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This week has shown us two examples of why gun registration is a raw deal for law abiding gun owners: An Illinois man successfully defended himself and his daughter from a midnight break-in using his gun. Instead of getting time to deal with the stress that must come along with taking a life, he was arrested and charged with having an expired FOID (registered gun owner) card. Did I mention that he was on crutches? …

As you know, the last comparison that I did of the Remington R51 was not correct. I was using the 6″ overall length number that was published on many different blogs, and unfortunately that number was a little bit different from the 6 5/8″ number that I believe is correct, based on this reported SHOT show brochure of the R51 from Remington. 6″ vs. 6 5/8″ doesn’t really sound like much difference, but we need …

Right after Christmas John Filippidis, a Florida resident, with a Florida concealed carry permit was traveling back to Florida from New Jersey with his family. As he passed into Maryland he was tailed, and finally pulled over by a Maryland Port Authority police officer, who then demanded to see his gun. Filippidis didn’t bring his gun, because as a law abiding gun owner he knew that he couldn’t carry it in hostile New Jersey and …

The Library of Congress finally got the full text of the bill up so we can read it. Ben and I were concerned about a backdoor in the bill, and we talked about that on Episode 64 of the podcast, but after reading the full text, it’s a pretty straight forward, one page, vanilla bill. We definitely need to keep a close eye on it, as it would be very easy to slip in a …

And your weapon mounted light, is a sight too. We all read the news earlier this week about the NY State Homeland Security cheif being incredibly irresponsible using his laser sight as a laser pointer during a presentation. This is something that we all agree isn’t kosher. Unfortunately if we swap out laser with weapon light, some folks I  the firearm community change their mind. Let’s back up a bit: I want a weapon mounted …

I just noticed that the Canadian National Firearms Association just posted this video on their Facebook page with the following message, and I felt compelled to share: When crossing an oncoming car on a two line highway we put our lives into the hands of the person driving the oncoming car. Thats a lot of trust. Funny we won’t trust law-abiding Canadians to conceal carry firearms…. Who carries? You’d be surprised! We’re just normal people …

A couple weeks back, I received an email from a listener who only identified himself as Mike. He attached an document that he created that goes through much of the North Carolina CCW information, and asked me to share it. I read through it, everything looked accurate to me, so check it out. As with anything though, doublecheck the statutes, as we’re all human. North Carolina CCW Information Document Download.

GRNC is threatening to sue the city of Raleigh over their out dated signs in parks prohibiting concealed carry. The Raleigh Parks Director says it’s too expensive to update all of the signs at once, but they will be updated as they get damaged or worn: “Due to costs associated with and the potential of this coming up again, we are not going to replace all signs at once,” Sauer wrote to a Grass Roots …

It seems that there is a debate brewing about whether or not the North Carolina Department of Agriculture has the authority to post “No Weapons” signs at the North Carolina State Fair that is going on right now. You see, in the past the fair was off limits for concealed carry due to the admission fee charged for entry, but with the passage of House Bill 937, that was removed from the law. (Photo Credit: …

WRAL has removed their concealed carry permit holders database! Editor’s Note: Effective Oct. 1, 2013, North Carolina state law requires that county sheriff’s keep confidential the list of those who apply for and are granted permits to carry a concealed weapon. In the spirit of that law, and because the law would preclude the ability to keep any data on concealed carry permits current, WRAL has removed data related to concealed handgun permits from this …