Tactical Life July/August 2022

News flash: People are starting to realize that banning AR-15s will only make legally armed citizens into victims. While the president continues to call for a ban on what he and other anti-gun advocates call “assault rifles,” new research shows that everyday Americans are starting to see through the ruse. A June ’22 Quinnipiac University poll shows that the American public’s support for a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” one of Biden’s pet projects, has dropped substantially over just the past few years. “In today’s poll, 50 percent of registered voters support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, while 45 percent oppose it,” the press release announcing the results stated. “This is the lowest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale…

I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but guns have nothing to do with infectious diseases. So, what is the Centers for Disease Control doing poking their nose into “gun violence” research? Although it is doing it under the guise of gun violence as a public health crisis, it is clearly more like a backdoor attempt at gun control. Remember how much unconstitutional control they had during COVID? Imagine that but with the Second Amendment. Thanks to the Dickey Amendment, enacted in 1996, the CDC has remained largely out of the “gun control” business. However, after getting a taste for power and being emboldened by an anti-gun Biden administration, they are back at it. With COVID fear porn winding down, the organization is turning its eyes to gun violence…

And don’t call them gunmen either—a completely sexist term. Mass media is on a non-stop campaign to vilify and outlaw America’s hardware of liberty—firearms. In a self-defeating mantra, the very tools needed to preserve freedom of the press, and all other freedoms we enjoy here, are under withering attack by the so-called Fourth Estate. It has become a Fifth Column in the deliberate effort to undermine all the good this country represents for the world. A significant segment of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (jpfo.org), and this nation, are shooters. That term reporters and editors misuse to misdirect thinking about murderers. A mass murderer and a shooter are different things. Conflating these terms is offensive. It insults the fine art and skills of shooting and learning to shoot…

COLT’S MFG CO. KING COBRA TARGET .22 Continuing the tradition of snake guns, Colt now offers a “baby” snake with the King Cobra Target .22 LR Revolver. Packing 10 rounds of .22 LR fun, the pistol is perfect for plinking, competition and small-game hunting. The revolver features U.S. forged stainless steel construction along with a stainless steel barrel that is topped with a fiber-optic sight and paired with an adjustable target rear sight. Hogue overmolded grips provide a sure grip. The revolver is available with either a 4-inch or 6-inch barrel, both with a 1-in-16 twist. (colt.com) BOND ARMS STAINLESS STEEL STINGER Known for compact but powerful personal-protection pistols, Bond Arms extends the Stinger line to include a stainless steel version. This new pistol features the same familiar fit,…

In the entire firearms industry, there might not be any other item more misunderstood and undermined with misconceptions about ownership and onerous paperwork than suppressors. Yes, the “silencer.” Even the name is misused. Suppressors reduce the noise of a firearm report, but “silencing” a gunshot? Nay, nay, nay. People think that suppressors are too hard to obtain, too expensive and involve a lengthy process that ties up time and money for an excessive time. Not anymore. STEPS FOR DOING THE CAN-CAN Yes, there is a $200 tax, and the suppressors themselves are not cheap, but seeing the comparatively high cost of guns, optics and ammo, the benefits of having suppressors for hearing protection, making firearms easier to use and more practical at the range and in the field while hunting…

From internet forums around the world to the local gun shop coffee sessions, ammo is a constant topic of argument. Discussions about preference and performance are sprinkled in with nothing short of fairy tales. There is always the fight between the 9mm crowd and the .45 ACP disciples, with the central focus being stopping power. This is where I interject an eye roll as taught to me by my daughter. The general rule is that when we discuss the term “stopping power,” we do not include handgun rounds. In a majority of cases, they simply do not have the power to provide real-world, fight-stopping power. That is until we include one of the best handgun rounds out there—the 10mm. This round takes a handgun and brings it into a high-power…