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Our “leaders” in St. Paul want our guns. From an email from MN Gun Owners Caucus, Equip, train, pray and never disarm. Read More Here…

Friends of NRA program would raise funds and 50 percent would be deposited into the NRA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) and the remaining 50 percent would stay within the state the funds were raised in. Since the lawsuit was filed, the NRA is still utilizing the Friends program, however, the funds are no longer being diverted Read More Here…

New Mexico state Senate recently passed Senate Bill 17, which would ban common gas-operated semi-automatic firearms, .50-caliber rifles virtually never used in crimes and firearm magazines holding more than 10 rounds, all under the guise of labeling them “extremely dangerous weapons.” There’s a couple of issues here. First the “extremely dangerous weapons” argument is something Read More Here…

Are there 2A activists in Minnesota? The sad reality is that when the professional 2A crowd says stuff like, The surge in gun ownership and concealed carry in some of Minnesota’s most liberal areas appears to be real, but how many of the thousands of folks who are exercising their Second Amendment rights are willing Read More Here…

Just some odds and ends about the NSSF. The following was sent to me by someone on X. Now why does the 2A industry want the ATF to have a larger budget? After reading the above, why does the 2A industry want the ATF to have an “IT infrastructure” at all? How does this benefit Read More Here…

Jeff Cooper’s “scout rifle” idea is something I just don’t get. I saw an article the other day, here, and it got me thinking about it again and how it still doesn’t make sense. If you want a .308, why not an AR10, or some other auto loader? A handy bolt gun comes in handy Read More Here…

America’s gun lobbyist (not 2A lobbyist) Larry Keane of NSSF blocked me after a back and forth on X over who pays the Pittman Robertson taxes. Obviously corporations don’t pay taxes, the customer does. But the lobbyist disagreed and blocked me. Equip, train, pray and never disarm. Read More Here…

Once upon a time hearing that prostitutes and strippers were packing, would’ve meant a little J-Frame S&W. Now, circa 2026, it can mean… Anyway, this article points out that new gun owners don’t necessarily translate into new 2A activists, MPR reports that Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension received more than 8,200 permit to carry applications Read More Here…

“This is not an argument against taxation. It is an argument against discriminatory taxation aimed at chilling the exercise of a specific constitutional right.” As usual the professionals get it wrong. All taxes on 2A are an infringement. Even the much beloved Pittman-Robertson. Why? Because taxes on 2A make it harder for we the people Read More Here…

I missed this, and only saw a tweet about it late from MN Gun Owners Caucus, Link, here. I couldn’t find mention of it on the MN Gun Owners Caucus website nor any local media. Digging around the Edina City Hall website I finally found the new “law”, which you can read, here. There’s also Read More Here…