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December 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.
Read MoreThe Mommies want to ban guns
Ammoland noted this week that according to Mommies/Everytown’s most recent claims, there were 45 fatalities from 95 “school shootings” between the December 2012 Sandy Hook attack and December 9, 2014, by their definitions. (Their numbers, as you might expect, are suspect. See this.) That equates to 22.5 annual “school shooting” deaths for those years. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control […] Read More
2-time convicted felon bought gun through Facebook
Investigators said a West Virginia two-time convicted felon, suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and three men before committing suicide last week, bought his gun through Facebook around a year ago. The ATF said the man was able to purchase the handgun in a private sale after contacting a poster advertising the gun on social media. The ATF advised that the […] Read More
Wild pigs in 45 states & rare 8-point doe!
Pigs We now have a report that wild (feral) pigs now exist in 45 states, including Hawaii. Their large range expansions over the past two-plus decades have occurred mostly due to illegal translocation of pigs by humans. Whack ’em. Hunter kills 8-point doe A hunter killed an 8-point antlered doe over the weekend in Sedgwick County, Kansas. The man thought […] Read More
Veganism & vegetarianism “usually just passing fads”
According to a study completed by psychologist Hal Herzog and quoted in Diabetes Insider, veganism and vegetarianism are “usually just passing fads.” The study says the proportion of “true vegetarians and vegans in the US is surprisingly (not to me) small.” Only 2% of respondents did not consume any meat, with 1.5% calling themselves “vegetarians” and the remainder “vegans.” Herzog […] Read More
Chanute school boy suspended over empty rifle shell casing!
A student at Chanute (KS) Elementary School was suspended for five days over possession of an empty rifle shell casing on school grounds. That’s an inert hollow piece of brass, not unlike an empty metallic ball point pen body. The boy’s mother was told by Principal Gary Wheeler that the incident could lead to a 168-day suspension, but they could […] Read More
Secret membership of the American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention
A new political group, American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, has been formed by various state lawmakers to fight against your rights. Supposedly their present membership is around 200, all state legislators plus representatives from Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Our first reaction was to figure out just who these legislators are and work to defeat them in the […] Read More
