This Week in Guns 345 – Panic at the Gun Safe
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This show offers commentary on the latest firearms industry news, information and buzz. I’m your host Matthew Larosiere and I’m here with my co-host Shawn Herrin.
The P80 Warrant and insights into the ATF’s actions
You’re hearing that the P80 raid is a mark of things to come for 80%s far and wide, but a look at the warrant application shows something deeper. Mostly focusing on the particular kit as a “firearm,” and in the company’s having sent the same to “prohibited persons.”
House Progressives Pushing to ban lawmakers from carrying guns on Capitol Hill
A group of politicians sent letters to house leaders, arguing that the decades-old regulation allowing lawmakers to bear arms in most areas of the United States Capitol complex, compromises safety. Twenty one democratic lawmakers signed on, contending that, rather than boosting security, the regulation compromises the safety of everyone there, as the Capitol Police aren’t aware of who is and is not carrying.
We all think of the PPK as the classic Bond gun, but in Connery’s first Bond movie, the gun M hands over is actually the longer PP, erroneously referring to it as a PPK. The gun sold at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills for over a quarter million,
So we all know Gurbir Grewal as a horrifically anti-gun AG with political ambitions that couldn’t be any more obvious. He subpoenaed the company looking for a bunch of internal documents relating to how guns are advertised, with directives like whether the product “make a home safer, or enhance one’s lifestyle; whether an untrained consumer could successfully and effectively use a Smith & Wesson firearm for personal or home defense; and whether private citizens should have the right to carry a concealed firearm.” S&W responded with litigation, challenging that Grewal’s fishing expedition is an abuse of his position undertaken to suppress a political viewpoint.
Louisiana Homeowner Shoots 4 Armed Intruders
Police are saying that four armed intruders entered a home in a tight-knit Louisiana community, where most members are either related or otherwise long-connected. The homeowner responded to the invasion with gunfire, killing two, wounding two. His 4-year-old daughter was also struck in the crossfire, but is expected to be okay. The two burglars that survived will be charged with the murders of their friends once released from the hospital.
Matthew Larosiere is a civil rights lawyer and gun nut. You can connect with him on Twitter @MattLaAtLaw, on instagram, and other social media