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Police Encounters for Citizens: Part 2 – Public and Private Encounters
September 01, 2022
Police Encounters for Citizens: Part 2 – When & Where This article is part of our invited guest author series. If you missed part one of this four part series, click here to read it now. By Travis Birney, Federal Law Enforcement Supervisory Special Agent, Firearms Instructor, Tactical Instructor with 25+ years’ experience. The opinions…
August 2022
August 31, 2022
As of August 29, 2022, shipping firearms via UPS will no longer be allowed for private individuals. According to their publication: 2022 UPS® Tariff/Terms & Conditions of Service – United States, only licensed dealers with a pre-existing contractual relationship will be able to ship firearms using Big Brown. The new policy reads in relevant part:…
Trigger Modifications and Florida Law
August 29, 2022
Trigger modifications of all sorts may be illegal under Florida law. On October 7, 2018, we wrote our first article about Florida’s then upcoming Bump Stock law. Click here to read that article. In it, we wrote that the new law seemed to apply to: Traditional Bump StocksCrank fire devicesBinary triggersand many more commercially available conversion kits or…
The ATF is Coming!
August 29, 2022
The ATF is Coming After Your FRT and Solvent Trap! There has been an increasing concern in the 2A community regarding recent actions taken by the ATF to hunt down those who purchased a Forced Reset Trigger (“FRT”) or solvent trap. What should you do now if you own either of these items? What should…
DID YOU KNOW YOU OWNED A MACHINE GUN?
August 26, 2022
Tomorrow has arrived – Force Reset Triggers Force Reset Triggers are the new target of the slippery slope we wrote about in December 2018, in an article discussing the new “bump-fire stock” prohibitions found in Florida Statute §790.222, in which Florida’s definition of “bump-stock” is found to be broader than the federal law. You…
ATF Rule 2021R-05 – Ghost Guns
August 26, 2022
ATF Rule 2021R-05 and Ghost Guns ATF’s new rule targeting “ghost guns” as Privately Manufactured Firearms (PMFs) went into effect on August 24th, 2022. A ghost gun is a homemade firearm that does not have a serial number. The new rule refers to these as Privately Manufactured Firearms, and defines them as ““[a] firearm,…
Police Encounters – For Citizens – Part 1
August 18, 2022
Police Encounters for Citizens: Part 1-Why Do They Act Like That? This article is part of our invited guest author series. By Travis Birney, Federal Law Enforcement Supervisory Special Agent, Firearms Instructor, Tactical Instructor with 25+ years’ experience. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the position of any particular…
Protect Yourself When Going Out To Party!
August 02, 2022
ORLANDO’S MASS SHOOTING ON WALL STREET According to a recent story in the Miami Herald, around 2:00a.m., this past Sunday, July 31, 2022, patrons of the bars and restaurants located on Wall Street in downtown Orlando found themselves running for cover as a man opened fire into the crowds after a large fight had broken…
Stop Bullying – Stop School Shootings
August 01, 2022
Written for The Firearm Firm by Ace Luciano How to Stop School Shootings- Continued: Stop Bullying, Reduce School Shootings In the previous article, “HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA,” we discussed how educating children on firearms and firearm safety can reduce the incidence of school shootings. In this article we focus on…
Road Rage – The #1 Reason Gun Owners are Getting Arrested
August 01, 2022
By: David S. Katz & James D. Phillips Time and time again, we get the call. An individual was in a road rage incident and has been arrested, accused of pulling and waiving a firearm at the other driver. Recently, a Crestview woman was arrested after she was accused of pulling a gun on a…
Delayed or Denied a Firearm Purchase?
August 01, 2022
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE FIREARM PURCHASE PROGRAM The Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. §921-929, required regulation for the sale and delivery of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) to an unlicensed buyer. In 1991, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) created the Firearm Purchase Program which was authorized pursuant to…
July 2022
July 29, 2022
Protection by the Castle Doctrine Outside of the Home According to an article by Click Orlando, the police in Lakeland, Florida recently arrested a man accused of entering a homeowner’s property without permission. The suspect was seen by the homeowners at the front door. The man shortly thereafter walked around to the back of the…
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