We Like Shooting - Ep 660

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Gear Chat

[Ruger] RXM The Ruger RXM is a striker-fired pistol designed with a grip angle similar to the 1911 for natural point of aim, featuring a polymer frame developed in collaboration with Magpul. It incorporates a modular FCI (fire control insert) system allowing frame swaps without a new background check and is compatible with Gen 3 Glock parts, holsters, sights, and lights. Reliability testing showed 800 rounds fired without failures, with suppressor-height tritium night sights and direct optic mounting for RMR, DPP, or RMSC footprints.

Cost: MSRP $539 / Street ~$438

Special: FCI (fire control insert) system for modularity enabling frame swaps

Note Ruger RXM Review

[Hi-Point] Hush-Point 30 The Hush-Point 30 is a lightweight, modern suppressor designed for .30-caliber centerfire rifles like the AR-15, available in titanium and Inconel models. It features advanced flow-through technology that directs gas away from the shooter to reduce over-gassing in direct-impingement systems. The suppressor is HUB compatible and includes 1/2×28 and 5/8×24 threads for .223 and 300 Blackout calibers.0

Availability: Shipping now. Available at Guns.com (titanium: https://www.guns.com/silencers/p/hi-point-hush-point-30-ti?i=654780, Inconel: https://www.guns.com/silencers/p/hi-point-hush-point-30-inconel?i=654767).0

Cost: MSRP: Inconel $822.88, titanium $846.81.0

Special: Advanced flow-through technology that vents gas forward to reduce over-gassing, especially for direct-impingement systems; HUB compatible; includes 1/2×28 and 5/8×24 threads.0

[Inland Manufacturing] Model 1910 The Inland Manufacturing Model 1910 is a suppressor for the M1 Carbine platform, replicating the original Maxim Silencer design with modern internals. It features a monoblock monocore construction that allows easy servicing without removal from the barrel, even for cleaning, and includes an offset bore. Compatible with .30 caliber and .357/9mm calibers, it provides a throwback to early 20th-century suppressor technology patented by Hiram Percy Maxim.

Availability: Shown at NRAAM 2026; available at Guns.com (https://www.guns.com/silencers?product.manufacturer=INLAND%20MANUFACTURING)

Special: Monoblock monocore design with offset bore; can be cleaned without removing from barrel

Note (Nick) Bus Built Projects

[RevoMag] RevoMag (Nick) The RevoMag is a revolver reloading device designed to be faster than a speedstrip and more concealable than a traditional speedloader. It features a polymer magazine-style body with a reversible pocket clip, compatible with calibers such as .38 Special, .357 Magnum, and .327 Magnum. Proudly made in the USA for everyday carry and personal protection.

Special: Magazine-style reload with squeeze-to-release mechanism and reversible pocket clip68

Bullet Points

Gun Fights

No one stepped into the arena this week.

The Agency Brief

Agency Update

“The government looked at a piece of plastic on the back of a rifle, panicked, and spent ten years proving that gun control is a complete myth.”

THE INTEL (THE STORY) The Play-by-Play:

1989 Catalyst: The Stockton school shooting gives gun control groups their emotional leverage. The media pivots away from the shooter’s massive rap sheet to demonize the “evil” semi-auto rifle.

What the Media Lied About: They flat-out lied that military machine guns were flooding the streets. Anti-gun activist Josh Sugarmann explicitly published this strategy: exploit the public’s confusion between semi-autos and fully automatic weapons to manufacture outrage.

The Architects: Bill Clinton needed a “tough on crime” headline. Sen. Dianne Feinstein drafted the ban, later admitting her true goal on 60 Minutes: “If I could have gotten 51 votes… for an outright ban… Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in; I would have done it.”

What It Actually Did: Banned 19 specific firearms and semi-autos equipped with two or more “scary” cosmetic features (bayonet lugs, flash suppressors, folding stocks, pistol grips). It also capped new magazines at 10 rounds.

The Backroom Deals: Democrats didn’t have the votes for a permanent ban. They negotiated a 10-year sunset clause and grandfathered in millions of existing firearms, gambling they could just expand it later.

The Workaround: The industry adapted overnight. Manufacturers removed the banned cosmetic plastic and sold functionally identical rifles. Congress literally regulated aesthetics.

2004 Sunset: The ban expires. An official, DOJ-funded study by Christopher Koper concludes the ban did absolutely nothing to reduce gun violence.

The Reality Check (Hidden Incentives):

Conditioning the Public: This was a psychological op to condition Americans to accept the government banning entire categories of firearms based purely on Hollywood aesthetics.

Incrementalism: Lawmakers knew a total gun ban wouldn’t fly, so they established the “feature test” as a foothold for future, broader bans.

The True Target: The feature ban was mostly temporary political theater; starving the civilian market of standard-capacity magazines was their real long-term objective.

Market Impact: They hoped shifting regulations would bankrupt the tactical firearms market with compliance red tape. Instead, they inadvertently birthed the massive modern AR-15 industry.

THE 2A ANGLE (LEGAL & IMPACT) The Threat:

The ’94 ban is the exact blueprint tyrannical blue states (CA, NY, IL, WA) use today to terrorize FFLs and castrate standard rifles. They took a proven federal failure and turned it into permanent state-level law.

For modern FFLs, this means SKU-by-SKU compliance nightmares, massive inventory risks, and the constant threat of a new federal ban—which, next time, likely won’t include a grandfathering clause.

Bruen Test:

Text: The Second Amendment protects “arms.” Semi-auto centerfire rifles and standard capacity magazines are plainly protected arms.

History & Tradition: There is zero founding-era analogue for restricting arms based on ergonomic grips or muzzle devices. The Founders didn’t ban repeating arms when they emerged.

Heller / McDonald Check: Arms “in common use for lawful purposes” are fundamentally protected. With over 24 million AR-15s in civilian hands right now, they undeniably satisfy the common use standard. Banning them violates the core of Heller. Bruen kills the feature-test dead; rogue appellate courts are simply playing games to delay the inevitable.

Regulatory Creep:

The Expanding Ratchet: The feature test is a backdoor trap. It started with bayonet lugs and flash hiders, then moved to pistol braces, threaded barrels, and parts kits.

Fluid Definitions: Current AWB proposals name over 200 firearms and reduce the threshold to just one aesthetic feature.

The Handgun Endgame: Once society accepts that a semi-auto action plus a detachable mag equals a “weapon of war,” your daily-carry Glock 19 or P365 is logically next.

Agency Update 94-04 AWB coming next?

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Note Secret Service LPVO Drip

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The Alley

Not Stated The webpage is a news article about an Oakland County man charged in a deadly shooting of a teen burglar. It mentions a generic ‘9mm’ firearm used by the man in self-defense context, with no manufacturer or model name specified. No technical gear details matching the required format are explicitly provided.

Going Ballistic

ATF NFA Division: Over 1 Million Forms Processed in 2026, 6 Million Suppressors Registered (Savage) The ATF’s National Firearms Act (NFA) Division processed over 1 million NFA forms in the first four months of 2026, surpassing previous annual totals due to the elimination of the $200 tax stamp for suppressors and short-barreled firearms effective January 1, 2026. Over half of these were Form 4 applications for suppressor transfers, with nearly 6 million suppressors now registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR) as of April 2026. This marks a historic surge, with 2026 registrations rivaling decades of prior accumulation.

The Gist: National (United States): ATF NFA Division and National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR); applies nationwide to NFA items like suppressors and short-barreled firearms.

Impact: Elimination of $200 tax stamp for suppressors and short-barreled firearms effective January 1, 2026, caused surge in processing (over 1 million forms in first 4 months of 2026 vs. 1.37 million in all of 2024); over 5.99 million suppressors registered as of April 10, 2026.

Bottom Line: Historic surge in NFA adoption post-tax elimination, with 2026 early-year forms exceeding prior annual records and suppressor registrations rivaling 76 years (1934-2010) of prior totals.

Post-Bruen Gun Rights Cases: Wolford v. Lopez, United States v. Mitchell, United States v. Hemani, Viramontes v. Cook County, and Roberts v. ATF (Savage) The article details several post-Bruen Supreme Court and lower court cases challenging restrictions on public carry, prohibited-person statutes under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), AR-15 bans, and NFA registration requirements....