Our safety, our liberty depends on preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the U.S. are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts – Not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution.
— Abraham Lincoln
December 5, 2025
— Capitalist-Infidel-Complicated-Simpleton (@HenrySlack) December 4, 2025
NSSF Happy with DOJ’s Moves to Protect Gun Rights
A lot of people are displeased with the Department of Justice.
[Yours truly here among them!]
They see mixed signals from an administration that vowed to be strong on gun rights. They see them because they’re present. The DOJ will defend gun rights one day, and oppose them the next. It’s kind of causing a certain degree of whiplash.
But as I noted on Tuesday at the above link, purity was probably never going to happen.
For what it’s worth, though, Larry Keane of the NSSF is pretty happy with what’s happening overall.
President Donald Trump signed his Presidential Executive Order Protecting Second Amendment Rights back on February 7, 2025, instructing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to review all presidential and agency actions taken between January 2021 and January 2025 that “purport to promote safety” but infringed on the rights of law-abiding citizens. That includes rules issued by the DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), classifications of firearms and ammunition, regulatory enforcement policies and even reports issued by the former taxpayer-funded White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention that just pushed gun control.
In other words, for the first time, the Civil Rights Division is directed to treat the Second Amendment as what it is: a civil right deserving active protection, not a second-class right that must constantly give way to regulatory experimentation.
Women for Gun Rights Applauds Creation of New Second Amendment Rights Section
Women for Gun Rights applauds the U.S. Department of Justice’s creation of a new Second Amendment Rights Section within the Civil Rights Division, marking a historic step to protect the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners and elevate the importance of firearms freedom at the federal level.
This is the first time the federal government has established a dedicated unit focused on protecting, not restricting, the Second Amendment. For millions of women across America – mothers, professionals, survivors, and first-time gun owners – this represents a welcome shift.
“This is a tremendous moment for the millions of Americans who choose to exercise their right to protect themselves and their families,” said Dianna Muller, Founder of Women for Gun Rights. “For too long, federal agencies have been used to advance gun-control agendas. The creation of a Second Amendment Rights Section signals that our rights are civil rights, and they deserve to be defended at the highest levels of government.”
Prior to President Trump’s inauguration in January, Women for Gun Rights called on the incoming administration to repurpose the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which poured over $1 billion dollars into the states to advance gun control legislation, toward firearms safety, education, independent research and empowerment.
“This new section is a strong step toward restoring balance, reaffirming constitutional freedoms, and ensuring the federal government upholds the rights of law-abiding Americans,” Muller added.
About Women for Gun Rights
Women for Gun Rights is a nationwide organization of women committed to safeguarding the Second Amendment. A non-partisan initiative of daughters, mothers, and sisters that believes education is the key to firearm safety and violence prevention, not legislation.
Learn more at www.WomenForGunRights.org.
Erika Kirk Takes Second Amendment Stance While Addressing Husband’s Death
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk insisted that the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kirk, was “not a gun problem” as she reaffirmed her support of the Second Amendment during the New York Times‘ Dealbook Conference on Wednesday (December 3).
Michigan man who shot shovel-wielding man acted in self-defense, police say
A 60-year-old Michigan man who shot another man who attacked him with a shovel acted in self-defense, authorities said.
The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Douglas Avenue in Kalamazoo.
Police say a 60-year-old man returned a ladder to a home in the 1100 block of Douglas when he was approached by a 49-year-old man holding a snow shovel and told to leave the area. The 49-year-old then shoved the 60-year-old and hit him with the shovel, causing a minor injury, police said.
During the alleged assault, the 60-year-old fired two rounds, hitting the 49-year-old twice, before calling police and waiting for officers to arrive.
The man who was shot was taken to an area hospital, where he is in stable condition, police said.
Police recovered the shovel used in the assault, two 9mm shell casings and a handgun.
The man who fired the shots is cooperating with police and used a handgun that is legally owned and registered. Investigators say video obtained by detectives supports the man’s account of the incident.
An investigation is ongoing and will be sent to the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
I was born with something inside me that refuses to settle for average,
and I am grateful for it. – unknown.
December 4, 2025
Mossberg Gets $11.5M+ Contract for Additional 590A1 Shotguns
O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract for approximately $11.6 million dollars to supply the U.S. Army with additional Mossberg® 590A1™ pump-action shotguns.
First adopted by multiple branches of the U.S. Military in 1987, the Mossberg 590® proved its reliability and durability by successfully completing the rigorous MIL-SPEC 3443E testing protocol, then company said in a press release. The Mossberg 590A1 also features a heavy-walled 18.5-inch barrel; metal trigger guard; metal safety selector switch; and parkerized finish. It is chambered for 3-inch magnums.
The 590A1 has an OAL of 39.5 inches, has a 13.87-inch length of pull, ghost ring sights and a 6+1 capacity.
Following its adoption, the U.S. Military requested a purpose-built variant capable of withstanding sustained, high-volume use in the most demanding environments. That requirement led directly to the development of the Mossberg 590A1 — a strengthened, mission-ready evolution of the original 590 platform.
“Mossberg is honored to receive an additional contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for the battle-proven 590A1 shotgun,” said John MacLellan, Mossberg’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “This award reflects our long commitment to supplying rugged, mission-capable firearms built to exacting standards — and reinforces our pledge to provide timely solutions that support the safety and effectiveness of U.S. service members.”
Mossberg 590A1 shotguns are based upon the time-tested Mossberg 500 pump-action platform, with non-binding twin action bars; positive steel-to-steel lock-up; and an anti-jam elevator for smooth, reliable operation; dual extractors; anodized aluminum receiver for added durability, and universally-recognized, ambidextrous top-tang mounted safety.
Gun Sales Background Checks Top 1.4 Million in November 2025
Looking at national background check data for November, Americans picked up well over a million firearms last month, yet again. While million-plus sales numbers have become the new normal in recent years, November’s figures reflect a nearly 7-percent decrease compared to the same time in 2024.
It’s worth keeping in mind that last November was part of a volatile election cycle with gun rights on the ballot. No doubt that drove many sales. For 2025, the NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System figure comes to a total of 1,408,230.
That’s a drop from November 2024, which saw NSSF-adjusted numbers set at 1,514,773 checks. The unadjusted numbers show an even stronger drop. Total unadjusted FBI NICS figures for November 2025 came to 2,005,667. You can compare that to the unadjusted FBI numbers for November 2024, which came to 2,509,368.
Overall, unadjusted checks reflect a 20.1-percent decrease year over year.
Still, November’s adjusted figures topped October’s numbers of 1,299,312, thanks in part to surging background checks during Black Friday week. That peak sales week saw some 530,156 checks for firearm sales, with Black Friday itself showing 165,183 checks.
Total gun sales were almost certainly higher than the NICS-marked background checks would suggest. Currently, 28 states have at least one pre-qualified permit that can serve as an alternative to background checks. Additionally, total NICS numbers cannot reflect all peer-to-peer sales, which do not require a background check in some states.
Regardless, if we hop into our time machine, it seems even this 2025 decline is still within the new normal of increased interest in gun ownership nationwide. Pre-COVID figures for November 2019, which were considered a big boom back then, came to just 1,105,335 checks.
That makes this November’s “slump” a whopping 27.4-percent increase over the old 2019 “boom.”
In the great injunction sweepstakes that have followed Donald Trump’s second administration like a shadow, we have seen district court judges with a hankering for executive power attempt to play president in more than a hundred cases from immigration and tariffs to funding various executive branch agencies, so-called trans-rights, DEI and climate change.
Some of these injunctions and temporary restraining orders are still pending. Many, perhaps most, have been resolved by the Supreme Court in ways that favor the Trump administration, not always categorically but usually by affirming the broad scope of executive power envisioned by Article II of the Constitution. “The executive Power,” quoth that magisterial document, “shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.” “A president,” mind you, a single one. Not a president and hundreds of district court judges.
The rousing start to Article II of the Constitution is neatly put, isn’t it? But those judges took it as a challenge. Trump is an affront to what every right-thinking, i.e., left-leaning, person believes. He wants to make America more prosperous, freer and more secure than it has become in the hands of Democrats and other disciples of hegemonic bureaucracy.
He moved quickly to secure the border. Can you believe it? He is deporting scads of people who are here illegally. Outrageous. He outlawed the racist practice of DEI throughout the federal government and made federal funds contingent upon ending the scam. Horrible. He thinks that the military should be an institution specializing in fighting wars, not promoting “social justice.” Clearly he must be stopped.
The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain things are impermissible, no matter how large and fervent a majority might want them.
— George Will
December 3, 2025