I was just subpoenaed in an anti-gun lawsuit...for being a guntuber. Link to the lawsuit is below. The case is Roberts v. Smith & Wesson, and it's the same playbook, almost copy+paste, of the Soto v. Bushmaster "Sandy Hook" lawsuit against Remington, which put them out of business. This one arises from the Highland Park July 4 shooting, where the killer used an M&P15. The plaintiffs are of course attempting to blame S&W for the incident and the theory, you guessed it, "negligent marketing." They say S&W appealed to young men interested in militaristic imagery and that this influenced the shooter to select the M&P15, and that this more or less was a cause of this incident. Insanity. Now they are reaching beyond S&W and into firearms media. I was served with a subpoena demanding years of info and analytics from me about S&W and reviews I've done. The part that should concern my fellow gun reviewers: Their subpoena defines an "Advertisement" to include even unpaid organic social-media content. In other words, by the plaintiffs' definition, even an independent review of a lawful product is "advertising," and they think they are entitled to any info that touches on essentially any YouTube video about the M&P15 during the relevant period. This is EXACTLY the end-run around the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act that led me to draft what became the PLCAA Clarification Act. The PLCAA was enacted to protect manufacturers from lawfare over crimes committed by third parties. Plaintiffs have increasingly pleaded around that protection after the Soto case by using "negligent marketing" as a loophole, which defeats the purpose of the PLCAA. Versions of the PLCAA Clarification Act I wrote have now been enacted in West Virginia, Montana, and Kentucky. I've been told Kentucky has already dismissed a frivolous lawsuit with it. Consider contacting your legislators and looping me on on the email so we can keep the PLCAA Clarification Act passage rolling. Illinois obviously is not going to pass it. But Congress can. And whatever your politics on guns, there is a larger issue here: If a manufacturer sends a journalist or creator a product to independently test, that does not magically transform the resulting review into advertising. Treating independent editorial coverage as corporate marketing merely because someone reviewed a lawful product is a dangerous theory that reaches far beyond the gun industry. One final note for people in the gun media space: if you receive one of these subpoenas, do not ignore it and do not start deleting anything. Feel free to contact me and we can discuss whether I can assist with your response or coordinate with appropriate local counsel.

I'm seeing this guy catch some flak over this post, but I would like to say that while this runs counter to prevailing practices: One, he's making an honest assessment of his risk and his skill/comfort level. He believes that there is a greater chance that he could have an AD/ND than having to carry a hot gun. Weren't we just laughing at the guy who shot his balls off last week? I think honest situational and self-evaluation is an important consideration when carrying a gun. And we all do it. It's why you aren't open carrying your AR to the grocery store or regular carrying a P320. You assess the risk of the situation against your skill level (or at least you should be) every time you carry. You won't catch me carrying an empty chamber in New Orleans, Louisiana but I don't know what this dude's situation is, I'll take it at face value. Two, as I have mentioned before, when I first started carrying a Glock when I was 21, I carried empty chamber. I was not new to guns by any means (I mean I had an FFL) but I was new to concealed carry. That was part of the learning experience for me and when I realized it could be done safely, I felt ok carrying a hot/no-safety gun after getting used to carrying empty at the time I was probably at the greatest risk of an ND. Some gun is better than no gun and if you won't carry a loaded gun, I guess this beats that. Three, Billy J Badass "who is the most tactical" internet dick measuring contest is cringe. I think it's perfectly fine to engage in a conversation about best practices, but using this tweet to dunk on someone who is less familiar with guns than you are, or as an opportunity to remind all of your followers how low drag you are is also embarrassing. Especially when you're a YouTuber or a social media personality. Don't let your follower count get to your head.

Don't worry guys we figured it out youtu.be/hMCr0AKW1kA

Unprecedented coverage today as TFBTV gets behind the scenes at Sig Switzerland to see the insane process behind making the 550-series rifle. youtu.be/klYXdXXyOkU

This 7/2 letter from @HecklerAndKoch reads like a marketing psyop. With language like "highly sought after" and "order books are closed," this to me sounded less like an explanation and more like gloating salesmanship. So I reached out to HK and they told me the following - officially: 1. The SP5 and MR556 are still in production and shipping (they say daily); 2. All existing orders are being honored; 3. The point was they just can't take new orders until they catch up. As someone who used to import HK parts into the US on a commercial scale, I can almost guarantee that this is an import parts bottleneck issue. Figured y'all would want the scoop.

In this video I come out as a CZ owner and pit the Shadow 2 Carry and P-09 against each other in a scored contest: youtu.be/zPl9s1WNY9I

It's happening. The Supreme Court just agreed to hear challenges to Illinois' and Connecticut's so-called "assault weapons" bans. The biggest Second Amendment case in years is officially on the docket. thetruthaboutguns.com/suprem…

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@jjreeves realizing he has another burndown demand coming up soon.

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Washington just decided you can lose your gun rights over two DUI convictions—even if you've never committed a violent crime. The court says that's constitutional. thetruthaboutguns.com/washin…