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1 week ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
OpinionPresident Trump is energetically pushing to pass his One Big Beautiful Bill. On June 3, 2025, the White House published 50 Wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill. The One Big Beautiful Bill does not do everything that needs to be done. It does not cut spending as much as needed, because the Republican majorities in the House and Senate are extremely thin. However, the One Big Beautiful Bill has many excellent policy changes.
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1 week ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
U.S.A. — The brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations of the world are essentially the same animal, although known by different names. The European brown bear, the Hokkaido brown bear in Japan, the brown bear in Russia, the grizzly bear and kodiak bears in Alaska, and the grizzly bears in Canada and the lower 48 states are genetically the same bear with minor variations. Brown bears are complex mammals that can learn and adapt. Brown bears quickly learn whether humans are dangerous or not.
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1 week ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
U.S.A. — Writer Andy Greenberg at Wired.com has replicated the 3D-printed pistol and silencer used to assassinate UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. The task took him several days and thousands of dollars worth of time, machinery, and parts. Greenberg does a credible job of explaining the process and the lengths he had to go through to do so legally.
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1 week ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
On the Internet news aggregator/discussion site, freerepublic.com, one of the posters/contributors posted an abbreviated version of the story to follow. This correspondent contacted Brad Cloven, the author. Brad fleshed it out a bit and included some excellent photographs. This correspondent did a little light editing and believes it is a story worthy of a wider audience.
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1 week ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
At the NRA Annual Meeting in Atlanta in 2025, noted researcher and author John Lott gave several seminars. They included three seminars on “Gun Control Myths”, a seminar on “Hollywood’s Bias Against Guns”, and two seminars on “The FBI Crime Data is Politicized and a Mess”. This correspondent considers John a colleague and a friend and has read and studied John’s academic work for decades.
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1 week ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
On June 28, 2025, there will be a gun turn-in (buyback) in Montgomery, Alabama, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. From blackbeltnewsnetwork.com:On June 28 CrimeStoppers will host a gun buyback event at Bryant Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery. Anyone who is interested in surrendering a gun can bring in a rifle or shotgun for $50, a functioning handgun for $100 and an assault style/semi-auto rifle for $200. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Church is on Norman Bridge Road, #3645.
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2 weeks ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
The ATF has restarted publishing the Firearms Commerce report in the United States. The report for 2024 was published in May 2025, which is the “normal” time for the report to be published. One of the insidious actions during the Biden administration was the deliberate hiding of information from the American public. The Firearms Commerce in the United States Statistical Update has been continually published from 2011 to 2021. Under the Biden administration, publication of the report stopped.
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2 weeks ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers are in for May 2025. The adjusted numbers show very little change from May of 2024, only 1.6% lower than May of last year. The number of firearm sales is over a million, as calculated by NSSF. While down from May of 2024, May of 2025 is still the sixth-highest number of firearms sales recorded in the NICS system over the last 26 years.
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2 weeks ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
The initial investigation of the first fatal bear attack, which has been recorded in Florida, has been released. From Naplesnews.com:A post-mortem exam of the bears found Markel’s partial remains in the body of a 263-pound male. Tests confirmed that bear’s DNA also was on Markel, in his home and on the body of a family dog. The entire report is available from myfwc.com. Several things stand out in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report.
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2 weeks ago | 
ammoland.com | Dean Weingarten
A mountain lion attacked a man and his dog near Buckeye, Arizona, on May 25, 2025, about 10 p.m. The attacks occurred in Verrado, which is near the Skyline Regional Park. Buckeye is a bit closer to Phoenix than it is to Yuma. This correspondent has traveled within a few miles of the attack location numerous times. It is a relatively wild stretch of desert, but close to human developments. People in the developments say there have been numerous sightings of mountain lions over the last few months.
