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So S&W has trotted out an aluminum frame M&P: https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/mp-m20?sku=13194 It says it has a 2.0 trigger, but I sure would like to see the Plus trigger in that thing.

On or about the same day that Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted, one Andrew Coffee IV was also acquitted. His charges included murder and attempted murder. I bring this up because there are some differences between this and the Rittenhouse case that raise some interesting questions. Mr. Coffee...

TLDR: It was a short test, but I think I will have a new carry gun as soon as I find spare mags. First, I have a caveat, as I often do: I'm a middle-aged paper-pusher. I'm not a police officer, I'm not former military, I'm not a competitive shooter. Just a guy who carries a gun. Please...

A 10+1 capacity Shield with a 13+1 extended magazine? It looks like S&W has decided to take on the P365 and the Hellcat. For me, I think this is called "Shut Up and Take My Money." https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/mp-shield-plus

I posted this over at THR, but I'm still very excited, so for those of you that have not seen it, with a few edits, as the situation on scopes has changed. Several months ago, I went to the range with my Two-Question FriendTM. Now, some of you may not know what a Two-Question Friend is, but...

If you read this forum regularly, you already know that the issue of modified guns comes up quite often. The issue typically escalates into some, erm, warmer responses, if not outright heated ones. So here's Commonwealth of PA v. Jensen, which is non-precedential, yet nonetheless...

I decided to go back to carrying a .45, so I bought a Smith and Wesson 4" Shield 45. And I've already decided that it's going to need new sights. My 1911 has some Trijicons that I've honestly never loved. My G19 has factory night sights that I find acceptable. My Shield 9 does not have night...

I've been spending some time examining the ins and outs of gun mods. This is from the criminal case against Nicholas Slatten.

I have automated searches that run once a week on Westlaw, looking for firearms-related cases. Most of the time, they turn up rather vanilla firearms cases, such as felons in possession. This week, though, something interesting came up: Avitable v. Beach, cited above. I'll have to read it...

CZ-USA has just announced a plan to build a $90M plant in Little Rock, Arkansas. It's expected to employ about 560 people and will (as I understand it) be CZ-USA's first North American factory...

I have a question about this gun, but I didn't want to derail another thread. Here's the gun: https://www.springfield-armory.com/products/1911-emp-4-concealed-carry-contour-9mm/ The simplest way to phrase my question is this: Is it really a 1911? I know good and well that this has the...

As some of you have undoubtedly realized, I like to start my overthinking early. I guess I like to beat the holiday rush. A little over five years ago, I bought a Glock 19, and I've considered replacing it a handful of times. For a variety of reasons, I believe the time has come to part ways...

Arkansas has a statute on the crime of "Carrying a Weapon." Ark. Code Ann. 5-73-120. For the longest time, that statute said something pretty close to "(a) A person commits the offense of carrying a weapon if he or she possesses a handgun, knife, or club on or about his or her person, in a...

As some of you may have noted from one of my other threads, I am rediscovering the joys of the .22LR. I have gone through my patented 11-Stage Overthinking Process, and decided that I want a .22 bolt gun. In fact, I started a thread called Squirrel Sniper when I was just beginning my search...

The Great .22 Drought of 2008 to about 2016 meant I spent a lot of time hunting for .22LR, finding very little, and shooting even less. I certainly don't want to jinx things, but both Wal-Mart and Academy Sports around here have had plentiful supplies, at least by Great .22 Drought standards...

Frankly, Arkansas carry laws have been a bit murky these past few years. We have a statutory scheme for concealed carry, and have had since ~1995. It had a couple of bugs, but generally worked until about 2015, when the General Assembly inserted "with a purpose to attempt to unlawfully employ...

My apologies if this has already been posted & I just overlooked it. The FBI has a recently-released report called Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2016 and 2017. The title is pretty self-explanatory, and it has some interesting statistics on intervention into active shooter...

If you've visited the NFA forum recently, you may know that I just ordered a Dead Air Mask. In doing my research, I ran across the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olgOjusBWeY Now, I have a couple of things with threaded barrels already, so I'm ready to go on that. I think I'd...

As I think I've mentioned in the past, my first carry gun was a 1911. Over the years, I've moved to lighter and lighter pistols, eventually reaching the point that my carry pistols include a G19, a Shield and an LCR. A few years back, I decided that I want all of my carry pistols to operate...

I've been meaning to go to an Appleseed shoot for years. Somehow never got around to it. Until today. :D I just signed up for an Appleseed event at the end of April. Until then, I guess I'll scour the old threads for tidbits of information. Wish me luck!