FPC.

April 9, 2026 — On February 7, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14206, “Protecting Second Amendment Rights.” It sounded promising, but it has since proven to be little more than empty rhetoric.

The following month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a disappointing decision upholding the ATF’s “Frame or Receiver” rule, a relic of the Biden Administration. Rather than dismissing the appeal or withdrawing the Biden ATF regulation before the Court ruled, the Trump Administration chose to continue defending the gun control rule, allowing the Court to issue a decision that preserved President Biden’s regulatory overreach.

In May 2025, FPC provided the Trump White House, DOJ, and ATF with a complete, print-ready proposed rule to address the Court’s decision following months of dialogue with key officials. But the Administration has since sat on its hands.

Adding insult to injury, the Administration informed us yesterday that “At this time, the [Trump Administration] has decided to maintain the current definition of firearm ‘frame’ and ‘receiver’ contained in that final [Biden Administration] rule.”

Whoever is steering the Trump Administration is aiming the Titanic directly at the iceberg.

To put this latest disappointment in context, FPC has provided the Trump Administration, the White House, DOJ, and ATF, with dozens of lawful actions that could be taken to protect peaceable gun owners and the right to keep and bear arms. Nearly all of those proposals have been ignored.

Instead, in case after case, the Trump Administration has adopted authoritarian, anti-American positions to restrict Second Amendment rights and prosecute those who exercise them. Worse still, the Administration is actively fighting to restrict or eliminate the injunctive relief that FPC and other organizations obtain to protect people from government abuses.

In short, rather than championing gun owners, the Trump Administration is actively working against them.

The Trump Administration needs to clean house. Indeed, draining the swamp should start in the Trump White House—and it should not stop there, because “Protecting Second Amendment Rights” takes more than a few empty words in a throw-away Executive Order.

Remember men, this is allegedly the most pro-2A administration in history.

I wonder if Harmeet Dhillon would make a difference?

Source.

Approximately 1,350 union workers at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri, are escalating their strike against Olin Winchester as they demand better wages and stronger contracts.

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 778 have been on strike since April 4 after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract offer from company management.

Workers held a solidarity rally Saturday, with hundreds of cars lining Route 78 outside the facility.

“What do we want? Contracts! When do we want it? Now!” the crowd chanted.

Workers said wages have not kept up with persistent inflation and paid sick leave is nonexistent. They also cited high turnover and excessive mandatory overtime as key concerns.

Scott Brown, directing business representative for IAM Local 778, said the union wants an agreement that addresses these issues.

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The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is a critical facility in the U.S. defense industrial base. Workers manufacture 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm and .50-caliber rifle ammunition for the military.

IAM workers said the facility is the only site capable of rapidly scaling production of small-caliber ammunition to meet national defense demands.

Union sources indicate very little production is currently taking place, which could impact the timely supply of ammunition to U.S. forces and allied partners.

This will certainly have a deleterious effect on training (my son estimates he shot more than half a million rounds in the workup to his Iraq deployment), but I also suspect it will have an effect on general civilian ammo availability in 5.56mm and 7.62mm.

This is why the Argentines suffered so badly in the Falkland War.

Falklands War from Argentina’s Perspective.

But you probably knew that anyway.

All gun control is wicked. It is the signal feature and characteristic of a tyrant. Weapons of defense and warfare is a God-given right, and defense of the home, hearth and family is a God-ordained DUTY commanded in the Scriptures.

— CaptainsJournal (@BrutusMaximus50) April 14, 2026

Fortunately, I’m a Calvinist and the pope is irrelevant to me. He’s nothing more than an oddity or curiosity. But it is interesting that so many Roman Catholics stay in that church with such bad people, the one at the top claiming to speak ex cathedra.

Ammoland.

If carry can be banned in a place because it is busy, enclosed, or hard to exit, the list of so-called sensitive places will never stop growing. Today, it is buses and trains. Tomorrow, it is train stations, public parks, entertainment districts, events, and any other place politicians decide feel is too populated for ordinary citizens to exercise a right. That is exactly the kind of interest balancing that Bruen was supposed to stop.

And to date, not a single AR ban case has been granted certiorari.

That of course means that Ms. Amy Coney Barrett, whom professor Mark Smith loves so much, believes in gun control, just like chief justice Ms. Roberts (and presumably Kavanaugh and Gorsuch).

So much for the fine list of justices named by Trump. Great recommendations from the federalist society, or whomever.

Source.

That’s either an 8-pointer sparring with a 6-pointer, or a 10-pointer sparring with an 8-pointer. It’s hard to tell with the mix of horn in the video. The one of the right is clearly more mature, and the smaller buck will fight right up to the point of death, or if he’s wise, leave before that happens and learn from it.

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Hunters exploring in a remote section of the 500,000-acre Pisgah National Forest stumbled onto a body in the dark, according to investigators in western North Carolina.

It happened around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in northeast Buncombe County, near the Yancey County line, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

“Officers responded to a call of human remains found by hunters scouting the area of 87 Coleman Boundary Road,” the sheriff office said.

“The remains were in an advanced stage of decomposition and BCSO investigators are awaiting autopsy results for both identity and cause of death.”

Recovering the remains required first responders to “navigate treacherous terrain throughout the night,” according to Capt. Chris Stockton of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.

“Our Criminal Investigations Division and CSI team will work with the U.S. Forest Service to provide answers and closure to those impacted by this investigation,” Stockton said in the news release.

Investigators did not release details of how the hunters found the body. Scouting is a form of preparation done by hunters in the off season, to “create strategic stalking and positioning plans,” according to Ilearntohunt.com.

It’s amusing that the article authors felt the need to explain what hunters do when they scout.

Treacherous indeed. You’ve heard me speak of Pisgah before. I’ve hiked there. I’ve hunted there. It’s a very dangerous place, as is Linville Gorge, and Jones Gap State Park, S.C. I and my dog almost died one expedition in Jones Gap.

Don’t go into Pisgah unprepared.

Happy Easter 2026. He is risen!

American Rifleman: Rifles.

Shooting Illustrated: Shotguns.

Honestly, I take a fairly simple approach. I have never seen much that good ole’ Hoppes #9 can’t get clean. I do follow Ernest Langdon’s procedure and use mineral spirits on shotguns (except for walnut, of course).

I think much of this has to do with what works for you.

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Shares of Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE:RGR) climbed about 5% on Wednesday after Beretta Holding S.A. revealed plans to launch a tender offer for up to 20.05% of the company’s shares at $44.80 per share. Ruger stock had closed Tuesday at $40.74.

The Italian firearms manufacturer said the proposal is part of a broader effort to obtain beneficial ownership of as much as 30% of Ruger’s outstanding shares through the tender offer. The offer price represents roughly a 20% premium to the stock’s 60-day average price.

Beretta has asked Ruger’s board to grant an exemption from the shareholder rights plan, or poison pill, that the company adopted on October 14, 2025. The tender offer would only move forward if the exemption is approved by March 31, 2026.

“We are not seeking control of Ruger,” Beretta General Manager Robert Eckert wrote in a letter addressed to Ruger’s board. “Our strong desire and hope was, and remains, to enter into a strategic collaboration with the Company.”

Beretta described itself as a potential strategic partner rather than a direct competitor, noting that its U.S. business is largely concentrated in shotguns, ammunition, and optics. The company said it currently employs nearly 700 people across nine U.S. entities.

The proposed tender offer follows what Beretta said were unsuccessful discussions with Ruger’s management concerning board composition and executive compensation. The company had previously put forward a minority slate of director nominees.

According to Beretta, Ruger’s board halted negotiations on March 16, prompting the decision to proceed with the tender offer. The firm emphasized that even if it reaches a 30% ownership stake, it would not amount to control or grant veto authority over corporate decisions.

Okay. Then I don’t understand the point of any of this. Perhaps someone with a finance degree can explain why any of this is beneficial to Beretta.