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Whether the Second and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles … Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 25-566 is granted as to the question presented by the petition in No. 25-238.

The supreme court order is found here.

I have long advocated that the supreme court take up an AR ban case and decide this issue once and for all. Delaying this has done nothing good for either citizens or jurisprudence.

However, there is no reason to necessarily conclude the supreme court will decide this issue in the affirmative, especially with Barrett and Roberts having to be persuaded. But what it will do is stop this incessant whining in state legislatures over the issue. Either the supreme court judges in the affirmative and the issue of decided, or they don’t and states pick off God-granted rights one by one and citizens have to decide whether to fight the political battle (rather than reflexively lean on that tired platitude that “we aren’t voting our way out of this”), or decide to be ready when the SWAT teams come to the front door in the middle of the night.

This will be an extremely clarifying moment in American history.

The attorneys arguing the case are Cooper and kirk.  They did the Peterson 5^th circuit NFA case and a bunch of others, including Vanderstok, which lost. I don’t know much about them beyond that.

But I do know that if they argue the ridiculous trope about ARs being just some other firearm with extra cosmetic features and that those cosmetic features don’t really have any effect on the use of the weapon, they will lose. It’s not about that. It was never about cosmetic features. It’s about effective firearms for the amelioration of tyranny. “Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of Americans. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.” – Tench Coxe, an American political economist and delegate to the Continental Congress, best known for his passionate defense of the right to bear arms. In a 1788 article published in the Pennsylvania Gazette under the pseudonym “A Pennsylvanian.”

This notion of military style weapons is and always has been a misdirect and a bald and stupid emotional appeal. There is no such thing as a non-military style weapon. Every weapon was at one time a military style weapon, from rocks to spears and then to knives and swords and then on to bows and then to muskets, bolt action rifles, and semiautomatic and fully automatic rifles.

The U.S. Marine Corps used Benelli shotguns for room clearing in Now Zad, Afghanistan, and I can prove it.

Door gunners used revolvers in Vietnam, and I can prove it.

MACV-SOG used revolvers and Marlin .444 lever action rifles in Laos, and I can prove it.

And bolt action rifles are still in use today with snipers. Make no mistake about this issue. It’s about disarming the public, not “military style weapons.”

And it’s about far more than just all of the above. A high-powered optic will convert a bolt action deer rifle into a sniper rifle if certain gun controller states get their way.

Ammoland.

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus sounded the alarm on social media on April 27. “ALERT: The Minnesota Senate is holding a hearing TOMORROW on an omnibus gun control bill that crams nearly every anti-gun wishlist item into one package,” the organization wrote. “What’s in it? Ban on future sales of semi-automatic rifles. ‘Ghost gun’ ban. Binary trigger ban. More funding for Red Flag (ERPO) enforcement. ‘School safety’ funding tied to gun control mandates. In other words: the usual ‘we swear this one will make you safer’ starter pack.”

Well, why not? States from Illinois to Maryland have theirs, who why not Minnesota? After all, the SCOTUS is too cowardly to stop it.

Yeah, it’s sad, believe me Missy
When you’re born to be a sissy
Without the vim and verve
But I could show my prowess
Be a lion, not a mowess
If I only had the nerve

The worst part is that they aren’t even embarrassed.

Mark is an extremely smart man, but he continues his Pollyanna march toward ultimate victory in the courts. Pardon me if I’m not so confident.

Until the SCOTUS grants certiorari to an AR ban case, I’ll continue to say that their cowardice knows no boundaries. I don’t care what else they take up, 2A related or not.

— CaptainsJournal (@BrutusMaximus50) April 25, 2026

Here I posed a question for Geissele Automatics: Will you do business with law enforcement in California now that they have passed a law that forbids the ownership of the subject weapons by all other citizens?

The comments are so laborious that I almost couldn’t make my way through them. I didn’t ask how best to deal with the new law, whether to rely on FFLs or try to navigate these waters alone? Or whether to stop supporting existing gun owners with parts? Or anything else of the sort. I asked a simple, easy to understand and easy to answer question.

The answer I got from Geissele answered every but the one I asked. They can continue to sell to law enforcement, or they can take Ronnie Barrett’s position. The choice seems simple enough to me.

Thank you for your reply. Of course, that’s one way to handle the issue. The other way is to follow in the footsteps of Ronnie Barrett.

Thank you for your reply. Of course, that's one way to handle the issue. The other way is to follow in the footsteps of Ronnie Barrett.https://t.co/5NzoJKMg3v

— CaptainsJournal (@BrutusMaximus50) December 30, 2025

This is certainly something we’ve seen before, but I’m always down for another gel test with 5.56.

And here’s another reason a change of the main battle rifle for the U.S. military was stupid. But I’ve told you that before.

He goes through a lot of information in the tutorial. If you have a BCG you like, sound off in the comments.

I have a BAD (Battle Arms Development) Black Nitride BCG and it’s so smooth it works like glass.

Friend of TCJ Stephen Stamboulieh outlines yet another lawsuit by Force Reset Triggers. We had discussed the settlement the FedGov made with them and it appeared that they were encouraged / forced to sue in court. If so, bad settlement.

Also, it appears that FRT is now keeping records indefinitely. The ARFCOM boys aren’t happy with this. Neither should they be.

Task & Purpose.

An Army infantry officer has made a series of criticisms of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle, which is meant to replace the M4A1 carbine.

The Army introduced the XM7 rifle and XM250 light machine gun — both of which chamber a 6.8mm round — partly due to concerns that modern body armor could stop the 5.56mm rounds fired by the M4A1 and M249. The bigger round is also meant to give the XM7 an increased range based on lessons from Afghanistan.

But Army Capt. Braden Trent presented his research into the XM7 at the Modern Day Marine exhibition in Washington, D.C. — research he claims shows that the rifle is inferior to the M4A1.

As part of his research, Trent said he visited the 1st Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne,” 101st Airborne Division, which was the first active-duty Army unit to receive the XM7. Trent said he interviewed more than 150 soldiers and disassembled 23 XM7 rifles.

His 52-page report on the subject, which included testing with experts, ballistic research, and input from soldiers, concluded that the XM7 is “unfit for use as a modern service rifle,” Trent said on April 29 during his presentation at Modern Day Marine.

Trent said his research has shown that soldiers equipped with the XM7 in a live-fire exercise quickly run out of ammunition because its magazine only holds 20 rounds. He also said that gouges and scratches can form in the barrel after firing more than 2,000 rounds, the rifle’s weight makes it hard for soldiers to maneuver.

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“The XM7 is a tactically outdated service rifle that would be better classified as a designated marksman rifle, if that,” Trent said during his presentation. “This rifle is a mechanically unsound design that will not hold up to sustained combat on a peer-on-peer conflict.”

Designated marksman rifles come in all sizes and calibers, including 5.56mm, .308, etc. The round isn’t relevant for consideration of a DM rifle (although barrel length is).

We discussed the solution to this problem many times: the 6mm ARC, which would involve a change of barrels, a change of BCGs, and a change of magazines.

The 6mm ARC would easily let shooters reach out and touch targets 600 meters away or further, while letting the DMs use other rifles.

But some general or group of generals got wealthy “consulting” to Sig on this boondoggle, not to mention the cash flowing into Sig.

What will happen in the Snope v. Brown case, with it having been distributed for conference twelve times now?

Yep. I think there’s a good chance we get a Caetano-like per curiam in Snope.

— Stephen (@Stambo2A) April 22, 2025

This would never have occurred to me. If I feel that my BCG is malfunctioning, I just buy another. Rebuilding the one I’ve got never occurred to me. Then again, I’ve never been to School of the American Rifle.