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Guests: Paul Noonan, Foxtrot Mike Products – https://fm-products.com – @foxtrotmikeproducts

GEAR CHAT

• Foxtrot Mike Products

  Foxtrot Mike
• THEOUTDOORWIRE

  Hi-Point Hush-Point Cigar 22 Suppressor

  The Hush-Point Cigar 22 is a limited-run monocore .22 suppressor developed through a collaboration between Hi-Point Firearms, Taylor Customs, and Orion Wholesale. Released June 10, 2026, it is styled to visually resemble a premium cigar with a hard-anodized dark brown finish and gold accents. It is offered exclusively through Orion Wholesale for FFL dealers.
• CIVMEDICAL

  Civilian Medical CM1 Civilian Medical Training

  Civilian Medical provides online CM1 training designed for civilians with no medical background. The course uses scenario-based interactive learning with quizzes, decision-based scenarios, and over 30 lessons built on battle-adapted protocols. It offers a certificate of completion, self-paced lifetime access with saved progress, targeting professionals, parents, families, community volunteers, and concerned citizens.
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  THIRD ECHELON DEVELOPMENT(Nick)

  Third Echelon Development Gas Cap Gen 3 4 5

  Gas Cap™ significantly reduces the amount of debris and gas ejected into your eyes & face when shooting with the added backpressure of a suppressor, making for a much more pleasant experience.

  The Gas Cap is a direct-fit replacement slide plate for Glock Gen 3, 4, and 5 pistols (select models with 1-in/25.5mm wide slide). It is precision CNC machined steel with black nitride finish and functions as a two-position sliding assembly. The contoured shroud diverts excess gas and debris downward when using a suppressor.
• Note

  Best can for my ps-90?
• (Nick)

  Note

  Roadhunter update
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  6.5MM CREEDMOOR +PEAK(Nick)

  Federal Premium 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak

  The 6.5 Creedmoor has become one of the most popular modern cartridges for hunting and long-range target shooting. But Federal just unlocked its true potential with new 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak.

  Federal Premium 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak is a high-pressure cartridge utilizing patented Peak Alloy case technology. It delivers up to 300 fps higher velocity than standard 6.5 Creedmoor and 100 fps over 6.5 PRC while functioning in existing 6.5 Creedmoor rifles. Offered with multiple bullet options including 130 gr Terminal Ascent, 155 gr Fusion Tipped, and others; reloadable with unprimed cases coming soon.

BULLET POINTS

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  FOREST SERVICE DEBUTS NEW RECREATION MOBILE APP

  USDA Forest Service National Forests and Grasslands Mobile App

  The Forest Service launched the National Forests and Grasslands mobile app for iOS and Android during Great Outdoors Month. The app provides the most complete collection of Forest Service recreation sites, safety alerts, closures, and offline maps for the 164 million annual visitors to national forests and grasslands.

  The USDA Forest Service launched the National Forests and Grasslands mobile app on June 4, 2026 to provide a single comprehensive visitor information platform. It consolidates data from nearly 30 legacy apps, offering complete recreation site details, safety alerts, closures, amenity information, activity search, offline maps, and optional map layers for fire and weather data. The free app is available on iOS and Android for the 164 million annual visitors to national forests and grasslands.
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  ATHLON OUTDOORS EXCLUSIVE FIREARM UPDATES, REVIEWS & NEWS

  NRA 2026 New Guns & Gear That Stole the Show

  Uncover the exciting NRA 2026 new products unveiled at the Annual Meetings & Exhibits, perfect for shooters and collectors.

  The article by P.E. Fitch highlights standout new firearms and accessories debuted or featured at the 2026 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Houston, positioning the event as the industry’s encore to SHOT Show. Coverage includes innovative designs from multiple manufacturers, with particular attention to eye-catching or controversial products that drew significant attendee interest. Specific product details, dimensions, weights, and pricing are not extractable from available page metadata and previews.
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  INSIDE SAFARILAND

  Do Handgun Silencers Have a Place in the Self Defense World

  Do silencers have a place in the self defense world? They may not have completely made it there yet, but I think they will be.

  Safariland blog article examines whether handgun silencers (suppressors) belong in self-defense applications. The author gives a cautious but optimistic ‘yes,’ particularly highlighting advantages for home defense scenarios while acknowledging practical limitations. The piece discusses benefits like hearing protection for the shooter and reduced disturbance to bystanders or family members, alongside typical drawbacks such as added size, weight, and legal/regulatory requirements.
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  SOLDIERSYSTEMS

  Roni Nano Roni Pistol-to-Carbine Conversion Kit

  Houston, TX – Roni Corporaton, the leading designer and manufacturer of the renown Micro-Roni, PDW-style pistol-to-carbine conversion kits and other fi …

  The Nano Roni is Roni’s most compact pistol-to-carbine conversion kit that installs a handgun into a chassis in seconds without tools, transforming it into a pistol-braced PDW. It includes a complete system with chassis plus accessories such as magazine holders, light mounts, Picatinny rails, charging handles, optics mounts, slings, and a belt holster. Initial compatibility covers multiple Glock models with additional Glock, SIG Sauer, Taurus, and Canik models planned; available in black, OD Green, and Flat Dark Earth.
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  THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS

  Can You Shoot 5.56 Through a .22 Suppressor? – The Truth About Guns

  Can you shoot 5.56 through a .22 suppressor? Usually no. Here’s why pressure, heat, and gas volume matter so much.

  The article addresses whether .556/.223 ammunition can be safely fired through a standard .22LR (rimfire) suppressor. In the general case, it is not safe or recommended. Most dedicated rimfire suppressors are engineered only for the much lower pressures, smaller gas volumes, and reduced heat produced by .22LR, .22WMR, or similar rimfire cartridges.
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  NSSF

  NSSF Releases Most Recent Firearm Production Figures (ATF AFMER 2023)

  Over 32 million Modern Sporting Rifles in Circulation WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, released the Firearm Production in the United States including the Firearm Import and Export Data 2025 Edition (reporting 2023 data) to its members. The report compiles the most up-to-date information based on data sourced from the Bureau of Alcohol, […]

  According to the NSSF article dated January 15, 2026, ATF AFMER data shows 2023 U.S. domestic firearm production at 8,466,729 units, a 15.4% decrease from 2022. Total firearms made available for the U.S. market in 2023 were 13,574,653 (handguns 8,176,535; rifles 3,899,907; shotguns 1,498,211). Cumulative civilian firearms in possession 1990–2023 reached 506.1 million, with modern sporting rifles (MSRs) in circulation estimated at over 32 million.

GUN FIGHTS

Play the best Price Is Right-style GunBroker game on the internet.

BANGRANK

A live cast ranking segment for anything and everything in the gun world, powered by questionable certainty, strong opinions, and audience voting.

THE AGENCY BRIEF

• Agency Update

  1. AGENCY BRIEF: STREET SWEEPER / USAS-12 DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE RECLASSIFICATIONWhat this really was: In 1994, ATF took lawfully owned shotguns and shoved them into the NFA “destructive device” category.

  No vote in Congress. No new statute. Just an agency ruling that turned specific 12-gauge shotguns into the same legal category as grenades.

  The targets were the Striker-12, the Street Sweeper, and the USAS-12. The Striker and Street Sweeper used revolving cylinders. The USAS-12 was a semi-auto, magazine-fed shotgun. They all fired ordinary 12-gauge shells, the same kind of ammunition people put through hunting pumps all over the country.

  The legal hook was buried in the National Firearms Act, specifically 26 U.S.C. § 5845(f). That section says a weapon with a bore over one-half inch can be treated as a destructive device unless the government decides it is “generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes.”

  A 12-gauge shotgun has a bore of about .73 inches.

  So every 12-gauge in America avoids the NFA only because ATF treats it as sporting enough. That is the trapdoor.

  In 1994, during the Clinton administration, ATF issued Rulings 94-1 and 94-2. The agency said these shotguns had no recognized sporting purpose, pointing to their weight, capacity, and military-style features. Once ATF withdrew that exemption, the guns became destructive devices.

  The pattern was simple:

  Start with a broad statute and an elastic test like “sporting purposes.”
  Use subjective factors, including appearance, to pull back prior approval.
  Reclassify the guns by agency ruling.
  Open a short amnesty period for tax-free registration.
  Turn missed paperwork into felony exposure.

  Confirmed fact: ATF used the sporting purposes clause to reclassify these firearms and require NFA registration without Congress passing a new law.

  What is less clear is how many legacy owners actually got notice before the amnesty window closed. But the legal threat was real, and the policy result stuck. These shotguns became radioactive to own, transfer, or inherit.

  2. WHY IT MATTERS

  This was a working model for regulatory creep.

  The 1994 reclassification showed that an agency could use definitions to change the legal status of firearms after people already owned them. The “sporting purposes” test has nothing to do with the Second Amendment. It is not a rights test. It is a permission test.

  It asks whether unelected officials think your firearm looks respectable enough for duck hunting or trap shooting.

  That mechanism is still sitting in federal law. The statute effectively says a 12-gauge is a destructive device unless ATF says otherwise. Your legal status depends on an agency opinion that can change later.

  That should sound familiar.

  The Street Sweeper ruling is the same kind of move ATF has used in fights over pistol braces, bump stocks, forced-reset triggers, and frame-or-receiver definitions. Pick an unpopular target. Reinterpret the category. Give owners a narrow compliance path. Then use the new classification to turn ordinary possession into felony risk.

  Once the line between a legal shotgun and an NFA item depends on politics instead of a clear rule, nobody can plan around it. Builders, FFLs, collectors, and regular owners start backing away from anything unusual because the agency might change its mind after the fact.

  That is the damage. Not just what happened to three shotguns. The bigger problem is that the federal government proved it could move the line later.

  3. THE 2A ANGLE

  Under Bruen, the government has to justify firearm restrictions by pointing to this country’s text, history, and tradition.

  There is no founding-era tradition of the executive branch reclassifying privately owned firearms into an explosives-style category because they lacked recreational value.

  Text: The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms. It does not say “arms suitable for sporting purposes.”

  History: In the founding era, arms commonly possessed by the people were lawful to own. There was no federal licensing scheme where a Washington office could retroactively criminalize arms already in private hands.

  Tradition: The sporting purposes test comes from pre-Heller thinking. Heller recognized self-defense, not hunting, as the core lawful purpose protected by the Second Amendment.

  ATF penalized these shotguns for martial features and capacity. Those are not side issues. Those are exactly the traits that make arms relevant to the Second Amendment in the first place.

  You do not have to like the Street Sweeper. You do not have to want a USAS-12.

  The point is what the ruling normalized: category-jumping by agency decision. If a sporting purposes test can turn a 12-gauge shotgun into a destructive device, the same logic can be aimed at defensive rifles, accessories, or whatever the next politically convenient target happens to be.

  Your rights should not depend on an agency waking up in a different mood.

GOING BALLISTIC

• THETRUTHABOUTGUNS

  House Bill 4106: West Virginia Lowers Constitutional Carry Age to 18

  House Bill 4106 expands West Virginia’s existing constitutional (permitless) carry law to eligible adults ages 18–20 who lack a disqualifying criminal record. Previously, those under 21 were required to obtain a Concealed Handgun License and complete a firearms safety course. The bill was signed by Governor Patrick Morrisey on April 1, 2026, and took effect June 13, 2026.
• SHOOTINGNEWSWEEKLY

  NRA v. 1791 Foundation Dispute Over $31.7 Million Firearm Collection

  The National Rifle Association is in an ongoing lawsuit with the 1791 Foundation (rebranded from the NRA Foundation in 2026), which owns the vast majority of a $31.7 million collection of thousands of historically significant firearms displayed in NRA museums in Fairfax, Virginia, and Springfield, Missouri. The collection was donated over decades with the expectation it would remain in the museums. Former NRA EVP Wayne LaPierre, ordered to pay $4.1 million in restitution and banned from leadership for 10 years (appeal denied), has supporters on the Foundation’s now self-perpetuating board.
• SHOOTINGWIRE

  FPC Statement: Sen. Cornyn’s SHOT Act (S. 4775) Badly Misses the Mark

  On June 15, 2026, the Firearms Policy Coalition issued a statement criticizing Senator John Cornyn’s SHOT Act for failing to adequately strengthen the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). FPC, after months of engagement with congressional offices and legal experts including Supreme Court counsel, asserts the bill does not provide robust protections for Second Amendment rights against frivolous litigation that could restrict firearms access. The organization instead promotes its own proposed PLCAA amendment focused on safeguarding peaceable gun owners and the firearms industry.
• SHOOTINGWIRE

  NSSF Praises Introduction of S. 4775, the SHOT Act, to Strengthen PLCAA Against Frivolous Public Nuisance Lawsuits

  The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) praised U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for introducing S. 4775, the Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts (SHOT) Act. The bill aims to close loopholes in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) that have allowed public nuisance lawsuits against firearms, ammunition, and component manufacturers and retailers for the criminal or unlawful misuse of their products. PLCAA was enacted with bipartisan support over 20 years ago to prevent regulation-through-litigation that seeks to bankrupt the industry.
• GUNS

  Federal Court Strikes Down Biden ATF ‘Engaged in the Business’ Rule (U.S. Northern District of Texas, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, June 2026)

  Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk granted summary judgment for plaintiffs, vacating and enjoining the ATF’s 2024 enhanced ‘Engaged in the Business’ rule that treated non-FFL sales of even a single modern firearm as dealing without a license, subjecting sellers to prosecution and advancing universal background checks via FFL/Brady requirements. The court held that ATF exceeded its authority by rewriting the Gun Control Act through regulation rather than enforcing it. The rule, which drew 318,040 public comments and positions from 46 states, is vacated nationwide; ATF had listed its repeal among 34 reforms in April.
• BEARINGARMS

  Virginia’s Assault Firearms and Large Capacity Magazine Ban (Effective July 1, 2026)

  A Virginia law banning manufacture, sale, transfer, and public possession of statutorily defined ‘assault firearms’ and large-capacity magazines takes effect July 1, 2026. Sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Sadaam Salim (D-Fairfax) and in the House by Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax), the measure faces immediate constitutional challenges, non-enforcement pledges from 15 commonwealth’s attorneys citing Bruen, Heller, and Miller, and a companion HB 21 authorizing the Attorney General to sue non-compliant gun stores.
• BEARINGARMS

  Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act (S. Bill by Sen. Andy Kim, D-NJ) to Repeal Tiahrt Amendment

  U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) introduced the Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act on June 15, 2026, to repeal the Tiahrt Amendment. The bill would eliminate the 24-hour destruction requirement for NICS background check records, allow FOIA requests on firearm traces, permit ATF to mandate annual dealer inventory audits, and remove bans on consolidating federal firearms licensee acquisition records into a DOJ database. Sen. Kim states it would provide data to trace illegal gun trafficking and gun violence.
• BREITBART

  GOA Stands by James Harden: Texas Allows Constitutional Carry

  Gun Owners of America (GOA) defended NBA player James Harden after his arrest in Houston for unlawful carrying of a weapon involving a handgun in plain view and not in a holster in his vehicle. GOA stated that Texas permits constitutional carry and that the government has no business micromanaging how law-abiding citizens secure their firearms. Texas is one of 29 constitutional carry states allowing permitless concealed carry for those 21 and older with a clean record and is also an open carry state.

REVIEWS

• Review: Anonymous Coward from Georgia

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• Review: Josh from Vermont

  Five StarsI feel like prepping, in general, is becoming “cringe”. Its almost like everyone forgot what has happened for the last six years. Anyway, love the show.

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• Review: Scott G from Oregon

  Scott G 5 star review!! I vaguely remember a while back it was mentioned Aaron was a 51% owner of WLS , that was mentioned during a ” we love Aaron” ” he is part of the team Rant” ” we will never kick. Him out ” rant from Shawn …. now what the heck what do the listeners have to pledge to hear the truth ……. or at least the official statement….. keep it weird great show!