What are you still doing here? Please click here to go to my new website and we’ll catch up. I’m now living at: thegunwriter.substack.com Different website. Same attitude, Hope to see you soon. Lee   The post The Gun Writer is back and has moved to a new website! appeared first on The Gun Writer ..read more

Lee’s note: The National Rifle Association and the Unified Sportsmen of Florida have endorsed Sarasota County Chief Deputy Col. Kurt Hoffman for Sarasota County Sheriff. Hoffman faces retired Deputy Paul Fern in the Republican Primary Aug. 18. No Democrats have entered the race. Hoffman is a life member of NRA as well as several other pro-gun organizations. He is an avid shooter and hunter.   The post NRA endorses Col. Kurt Hoffman for Sarasota County (Florida) Sheriff appeared first on The Gun Writer ..read more

Lee’s note: The National Rifle Association and the United Sportsmen of Florida have endorsed Republican former prosecutor Lisa Chittaro for State Attorney of Florida’s 12th Judicial Circuit, which includes Manatee, De Soto and Sarasota Counties. Chittaro faces incumbent State Attorney Ed Brodsky Aug. 18 in the Republican primary. The winner will take on Democrat Betsy Young, also a former prosecutor, in the general election. As a prosecutor, Chittaro specialized in animal cruelty and elderly abuse cases. She’s also an avid shooter. The post NRA endorses Lisa Chittaro for State Attorney of Flo ..read more

The centerpiece of Vice President Joe Biden’s gun control plan is to force all “assault weapons” and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds under the regulatory authority of the National Firearm Act of 1934. That means that gun owners would have to pay a $200 tax on every firearm that meets the definition of an “assault weapon” — I’m aware there and a host of problems with this definition — and a $200 tax on every magazine that can hold 11 or more rounds. As it stands now, if you violate the NFA you could face up to 10 years in a federal prison and a $10,000 fine, so the law is nothing to ..read more

It’s pretty easy to understand nowadays why some communities want to change or reform the way they are policed.  The pendulum is swinging away from the ninja-like over-militarization of law enforcement and returning toward a peace officer mindset. This, in my humble opinion, is a good thing and long overdue. However, in Berkeley, the change they have planned is so outrageous and so ill conceived, the pendulum has swung completely off the damn clock. In fact, I hope they’re stocking up on body bags because they’re going to need a lot of them. Berkeley is creating a special force of unarmed ..read more

By now, everyone on the planet has seen the pictures and video of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the affluent couple who stood defiantly outside their St. Louis home a few weeks ago armed with an AR and a handgun, after a mob of hundreds battered down an iron gate and gained access to their private community. In some of the pictures you can clearly see Patricia McCloskey pointing her handgun at the protesters with her finger on the trigger. Her husband, too, appears to point his rifle at the mob on several occasions. On Saturday morning we learned that St. Louis police served a search warrant a ..read more

Lee’s note: At a press conference Thursday, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced that her office will reopen the online portal for concealed weapons license applications. The move came after the gun rights group Young Americans for Liberty sued Fried, saying she violated residents’ rights. Fried described the suit as “frivolous” at the press conference, I’m told. Here’s Fried’s press release of the event: Commissioner Nikki Fried Announces Reopening of Tallahassee Regional Office, Return of Online Concealed Weapons Licensing Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Agri ..read more

There are arguments that can be made that betray someone’s complete ignorance on matters tactical. Longtime shooters have heard them all, and they almost always cause a chuckle and an eye roll. Former Vice President Joe Biden parroted one of the more common misconceptions just the other day, when he suggested that police should be trained to shoot someone who is “unarmed” with a knife — yep, unarmed with a knife — in the leg as opposed to center mass. Everyone with even a shred of tactical training just rolled their eyes, again. It’s not the first time the good Veep has shared his vast tactica ..read more

Lee’s note: I’ve been running BlackPoint Tactical holsters and mag pouches exclusively, and I am very impressed. BLACKPOINT TACTICAL ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE DESIGN WITH VIKING TACTICS BlackPoint Tactical partners with Kyle Lamb to develop a new IWB holster Alpharetta, GA (May 18, 2020) – BlackPoint Tactical, Inc. is proud to announce its collaboration with Kyle Lamb and Viking Tactics, to create an exclusive inside the waistband/appendix carry holster. This new from the ground up holster incorporates all the key features that Kyle prefers in an IWB/AIWB holster. “It is an honor to work clos ..read more

Here’s an incredible piece of work from Sage Dynamics. Click here for the results of a four-year study on the use of red dots on handguns. The monumental 64-page report is the work of Aaron Cowan, a Sage Dynamics instructor. Mr. Cowan geared the report toward law enforcement, but anyone with a red dot or considering purchasing a red dot should most definitely read the piece. Mr. Cowan’s findings are not surprising — shooters using red dots on their handguns are faster and more accurate — but he doesn’t stop there. Mr. Cowan tests and evaluates all of the leading red dot models, and he doesn’t ..read more