In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Hurricane Ian and what it might do to Erin’s GRPC plans;
  • the mass shooting in Russia;
  • some updates on the credit card Merchant Codes that target gun shops;
  • a Federal Judge striking down the law which says that people under felony indictment can’t purchases firearms;
  • and a look at Ian from Forgotten Weapons reviewing the Armatix iP1 “Smart” Pistol. It’s worse than we expected!
• Next, David discusses the Merwin Hulbert revolver;
• Xander brings us his independent  thoughts on Illinois bail reform and its unpleasant side effects;
• and finally, the Egghead brings us part 2 of his series on Night Vision.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Mass Shooting in Russia
• .366 TKM 
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Gun Ban for Felony Indictments
• Republicans Turn Up Heat on Credit Card Companies Over New Gun Store Code
• Armatix iP1: The Infamous German “Smart Gun”
• Armatix iP1 Smart Gun at the BackUp Gun Match

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Merwin & Hulbert
• The Story of Merwin, Hulbert & Co. Firearms
• Forgotten Weapons: Merwin & Hulbert Revolvers
• Forgotten Weapons: Spanish Patent Quirks: Anitua Y Charola’s Copy of the Merwin & Hulbert
• Rock Island Auction Company: Marvelous Merwin & Hulbert Revolvers
• Rock Island Auction Company: The History of Merwin Hulbert
• Merwin Hulbert & Co. Guns: Forgotten Western Revolvers
• Merwin-Hulbert Association

Independent Thoughts with Xander Opal:

• Illinois Will No Longer Arrest Criminals For Robberies, Burglaries, & Much More
• State’s Attorney: More than half of Winnebago County Jail to walk out door Jan. 1
• Why Shoplifting Is Now De Facto Legal In California
• Rite Aid Employee Shot And Killed Attempting To Stop 2 Shoplifters
• After Proposition 47: Crime and No Consequences in California
• New DA Gascon to decline prosecution on range of low-level crimes
• American Gun Ownership: The Positive Impacts of Law-Abiding Citizens Owning Firearms

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In This Episode

It’s an ACP Round Table! Erin, Weer’d, Oddball, David, and The Egghead all discuss:

• • the new credit card merchant code for firearms dealers and its potential outcomes;
  • an anti-gun politician who had her guns stolen in a very suspicious burglary;
  • New York’s continued assault on the 2nd Amendment in the face of the NYSRPA v. Bruen ruling;
  • Washington, DC caving to Dick Heller’s lawsuit against ammunition restrictions;
  • some “upbeat” anti-gun podcasts that seem to be mostly tears;
  • the untimely passing of Aaron Hogue;
  • and the KE Arms lawsuit, and how you can help them fight the good fight.

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Show Notes

• Senator Warren and Representative Dean Urge Bank CEOs to Adopt New Code for Gun and Ammunition Retailers
• Credit Card Companies Won’t Respond to Questions on New Gun Store Code as Republicans Demand Answers
• Credit Cards Merchant Codes
• Buy your guns with cash, firearms stores adding ATMs
• Muskets down! NY history buffs nix reenactments over new gun law
• Times Square Gun-Free Zone Plans Leave the Obvious Unmentioned
• DSI NYS Concealed Carry Permit Course Pre-Registration
• Jewish Group To Sue New York For Banning Guns In Houses Of Worship
• DC caves on ammunition limit for gun conceal carry permit holders
• L.A. Mayoral Candidate Karen Bass Home Robbed, Two Guns Taken
• The Karen Bass Gun Burglary Raises So Many Questions
• Karen Bass References Hate Crimes As Need For Extreme Risk Gun Laws
• CNN International: Rep Karen Bass talks about gun control
•  Pause (k) 0:05 / 4:31 MSNBC: Rep Karen Bass speaks about gun control
• Red Blue and Brady Podcast:202: A Look Back on 1994’s Assault Weapons Ban
• Red Blue and Brady Podcast: 203: Fighting Fear – and Assault Weapons – with Handgun Control Inc.
• Forgotten Weapons
• KE Arms Sued: What GWACS Armory Doesn’t Want You To Know — A Lawyer Explains
• KE Arms Shop
• DEFEND 2A Aluminum Goblin

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the lawsuits attacking both the Massachusetts and California Handgun Rosters, as well as the Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban;
  • a Nevada county official who is charged with murder.
• Next, David talks about top-break revolvers;
• Xander brings us his Independent Thoughts on food storage;
• and finally, the General Purpose Egghead returns to tell us what night vision technology is and how it works.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Granata v. Healey (1:21-cv-10960)
• FPC Handgun Roster Update. Big Movement
• California Handgun Roster Faces New Lawsuit
• Gun Group Sues Massachusetts To End Assault Weapons Ban
• Nevada county official charged in connection with death of investigative journalist
• Dana Loesch shines spotlight on gun control advocate and Democrat Rob Telles for a stabbing death … and WOW

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson
• Harrington & Richardson
• Iver Johnson
• 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue
• Trailboss Powder
• Buffalo Arms
• .32 S&W
• Assassination of William McKinley 

Independent Thoughts with Xander Opal

• Chest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X
• Blue Collar Prepping: Expiration Dates
• The 6 rations troops are thankful the military got rid of

General Purpose Egghead

• Night Vision Devices
• What you will find inside an image tube (article for those who are truly bored or interested)
• Understanding Night Vision Specs And Generations

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the mass stabbing spree taking place in Canada;
  • the leak of a proposed ATF “amnesty” for rifle-caliber pistol stabilizing braces;
  • and some thoughts about the New York House of Representatives primaries, and how it might pertain to gun control.
• Next, Weer’d fisks the Brady Campaign’s Kelly Sampson’s House testimony at the Assault Weapons Ban hearing;
• David gives us a breakdown of New York City’s new training requirements for concealed carry;
• And finally, Xander brings us his Independent Thoughts on why registration is not useful in solving crimes.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• laowhy86’s YouTube Channel
• Canada Stabbing leaves 10 dead and more than a dozen wounded
• 1 suspect in mass stabbing in Canada found dead, the other is still missing
• New ATF Document Reveals Amnesty Period Requiring Gun Owners To Register Pistol Braces
• ATF Requests Funding for Pistol Brace Amnesty Registration Program
• ATF Pistol Brace Worksheet
• ATF Announces Pistol Brace “Amnesty” Period: What It Means For You
• New ATF Document Reveals Amnesty Period Requiring Gun Owners To Register Pistol Braces
• Jerry Nadler wins primary for NYC House seat over fellow Democratic incumbent Carolyn Maloney

Weer’d Audio Fisk

• Brady Campaign: Kelly Sampson Testifies Before House Oversight Committee
• Kelly Sampson Brady Bio
• CDC Cause of Death By Age
• Why mental illness can’t predict mass shootings
• Gun Violence By Country
• GOAL Podcast On being an FFL in Massachusetts
• 500 Percent Spike In Biden Administration Shutting Down Gun Retailers Over Typos
• Safest States in America
• Legally Armed Black Man Stops Mass Shooting and Saves Neighbor
• Police killing of Colorado ‘hero’ illustrates issues cops face in regulating concealed guns
• Johnny Hurley’s mom files lawsuit against Arvada police

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• New York Firearm License
• Minimum Standards For New York State Concealed Carry Firearm Safety Training (PDF Warning)
• 20-843 NYSRPA v. Bruen (PDF Warning)
• New York Enacts Gun-Carry Restrictions in Rebuke to Supreme Court
• Understanding Recent Changes to New York’s Gun Laws
• New York Penal Law Section 400.00 Licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms
• New York Penal Law Section 265.00 Definitions
• NYSRPA v Bruen 2 (PDF)

Independent Thoughts with Xander Opal

• After shots fired at Muskegon Heights officers, fleeing car crashes into two other vehicle

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the massive class action lawsuit brought by Uvalde families;
  • how the ATF is cracking down on people who bought solvent traps, and it appears that many of the recent encounters all bought their traps from one user, Rifle Remedy 2000;
  • the good news that a Federal Judge has ruled Texas must allow adults under 21 to carry firearms;
  • and Beto O’Rourke flip-flopping again! Now he’s pro-gun… or so he claims.
• Next, Xander brings us his Independent Thoughts how the media handles gun stories;
• and finally, David discusses some factors on defending your house of worship from attack.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Uvalde families, survivors suing for $27 billion in class-action lawsuit
• Local funeral homes refused to handle services for Uvalde gunman
• Ask a Mortician: Caring for the Bodies of Terrorists
• ATF Confiscating Solvent Traps & Components
• Don’t Talk to the Police Pt 1
• Don’t Talk to the Police Pt 2
• Federal judge says Texas can’t ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns
• Beto Ad Touts Commitment to ‘Protect Our Second Amendment’ as Poll Shows Ten Point Deficit
• Gun Owner For Beto

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• How to Secure America’s Houses of Worship

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In This Episode:

Weer’d Beard is on vacation, so it’s time for another ACP Round Table! Erin is joined by Oddball and David, where they discuss:

• Ryan Busse agitating against the First Amendment;
• the Montenegro mass shooting that killed 10 and injured 6;
• and ridiculous new gun laws, and some challenges to same, in California, New York, and Massachusetts.

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Show Notes

• 
  • Democratic Underground copy-paste
• Gunman in Montenegro kills 10, then shot dead by passerby
• Wikipedia: 2022 Cetinje shooting
• Montenegro — Gun Facts, Figures and the Law
• New California Gun Law Dashing a Young Female Champion’s Olympic Dream
• Reno May figures out that the new California carry law will make it illegal to carry in downtown Santa Rosa, where he lives
• New York Counties Begin Requiring Gun Stores to Post Warning Against Owning Guns
• Paladino files federal lawsuit over New York gun control laws
• New York Assault-Weapons Ban Draws Suit by Gun-Rights Group
• Lawsuits take aim at New York’s new gun-control rules for carry permits
• Man barred from purchasing or carrying, but not owning, firearms in Mass. petitions SCOTUS to hear case (Morin v Lyver & Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
• A Man for All Seasons‘ “Devil Speech”
• Legal Heat App:
  • Apple Store
  • Google Play
• New “Dessert Warrior” knife at Blade HQ
• Boker Kalashnikov Warrior Buffet

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In This Episode:

It’s another ACP Round Table! Erin and Weer’d are joined by Oddball and David, where they discuss:

• Several 2A cases sent back to the circuit courts by SCOTUS after the NYSRPA v. Bruen ruling;
• A North Carolina county that is putting AR-15s in schools;
• A very tone-deaf politician in Texas;
• and the very odd case of why they don’t accept 3D Printed Guns at buybacks in Houston anymore.

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Show Notes

• Duncan v Bonta
• Boland v Bonta (PDF)
• Bianchi V Frosh
• North Carolina county to place an AR-15 in each school in response to Uvalde massacre
• Jan McDowell Campaign #1
• Jan McDowell Campaign #2
• 3D-printed ghost guns won’t be accepted at next Houston buyback event, Mayor Sylvester Turner says
• Houston’s Ironic Views on Ghost Guns

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • California backing down on enforcement of banned magazines, and Colorado courts issuing a restraining order on enforcement of a local Assault Weapons Ban;
  • Michael Bloomberg’s The Trace has a weekly Newsletter that paints a grim picture for anti-gunners;
  • and The Washington Post lamenting the NYSRPA v. Bruen decision with an interview of Anti-Gun Darling Ryan Busse.
• Next, Weer’d fisks the House of Representatives as they question Gun Company Executives, then he and Erin analyze the just-passed Assault Weapons Ban;
• and finally, David talks about what happens when you put the wrong caliber of  ammunition into  a gun — and it fits.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• California Backs Down on Magazine Enforcement
• Superior’s gun law to ban assault weapons temporarily blocked by federal judge
• The Trace on gun news
• Georgia’s Gun Laws Are Forcing Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival to Cancel This Year
• Opinion: A gun industry insider’s powerful testimony is cause for despair
• Ryan Busse’s House Testimony
• Fear of Rampant Crime Is Derailing New York City’s Recovery

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Representative Katie Porter Questions Ruger CEO
• Profits decried as ‘blood’ money, gun makers defend weapons in House hearing
• House Passes Assault Weapons Ban
• A Top Gun Control Group Just Endorsed a Republican Gun Rights Defender
• GOP Rep. Chris Jacobs to retire after saying he’d support an assault weapons ban
• Wikipedia Smart Gun
• Armatix iP1
• How a Hacker Fired a Locked Smart Gun with $15 of Magnets
• Exclusive: We Test The Armatix iP1, The Not-So-Smart Gun
• Rep. Maloney Highlights Gun Manufacturers’ Huge Profits Off Of Assault Weapons
• CDC Study: Use of Firearms for Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent’
• Military.com M4 Carbine

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Wrong Chamber 01
• Wrong Chamber 02
• Wrong Chamber 03
• Wrong Chamber o4 (PDF)
• ACP Episode 184
• ACP Episode 185
• Weatherby
• .300 Weatherby Magnum
• .300 Winchester Magnum
• Fire forming
• .357 Magnum
• .38 Special
• .308 Winchester
• .30-06 Springfield
• .410 Shotgun Shell
• .40 S&W
• .357 SIG
• 10mm Auto
• .270 Winchester
• .300 Blackout
• .223 Remington
• SAAMI Cartridge Specifications
• Shooting 300 Blackout in a 5.56 Barrel
• Russian Measurements

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss —
  • The Good: there are new details about Eli Dicken and his defensive shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall;
  • The Bad: the House Assault Weapons bills made it through committee, so here’s what we think will happen next;
  • The Stupid: California has passed a new gun control law that seems to violate the PLCAA and the First Amendment as well as the Second.
• Next, Xander brings us his independent thoughts on when to take a shot and when not;
• and finally, Weer’d fisks Joe Biden’s blathering about “Ghost Guns”.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Eli Dicken’s Concealed Carry permit
• Hero armed citizen landed 8 of 10 shots at 40 yards to stop mass shooting in 15 seconds
• Assault Weapons ban of 2021
• House committee approves first assault weapons ban bill in decades
• Video: Nadler admits ‘assault weapons’ ban intends to ban ‘common use’ guns
• Democrat ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Sponsor: Stabilizing Braces Make an AR-Pistol an ‘Automatic Weapon’
• M1 “Assault Weapon”
• Analysis: Examining the California Gun Litigation Trap Few Have Noticed
• California invites court fight with gun law that mimics Texas on abortion

Independent Thoughts:

• Art of the Rifle
• Principals of Personal Defense

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Biden announces ATF nominee, new regulation to prevent gun crimes
• Fabulism: ATF is Unable to Verify Its Own ‘Ghost Gun’ Claims That Got the Regulatory Ball Rolling
• Where do criminals really get their guns?
• Untraceable, but legal, DIY “ghost gun” used in Saugus school shooting, police say
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 197: ATF “Clarification” Through Absurdity
• ATF Trace Data:  New York 
• ATF Trace Data: Illinois
• History of Tobacco Lawsuits
• Statement by President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Ruling on Guns

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Various States’ responses to NYSRPA v Bruen;
  • The recent shootings in Norway, Japan, and Chicago;
  • The spree killing which was thwarted by hero and crack shot Elisjsha Dicken;
  • Steve Dettelbach’s appointment as ATF Director;
  • And the warmed-over Assault Weapons Ban bill that’s currently in the US House of Representatives.
• Xander brings us his Independent Thoughts on comparing hunting regulations with gun control;
• and because there’s always room for Jell-O, David explains how to make your own ballistic gelatin.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Pink Pistols’ Twitter thread on Threadreader
• Massachusetts Firearms License Frequently Asked Questions
• Analysis: A Guide to How States Are Reacting to the Supreme Court Gun-Carry Ruling
• Norway orders forced psychiatric assessment of Oslo shooting suspect
• Copenhagen shooting: Gunman kills three in Field’s shopping mall
• What we know about the Highland Park shooting
• Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe assassinated at campaign event
• The shooter’s guide to training without guns or ammunition
• Armed Citizen Shoots, Kills Active Shooter in Indiana Mall
• Victims, gunman, and ‘good Samaritan’ who ended massacre ID’d in Indiana mall shooting
• Biden Pick Confirmed as Permanent ATF Director
• Assault Weapons Ban Presented
• AP Style Tip: semi-automatic rifle, assault rifle, assault weapon

Independent Thoughts With Xander Opal:

• How This Cartoonish-Looking Gun Decimated America’s Duck Population
• Sheriff’s demo of how magazine size makes very little difference

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Ballistic Gelatin
• Clear Ballistics
• DIY Guide: Make Your Own Affordable Ballistics Gel
• How to Make Ballistics Gel
• Knox Gelatin
• Air Dry Clay
• How Many Peeps Will Stop A Bullet?
• Point Blank Peeps! – Will They Stop A Bullet?
• The Box O’ Truth
• Thompson–LaGarde Tests
• The only difference between screwing around and science
• The Blob

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