representatives at 220 to 213, this bill could potentially pass IF the majority stuck together, an unlikely proposition. The prospects in the Senate are much less appealing. With a 53 to 47 Republican majority, there are not enough to get to the 60 votes necessary to pass it as the Democrat side would never allow it.

The anti-gun side is pushing hard to stop this. We need to be pushing back even harder.

This means it’s up to us to let our federal representatives in the House and Senate know our support for these bills. This is especially true for those of us, like me, with RINO representation. They represent US, and we need to remind them of that.

Bob

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Concealed or Open Carry?

I am fortunate to live in a constitutional carry state which includes open and concealed carry as well as strong preemption laws, at least for now. This has remained true despite the state’s best attempts to lean hard left with every do-nothing-for-safety gun control law proposal from the zealots at Gun Control, Inc. As such, the defense of concealed and open carry becomes very important.

I firmly support concealed and open carry, but I also believe some people need to make better choices for the location and situation they are in.

Constitutional carry I’ve written about before. While the gun control folks ALWAYS claim it will be “the wild, wild west” with “blood running in the streets” if passed, the exact opposite has ALWAYS occurred. Violent crime goes down in the states where constitutional carry is passed.

The reason behind this is crystal clear, at least to everyone except the anti-gun extremists. When the civilian population is armed, criminals are less inclined to attack them. Criminals it turns out, aren’t stupid, they are just criminals. If someone has the ability to stop them, they will move on to someone who doesn’t.

Carrying a firearm for your own protection and the protection of your family, while out in public is not just a good idea, but a responsible choice. The more people who do this, the safer everyone is. But how you carry is just as important.

With open carry, your firearm is out and visible to everyone around you. The plus there is it provides a visual deterrent to anyone who may wish to attack/rob/rape/kill you. It’s also a lot quicker and easier to draw from an open carry holster. The downside your firearm is out and visible to everyone around you. It makes you, and your firearm, a target of theft. Beyond that, it also tends to cause unnecessary concern for others who do not understand or support civilian firearm ownership or open carry.

While there isn’t a huge body of evidence on grabbing open carry firearms, it does occur. Notably off-duty officers in NYPD have been targets of firearm theft with exposed firearms. There are of course the anti-gun social media warriors who proudly proclaim they will ‘pepper spray and snatch the gun’ from anyone they see open carrying. I’m not aware of this happening anywhere since most people agree this would be a really, really bad idea.

This brings up HOW you open carry. Sadly, far too many choose the cheapest, one-size-fits-none padded Uncle Mike’s, or similar ill-fitting/non-safety holster for their carry option. While it may work, it’s not a good choice. Holster technology has come a long way, and secure civilian options are available. Paired with an appropriate belt, this would be a far better choice.

But it doesn’t end there. Making the choice to open carry a firearm ‘should’ mean taking a little more responsibility for the safety and security of the firearm. This means not only traditional firearm training, but also firearm retention training.

I can tell you based on my own experience and that of the officers I know and have known, the vast majority of law enforcement officers have not had sufficient training in firearm retention. It just isn’t a priority in most departments, until a tragedy occurs. The civilian market is far, far worse. Training is available, but it’s not commonly offered. And that’s a damn shame.

Bear in mind I’m referring to what I call appropriate open carry. There is also what I call “inappropriate” or stupid open carry. You’ve probably seen one of these folks at some point in your life. Two, three, four – or more – handguns in holsters in various positions on the body, along with multiple back up mags for each, along with knives… lots of knives. Just… no.

The same thing applies to those who strap an AR or AK pattern rifle on their back and decide to go to Starbucks or “patrol” their neighborhood in their finest downrange camo. HELL no!

Some argue if you don’t exercise a right then you lose it. While I agree in principle, that concept doesn’t apply to those who do foolish crap just to see how much attention they can attract. There is a time and place for obvious Second Amendment displays, and rarely do they attract negative attention. Choosing when and where you open carry is as important as how you carry.

My preference is for concealed carry. The plus here is your potential assailant doesn’t know if you are or are not armed. The downside is the visual deterrent of an exposed firearm isn’t there, until such time the firearm is justifiably and lawfully needed. How do you mitigate this downside? By being alert and aware of your surroundings. By not being focused on your phone or some other distraction, you become less of a target in the first place.

New concealed carriers often struggle with the whole concealed concept and are constantly adjusting and rearraigning themselves. For the most part, it’s unnecessary and it just takes a little getting used to. But carrying concealed also comes with some drawbacks such as how and where the best place is to carry on the body. The good news is there are hundreds of options available, and most people will try a number of them until they figure out what works best for them, their wardrobe, body and situation.

The other big drawback is drawing a firearm from under whatever you have concealing it. Warm weather is one thing, but in parts of the country where numerous layers are needed in the winter, it can be a challenge. Here again is where your personal responsibility for adequate training comes in. Drawing from a concealed position is not the same as from an exposed holster. It takes practice and close attention to the fundamentals of safety.

One last thing. If you’re going to lawfully carry, always carry. Make it a part of grabbing whatever you grab before you leave the house for the day, every day. Your safety and the safety of your family is 100% YOUR responsibility. Nobody else is going to protect you.

Bob

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Sig Sauer & the Uncommanded Discharge

Despite Sig Sauer’s best efforts to deflect, delay and deny, the issues with their P320/M17/M18 handguns have not gone away. Incidents of “uncommanded discharge”, the politically correct way of saying the firearm fired on its own, continue to come in. A new recent unmistakably clear video showing no manipulation of the trigger, yet it still went off.

There is an update to the incident involving a Sig Sauer M18 which claimed the life of a US airman. One airman, who it appears later took his own life, was charged with manslaughter for negligently pointing his firearm at the victim and firing. Two other airmen in the room also lied about the incident. NONE of this should have happened and those who remain deserve all the scorn their betrayal to the Air Force and their fellow airmen this brings with it.

While THIS incident was resolved in Sig Sauer’s favor, it does not erase the injuries and lives lost going back around 10 years now. Numerous lawsuits have been filed, the most recent this past week, involving thirty-four (34) P320 owners-plaintiffs across 23 states. From everything I have seen, there are hundreds of victims around the country.

The State of New Jersey has also sued Sig Sauer demanding they stop selling this firearm and recall them. At least 10 New Jersey residents have been injured in shootings involving the P320, according to the suit, including the death of a police detective.

Other lawsuits from around the country have had mixed results. Some resulting in victory against Sig Sauer and being awarded multi-million-dollar monetary damages, others have failed. One officer in Massachusetts did win with the federal court ruling the Sig Sauer P320 pistol was defectively designed and caused him injury when it unintentionally discharged while on-duty. However, he will not receive monetary damages after the jury agreed with Sig Sauer that the officer “voluntarily and unreasonably used the P320 pistol knowing that it was defective and dangerous.”

I suppose any victory is a victory, but I can’t imagine the moral gymnastics of arguing they weren’t responsible for damages because the victim knew it was “defective and dangerous”, while also arguing the firearm is not defective.

Also note this year New Hampshire based Sig Sauer successfully lobbied the New Hampshire legislature to provide the company immunity from additional lawsuits concerning these claims.

Still, the fallout for Sig Sauer has been significant. While their military contracts remain intact, law enforcement agencies around the country continue to drop Sig Sauer for other duty firearms. Training companies and ranges will not allow Sig Sauer P320/M17/M18 to be used in their classes or at their facilities.

Gunsmiths are refusing to work on them, and respectable firearm retailers are no longer willing to sell them. Some retailers are taking them in on trade, at a HIGHLY discounted price, and locking them away in back of the vaults under the belief that someday Sig Sauer will step up to the plate by admitting the flaw, issue a mandatory recall to repair them and return them to the expensive and sought after firearms they have always been.

At the same time, two of the company’s top professional shooters & brand ambassadors have recently ended their relationship with the Sig Sauer. There has been no connection to the current issue made by the shooters or the company, but it certainly doesn’t help their image.

Sig Sauer continues to be defiant and denies their firearms have any issues. Keep this in mind when you realize they also quietly updated their P320 user manual to include: “THE MOST EFFECTIVE SAFETY IS TO CARRY YOUR PISTOL WITHOUT A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, AND TO LOAD A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER ONLY WHEN READY TO FIRE”.

Other than the tragic and unnecessary loss of life, as well as the pain and suffering of those injured, the worst part is damage this is doing to the overall firearm industry. All firearm manufacturers are under the microscope of the coordinated and unlimitedly funded Gun Control, Inc. just waiting for one of them to make a big enough mistake or simply blink.

Glock is desperately trying to keep their access to the civilian marketplace due to new misguided, partisan regulations and activist backed lawsuits, all due to highly illegal so-called “Glock Switches” they don’t make and definitely don’t sanction.

Sig Sauer’s defiance just adds fuel to the anti-gun fire by making it look like ‘another’ evil gun company doesn’t care about the safety of the military, law enforcement, civilian consumers or the community at large. It’s a bad look for Sig Sauer, and a bad look for the firearm community.

Bob

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The Future of Glock?

Glock recently and abruptly announced the cancelation of almost all their Gen 3 – 5 pistols along with the upcoming replacement “V” line. While there has been no official statement on the reasons why, it is widely believed to be in response to ongoing litigation from multiple states as well as California’s new law banning ‘cruciform trigger bars’ found in Glock and Glock clones that make it “easy” to convert to fully automatic.

The first thing to know about this is these so-called “Glock Switches” are themselves illegal. They are federally classified as a machine gun part within the NFA (National Firearms Act) and hence, illegal to own nationwide. A handful of cities and states have also made them illegal there to because, you know, making something doubly illegal will make criminals think twice before breaking the law!

Where did these switches come from? The design was patented by a Venezuelan man in 1998, who claims he invented it in 1987. His intent was to sell these to police and military around the world to convert their standard Glock pistols to full auto. The first reported appearance in the United States was in 2002. In 2019 thousands were recovered after being imported from China. Since 2021 they have been widely self-manufactured with common 3D printers.

Who can we credit for the rapid proliferation throughout the country? China or another foreign interest? Or maybe even from within the false flag department of our own three letter agencies working to curtail the legal firearm market. Previous ATF “advisories” on the switches are undeniably detailed enough so even a novice 3D printer could create one from the drawings.

Glock itself only made one fully automatic pistol, the Glock 18 and it was designed specifically so parts could not be used with the company’s semi-auto Glock 17, or any other Glock pistol.

But facts don’t stop the folks at Gun Control, Inc. from putting out propaganda falsely claiming Glock intentionally flooded the market with guns they knew were easily converted into illegal machine guns for over 40 years.

Not wanting to be left out of the latest gun ban craze, California enacted a “Glock Ban” law, AB 1127, calling them “machinegun-convertible pistol[s]” (MCP). While the law does not mention Glock by name, it targets the type of mechanism Glock developed, the “cruciform trigger bar”, and the easy replacement of the slide backplate that “interferes with the trigger mechanism”. The new law does not (yet) outlaw the possession of these firearms but makes it illegal to sell at retail going forward. Except for law enforcement officers, naturally.

As with any popular firearm, there are MANY Glock clone manufacturers who use the same type of mechanism and are compatible with Glock parts. None of these will be able to be sold in California either. Not that a lot of them CAN be sold in California due to the requirements of their Handgun Roster.

But now, fresh off Gun Control Inc’s victory of getting Glock out of the California market, they have started going after the clone manufacturers. As is their usual tactic of going after the largest manufacturers first hoping the small companies will fall into place themselves, they have targeted Ruger for its ONE Glock clone, the RXM, even though there isn’t a single documented case of a switch being used with an RXM.

With the new Glock V models already shipping, numerous pundits have taken them apart and evaluated the changes. Again, while not explicitly stated by Glock, the changes are clearly designed to defeat the now common “after-market accessory”.

But guess what, within a couple of days of the new V models hitting the street, images were being posted on the internet of new and improved Glock switches attached to the V slides, including videos of them successfully being fired full auto. What hasn’t been disclosed if they were able to do this with just a newly designed backplate attachment of if they had to perform other modifications or to the firearm frame or slide itself.

California’s new Glock Ban law does allow a manufacturer to resubmit a redesigned firearm for testing to be added back to the Roster, but that will be pointless for Glock. Their ONLY previous models were the discontinued Gen 3 models and the new V models are all based on the Gen 5. They also still contain the ‘evil’ cruciform trigger bar. And let’s face it, with the V’s already being converted to full auto, Glock has effectively been locked out of California, their third largest market.

And I’m pretty sure that was the intent. Gun Control, Inc. has pulled off a major coup here. Instead of focusing the enforcement, prosecution and legislative efforts around the country on those who create and use the illegal switches, they went after the LEGAL firearms and customers. With this they can take out one of the most popular line of handguns in the country.

They did this by getting all Glock pistols reclassified into the newly crafted and decided evil “machinegun-convertible pistol” category and pulled from the consumer market. While this is currently only in the People’s Republik of Kalifornistan, you can be sure every other nanny gun control state is queuing up a similar law for their next legislative session. And you can absolutely count on a federal NFA ban coming with the next Democrat controlled Congress and White House.

So, what about all those pre-existing Glocks in California? They are currently “grandfathered” in and remain legal to own. But as with all grandfathered laws, it should be considered a deferred ban. Deferred until such time the legislature decides to eliminate the “dangerous loophole” in the law and get those too-deadly-for-civilians-to-own “machinegun-convertible pistols” off the streets.

Is anyone talking about this yet? No, of course not. Gun Control, Inc. never talks about next steps in gun control. They only talk about the small, incremental “common sense gun safety measures” in tiny pieces they know they can get past the populus without much resistance. How do you think people would respond if they came out and admitted their goal was to eliminate the private ownership of all Glock pistols?

The first step is already complete, no new sales of Glock or Glock clone pistols. Then the ban will include party-to-party sales or transfers. Then no passing them down to descendants. Then an outright ban to close the “dangerous loophole” once and for all. And since all handguns are already registered in California, the mandatory government buy back will be MUCH easier to do.

Think I’m wrong? Time will tell.

Bob

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The Gun Control Dilemma – Common Hunting Rifle or Deadly Sniper Rifle

Whenever a crime involving a firearm occurs, the anti-gun extremists drag out the same old arguments that only MORE gun control can make you safe. But what happens when the firearm doesn’t fall into the proper ‘evil’ category? You’d think this would be a problem, but in gun control fantasy land, this is an opportunity to open a whole new strategy of pointless regulations.

The case in point is the public assassination of Charlie Kirk. The left controlled media attempted to deflect attention away from the motivation of the perpetrator, putting out such preposterous fantasies such as it was a stray bullet from right wing supporters celebratory shooting into the air or a shot of that distance could only have been a military/right wing trained sniper.

True to form, the anti-gun extremists began calling for more gun control even before the deceased’ body was cold and the firearm in question was identified and recovered. They demanded universal background checks, red flag laws, assault weapon bans, and to eliminate campus carry and open carry laws. But then, it turns out the firearm used was just an old hunting rifle.

You would think that would be a problem for Gun Control, Inc., but instead it just presented an opportunity to ban the new evil, sniper (hunting) rifles.

Hunting has always been a target of the anti-gun extremists. While consistently saying they are not trying to ban common hunting rifles, implying they are the only thing protected by the Second Amendment, they simultaneously target everything to do with hunting. This has included ever increasing restrictions on where, when and how you can hunt, bans on lead ammunition, bans on specific calibers or types of ammunition, and steadily increased hunting license fees and ammunition taxes. The goal has always been to make hunting so restricted and expensive that fewer and fewer people would participate in hunting, eventually eliminating wildlife conservation and the tradition of hunting.

From the information available now, it appears the firearm used in this attack was a sporterized Mauser 98, converted to 30-06. This would have been a common post war conversion from a German-made military surplus into a US compatible hunting rifle. It also appears the assassin’s firearm was owned at some point by the perpetrator’s grandfather. The full details have yet to be released.

A couple of notes about hunting rifles. They are usually larger calibers and more powerful than the so-called “high power assault weapons” customarily villainized by the anti-gun extremists and are usually equipped with scopes. They could be semi-automatic, bolt, level or pump action. An accurate 200-yard shot, exclaimed by the liberal press as being an impossible shot over TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, is fairly common for your average hunter.

So what to do? This wasn’t a handgun, so-called ‘assault weapon’, or a concealed carry firearm. And since the gun control activists have always said they don’t want to take away anyone’s hunting rifle, how do they turn this into a new push for more gun control?

The first strategy is what the Second Amendment community has been warning about for years. They won’t come after hunting rifles. They will reclassify them as high caliber ‘sniper rifles’ and say they are too dangerous for the public to own.

The next is an adaptation of the ghost gun laws. This particular firearm may, or may not have a serial number if it was produced an/or imported before 1968. Without at serial number the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives) cannot conduct a “trace” on it.

Is a trace critical to solving the crime committed using the firearm? The vast majority of the time, no. It’s more often used to determine other crimes like firearm trafficking or illegal possession by prohibited persons.

Since old, non-serialized firearms can’t be traced in the normal way, that means they’ll have to be serialized and registered. The mechanism to do this is already there in the ‘ghost gun’ laws where self-made firearms must be assigned a state issued serial number, engraved and registered. Yes, registered. But you knew that already.

That brings up universal background checks so that the ownership and movements of every firearm in the country can be monitored and controlled.

And finally, we have mandatory safe storage laws. Again, the facts of the case have not been released yet, but if in fact the grandfather’s rifle was taken and used without permission, then whomever owned it at the time would be made liable, even if the firearm was stolen from them.

In case you think all this is wild conspiracy theory thinking, all these things have previously been brought up by the gun control extremists. The wording and approach are already being shopped and refined in test markets around the country.

Does it matter if this, or any firearm, is classified as a hunting rifle or sniper rifle? Of course not. There is no dilemma. The anti-gun extremists want to ban them all. They just know they have to properly frame their gun grab scheme so the uneducated masses will think they are doing something in the interest of public safety. They just needed a triggering event to get the gun control ball rolling using the sickening mantra of “Never let a good crisis go to waste”.

What does this mean for hunters, target, competition and recreational shooters and collectors? Up until now you’ve been able to sit on the sidelines and say none of this crazy gun control stuff impacts you. Not any longer! It’s headed your way, and lot sooner than you think.

What should you do? That’s the easy part. STOP ELECTING PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS!!

Bob

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Freedom to Hate

It is said that a crisis brings out the best in people. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen in the past week, it also brings out the worst. Once again, we see the worst among us celebrating another cold-blooded murder of an innocent man in broad daylight. Why? Because hate is used as justification for violence. Hatred of the person, hatred of the ideas, hatred of the words.

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, CEO and founder of Turning Point USA was assassinated at the Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The reaction from the radical and extremist left has been nothing short of disgusting. According to one left wing extremist who celebrated the murder, “You need conservatives to be afraid of getting killed when they go to events.”

While the vast majority of the United States and the rest of the world condemned this horrific act and offered sympathy to his family, a far too large number engaged in sickening public displays of celebration and praise for the actions. Many of those involved are in positions of trust and authority over the lives of others including teachers, professors, students, administrators, clerks, doctors, nurses, lawyers, judges, politicians, pilots, authors, law enforcement, fire fighters and even the military.

The response to this vitriol from the civilized world has been swift and brutal. One source tracking the publicly available information has collected over 50,000 reports of celebrations and approvals for the killing. To date there have been hundreds of terminations, suspensions, expulsions along with arrests for acts of violence and vandalism. Repercussions have included cancellation of contracts, concerts, events and travel visas, not just in the US but around the world.

Those who are being called out are claiming this is unlawful since their words are protected speech under the First Amendment and that they were simply expressing a different opinion on the assassination. What they are missing is your freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. The First Amendment protects your right to free speech from government censorship, NOT from any consequences of your hate and hate inspired speech and actions.

Well guess what, it doesn’t matter. Businesses, schools, courts, law enforcement and the military are correct in not wanting to be represented by individuals who believe killing someone because they don’t believe what you do is appropriate. They can justifiably question whether these individuals know basic right from wrong, and seeing their endorsement of homicide is a massive red flag. Are these the people you want making decisions in your business, for your students, for your children, for your patients, for your customers, for your safety?

Of course, no crisis would be complete without the gun control extremists chiming in. As always, before the deceased’ body is even cold, they were calling for more gun control since the ONLY way (in their minds) to prevent this kind of so-called “gun violence” is to implement universal background checks, red flag laws, assault weapon bans, and eliminate campus carry and open carry laws.

Does it matter that even in the most restrictive, draconian implementation of all these laws it still wouldn’t have stopped this crime? No, of course not! But that doesn’t matter in gun control fantasy land. Only that you have THESE laws in place so you can implement the NEXT, even more restrictive set of gun control laws.

Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.

This horrific incident has awakened significant interest in Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA and the values he argued for. Where many had sat on the sidelines and not gotten involved, they are now stepping up to be heard. Turning Point USA has already received over 32,000 requests for new chapters in colleges and high schools in the United States.

Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, was just named the new Turning Point USA CEO. Among the statements she has made are:

“You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.”

To those who hate I will say only this. You have every right to your hate and to express your hatred, just don’t expect the rest of the world to support you and your views. If you find yourself ostracized from civil society, it is no one’s fault but your own. Your right to free speech does not mean you are free from consequences.

Perhaps it’s time you stopped listening to the rhetoric spewed out by the political ‘leaders’ who call on you to do their dirty work, then sit back and deny any involvement in promoting violence.

Bob

Feeling Safer vs. Being Safer, Part Duex

In a recent article from the noted public safety experts at Rolling Stone magazine, they reported “more Americans feel less safe when it comes to people legally carrying concealed guns in public.” Of course, feeling safe means diddly squat when you aren’t ACTUALLY safe.

The story, a collaboration with anti-gun mouthpiece The Trace, is based on the conclusion-directed research funded by the Gun Control, Inc cabal. Entitled “Multi-Generational Research: Purchases, Perceptions, and Participation for the Firearms Industry”, it describes how non-firearm owners as well as current firearm owners don’t “feel” safe with other people carrying concealed firearms in public. It then launches into attacking the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) and the proposed Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act currently working its way through Congress.

Have we heard this BS before? Of course. I, along with many others have pointed out the fallacies they present, as well as straight out lies the anti-gun community tells numerous times. But, since they continue to spread this crapola, let’s say it again.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, among other things, removed the ability of states to require applicants for a concealed carry permit show “proper cause”. This ended the highly discretionary and discriminatory practice of issuing permits to a very select few or essentially no one. Combine this with the fact there are currently 29 states which have returned to Constitutional Carry status, that is the ability for citizens of that state to carry a concealed firearm for self-defense without a government issued permit, and more people than ever before are carrying a firearm for personal protection EXCEPT in the most gun-controlled states.

Gun Control, Inc. has argued in every state and in federal courts that the result of loosening their highly restrictive concealed carry permit requirements would result in states “becoming the wild, wild west”, “blood running in the streets” and “people settling arguments with guns”. Of course, the result has always been the exact opposite. Violent crime rates fell, and ordinary, everyday people are ACTUALLY safer.

The recent horrific shooting inside an office building in New York highlights the utter failure of gun control. New York, which earns an A rating from the Gun Control, Inc. affiliates, with every gun law on the gun control wish list in place, and New York City, with unquestionably the most restrictive concealed carry restrictions in the nation, did nothing to protect the victims of this crime. With no effective means of self-defense, unarmed civilians became unarmed victims.

But where does New York place the blame? On gun laws in Nevada allowing this type of firearm to be purchased legally. No mention of the New York laws which the perpetrator broke in bringing firearms, so-called “large capacity magazines”, and ammunition into New York or carrying them in public. But then, homicide is illegal too, but once again, that didn’t stop him either.

This is a common tactic for the most gun-controlled areas of the country when someone uses a firearm in a crime. It’s not THEIR fault someone broke THEIR gun control laws, it’s the OTHER state’s loose gun laws that allowed the criminal to obtain them in the first place. Because of THEM, they were able to bring guns into their safe havens and use it on THEIR unarmed victims.

The thing is the areas where they say these firearms come from don’t have the same crime and violence as the heavily gun controlled areas do. Understanding why is easy. Armed people are able to protect themselves and criminals prefer unarmed victims. Go figure.

New York loves to make people “feel” safer. Last year it began installing new, brighter lights in the subway system. “Riders are going to see a difference, it will be brighter. Your platforms, mezzanines, and staircases will now be lighter and brighter and that will give the sense of comfort that the system is more safe.” As you might expect, it hasn’t helped, and crime has continued along as always. People are not safer, just better illuminated.

So the question becomes, what would you rather have, a false sense of feeling safer or being safer?

Being safer is having the knowledge and capability to protect yourself and your family, in your home or out in public, with the best tools available for the job. But it goes beyond that. Being safer means taking the responsibility of owning, carrying and using firearms seriously. It not only means the right equipment it means training in the use of your firearms as well as situational awareness, de-escalation techniques and non-lethal self-defense tools, because not every situation is a deadly force one. It means knowing the law and knowing what your personal, moral, and ethical limits are. It means having an emergency plan for your home and when you are in public. It means constantly assessing what is going on around you and how you are going to mitigate those risks.

But I’m going to take being safer one step further. It means doing everything you can to ensure a safer environment for the next generation of your family. It means stopping asinine, do-nothing gun control laws that have never made the public safer in their tracks. It means voting out your political representatives at the local, county, state, and federal level when it becomes clear they will not follow their oath of office to support and defend the Constitution, ALL the Constitution. It means finding and electing new representation who will or, maybe standing up yourself.

Feeling safe means nothing if you aren’t actually safe. Reject the gun control lies and propaganda and decide what is right for you and your family.

Bob

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Sig Sauer – It’s Not Over Yet

With the recent death of a United States Air Force Airman in what is being reported as an “uncommanded discharge” of a M18, Sig Sauer is facing even more scrutiny for safety issues with its firearms. Defiant and unapologetic up to now, Sig Sauer is may finally have to publicly address a flaw they’ve denied existed for years. Unfortunately, it appears a service member’s life may be what finally gets their attention.

At issue is Sig Sauer’s civilian P320 and its military counterparts the M17 & M18, known as the Modular Handgun System.

For years the Sig P320 has been the subject of ridicule for being prone to discharge when dropped. More recently reports began coming in from law enforcement agencies and civilians around the country of different pistols in the series going off by themselves in holsters. Numerous officers have been injured as a result. The latest involving the Airman was a discharge from within a holster.

The P320 was first introduced in 2014. Sig Sauer offered a “voluntary upgrade” in 2017 to include an alternate design that reduces the weight of the trigger, among other safety features. There is no word if these upgraded models are still an issue.

In what will likely become a business school case study in how NOT to handle a consumer product issue, Sig Sauer has denied their firearm has any issues and blamed the users.

Sig Sauer’s response to these reports may be most bluntly referred to as denial and deflection. Their May 7, 2025, statement posted on their official website and social media (link below), the company flatly denies the accusations, calling them “baseless allegations” driven by individuals looking to “profit or avoid personal responsibility.” The post, titled The Truth About the SIG P320, asserts that the firearm “CANNOT, under any circumstances, discharge without a trigger pull. It concludes with: “Today, for SIG Sauer, it ends.”

While Sig Sauer has been successful in several lawsuits, they have also lost numerous lawsuits for injuries caused by their P320 line to the tune of multimillion-dollar awards each.

Sig Sauer recently filed suit in Washington asking a judge to reverse the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission’s decision to ban police recruits from carrying the P320 model handgun. It also asks the judge to stop the training commission’s executive director from making public statements about the P320.

Sig Sauer also quietly updated their P320 user manual to include: “THE MOST EFFECTIVE SAFETY IS TO CARRY YOUR PISTOL WITHOUT A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, AND TO LOAD A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER ONLY WHEN READY TO FIRE”.

A report by the FBI’s Ballistic Research Facility recently made public was based on their tests of a Sig Sauer M18 that experienced an “uncommanded discharge” while in the holster of a Michigan State Police officer. While the tests were inconclusive, it’s important to note they only tested this one pistol.

With the denials to date, it’s hard not to think of the Ford Pinto. In 1968, two years before the Pinto hit the streets, Ford’s knew of the danger and their internal analysis considered what it would cost to repair the expected sales of 11 million units at $10/each vs. the anticipated accident rates, including deaths, serious injuries and burned-out cars. They decided the settlement costs would be roughly $50 million or half the cost of repairing all the cars and chose the cheaper option.

I would sincerely hope Sig Sauer is not approaching this from a financial cost analysis point of view. Their statement following the Airman’s death was significantly softer than their actions to date. But then, while the Air Force has only stopped using these pistols in the Global Strike Command, it could impact their prized U.S. Military contract.

While some ranges had already banned the P320/M17/M18 series pistols, the latest fatal incident appears to have caused most ranges to now do the same. Firearm trainers and training sites, local, county and federal law enforcement agencies are also banning use by their sworn members.

In addition, gunsmiths are refusing to work on them, and respectable firearm retailers are no longer willing to sell them. Some retailers are taking them in on trade, at a HIGHLY discounted price, and locking them away in back of the vaults under the belief that someday Sig Sauer will step up to the plate by admitting this is a flaw, issue a mandatory recall to repair them and return them to the expensive and sought after firearms they have always been.

Let’s make no mistake about what is involved. The military M18 Modular Handgun System is simply a government issued variant of the commercial P320. It is not a novel and highly complex weapon program that military members need to become accustomed to. It’s a semi-automatic firearm not dramatically unlike those that have been produced for over 100 years. There is absolutely no acceptable loss of life for service members, law enforcement, or civilians using it.

Yes, this firearm ‘system’ (because the military loves calling things systems) passed the grueling torture testing program before being accepted. Thousands and thousands of rounds were pumped through test firearms to make sure they would survive military level use. However, I’m going to take a wild ass guess that program did not include daily use in and out of security holsters of the type used by the military and law enforcement. Why would they? That’s not something that would ever be considered a wear measure of firearms. Yet inside holsters is exactly where these firearms have been self-firing without human interaction.

The fact that these uncommanded discharges did not begin showing up immediately or at the same time as the drop discharges leads us to believe this is a wear issue. It also does not appear to be every firearm, in every situation, even for firearms of similar age and usage. Is it one in 1,000? One in 10,000? One in 100,000? We just don’t know and even the experts who have examined the ones which have discharged themselves can’t definitively say. But who in their right mind would want to roll the dice every day when they put this firearm into their holster? If you wouldn’t feel comfortable appendix carrying this firearm, then it needs to be stored until definitively fixed.

Let’s hope Sig Sauer is up for the challenge.

Bob

The P320. It ends today. pic.twitter.com/bZZMXGKK1v
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