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AZ election update: McSally wins!
On December 17, pro-Second Amendment candidate Col. Martha McSally (USAF-Ret) (R) was officially declared the winner in the recount of the closely contested race for Arizona’s second congressional district over incumbent pro-gun control Representative Ron Barber (D). Barber previously defeated McSally in a 2012 election for the same seat. Arizona’s second district is gun-banner Gabby Giffords’ former seat, and Barber […] Read More
CT Supreme Court: batons & knives protected by 2nd Amendment
The CT Supreme Court has ruled that police batons and dirk knives are “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. Well, duh. Read more from The Washington Post: Second Amendment protects dirk knives and police batons
Read More6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules for the 2nd Amendment
A three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled that the federal ban on gun ownership for anyone who has been “adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution” violated the Second Amendment rights of a 73-year-old Michigan man who was briefly committed to a mental institution decades ago. […] Read More
Sandy Hook follow up targets Bushmaster
The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed in Bridgeport Superior Court by the families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured at the Sandy Hook Elementary School asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it was designed for military use and is unsuited for hunting or home defense. Unsuited […] Read More
Surgeon General follow up
The US now has its most anti-gun surgeon general in history. Rabidly anti-gun Dr. Vivek Murthy was confirmed by the lame duck Senate Democrats this week 51-43, proving the voters right. Republican Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois cast the 51st and only Republican “yea” vote. Only 3 Democrats voted against Murthy: Joe Donnelly (IN), Heidi Heitkamp (ND), and Joe Manchin […] Read More
4 Rules of Gun Safety
1. All guns are always loaded. 2. Never point your muzzle at anything you do not wish to destroy. 3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. 4. Always be sure of your target, and what’s beyond it.
Read MoreHoplophobia defined
Hoplophobia: “A mental aberration (a psychotic affliction) characterized by an unreasoning terror of inanimate objects, specifically, weapons. The term does not designate simply a person who has an aversion to firearms, but, rather, most commonly, to one who is afflicted by a mental illness which results in his considering an inanimate object to have a will of its own.” January […] Read More
Stupid people and warning labels
“We’re not saying let’s go kill all the stupid people. We’re just saying let’s remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out.” – American Handgunner
Read MoreDecember 12, 2014 product highlights
Ruger has a few blue and purple LCPs available for just a few more days. Dan Wesson is introducing a new 1911-style pistol, chambered in both 10mm and .45 ACP, of a quality comparable to the top-of-the-line Dan Wesson Valor pistols. The Silverback will be a two-tone gun with a a polished black frame and a silver-stainless slide. $1883-$2064. Kimber […] Read More
Merry Christmas, 5.11 style (video) + wish list
The Ballistic Nutcracker, from 5.11 Tactical. I wear 5.11 seven days a week.
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