April 2021 NICS checks and gun sales broke another record, but just barely. We may have reached a new normal for the level of gun and ammunition sales.
April 2021 NICS Breaks Record, Gun Sales Continue High for Month
Dean Weingarten
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973.
He taught the Arizona concealed & carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained.
Dean is an outspoken defender of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and an accomplished writer and reporter for AmmoLand Shooting Sports News and his blog gunwatch.blogspot.com
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Cheap Gun Opportunity in Canton, Ohio May 15th, 2021, Bring Cash Buy Guns!
A cheap gun opportunity is scheduled for 15 May in Canton Ohio. There will be a gun “buyback” or turn-in scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Private sales are legal in Ohio. This is a chance to buy.
Open Carrier and Concealed Carrier meet in Walmart Dispute over Cart
A Walmart customer openly carrying a pistol and a Walmart customer concealed carrying a pistol meet in a dispute over a shopping cart. The result was predictable.
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SC: Open Carry Recalled from Judiciary; Full Senate Debate to Come
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How Texans Lost the Right to Bear Handguns
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Ninth Circuit Panel Finds in Favor of SAF, First Amendment, State Department, and 3D
A three judge panel on the Ninth Circuit has held Judge Lasnik of Washington State did not have the authority to stop a State Department rule change upholding the First Amendment on 3D printing
Illinois Judge Finds FOID Unconstitutional Under Second Amendment
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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari for New York State Rifle v. Corlett (Carry)
On 26 April, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a write of certiorari (agreed to hear) the New York Rifle v. Corlett case. The case will be about denial of carry permits.
SC: Luke Rankin Schedules Senate Hearing for Open Carry with Training
A breakthrough may be happening in South Carolina’s move to incrementally restore Second Amendment rights.
NC: Bobcat Attacks Wife, Husband Grabs, Throws, Shoots – Video
A rabid bobcat attacked Kristi Wade in a North Carolina suburb. Her husband, Happy, grabbed the cat, threw it, and shot it.
New York “Silencer” Case Tossed because Item was a Solvent Trap
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Oklahoma Considers Law Reform to Allow Defensive Escape by Motor Vehicle
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Louisiana Considers Constitutional Carry in 2021, SB118 Passes Senate Committee
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Man with Bear Spray Killed by Grizzly Near Yellowstone Park
An experienced Montana outdoorsman had bear spray but was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone Park on 15 April 2021.
