Justice Thomas wrote the majority decision immediately referring to decisions in DC v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago to state that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home. New York’s practice and policy of “proper cause” to “demonstrate a special need for self-protection distinguishable …
June 29, 2021: Shield Plus
I traded in my M2.0 Performance Center Optics Ready 9mm Shield (SKU11786) for the new Plus Performance Center Optics Ready 9mm Shield (SKU 13251 MSRP $896) earlier this month. This is the fifth Shield I have owned since 2016. The one I traded, I had only had for four months. If the announcement of the …
March 31, 2021: S&W Plus Sizes the M&P Shield
Smith and Wesson released an announcement for a New M&P Shield Plus on March 15. The statement describes the new Shield designed for concealed carry as the most advanced M&P Shield pistol to date. The first new feature mentioned is an increase in magazine capacity from 8 to 13 rounds of 9mm Luger for the …
November 30, 2020: Red Dot Sights on Handguns
According to an article by Patrick Sweeney of Guns and Ammo, the first red dot sights appeared on handguns in 1990. Jerry Barnhart configured a red dot sight on his gun and won the 1990 USPSA Nationals. As with many innovations the objects are taken from their original intended use and configured to work in …