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Hello everyone and welcome back to This Week in Guns, brought to you by Patriot Patch Company and Primary Arms. 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.

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THE CHIPMAN HEARINGS

In a pathetic display to humanize himself, Chipman fell pretty hard under the lamest scrutiny by the republican Senate. Although, to his credit, he did thank Ted Cruz for offering him a Dr. Pepper.

IT’S NERF OR NOTHIN’

A gentleman on twitter by the name of 00Meat posed a question: “I want a list of the consequences if every nerf gun would become an 80% receiver.” Then came the CAD.

CZ GROUP COMPLETES COLT ACQUISITION

After jumping through piles and piles of flaming hoops, CZG is the proud owner of some fudd company nobody’s ever heard of in the US and Canada.

TEXAS’ SUPPRESSOR HAVEN

The Texas Senate has passed HB957, and it’s headed to Governor Gregg Abbott for his signature. It’s an interesting situation for the commerce clause.

WASHINGTON: NO 2A WHEN THERE’S 1A AFOOT

Washington governor Inslee has signed SB5038, which prohibits the open carry of a firearm within 250 feet of a “permitted demonstration” in a public place.

MISSISSIPPI SHERIFF PROVIDING TRAINING TO ELDERLY

In Claiborne County, gun safety and training classes are being offered to ensure the vulnerable can be armed and ready if needed. “I’m hanging [my target] on my back door so my children will know that I am very capable of popping a cap,” added a retired school administrator who took the class.

MAN SHOT HOURS AFTER POLICE TOOK HIS GUN

In Inkster, Michigan, a man’s girlfriend was shot. When the police came to investigate her death, they seized the firearm of her boyfriend to ensure it wasn’t the one used in the shooting. Hours later, the men who killed his girlfriend returned and shot him in the head.

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: THE US HAS A GUNS PROBLEM, NOT A CRIME PROBLEM

Jen Psaki was asked whether we have a “crime problem,” given the blip in violent crime. She replied with “Well, I would say certainly there’s a guns problem,” before pivoting to bloviating about promises for gun control.

RENO MAY DEMONETIZED

A great person and good channel seeking to help others navigate the contours of staying on the right side of the law in California was demonetized this week