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Charles “Chub” Eastman passed away on Aug. 3
Charles “Chub” Eastman passed away on Aug. 3 of this year. Chub was a salesman for Winchester in the 70s out of Denver and at the same time he was a competitive trap shooter, winning many awards and was on the 1976 ATA World Record Handicap 27yd Squad. In 1980 Chub joined Leupold & Stevens as their sales manager, and […] Read More
Remington recalling some Model 887 shotguns
Remington is recalling Model 887 shotguns made in the last year [manufactured between December 19, 2013 and November 24, 2014]. I long ago stopped buying Remington centerfire autoloaders due to defective products and poor customer service.
Read MoreBlack Friday 2014 second busiest day in NICS history
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check numbers for last weekend confirmed that last (Black) Friday was the second busiest day in NICS history, with 175,754 transactions processed, second only to December 21, 2012. And the National Shooting Sports Foundation reports that 74.66% of those checks used the new E-Check system, indicating support for the E-Check’s more […] Read More
Smith and Wesson buys Battenfield
Smith and Wesson Holdings Corporation (SWHC), the parent company of Smith & Wesson, has reportedly made a deal to purchase Battenfield Technologies for approximately $130 million. Battenfield Technologies is a Columbia, Missouri-based maker of firearms accessories whose brands include Caldwell, Wheeler Engineering, Tipton Cleaning Supplies, Frankford Arsenal, Bog-Pod, Lockdown, Golden Rod Moisture Control, and Non-Typical Wildlife Solutions. Battenfield was owned […] Read More
Farnam on gun NDs (negligent discharges) in the military
From Farnam: “Since 2007, there have been 126 ‘reported’ NDs in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). Three deaths, and eleven other (non-fatal) injuries. However, those are just the ones that were ‘reported.’ You can probably multiply that by at least ten to get the actual number of NDs! Our predictable response has been to endlessly reiterate to beleaguered soldiers how to […] Read More
Alan Korwin’s long list of gun control myths
After the left-wing activists including the New York Times and a large cadre of Democrat politicians publicly abandoned their push for an “assault weapons” ban because assault weapons don’t really exist, the black guns singled out that way are not a factor in crime or mortality statistics, and the bans have had no effect on crime, Alan Korwin notes this […] Read More
How gun control works in the UK
According to dailymail.co.uk, one in five crimes in the UK is not recorded by police. Nearly a million offenses a year are ignored by politically-correct officers. And so it goes in gun control utopia. First, you disarm civilians in the name of public safety. Then you claim (lie) that it worked, even though it didn’t. Because the general public must […] Read More
Humane Society of the United States is NOT your local animal shelter
In fact the 2013 numbers are in, and in addition to leading the effort to ban traditional ammunition so that it can ultimately outlaw hunting, HSUS only contributed 1% of its $120 million budget toward supporting pet shelters last year. Details: http://www.nssfblog.com/the-humane-society-of-the-united-states-is-not-your-local-animal-shelter/
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Demanding Mommies
We have a story reported from a North Carolina Walmart which involved the theft of an AR-15 and 150 rounds of ammunition from a locked case on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The thief purportedly shoved the rifle down his pants and just walked out. The crook was arrested on Thursday as he went back to the same Walmart. According to […] Read More
