SASS World Championship Prep, SCOTUS Vehicle Carry Ruling & AB 1948

[00:27] Cowboy Action Shooting: Two Bays, Thirty-Five Shooters, and One Very Long Day

Jeff walks through what was supposed to be a smart idea at the Cowboys match – a dedicated new shooters bay running parallel to the main competition. In practice, with only three students showing up for the class, the organizers ended up folding everyone onto a single bay: 35 competitors running two stages packed shoulder to shoulder while the new shooters spread out next door. The rope system for resetting the knockdown shotgun targets was barely functional, which meant the whole field had to halt and walk out together between runs. Good thinking, rough execution. The suggestion from both hosts is simple: wait until you have the shooter numbers to justify splitting the space before you split it.

[03:05] Jeff’s First Stage Jitters and the Road to the World Championship

Jeff Taverner is not a man who forgets his stage procedure. Which is what made the opening run so jarring – he called ready, heard the buzzer, and then promptly forgot whether he was looking at a 3-2-2-3 or a 2-3 sequence. Three misses followed: two pistol, one rifle. He hadn’t stacked that kind of hardware on a single stage in roughly 20 years of competition.

He recovered over the rest of the day and put up a clean 19-second stage, but he’s honest about where he stands. The surgery he had four months ago is still working its way out of his system. His times are running two to three seconds slow, and the world championship is this week. He’s going. He’s going to shoot his best. He’s just not making promises he can’t keep right now. Doctors told him not to expect full recovery until the six-month mark, and every week is a little closer to that.

The bright spot: he ran Remington STS low-recoil shotshells through the whole match and didn’t even register the recoil consciously. First time out after surgery, the same loads had him shaking. That’s a real benchmark.

[06:24] Caller Mark on SCOTUS, AB 1948, and Your Rights at a Traffic Stop

Mark from Woodland Hills called in with a tight legal briefing worth writing down. First, California AB 1948 – the bill that governs concealed carry license duration – was extended, but the language left room for local police chiefs and sheriffs to set shorter renewal windows depending on whether you’re in a blue or red county. The ceiling is three years for a new license and six for a subsequent renewal, but the floor is undefined. That’s the part to watch.

More significant nationally: the Supreme Court handed down a 9-to-0 ruling affirming that drivers lawfully carrying a firearm in their vehicle cannot be subjected to a warrantless search based solely on the presence of that firearm. The unanimous decision rests on the logic that allowing such searches would strip a lawful carrier of both Second Amendment and Fourth Amendment protections simultaneously. The firearm alone does not constitute probable cause.

Mark’s practical advice for any traffic stop is worth keeping handy. Keep hands on the steering wheel, turn on the dome light if it’s dark, and ask clearly: “Am I detained or am I free to go?” If you’re free, leave. If you’re detained, you are not obligated to answer questions without an attorney present. Cite Rodriguez v. United States if an officer tries to extend the stop beyond what’s required to write the citation – waiting for a supervisor or a K-9 unit doesn’t meet the legal bar. The court’s standard is reasonable articulable suspicion, not a gut feeling.

Mark also flagged a pattern worth knowing: bicycle theft crews that originated in the Pacific Northwest have been working their way down Highway 1 and into central and Southern California. They’re targeting high-end road bikes in isolated stretches, mountain roads, and coastal highways where there’s no foot traffic at odd hours. Keep your head up out there.

[12:32] CRPA Ammunition Donation Drive

Virtual Vic flagged this over on the Rumble chat during the break. The California Rifle and Pistol Association has been running an ammunition donation program to keep their special interest legal and legislative programs funded. Given what California keeps throwing at gun owners, the CRPA pipeline matters. Details are on the CRPA website if you want to chip in.

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